The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1878-10-17


resented. Tanppose 1t Is because mis-
representation Is 80 easy. j have never
cass any "alurs on the President."
have never expressed any ''bitb,rness
towards Mr. Hayes" because I have
never felt any. have never complained
or indulged in pigue because Mr.. Haye,
were recommended by me. I have never
recommended any. I have endorsed
some applicants as qualified, aud have
greatly desired to see the civil service
impfoved--especially in ,he South. I
trust no man who knows me needs to be
assured that. in the discharge of my
public duties, / am incapable of being
influenced by personal pique and dis
appointments. With me all personal
feelings and relations, whether of friend
ship or otherwise, are subordinated TO
the public good. But should be very
uncandid II I did not confess that 1
have been most grievously disappointed
in Mr. Hayes and his administration.
II my grievances were only personal, the
world would never susDect it in my Off.
cial conduct and opinions. II Is because
my grievance relates only to our Ma
tional character and the public veal that
Tmake known ite existence, and will
proceed to set forth briefly the reasons
fk0r It.
/ believe that shat is known as our
"ciyil service" as it now exists, and has
long existed, is crime against popular
government and civilization. I believe
It has been the chief cause of many trou-
bles and corrpptions in the past, and, if
not thoroughly reformed, will surely un-
dermine and destroy our free institu-
tions. ! will not stop here to discuss
the grounds of this belief. They have
been long and we'll considered, and have
produced absolute conviction. Ialways
did abhor that old party slogan, ITO
the victor belongs the spoils." 1t was
never suited to any but bandits and
plunderers, and was always disgraceful
to men claiming 10 be patriots and
Btatesmen. It reduces the science Of
government TO the estricks of gamblers,
the hypocrisy of demagogues, and the
blows of ruffians. l heard Mr.. Hayes
when. in his inaugural address, he an
nounced his policy, or rather hia pur-
pose Of civil service reform. To say /
was pleased, would feebly express the
truth. In spite of ny conviction that
he vas not elected by the people. but
owed his Office to unmitigated frauds for
,T1fh;Sls Believed he wes not responsible.
felt willing to bury this last and great
est wrong with the many that had pre-
ceded it, and for which all sides WeFe
more or less responsible, and unite my
humble efforts in support of policy
which, in my judgment. promised escape
to our whole country from all s!.,'h
wrongs in the future.
What is spoken Of as Mr.. Hayes
Southern policy was Of far less signif-
cance. This Southern policy was q
necessity of the situation. Mr.. Hayes
had no power to avoid it. The end of
carpet bag rlundering in the South and
disgrace to the Nation had come by
events. E7el General Grant saw that
the army could no longer be used to set
tie contested elections in the States,
and maintain robbers in power. But
with our corrupt and ever corrupting
civil service the situation was different
This evil had its origin before the war;
1t had grown up under the nurture of
the. leaders of parties. It had pushed
ito braZen supporters and henefciariea
grown and strengthened with every
itself impreguably during General
fore, in the very day of its insolent
power, in the very midat Of its pampered
courtiers, :.cd on the very field of its
greatest swsy, Mr.. Hayes announced in
clear anu unfaiteTing Toics his r;ssnase
to strangle this hydra of many heads,
he seemed to exhibit the courage, manli-
ness and patriotism of one worthy to be
, President. This exhibition gave me
high hopes Of the man, and seyeral early,
free and frank interviews which felt
encouraged to seek with him greatly
strengthened and encouraged these
home
Now, my friend, !: :s the utter and
aickening disappointment which these
Acrss have experienced; and nothing
else, which has forced from me the few
words to which you allude, and which
have been falsely construed by Repub-
licau papers to express personal bitter
ness anu hostility on my part toward
MIR. Hayes. In my opinion, Mr.. Hayes
has utterly failed to mprove--indeed,
has strangely thrown aWay-an oppor-
tunity to make for himself name
worthy to be enrolled with that of
Washington, because shat opportunity
improved would have conferred on his
country benefit quits equal to anv
conferred by Washington himself. He
has failed because he has shown himself
utterly unequal 90 his opportunity, He
has shown himself Riequal in that ho
has utterly failed to realize that the
Chief Magistrate os great country has
no PeEa0ilAt friends, friends &c ip,Sssssonai enc.
mics, and owes no personal obligations.
but ia under obligations only TO his
country, and to that countryIa honor,
glory, rco1perity, Constitution and laws,
He has thrown away his opportunity to
honor himself aud oven his country by
recognizing en- obligation to reward
those who by frauds most disgraaafnl ~
their country gave him this opportunity.
he has thrown away the gfandest op.
portunity ever given 20 O man, only that
he might give oficea and rewards 10 as
worthless set of rapscallions as ever
disgraced humanity. a man may be-
como President By reason Of a crime.
and yet himself not be tainted or even
culpable. Twice, in our history, have
SSI5IssS zass: :sS:I's::s=;s asss=s ly
OF crime. Andrew johnson became
PRESIDENT by reason OF q wicked and foul
assgssination. Mr.. Hayes became Pres
ideng by reason Of wicked aud foul
conspiracy 20 change, and which did
change, the ballots of tho people after
thoge ballots had been cast. Yet each
became President through the forms of,
the Consultation and lava.
How did Mr.. johnson deal with those
who committed and Who were charged
with siding to coninlit tho crime
by which he became President? BE
ErEsH5d Iaem fUr punishment ssh.I viii; viii
gtch yigor that, as 3ll the world