The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1878-11-27
vRTD DOUGLASS lCOLOREDl IN THE GUIsE
OF PROPHET.

W.aHISGrov Nov 13-Mr. Douglass
r-,irad states Marrhal Of the District o
G1.uuIbf4 in speaking to-day of the Presi-
leu- and his southern policy, said:
The attitude of President Hayes in respect
70 bf- southern policy, implied in his pres
arf effort % urOf-c, all citizens alike in the
svarei,e of the right of suffrage in South
Carolina, Louisiana and elsewhere, does not
surprise m-. II i precisely what have ex
rer,pd ever since the tx pertinent of cOncilia-
Hob has failed, not through lack OF earnest
ness sud sincerity on the part Of the Presi-
dent and Calumet in their action TO the
-ogth bu- through the rougheadedneSs
ana rcoucjltbleuess of the ) buth itself.
Iaave known rom the beginning that what
has been called tn" paciticatlon policy was
not like fh- laws IF uAe MeIrs aud PerSians
unchanL.4bie. but that il would be abln-
GOrrd when ueces sarV.
Two weeks before Hayes Inauguration il
wa- ms good fortune to meet him in Col
umbl-. OHIO, ana TO have tree and full con-
vurs4tjuu with MIN on what had alrea9v
been Ioresha9Owed a his Southern poll
lev / expressed my alarm at the newspI-
per reports as to the course he meant to
pursue towards late rebels, and asked hun
directly IL IL was tue, A. reported, that he
intended TO appoint southern men, not Re
uuJlic8uS, To office in the South He an
gwer,d frankly yes and gave as a reason
that something must be done to break up
the rae" and color line IN Southern politics
The fact that the cOlored people were in
one party aud the whites in another, was
provocative of race hostility aud blOods shed,
and something must be done to end such
strife. He said he had had assurances from
influential men at the South that his pro
posed policy would correct this evil and lead
to the organization of such Independent
political acJion Is would establish harmony
In the Southern States. He said but little
BY way of argument, but invited me to
speak fully and frankly. / was not slow to
accept the invitation, and for an hour or
more argued against such 4 policy, showing
AZ well a. l could, by brief review of the
convict between freedom and slavery dur
ing the last forty years. that every conces-
sion 10 the South had been followed by in
creased eXactlpns aud arrngancy that there
was no satisfying or app aaslng the ruling
element Of the South; that there always
bad been a class of men there who esteem ed
fhcmSelye, and were esteemed as above the
law, or "a law unto them selves, who had no
JUS sense of the sacredness OF human life.
and thought that negroes, especially, IN ght
be killed with impunity.
tINf=t-J fhHI q IJptt05- @f CUuClIldLiOH
would be As pearls before swine; that our
concessions would be treated as cOwardice;
that the South needed to be taught that
there was God in Israel, aud thas the laws
viii bee enforced in South Carolina as well
as in Massachusetts,. | said much more to
the same effect and alter giving me a pa
urnt hearing Gov. Hayes assured me that
he still intended to give the South a fair
chance to right itself. and to remove all
cause Of complaint, if possible; but lie
said: III what / propose shall fail OF the
good results al which | aim shall certainly
adopt some other course. Ia no event do
intend 20 abandon your race or to fail IN
extending TO them the protection OF the
rights guaranteed them by The constitution"
Left Gov. Hayes impressed with the idea
that he was am honest and courageous man,
welded 20 no policy to the extent of pur-
suing DC regardless of consequences, and
controlled By patriotism as firm and in
4rNinle, as the wise and good Abraham
Lincoln
I'm reply 20 question as to what would
be Tue result of the new departure OF the
administration in dealing with the South
Nj. Douglass said:
Most sanitary. | think the South itself
see self Will see it, errors aed correct them.
IL Will, believe, find out that IA solid South
l-d#0gernuS even to itself when secured by
DISTINGUISHING treemen. 1t will, / believe.
aiteT learning the lesson, be ready to grant
equal rights To all