Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1879-08-13
Judge Hughes interviewed.

II recent interview with correspondent
OF tie NeH York Herald, Judge Hughes, Of
Virginia, slid:
II do 70! think that wise and polite course |
toward the South by the republican party, can
| work ouy favorable result Tor that party here"
perhaps it has never been tried ?"
Has it ncl? No man pursued more wise |
ard petite course not to say chivalric and
generous THAI Geo. Grant did toEard Copfed-
crate ctilcel5 and soldiers after the cessation OF
hostliltcs AID outing bis service as General oil
tho Army. Have sorthcrn soldiers and officers
abused him the less for imputed political mis-
doiGes? thiLk no."
! "aaa a1V special experiment Of the sort ever
| bccc tried p
''Wei. take Tho CASE Of Virginia. 10 the
pciliiclI c'tapagn of 1869 party was formed
il apparent opposition to the democratic party
a rGrty calling itself conservative. headed by
| Governor Walker. It appeared to drive the
democratic PATTY cut CT tho felj. 1t even
claImcd to b., net icacci republican,, but
Grant retu5liosa parry Ii assumed tho spe-
Ella! Chang ioashu OF General Grants policy
Of con1ii!allou Il was supported by The Her
aid, The New llOlk Trbu5c, Times and World
in Singular ccc9'd. Il cuioyed the courteuaucc
and largely the patronage OF Crafts admins
tratlaG. Tho otisos was to absorb the national
republicans ord the OLD line wings and 10 get
I:t Ct the extreme ideas OF ultra democracy and
accessCEl;n!. The democratic party vouutari-
Iy gave wi9 ta !: and uOltcd heartily IN sup
porting lis candidates snd measures But al
ter it had cs;rlsd the State aud defeated tic
torma!Iou Of conservative republican, party,
douIlusiod - aGtlva republicans, did it realiz,
the eynee;e:icrs Of he Herald, Tribune and
Times? History aGs;Ssrs 10 the csreer of Gil.
bert q. Walker. l. did not support Grants
administration. il did not support him for the
ptcs.denc7 ~ 1872. Every mans recollection
mocEs aG the preteneions CT this Grant republi
can p2ry. | thlrk the republicans hsvo al
t ready na:s1ed ccn;iiatory policy toSayi Tic
! Stutb.'
"G:u yru explain Why tie republican, party
HIS alwGy3 5ccn 50 obnoxious t5 the Southern
rccGl2?'
Il cso, tus lhe.a is co Justification TO. it.
'iEo republican party na5 e!!eay bscn blamed
I h9 them Tor rs course on the negro question.
. Ia :hs. rosHtc; Inc reru5c,ps had either to
= escbio:! = i9;u CT ward kecpesshiD over the
c aegrocs ior tGeatv or twenty tiT5 year. uadtr
. thc traedman'a Bureau system or gisc The ue-
= s:o:S tie 04!Io:. OSe 6T the other alternative
, S9as necessary. TEey adopted tho latter expe-
!. cl:at "hch was certainly the Que repJ>iog the
t tnoS: o)1hdaGce aud mts! power 10 tho South
crn Whites, aud appealing most strongly to
their mae0aulniiy. How this curse was met
) e7e!y00d? ko09d who can estimate the volumes
C Ct "tGa. All Vltupa!al0n that HAYS been visit
, ca upon the republican pErty Ter their attempt,
\ IS Bon charged 20 put u2oo Us the ho!ro:s oil
negro goVeInncn!s.
l suppose YOU cal 0aua other overtures
: made BY tho republicans Eith similar results ?"
Yes, cac. y like reward attended The act
. OF the republican parry III turIiog over the
i Southern States tom military to domestic rule.
Mr.. Greeley, tho Southern d4mccracy's own
: clnddatc, thought that the military govern
I meuts ought TO havo been maintained 10 tue
T. States Ter at lGsst tea ycsr.. Yet Ger. Grant
: reported, and the republicans thought differ.
+ enily. IL was The republican party which re
, stored self government 10 four years alter their
8 suppression to States which had conducted
: aRalu5t ito government ono Ct the most torn'
tao!a h!0oI?, gigantic aud r!otractcd wars
] klown to history. DID tits wise and polite
c c,urse' c0tcia,o tho doniaaat class Of the
Q South to The republican pary2 Tho conspicu
Gus, sercus, painful, ugly present fac. cf the
soli South answers tina! question"
A! 80 ycu despsic Of GOOD results from The ar,
! pilcsiion cfauy further wise aud polite courn?"
so long as party limos are drawn as they are
thera! is 10 cEsIce of maintaining vigorous re.
publican party st tie South Tho existence of
the organization hero only furnishes, despite of
Ill logical ref clions and hopes 10 the contrary,
en- excuse fer Keeping up the old war iasues on
, the stump Cancellation can effac. nothing in
relief of tho condition implied by tho term
solid South General Grant gave bis counto.
naGcs 10 General Kemper over myself in the
S;a!c canvass of 1873 Did he concia.e the
General o! his psrty? Who de,tied him more
; angriy than kemperm
w hist is yiur opinion Judge, sbJu. Presi-
( den: Hayes Southern policy ?"
} - smiled when heard tbs! Mr.. Hayes hsd
sppoint:d Judge Key 10 his Csbiaet-sa honest
man and good Southern democrat. While it
was thought that sill other Soutsern offices would
go Ike tic Ga5inet ctfce, TO Southern democrats,
thc!o were sOne indications that the Hayes mol.
icy would work good results. Blu. since diff.
, ieraht belief has obtained ! doab. if Mr. HAYES
i; in much higher favor with tho solid South
than General Grant had been before going ou!
OF flee"
"ot pe.!ic' n !ho future wha.haye you TO ssy,
: judge
y Think there c,a ba no other state of affairs
THAI that implied in tho term solid South until
! tho political Issues Of the country have become
. changed. l think Yirgipis and most of the
SouIEnrn States will go with tho party of the
scundost economical principles and measures.
trust that tho country will bestow its thoughts
in tho years just before us upon great questions
OF political economy, on which there Will be no
North, no South, no East, no West. Until it
does, and until the war ideas, war issues and war
parties di'sppear, tho country may count upon
fol:d Souta rs q fixed fact which no wise