, 1880-03-21
HAYES AND GRANT

What the One Did to Pull no,x.
the Other to Rebuild the PartvNnnd snd
Grant Gave Way to the machfn. ~"
the -Consequences-A Weak mo. aa
the Executive Chair. In
st. Paul Psoneer-Press Rtp,
We need strong man in the White u,,,...
brace up the Constitution, to restore to a'c ~ "
publican party the power and prestioa - ne ~
lost, and to lead it back to new victories ~
old fields Of conquest. ~
When the Forty-frst Congress met IN ft,a
session Oh the day, March 1853, when p-ss, ats
Grant was first innugurated, the RenuhlHesaa'' Rsa'
had an overwhelming majority IN aus ssus
branches. In the Senate there were 49, .oea ~
Republicans to ten Democrats. tho,oh ~ ~
Southern States we're not Represented -s,1a w
subsequently swelled the Republican nhs,,.us 1su
sixty-one. The House contained ia paa1t q
llcans and seventy-two Democrats, counting 20.
few on both sides not yet admitted n M aae
seats. Every Northern State was repres.ases: ~ nes
by Republican Senators only, except fsfsaaIteo
New Jersey, and Ohio. which had one psaas
lican and one Democratic Senator each. FFso. FTsn
represented Southern Stute excent na,.SMsaelJ
Maryland, and Kentucky was represenfed1 y Y
Senate by Republicans. The Republic,ns ~ ~ ~
trpiled the State Governments OF every So*,a u,a
ern State save these three. At the end af s;as.
when thG e. strong man retired fm L.
eighty-seven in the House which had baiIaS ~. y.
triumphant Inauguration had not only yanstas ~
from the scene, but had given place to a larss
Democratic majority, in that body. which sto1I as
Republicans, 107; Independents, 80 6ea;a! ~:
cratic majority OF seventy-four. n ~
Senate the Republican majority, ajrrsds ds
reduced from nifty to seventeen. r.,
that when the Senators-e!ect took their se.f, . .
the next session the Republican majority ~ -
wasted away to just two Meanwhile tha n.
publicans had, during Grants Admtuistrsttao,19 a,1
twelve Southern States which had laid ths tr6. ~
ute Of their Electoral vote eight years befora ~
the feet Of the conqucring hero OF TIA w.
Nine of them had been totally snatched AVN
from the Rcpublicans-sercralo OF these b7 shee,
violence-under the eyes OF the strung nan snd
in spite Of his bayonets. In the remaining tbrss
the Republican party lay manacled aud hail.
less under the feet OF the triumphant buR.
dozer, and appealed to the strong maa II
vain to deliver them. HIVES had han,1s =
q,lired four months to determine whether tint
vote was lawfully his. From the nights Of nrYer
80 great. and !ntrcnchcd In such oyerwheimins
popular ,najoritics Us to be, or seem, inriuci6Ie
Grlnt had declined BY slow steps during hs III
term, by swift steps during his lust, to tie e..
treme verge Of utter ruin. Frum the DAT Of lii
second Inauguration till be retired fri,m ths
Nnlle HOUSE tHe "AOIt nlsLOfy Ut Inc HepVh-
llcan party WIS one Of successive defeau nd
disasters. Flo found 1t 4 strong, vigorous, a1d
triumphant majority. He left 1t feeble. de.
spondent, and dt.,noralized minority. Weneed
q strong nun in the White House.
Ees, u man WIS needed to lift the gtranda1
ship from the rocks, where Grant had EeIEnlza
made utter shipwreck ut It; to cleanse the CIV.
ernment of the reek1ns scandals that had made
sickcning stencil OF it in the nosttis Of tho
Nation; and to restore the Republican pafty 10
q HaufSflpl1Cfa fF tbn uanNfa in it's
rule wisely and honestly. The ar.luous task has
been achieved, not in the sense in which 0sant
is conceived To be strnng, ~ the embodiment ot
physical force commanded by a domiaeesns
sclf-wfll, but mun who is strong only Ii bis up.
rishtnesa. in his clear views Of the right thns
to do, and his .1nselnsh and firm persistence ID
doing it in spite OF all the howls of the hunsn
wolves. Of faction. Three years of Hayes hss
OF Grants Administration; has rebuilt i
from hnttom to dome on the sold
foundation Of the public confidence: has rein.
