The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1878-01-10

view, and demanded an authoritative de
| NAL and according tO Gen. liOYSTON, this
| inter, row. whether correctly or incorrectly
| reported" became Gag the handwriting on
! the wall to TILDENs personal adhcrcnts."
! The situation war disclosed to Republicans,
! says Gen. BOYNroS. "apd 10y the middle Of
! December some Of the most prominent
among the latter had fully graspcd it,
| meaning and it5 possibiities.'
| He also anirms that Republicans who
| gave Themselves earnestly to the study Of
| tho situation, found IL general agreement
among southern Democrats upon several
SUBJECTS which he sets forth quite elabo-
| ratciy His exposition Of these points Of
agreement among southern Democrats
/ IL ~ follows:
thcy were more concerned with regain
ing local solf-govcrnmcnt than they were
with the success ~ IILDfS.
2 They were never altogether satisfied
with the work OF the st. Louis Convention
B. TtLDEN' s lcttcr ON Southern claims was
regarded by them ~ trucking to North
| orn sentiment at the expense of the South
T. Holding AZ thcy did the balance of
power in the House of representatives, they
were determined to use it for their own adj
vantage.
8 If they could bc satisfied that HAYES
would be permitted to do the South Justice
they had concluded that it would be " far
better for the quiet and the material in
forests of the South to accept him as Pres
dent.
II was " one Of the necessities of the situa-
ton Gen BOYNrON insists, for Ropub-
Leans who gave themselves earnestly to the
study Of this situation, to widen the
opening breach between TILDEN's personal
adhcrcnts and these cooler Southern men"
IL wac not necessary that promises to in
dviduals' should be given. All that was
required was " the announcement of "a pre-
determined policy on the one hand and a
reception Of IL as the best present attaina-
BILE good for the South on the other" The
recent declarations of Major L. A. BURK.
who admits shat he holds an agreement in
writing made at the famous Wormlcy
Hotel conference, cOrrobOratc this state
mcnt Of Gen. BoYNToN. BURKE Is reported
in the New York Herdid OF Dec. ~, AZ max.
ing the subjoined statement:
80 doubt Mr. Cn,Snirn and many Of his associates
rua'an'r.s whi.h thc Republican party eager
yi-cdls mat tn south dd not Gar iAYks as appear.
patriotism thsn his iorncr suf,oricrs W. lid ef ie
t'Mor,' - .ni in Nv power vi N. l"pnic an parry
IS PIN - .,sS St.[y i'n IL ~, ~,1c 49, isi
Raw, alone y
According to Major BURKE, then. the
southern men were not afraid OF HAYES.
They required no further pledges from him
than the plightci faith OF his personal repre-
scntativrs but thry did want "to know il
the leaders would let HAVE, alone Aud
in turn Cen. BOYNroN cnrtoborates Major
BURKE. lie declares that whatever forcc
the MATTHEWS osTrR letters and the sub
scQueut consultation at WonMLEY over the
question of removing the troops may have
had, the question ot completing the count
WIS firmly settled before these letters were
written, on this conference held"
Thus it appears that the understanding.
the agreement, the bargain. had been
reached, entered into. made, before the
Electoral Commission was proposed; and
whatcver subsequent negotiations there
NAY have been related only to details cover
the question Of removing the troops And
IN @'neluSon Gen. BoYkIus sums up h,e
important chapter OF history with this en-
phatic etat.nrnt.
'aad lorg' II wn- ne ae'ai arrn the nov friend.
re -tahias ilr has. - the poncy ne lad dccr,- 10 rnr
- .in9 IN. a.. nt-~ ,Nr. H. ~ I'm, @ ,.'T''eM
". toe po.tar t.scn T., ,hi,,s or iofi, sthr n
ID >-rt- va" hrd ~, haitn,, 90 power %, the ii,f-c
o. N >r'-' nt.n,'s. Az o. ti,n PUBLICAN. a,, tir
lo.,, ~ 90 20" "o'e'lm,nt In,le arc men who 90
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Som. atm, ~ sh ud me- IHr TAR whru nr -tnilnnf
fn. .o.f tni - tetu'.rL OF tlr Republican nan, n
ov,ra- matter, = 'u'h "l or"nee a-lo ann all minor