Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-11-22
SENATOR
The South in the Next Campalgn-.-His
Confidence in President Hayes.
Cincinnati Enquirer.

! wi AAcl nkEuL, anu lutCl lCnCA AAm QA
a few of the leading questions of the
hour, first asking him how he regarded
the policy of President Hayes, and,
more especially, his reported CONVEX
sion to the stalwart doctrine Of the
bloody-shirt Republicans.
see in the papers" said he, Ger
tain declarations ascribed to the Presi-
dent, from which an inference has
been drawn of the kind to which you
allude. | doubt if he has gone any
further than to express disappointment
and disapprobation of certain exag-
gerated reports of proceedings in two
Southern States, which have been re-
ported to him by Republican officials
and defeated aspirants, But he has
not yet, so far as | can see, indicated
any purpose to change his policy which
has so much improved the condition
of Southern society, including both
races, and tended to restore amity be-
tween the sections. | do not believe,
with the evidence before me, that he
intends, by military force or execu-
tive interference, to control elections
in the Southern States. He is bound
by the most solemn pledges before the
country not to uphold by force those
governments which were established
in the South under bayonet rule. In
the recent elections, whether in the
triumph Of Democrat or Republican,
there has been nothing to show a pop
ular disapproval of that policy, but
everything to show that it meets the
sanction and support of all the States.
He will find nothing occurring in the
South to Justify any abandonment of
that policy or departure from it. Pre-
texts may be found, but they will be
pure pretexts and nothing else"
How we're the elections in the
South?
SIN my State they were as peace
able as any election in the world could
possibly be. Not a human being was
molested or made afraid. As a gem
eral thing, in consequence of the fe-
yer, the people did not largely turn
out to the election. There was but
little organization of the Democratic
party in the State, or rather none at
all. The opposition was much better
organized in the First and Second dis
tricts than we were. The candidates
were unable to make a public canvass,
and the people went to the polls of
their own motion.
Did the Greenback party show
much strength I"
Il think not"
did not Davis, in the Second dis
trict, receive a heavy yote2'
General Davis is much stronger in
that district than the Greenback party.
He is a popular and able man, and re-
eeived a large vote on account of his
popularity.
What are the prospects of the
Greenback party in the South 2"
WELL, as to that, so long as the
right of the people of the South TO
self-government is made an issue in
national politics the people of the
South viii not, and, in my opinion,
ought not, to allow any question as to
currency to divide them. The South
is more solid in favor of self-preserya-
ton than divided as TO national poll
tics"
How did the Republicans vote in
Mississippi
In my district they voted solid for
the Greenbackers candidates, off
Gals and ALL"
DO you mean that the Federal
officers voted that way?'
4 do"
viii the South be likely to ask q
representative on the National Demo.
cratic ticket in 1892
4 do not think the Southern PEG
pie cherish any aspirations for tn,
control of the Federal government OIL
its honors and patronage. They vii
support a ticket without a Southern
man upon it just as cheerfully anC
cordially as with one. 1t will depend
entirely upon what the party deem
best to do in order to accomplish sue
cess, but a Southern man will not b
needed on the ticket to give it strength
in the South"
"Do you think that if the Republi
cans were to put a Southern man upol
their ticket it would bring to tina
party any considerable support in tn
SOUTH"
Not the least, with the presen
I purposes and organization of tina
party"
AS a Democratic candidate for tn
Presidency, which would the Sout.
prefer, Thurman or Hendricks?"
The South is impressed with
deep sense of gratitude to both of thes
gentlemen, and would support wit
enthusiasm and confidence whicheve
the National Democracy should deter
mine it most e~xpedient to nominate.
Mr.. Bayard, of Delaware, is spoke
of more generally by the Eastern Dc
mOcracy than any other man. Woul
he be as enthusiastically supported b
the Southern people as either Hen
bricks or Thurman, if nominated b
the cOnyention?''
a. lie would be. No man in the n;
ton is more honored and beloved i
4 the South than Mr.. Bayard.
AS to the Vice Presidency. 1t
:. often said that a Southern mar wi
n. get that"
? "OR course the South would feel
deep sense Of gratitude at the rooogni
n, ton Of either Governor Hampton /,
Senator Gordon or Senator Ransom
by placing n Of them on the nation.
ticket, but still it will not be demant
d. cd by them or regarded as essential
secure the corporation and support
the Southern States"
A REMARKABLE INVENTOR
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