The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-05-17

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THE HAYES SERIES or vETOES
ii sufficiently like It's predecessor to estab-
Iish the uniformity OF the type. Beyond this
there Is nothing remarkable in the fact Of the
document, as there is nothing novel or unex-
pected In its premises, It's reasoning or Its
conclusions. Reduced to plain English 1t
means that Robson and Chandler have dis
covered
THE WEAK SPOT IN HAYES CHARACTER
or rather the weakest OF the innumerable
weak spots, which collectively make up that
unique quality-and that they are making the
most OF their discovery. To any one who,
from good natured apathy or genial contempt
toward the whole gang, Is capable Of viewing
their performances with composure, the con-
trast between the relations OF Hayes to the
managers OF his party In 1877 and In 1879 is at
once amusing and instructive inorder to
fully apprehend this contrast, to feel the
humor of it, and to catch the insight Into the
character OF Hayes which it affords, 1t is
necessary to compare the state of the adj
mlnistration then with that which is now
developing from day to day.
TWO YEARS AGO
there were not two men of any sort of
prominence In the United States whose adj
vice had less weight. whose counsels carried
less impression or whose recommendations
fell with less influence upon the mind Of
Hayes than did the advice, eounses and rec
lamentations OF Zach Chandler and Secor
Robson.
OLD ZACH
had then just given place to Carl Schurz In
the Interior Department and had gone off to
Michigan about as mad a man as ever trav
eed Whatever may be said to old Iach's
detriment, 1t must be admitted thnt his
rugged character cOmprehends O certain
rufianly sort Of honesty and certain brutal
type OF candOr, which cause him to hate
hypocrisy and despise pretension. wherefore
his estimate OF his successor aud his feelings
towards the administration which embodied
such charlatan were both natural and cred
liable. There was nothing to be ashamed OF In
!hs wrath which he poured out upon the
neads OF Hayes Schurz, ct al, or In the acidu-
lated contempt that he visited upon the sham
feforms,' and the fraudulent policies
WIN which this regime began Its sway; be-
Cause II was the wrath Of Paadin In his way
and the scorn of q character which is forcibls
even in its vices and toerable, If not admira-
Pie even in its defects. As for
sECOE RoBEsON,
ne SIMPLY went up to his native Jersey, and
lay low, waiting to see whether his successor
would be able TO dig ont of the chaotic wreck
q the accounts Of his maladminstered de-
paftment coherent facts enough to base au in
dtctrDent on. Robeson's opinion of the ad-
ialnlstratfpn at that time Is not matter Of
interest He probably had about the same
regard for 1t that an ordinary feon has for a
court while the jury In his case Is deIihnr
atng u regard aptiy enough Described In the
old conplat touching the opinion If the law
which Is produced In rUgues mind bv the
pressure of its instrument of execution upon
1s neck. Il Is matter Of history that the /
venerable Richard W. Thompson wrestlpd
long and vigorously with the system VIZ Nv |
counts which Robeson had left behind lin
and it is also impressed upon the annals
Oh our beloved country that there was
atime- aud considerable OF n time ii WAS tno
when the venerable Richard w was In n
state Of painful doubt as to whether be ought
0ask the district attorney to advocata the
eectton Of Secor TO an exclusive institution
ncated Mt Albany. or Instruct the employees
q the Navy Department In the First Jersey
District to support him for election to Con
gfess on the Radical ticket and as refnrmer
q the civil service. Finally the venerable
ihsehard W concluded that the real ngger in
Me lumber pile was
HANsGOM.
and Hanscom was rallroaded out as d sort of
vNaflous sacrifice for the sins Of Secor Robe
~ who, being thus purged and made pure,
oee.ame In the lexicon OF Radicalism a patriot
ana statesman. Meanwhile
BLAINE AND CoNKLtEG
nae eXhaustlng the vocabulary Of inyectve
,masfever they could get an audience. to por-
ay @ay Hayes as a traitor of double dye and
1l.a.iscreant OF the blackest hue: and, converse
u, M certain acute gentlemen OF Democratic
Eelsuasion were embracing the opportunity
ageett their work In. That is to say, while
onl osa zach was sulking and swearing In Mehi-
sI sI,, Whlle Secor Robson was covering and
enao,aieanlDg in Jersey. and while Blaine and
Hnallkllhg We're scOldlng and denOnncng poor
n,tyaes n!,ayes ID their State conventions, RAINFALL
an9 ann,9tsSpn, Burke, Ben Hill, Gordon, Hampton
na,.i-ma aa Lamar We're taking advantage OF the op-
fha .unltyto coax and flatter Hayes into doing
~ ohiy respectable act Of his whole Career
iaE LIBERATION oF LOUISIANA AND SOUTH
rh... CAROLINA.
ine attitude Of Hayes at the time reminded