The Tiffin tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1868-1887, 1878-11-21
ISp-ci-d Dispatch 10 the Enquirer.
HAYES SOUTHERN POLICY.

lSr-cisi Dispatch 10 the Enquirer.
HAYES SOUTHERN POLICY.
WARRINGTON, ID. G.. Nov. 18th. lSTS.
Il was determineI in Radical coun-
srls. a few DAYS agD. that a desperate
effort should De made to capture HayeS
and bring him hack into the partY lines.
iu' they are marked out bv Zach. ChInd-
ler, Don Cameron. Blaine. COnkling and
the rest Of the stalWartS In other
words, they determined 10 make Use Of
the fact that buJ few Republicans had
been elected tO Congress from the
south 10 Try To convince the President
that ms Southern policy was all wrong
and 10y this course of argument tO
bring him into line with something
ike the bloody shirt policy, which, in
their Judgment. was the Only true
way 10 save the Republican party
Zach Chandler and Don Cameron, as
the dcdHt cOuTierS in this scheme, had
a long consultation with HAYES to-day.
They represented to him as fOrcibly as
possible that cancellation did not
cOnciliate. and drew heart-rending
pictures of the condition of the Repub-
licans in the South. This condition of
things they attributed rs mildly as pos
Sible, 10 Hayes policy, which they had
no doubt was conceived in the proper
I spirit, but which WAS mistake. They
directed attention 10 what they were
pleased 10 call the encrOachments of the
I COntederacy upon Federal power. and
agreed that it WAS time for Republicans
all over the country To cast aside their
differences, and as patriots to labor for
the salvation Of the country. They
tChandler and CamerOn) showed their
willingness To bury all differences by
this visit, and they asked Hayes to
meet IN like spirit, and to act in such
a way as that he might be in full ac-
cord and cooperation with all of his
party. That their argument had due
weight, and that Hayes proposes
change of policy, would appear from
the following, which will appear i'll
tO-mOrrOW's National Republican, it
[ being the result of an interview after
Hayes had had his conversation with
/ Chandler and Cameron. Senator COnk-
I ling has arrived here, and, in accord
ance with the programme marked out,
He is to call on HAYES in a day or two
and give an impetus to the work be-
gun by Chandler and Cameron. The
/ Republican says:
Very naturally, in view of the Demo-
| cratic conduct of the late campaign in
the Southern States, the President has
been frequently interviewed by lead
ing Republicans from all sections of
! the country, and especially from the
/ South. The fact that the Democrats
| of that section have violated all the
| pledges made to him to accord to the
/ blacks their rights and privileges of
| citizenship, and have thereby robbed
/ the Republican party of its due pro-
| portion OF representation in the next
| House, has prompted these interviews,
/ the ultimate design being TO urge the
/ President to exhaust the legitimate
! resources of his Office i'm bringing the
perpetrators Of these great crimes 10
/ justice. But the President, in his ut
| teranceS at these interviews, has care
| fully and perSiStently declined to take
a partisan view of the situation. His
/ attention was called yesterday to an
! editorial paragraph in the morning
! National Republican, announcing that
1.-THE Southern situation would be
/ earnestly discussed at the Cabinet
| meeting. The time for discussion has
| passed. 1t is now too late for any
/ thing but the most determined and
Vigorous action. This determination
was reached several days ago, and the
] deliberations Of the Cabinet on this
subject since then have been compare
lively brief, and confined principally to
! the consideration of the duty of the
AttOmey-General in the premises"
| To these remarks the interviewer re-
piled apprOvingly. and then asked the
/ President how ne accounted for the re-
suit of a solid South in the face of the
pledges of fair dealing by leading
| Southern Democrats.
The President-That question leads
/ directly to discussion of what has
/ been latteTly termed the Southern
policy of the Administration. When
| that policy was inaugurated it was
with an earnest desire to cOnciliate the
Southern leaders-tO round off the
| sharp angles Of sectional differences,
and to soften the asperities of political
strife. No one will deny that the at
tempt to enforce this policy was most
earnestly made, nor that it WAS carried
ont with a conscientious dcoira to ac-
cOmplish the result for which it had
been inaugurated. OF the personal and
partisan sacrifices made in this effort,
and of the consequent interruption of
certain relations which had previously
existed between myself and some of
my supporters, have nothing To say
just now. But it appears the leaders
who made those pledges either did not
exert themselves to keep them or were
unable to do so. In fact, | am reluc-
tantly compelled to admit the expert
ment was failure. The first import
ant election held since it was attempt
ed has proved that fair elections, with
free suffrage for every voter, in the
South are an impOssibility under the
existing state of things.
Interviewer-And the Republican
party, except in North Carolina, has
thereby been wiped out of existence in
the South!
The PreSident-It is not because the |
Republican party appears as the suf-
ferer in these results that | complain. |
1t Is because free suffrage and freedom |
of political rights have been interfered !
with that | am called upon to take |
cOgniZance of these disturbances. Ifl
the facts were exactly reversed, and if |
the Republicans had committed these !
OutrageS upon the Democrats, my duty |
would be the same. 1t will not be for |
me, or for any official before whom |
these questions may come, to treat |
them otherwise than in nOn-paTtisan |
way. The partisan press will naturally |
take partisan view of the case, and | |
will be held To account for adding the !
Republicans-the stalwarts, / mean
in Haunting the bloody shirt, as il is |
called.
Interviewer-YeS 1t has been
charged that you are following in the !
footsteps of your predecessor.
The President-Well, | expect that
all, and more. / can't expect to hold
the Office | do without being kicked !
and cuffed a little, you know. But for
all that, shall do my duty as Chief
Magistrate of all the people, Democrats
and Republicans alike; and if, in the
faithful execution of the laws, Justice
shall demand the punishment of this
or that man, whatever his political
connections may be, shall not be de-
TERED by partisan criticism. All that
l know is that great crimes have been
committed, and it is my duty TO aid in
the punishment Of the criminals.
Interviewer-Andy You do not think
the southern leaderS-the Democrats,
mean, who have promised SO often to
protect the blacks of the South in the
exercise Of their TightS-are respOnii- |
for these crimes?
The PTeSident-FTankly, / do not. |
Governor Hampton, for example, has
tried repeatedly to repreSs the violence
which has characterized the campaign
in South Carolina, and failed. such |
Republicans as Judge Lee and Mr.. |
Rainey and EX-State Senator Swails, of |
that place, have advised me of these
facts. They say that Hampton can not
control the Red-shirts, as they call !
them, and they have repeatedly in
formed me of speeches he has made !
deprecating violence in the conduct of |
the campaign, and it appears that Gov
ernor Nichols, III Louisiana, is earnest
ly opposed to these proceedings. or the !
same kind of violence in his State.