The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1878-01-07
THE PRESIDENTIAL FRAUD.
H1YEs'S STORY or THE BARGAIN WITH
SOUTHERN DEMOCRATS

SOIIHEhN DEHOthdf6
| A Square Declaration that they Deliberately
Proposed to Sell Out Mr.. ridden ana "hy'
ana that their oVer'"re' were '>ee'''o"'
WASHINGTON, Jan. 6-Gen. ii. V. Boynton,
| tho Washington correspondent Of the Cincin-
| natl Gazette, has published the Administration
slde Of tho story ahout thc alleged bargaining
h,u.oor ,ou,ain ua,,,hor, p,r,ooro,s o,1 ,bo
| between certain southern Democrats ana the
intimate friends Of Returning Board Hayes.
Con povr,on,s e.o,o,,ont ia of tbo utn,ost i'm.
| "'i 'o'",o" ''''V"' - -, VI, "''o ~"
portahce' IN that he sluorev declares uiat
n,,,nn. NJ T,idcn ond tno,,hrir overtnrcs ,voro
pv''"S 'ii' ,lun' u"" ''i'' 'i'''i ''Vi'ui'9 "'i'
accepted. He says;
,,, ,.as a., ,,ni,,,1i, I,rac,od 10 ,ho s,otc ~
YOU "u' ,'i'' po'n'.i, WI " ,''' I'' ~.
,hcir nar,y caused hv ,be ,u,iica,i", ~ ,yhot
| 'hclr party causeu ny 'he pupnchtiol Oh "ha'
will be remembered AZ the Roberts interview
w"n uoV' nuyc9 u. Ioiu'i,ous ioi ',.o
| thls u'scu5sloh' ~ ho' necessary 10 inpWre
| whether that interview was correctly or ncor-
rn,,lv roror,cj In, ns nrin,od II Mt once bo.
| ~ W 20 - " w 49,,
came ms th' handwriting on the wall To lildeh
personal adherents. Emissares from Lib
'rV street came posi- n"s'c 10 ""7nins'oh
TO sound southern mon ana see II there
,hat ,yo,id ,'reser Iiaycs yith nm ass,,rcd liho'
T,, W. y
RAJ poucD, 10 llu'I, Will tue etIlulHt) vi EcHc-
raj trouble. Their anxiety and the general un-
| oasi,,oas or,o,,, ,hoir ,rio,ds ,n congrosa dia
30 ".,os p',,t I19 90, A.
closed the situation to Republicans ana 10y the
middle Of December some Of the most promi-
mont opor, tho lo,.er had fuliv yrnsncJ i,s
MN ""lO"- wy ", .N'' .'9
meaning and its possibilities. Republicans
who gave themselves earnestly to the study OF
Southern Democrats upon several SUBJECTS.
First-They were more concerned with re-
gaining local sellgoyernment than they were
~, = a
| ministratlon had grown to seem Of far less i'm
portanco to them than the control Of their own
State affairs
"Second-They had never been reconcilel to
the way In which the New YORK element had
| forced Tilden upon the Democracy OF the South
and West at ~. Louis.
Third-Thev were disgustcd with his letter
on southern claims, not So much because they
regarded il as an assumption ON Tildcn's part
that hc could safely truckle to Northern sent-
| ment at tho expense Of the South. since tho lat
Ter could not refuse him support under any
snubbing whatever.
constitntionai count of ia" Electoral votes meant
| main southern soldiers understandin1 from
sore cxperience what was involved. they we're
IN m avnnt Shnnl1 III" Demonrais ~ m" Wons
be allowed to plunge the country into war They
| sav that thev hold tho balance ~ powpr i'm ihr r
party, and they patrlotically resolved to use II
ior neacn
" fiih-A number OF them were consid-
cring whether. in case the utteranccs of GOV.
| : regard
Snrtb m"ant what thn lanp,,a,a imtiinI the
south would not be better oil al tho end OF four
yoar- of such Republican rule than to have the
general di-ord, r and disruption of social luict
Continue ns il certainly wnuid continue
through a Democratic administration with the
certainty that at the end of four years the
same struggle through which the South had
lust passed. would be- repeated. In short. a
humber Of prominen, Southern men were
| earnestly considering whether. in case Hayes
should honestly and earnestly SIT himself abou,
carving into effect the idens ~ his letter OF ac-
ceptancc. il would NOT De far better for the quiet
ana material int.rr-ts OF the south or whether
the shortest road TO a just and permanent re-
Administration under Gov. Hayes.
Thought which n number OF Republicans founo
! To- he nto-tions of earnest though auirt discus.
sion. That they should Instantly await them
rNb o ns kn@TGage 20 pra %raa is edcrrp, dpgn
and those cooler Southern mon was cniircl,
untural That they should have been active In
this work was one Of The necc-,!tic- Of the stu
alton The country was ON the brink OF anar
chy then II Is easy to look back from prescn
quict and drnuuncc all attempts t. avert ciyi
. war Rs bargains but some II those who ar,
busiest In such deuunclauons now-and some
edtor-. too--hould reflect upon what thoi
thought .'a'osmaAship and honorable and lus
, deall lng them.
" And now for the bargaining that took place
These Republi, ANS who wrr" In a position {,
GOV Hayes Ind decided upon, and which h,
, nnce simply took occasion to assure thes,
southern Democrats that what HAYES had thus
p carp 't-hae rule. making clear distinctions be-
,wecn southern Republicans and carpet-hal
| clement proper, would not bc encouraged; tina
local goSernmcnt or proper home rulo woul'
, hr: that all who desired to come into n'c'r,
wi'n nHtgnei Admni7iraI9n for ln 'ue pGrPc. o
/ surfing peucc /, the South would he cor inlly re-
ecivcd. aud that all the results of the war am,
all new rights To- the now citiZeus would be IN
sisted upon and protected.
There WAS NJ promise TO individuals, an,
nothing that approached the character of bar
| ginning IL tho announce ~ nj Nt lTr