The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-12-11
CAUSTIC COMMENTS ON THE PRES
jDENT
The Hon. w. ". Chambers views Of the
Adn'inistratian's southern Policy.


"What do you now think Of tho President
attitude on the Southern question: asked n
Tribune reporter Of the Hon w. f. Chandler.
of New hampshire, who was at the Fifth
Avenue Hotel recently.
/" ! soc no reason torhanpa my former ot,iu-
ion on that subject" replied MIR, Chamber
'In his bargain with Gordon. Lamar. Burke
4 Go, whereby the President s,Irrnnderpd
Louisiana and South Carolina to tho ,srrpipp
rebel Governors md agreed to carry ont bis
policy nf cancellation In return for their al
lowing him to become President. it was per
mittod him tu buster q little. providing he
really did nothing. His attitude now | lake
to be part Of that buster. II won't amount
to anything more because under his present
circumstances he can't do anything"
"Iias he not the necessary authority 2"
Eyes, but he Is bound hand and foot to the
southern Democrats. He has filed the Fed
eral offices IN the South with Democrats. or
renegade Republicans like Norfhrop. who
take orders nominally from Gen Devens. but
really from Hampton and men Of that ilk
Such officers are incapable of enforcing the
law, II they wanted to. The whole perform
ance Is an understood farce played with tho
permission Of Hayes Southern masters. The
criminal laws cannot he enforced In the United
States courts. The Hamburg and Ellenton
murderers were discharged. Judge CHS
hnlm's murderers have gone unpublished
During the late campaign IIampton's military
aids. Earle and Dargan. and the armed riding
clubs Of Sumter county, laughed Mt Gen
nevens' orders to Northrop The United
States troops will not he called for by the
usurping Governors. The soldiers 1T the
Union army can lift no finger 10 prevent pc
ltiral murders. Judge Chisholm & murder
Secretary SehurH says, was only sporadic
and Col. Iaeharie reports To Gov. Nichols
that the disturbances at Waterproof were
very much exaggerated. and that only twelve
negroes and no whites were killed President
Hayes they have been taught ~ consider the
lbcrator If their section the roetorer Of their
negr0-killing privileges. the humble honored
friend Of Hampton and Gordon and Lamar
They will not believe he seriously means to
Interfere with their pleasant pasiimo Of m,lr-
der and fraud. and they will completely null
lily all attempts to punish election outragos
by enforcing Federal laws. Hayes has SO
completely surrendered to their wishes In The
past that u coercive policy now If he really
had any, would prove futile and Intellectual
"Wh hat then will he the remedy2'
VI will come in the next election, when
Northern sentiment will make itself known
The righteous verdict Of the North will he SO
unanimous that the Southern whites will no
longer commit murder, amtragna aud frauds
and go unpublished. They will learn that the
millions Of dollars given by Northern Re-
puhlirans for the yellow fever sufferers was
not intended as n peace offering to convey
Willingness that Southern Republicans should
be murdered and dsfranchised I'm return
Such proceedings will be stopped after the
next election"