The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1881-03-03
LET Us GIVE THANKS.

LET US GIVE THANKS.
This is the last day Of the reign of His ldiocy,
Rutherford B. Hayes II there ever was an
event that called for thanksgiving, this is one.
There have been weak Presidents of the United
States, and dishonest ones; but never before,
one who was a sneakins eanting hyPocrite. And
now, on the last day of his Presidency, we thank
the Lord that we have never said word in con-
mendation of his administration. On one or two
special occasions, We have endorsed certain acts,
being surprised into IL by the wholly unlocked
for circumstance that he Was capable of doing
anything commendable; but of his general
course and administration, VIC are guiltless OF
ever having spoken a friendly word. For this
we are thankful.
Hayes was nominated and elected because his
ealbire had been 50 small that he had never
done anything to excite the envy of men Of brains,
OF unpopuIarity in the public mind. one-half Of
the people of the United States have honestly
believed and always will believe that he was
not elected to the Office, but held it through
fraud II was open to doubt. The Republican
half of the country conscientiOusly believed he
was fairly elected, and that it required I'M
usual proceedings TO secure him his seat; but he
has done everything that in him lay to confirm
the belief that his friends were wrong and his
enemies right-that he was in the Office through
frand.
Hayes hypocrisy and base treaehery began
with his Inauguration, and will go ont with him,
(thank GOd!) TO morrow morning. His success
depended upon the firmness of the Republicans
of South Carolina and Louisina, which was at
the risk of their lives. Daily, during the dis
puted count, he sent word to those Republicans
to stand firm for Gods sake. They did stand
firm, and by doing, he was placed in the Pres
idential chair. His very first act, after getting
there, was basely to abandon those Republicans,
refuse them the protection of the laws, and in
timidate the proper authorities from sustaining
them. By bribery, deception, threats, he sue
ceeded in placing the Democratic party in pow
er in the three Southern States that had voted
for him, and the men who carried those States,
and stood ont against all bribes and threats un-
til the votes were safely counted, were driven
into social and political disgrace, and scattered
over the facce Of the earth-refugees from pun
ishment for electing him President. Fearing
the legality of his title to the Office he betrayed
his friends as a bribe to the Democracy not to
disturb his title.
In making up n Cabinet, Hayes selected ma
jority of the members from those who were fresh
from the work of trying to destroy the Republi-
can party. Fsur out of the seven had been lead
ers in the effort to beat Gen. Grant, at the pre-
vious election, and one of them had been Reb-
el General. He commenced his administration
with what he called Civil Service Reform-that
is, he forbade all ofice-holders doing anything to
keep up the organization of the Republican par
ty, or working for the election of Republicans to
Office. The strength of his administration, for
four long years, has been wasted in waging
warfare upon the Republican Senator from New
York; and he retires, with the humiliating
that he has been worsted. Whatever
men may think of Conklings manners, his Re
publicanism has never been questioned, and he
is the recognized representative Republican of
that State; yet this imbecile President under
took to punish the Republicans of New York for
backing Conkling. He made couple of awful
examples; but as he retres into Oblivion, he
sees one of the examples in the Executive Office |
of New York, and the other in the Vice-Presi- |
dents chair. y |
Hayes had his favorites and pets, and gave |
offices for favOrs and hattery. Having issued his
civil service orders, and enforced them, year af-
ter year, against New York Republicans, he per- |
IRitted them to be systematically violated by |
his own set, when their interests were at stake.
He had not the manhood to rescind the order,
Dr acknowledge that he was wrong.
But, it has been said in favor of Hayes admin
stration, that it has been free from scandals.
Even this is to his disgrace, in view of the cause
why it has been so. Hayes is under petticoat
l. Ill II n
some man, in sort of flabby, calfy kind of way;
and Mrs. Hayes, like all frightfully homely wo-
men, is jealous of him. Her intellect runs to
temperance societies, Sunday schools, tea-parties,
meetings, and country fairs. For
four years. she has kept the poor, silly fellow
lacked TO her apron-string, and trotted him
ibout with her, wherever she went. No scan-
lal was possible, while this thick-lipped, black
skinned, wall-eyed ogress was the lookout
The height of her ambition has been TO prevent
the of wine in the White House, and she has
,een sort of goddess among those hermaphro-
lites who CAD about the country under the guise |
If temperance Lecturers. They think she has
ldded dignity to the White House. The United
States are great nation, and are on friendly
erms with all the great powers of the earth.
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nave their representatives at Washington, where
hey call upon and dine with the President 1t
$ the pride of an accomplished gentleman and
liplomatst to show delicate consideration and
courtesy to the customs of the various countries
which these foreign ministers represent-curtail-
ng no public usage, and attempting to intrude
DO hobby. Yet President Hayes, entertaining
.le foreign Ministers as the head of this Govern
nent, has allowed his wife to say to the French,
German, and Spanish Minister, who come from
countries where wine is a more common bever-
lge than water; "If you want to eat in this
louse, you must do without wine. No such
ioggish, beastly custom is allowed here" So
he German, French and Spanish Ministers must
wallow the insult, and come down to the by
avs of the ''Old Maids and Hermaphrodites'
Alliance of Delaware, Ohio. The
Iayeses are Methodists. The Catholic Repre-
entatives of European countries may be thark-
ul that they were not compelled to attend
Methodist prayer-meeting at the White House,
very Thursday night.
But Hayesism has had its run. As he will
peedily sink into his natural obscurity let us
rive him one more kick, and again thank God
hat he has gone.
column, we publish T. Dwight Thacher's opin-
on of the beautiful liquor law passed by his
nends. But we are surprised that man of Mr..