yigoratcd il with the pride Of It's fresh achieve
convictions which make It strong with the peo-
pie. The man whom the machfne politicians
have agreed to dcspse as weak. s precisely tho
man who has rescued the Republican party to
a great extent, 50 fur as 1t could be dona
through the administrative machinery, from
the low moral temperature which bad chilled
and beuumbctt its vitality during Gfant's Id.
nlinistraion: poured the heat and glow Of sum.
mer In its veins. and 1na.ie not only It's victory
in.the Presidential election this year possible,
but its enduring ascendency probable: ifio
leaders are wise enough u profit by ne tHo
contrasted lessons that Grant and Hayes hase
respectively taught them That Lesson =
that the STRENGTH Of h,eh our resnansbs
for its administration, rests not on the personal
might, or grandeur, ur popularity OF the rfesl,
dent. but ON the moral support OF ne oesl sna
most d!sintcrested public opinion. Inc Feralc.
L; 4,.1 <1,nff HJpmpntE
strength which are essential to d wise snu sue.
ccssfui administration Hayes is inhq1llY
stronger and Drawer man than Grant ne naa
the Strength and courage. which 9taHt lan ~. ~.
own popularity in order to save me patt;: H.
take away from Senators and RepreseltaIsa
that control Of the public patronage Wncn ipss h
course Of party usage had vested 10 taem, nnu, Y
tesunling the constitutional powers o! tne h1sen
tive, to strike down that corrupt and cortuPnnS
sp;,lls system which had debauched tne polns ~
or the country, and weighed IKE an lncapas s,d ~
the Republican purity He had que slIe.ssn ~
the courage, which Grant had not, % sesns dsieks
and defy the angry canors Of the po'lttca.dsss ~
appeal to the conscience OF the people, % .ae
ultimate public Judgment, and place tne tusats
OF the Republican purity rot on 1ne ~ y, ha}
activity uf the plunder- macnine' uut w ta
moral support of the people whtch eomes as5 d,15
public and patriotic motives he p.9Tss p9 ~
through the exhausted, WORKOUT cfust " A.. H.
litical sentiment represented py p!aes1tS ~ teasS
or p1Acehnnting politicians down 70 'ns I .6ns
rich sutsOil of the public conscience auo uus
struck the sources Of new and more ''s'Ao''
life for the Republican party: .n,. ,,,ost
Grant set out with seeing amly that tals ousus
in some way to be done, and with w1saluS Sa4ai ~ i
vague Wy to do it. But be mo hca1f af'
fiinched in the stress Of the hottest 6ate ts.
ever ragged qt,aied before conkling CalReanssfa, s,
Cumeron. and Logan, and the men VINO uI .haan n =
itwouid not do: that the life of tne sons q
nY1H
Senatorial bounty instead Of in the ese,ss1hs ~
deeps Of the public conscience. He Eca1 ca ~ ~.
courage to carry out his first fntenuoa aat " tha
forming the Civil Service, because ne
elevated enough morally or broad enoas1 ,as 1,an
teliectralv to look over the heaos ol u III M hsd
about him into the heart OF the matiex ~
no political insight. and never cotl!d
So far from being !. strong n'n IN ias pGyr snnt
sense OF large self-centered execune1 ~ .nnued
and capacity for civil administration. ne s,t,ss
himself essentially weak man IN tne I,, .han
he Should have bee;l incxibly arm bns he sehts w
still weaker in the obstinate self-w1 VIZ ~" ia
he persisted wheu he should have Jlclueat. .haf
was so strong In his PERSONA! attacnneniy aniy tha
be was weak enough to sacrfhce at. nut oS,en al
public Interests. but his party to 1nei. xh
most Indecent qualification. The opst'aaGiS ID
which he followed his personal ptedliecu un4tant
his choice Of Ministers md faEotit5; me I'D bf
to which be allowed his cuunsels to oe @ t{osest
personal iuhuenccs-not always OF me .aorn. .aguT.
stamped his Administration ~ VVrrit V5eit-
ment lurgeIy Of uepotism and PERSONA l"''@1'
ism. ..a,r xpak
II the Republican party is 80 desReifaeIea r. cIear tat
as to need strong man TO carry; a.a !. marty viii
need to be far stranger than 1t Is u soe'>s
carry the burden Of his weaknesses
A Clerical Anecdote' -,..s,