The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1878-11-21
HAYES CAPTURED.
Tho President interviewed on the Subject
of the Solid South.
!Specim Di1ntch to Tie Baltimore SIN.


SpecM DiIntch 10 Tie Baltimore .SuH.
WAsHiNGToH, November IL.
The National Republican,, OF this city
will tomorrow pnbleh The following as
the views of the President in regard To
tile situation in the South. In answer to
a question as TO whether the Southern
Policy had been discussed in the Cabinet
the President is reported TO have said
That is mistake; the time for discus
sloE las passed. 1t is now too late for
| anything but the most determined and
vigorous action. The determination was
reached several days ago, and the delib-
erations of the Cabinet on this subject
since then have been comparatively brief
and confined mainly to the consideration
of the duty nt the Attorney General in
the premises" The President has always
thought that his policy would win back
the South. He was asked how he ac-
counted for the result in the fhce of The
fair promises of the South, "The qucs-
tom" said he, "lcads directly to dis
cussion of what has been latterly termed
the Southern policy of the Administra-
ton. When that policy was first inau-
gurated it was an earnest desire to con-
|
the sharp angles of sectional difference
and to soften the asperities of political
strife. No one will deny that the attempt
to enforce this policy was most earnestly
made, nor that it was carried out with n
conscientious desire to accomplish the
result for which it had been inauguratcd.
or 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 moth
ing to sny just now. But it appears that
the leaders who made those pledges either
did not exert themselves to keep them or
were unable to do so. In fact am reuc-
family forced to admit that the expert
ment was failure. The first election of
Importance had since it was attempted
has proved that fair elections, with free
suffrage for every voter in the South, are
an impossiblity under the existing con-
diton of things" ut is not because the
| Republican party appears as the sufferer
in these results that / complain" con-
tinucd the President, ait is because free
suffrage and freedom of political rights
have been interfcred with that am
called upon to take cognizance of these
disturbances. If the fact were exactly
reversed, and if the Republicans had
| committed the Outrages upon the Demo
Gratis, my duty would be the same. It
will not do for me, or for any official be-
fore whom these questions may come, to
treat them otherwise than in a non parti-
san way. The partisan press will natu-
rally take n partisan view of the case,
| will be held to account for aiding the
Republicans-th stawarts. I mean
III faunting the bloody shirt, as it is
called"
Mr.. Hayes said further: "I can't ex-
pect to hold the Office do without be-
ing kicked and cuffed little, you know,
but for all that shall do my duty us the
Chief Magistrate of all the people, Dem
ocrats and Republicans alike, and if, in
the faithful execution Of the laws, justice
| shall demand the punishment o: this or
that man, whatever his political connec-
tions may be l shall not be deferred by
partisan criticism. All that | know is
that great crimes have been committed.
and 1t is my duty to aid in the punish
mcnt of the criminals" The President
| said ,haJ ''Goyernor Hampton, for ex-
ample, has tried repeatedly to repress
the violence which has characterized the
campaign in South Carolina, and failed:
Such Republicans as Judge Lee and Mr..
Raney and ex-senator Swails, Of that
State, have advised me of these facts.
They say that Hampton cannot control
the red Shirts rs they call them, and
they have repeatedly informed me of
speeches he has made deprccating vio-
lencc in the conduct of the campaign.
And it appears that Gov. Nichols in
Louisiana, is earnestly opposed to these
| proceedings or the same kind Of violence
! iii his State;
The sensation in political circles to-
day is the formal farewell of the New
York San to Mr.. Tilden, and its giving
over to destruction the Democratic party
Since the day when Gen. Grant refused
to make Charles A. Dana Collector of
the port Of New York, that able editor
has devoted all the influence of his Jour
nal TO denunciatun of the Republican
and advocacy of the Democratic party.
A personal friend and warm admirer of
AIR. Tildcn, he has stood by that gentle
man through thick and thin. Since the
organization of the Electoral Commission
up to the time O. the publication of the
cipher kilograms, he day by day piled
columH OH column of fierce and bitter
wrath on the heads Of those who deprived
| Mr. Tiiden OF the Presidency until even
MS lnclSl"e logic ana brilliant rhetoric
failed to redeem the subject from utter
weariness. Now Mr.. Dana comedies,
what has all along been charged, that to
Mr.. Tilden's own timidity and indecision
was due the loss Of his office, and he tells
him that he will never again be the
Presidential candidate for any party.
AS for the Democratic party, as 1t now
exists, he says ''the observer cannot draw
strength for single patriotic hope"
This article has created profound SEN
sation. Republicans are delighted with
it; Democrats are surprised. 1t was
shown to the President, and after reading
it he smiled Significantly, but made little
comment. One member Of the Cabinet
said he he'd been expecting something
like this from Mr.. Dana, as his paper
had preserved an omnous silence as to
Mr.. Tilden for some weeks.