The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1878-03-24
HOW II HAS TURNED OuL


The base compact by whleh lllden
vas trleked out Of the result Of last
leafa election, and Ny which ~ Hayes
b president, has been productive Of a
airly distributed amount Of both good
and evil Standing OUT in bold relief
and towering above all others, Is The
withdrawal Of tho military from the
south and the destruction Of ia inllu'
enee in our local state governments
Let II never be forgotten tpr y moment
that this great boon goes 10 the credit
side Of tho accounts Of both M Hayes
and the electoral commission, Lot lm'
partial history record that fraud has ~
this instance born fruit pleasant 10 the
taste, aud sovereign balm 10 tho wal
wounds and almost wrecked liberties OF
the reconstructed states lately IN rebel
lion toward the general government.
While these arc among tho many good
results Of tho succession OF mild repub'
lloanism 10 power, on tho other hand,
tho principles Of popular government
and the alLsuilioieney Of the ballot'boI,
have sustained fearful shock
Tho confidence Of tho masses
In tho stability and pormanency
ofthis great popular check upon both
individual aud combined aelliHhness
aud unhallowed ambition has been
greatly weakened II not absolutely de-
plroyed When this confidence ID on
tIrely destroyed nothing but anarchy,
revolution aud war arc posalble We
have but narrowly escaped ono OF tho
nearest dangers which beset the path Of
republicanlam, aud that Ia the defeat OF
tho will of The majority by bold reotN
leHa aud desperate minority Let us
never forget, while enjoying tho bless
ings OF peace and complete restoration,
that blasting fraud has been commit
tod, aud though llowor-bedeckod, yet
the head Of our government Ii but the
OF fraud but the more Jumping
lack of q vicious aud criminal Louisiana
returning board, and the trading pros
cliyitios Of few oilice'hungry demo-
Gratis of our section, aud woak'knood
brethren NJ tho north Aho stood ems
lircly too near the vast accumulation
Of bonds 10 DO Joopardaed bya popular
tumult,
Mr., Hayes Is In peculiarly trying
place to-day, lie IN twltted alike by |
republicans aud democrats, llo Ia
brought face 10 face with his master,
Fraud, every moment Of the day In
every newspaper, and In every speech
In tho congressional journal,
In every face he meets and At every turn,
he il confronted with the bitter and
humiliatlng charge orholding the proud
'cnt Of Washington, and when ia
Lho fatal faint Of fraud attaching
10 his right, lie Iis weakened, and
Tho prestige of republicansm is de,
'troycd. Onc important veto has been
killed already, and numberlcss appoint.
ments are yet unratilicd. Before his
time is half out he will be reduced to u
mere figure head, and all because of the
faulty right by which he holds power,
The good he has DONE or may still
do, will not atone. lilo has vouchsaicd
us Key, but then there are good many
people even in Tennessee who arc un.
decided rs to the magnitude of that ias
vor, and wo have yet TO hear that Mr.,
SEIZURE, Mr., EvOrts, or, indeed, any
other member of the cabinet, has 10,
cured title to canoniaation by rea.
son of eminent services or pre-. eminent
craftsmanship.
such trials as that of Anderson in
New Orleans, such sentiments promul
gated by the courts and the press on
the subject, such unseemly wrangling
all over the country when IL touch es
above or beyond Mr., Hayes
right to hold Office, is very damaging,
and must inevitably end in destroying
what little respect the people have for
him by reason of the good he has done.
Fatal fraud When n naturally good and
honest man is made the fgure-head of
II subversion Of the popular will, 50 sin,
ister in character and so important in
its effects upon the present and the
future, it will take all the statesman-
ship and all the forbearance Of our peo-
Pile to guard the future from the fatal
blight which has come to us in the re-
aliaation of the possibility of a disregard
of the will of the majority with inc
punity.
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