The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1879-10-02
THE LEADING IDEAS.

The speech delivered by President Hayes
to the people OF st. Joseph, No, and report
ed in our news columns Of yesterday morn
ing, il departure from the general line
pursued by Mr., Hayes in his addresses at
other places; it is not given wholly to
pleasant generalizations upon the improv :,
condition of business, but the Presid> Gu
voted himself to some wholesor en' ue-
upon national politics, w -e rema'fs
have been delivered !r .ich could mol
before Missouri better place IN Al
Referring audience.
menta, - 10 the cons'liuionsi anienD-
reb,- ..e reconstruction Measures, and the
.pilsment Of the seeded States, he took
occasion to remark that the amendments
were fairly and lawfully adopted, and that
the States that came in under these and
the acts of reconstruction, accepted the
changed order of things, and were bound
by honor as we'll as law to abide by the
conditions they had accepted. OF those
measures he says:
| There were two leading ideas which If gen.
orally accepted throughout our country, If
| generally adopted as a rule of action for the
| General Government and for the state gov
ernmenrS, would go far towards establishing
| "A compete and permanent pacific action
Throughout our country These are the two
leading: one concerns the relation Of the
tates TO the General Government, and the
| ytn.r is concerning the rights of citizens I'M
II
He then proceeded to give his opinion OF
the duties OF the General Government TO
the States and OF the State to the citizen.
His first idea ia, he says, that equal and
exact Justice should be done by the Nation
10 all sections and all States:
That under common government Of
equal rie hts and prIvil. ges, equal Justice ard
equal benefits and blessings should be en-
| loved by all states and sections, snd that the
General Government should deal upon the
same principles and by the same methods
with Texas and Kansas ana with Missouri
and Georgia.
These are sentiments that will he en-
dorsed and applsuded by honest and
patriotic men OF all parties acd all sec
tions they express the only true platform
upon which national party can be consti.
tuted, and they lay down the principle;
upon which the Republican party ha:
stood ever since the adoption OF the meas
ures of reconstruction. OF his second idea
the President says:
Itislike unto the first-that in this country
hereafter. as all It's inhabitants have become
citizens invested by the constitution with
= equal civil and political rights, that all gov
ernments-Stste and National-should treat
all citizens as entitled 10 the same equal and
exact Justice. and by the same method LET
1 all citizens be dealt with by the State govern.
ments and the state governments by the Ma
tional government, according TO the laws
: Throughout aud with these two things
We shall enter upon a career OF very
great prosperity and harmony such as
this country has never known before
1t is good for the people OF Missouri &c
. hear such sentiments as these addressed tc
them by the President Of the United States
and it is to be regretted that Mr.. Hayes
could not visit every Southern State in the
!, Uaion and lay before the people OF the
South these homely though vital truths
$ which lie at the foundation OF our institu'
tious and which must be respected and en-
, forced, all over the country, north as well
as south, wes. as well as east, before We car
: regard Republican government q success
or hope 10 realize the prophesy OF Lincoln
$ of govern ment Of the people, for the PEG
/ ple and bv the people."