Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1884-08-08
A stalwart Keynote.

N obasWost my uoeSs
The Hon. GIDEON HAYNES Is man after
LooAN's own heart. He Is stalwsrt OF
the Staiwarts, bloody-sbirt shrieker OF
the bloody-shirt sbriekers. Yet, psrsdoxi-
cal rs may appear the statement, the Hon.
GIDEON HAYNES Is entitled 70 the gratitude
Of the conservative elements OF al parties.
The Hon. GIDEON HAYNES either has not
sense enough 70 keep bis mouth shut or is
atnormally frank for Republican poll
ticisn. In an address 10 the Republic
cans OF Cha; lestown, Mass, he sounds
a stalwart keynote that renders perfectly
intsI,gible Mr.. 'LoGAS's threat that the
National Government must 20 beyond
"rc.olutiops and declarations" He puts
the purposes Of his psrty In language so
plain that no one can fail to understand
them. What The master has coucbed In
ambiguous terms the henchman has given
in The most direct Anglo Saxon. lie asserts
that II Mr.. BLAINE Is elected "he will be
backed bv Republican Senate and
. Republican House, and before HIS term Of
service Is finished be will find way TO
protect the people Of the South when they
70 10 the polls and see that the vote Is hon
sstly counted" and advises that II this can.
not be done otherwise, "then let us 60
back twenty yeers, and by the use Of the
tayonet complete the work." Could
there be more infamous proposition
or one better calculated 10 demonstrate
the desperate straits 10 which the Republic
can party is driven? Could stronger proof
be asked OF tho danger to every interest OF
The country that is involved in another Re-
publican Administration Is not General
LO0AS's threat, coupled with the Hon.
GIDEON HirSEs's Interpretation, enough TO
arouse tho nation? As we said several days
ago, bloody shirt appeals serve 10 bring out
the truth in regard TO the record OF
Rsdiealism in the South. and raise up
in the North champions for right and JUS
tiee. They serve TO open the eyes OF think
ing men TO the true inwardness and utter
selfshness Of Badicalism. The programme
OF the Hon. Gibson HAYNES, however,
trslization towards which the Republican
party has been hurryin9 the country for
twenty years. What says the Boston Her-
aid INDEPENDENT RepublicaD)? Listen:
GLOW do the level-beaded people OF this |
country relish this programme, Do they |
want to sec the attempt revived OF prop |
ping u p the State governments OF rascslly |
carpet baggers and ignorant negroes with |
Federal bayOnetsS President Grant tried |
that policy and could not make IL work.
IL Mr.. Blaine more expert and determined
in the use VI bsyonets than was the soldier
President!
"Of course. everybody, unless Mr..
HAYNES he an exception, knows that the
President OF the United States, even IL
backed BY Congress, has no more con-
stitutional right 10 employ the army in SUI
pervising elections at the South than he has
10 drive ont an obnoxious Legislature from
or State House at the point Of the bayonet.
The policy Of President Hayes, foroshadow-
ed by Grant In the lsst weeks OF his torn,
approved by Garfield, and followed With
tho most perfect fidelity by President Ar
thur, Is the only ono possible or necessary.
The elections have grown more peaceable.
free. and fslr VI the South every year, until
there Is now, with few local exceptions,
~ little reason for Federal Interference,
even were it authorized under the Con-
stitution. % exists at the North. The
formula which gave 90 many Republican
VOTES for 90 many negroes is no longer cor
rect. The colored people lave found tina,
the whites do not wish TO r,enslsye or in
any manner Cypress them. and that the Re
publicaus care for nothing except their
votes. And hence q considerable proper
lion Of them either do not care TO vote at
all, or else vote with their white employers
and nsighbors. This was the inevitable re-
suit OF negro enfranchisement, foreseen
end prophesicd by those who knew both
races 81 the South. 1t Ii too late for the
Republican party 70 quarrel with Il.
ITO propose, therefore, to go back
twenty years. and set up bsyonet rule. is
not only to confess the Republican policy a
disgraceful failure, but to invite the cOun-
try 10 disturbance OF Its peaceful condI-
tion in the interest Of cabal Of Stalwart
who aim to get one more Prosl-
dent out Of the bloody shirt The voters
will most en- phatically decline the invita-
ton"
What the Herald says in regard to th. con-
stitutional powers Of the President in she
matter Of elections In the South is perfectly
true, but Republican Presidents hsye gone
outside Of the Constitution in the past, and
he Hon. GIDEON HAYNES states clearly
hat Mr.. BLAINE will. II elected,
ollow II their footsteps il 10y such course
he corruptionists can retain their hold
upon the Government. Who that knows
q BLAiSE's insstiate, ambitious, and I'M
.cnipulous record doubts that he would De
equal 10 all his servant, the Hon.
GIDEON HAYNES, foresbadowsr On the
testimony Of its own organs and speak
era the programme Of the Republican
party contemplates presidential steal,
n necessary, and after that per-
petual Radical power. Let our north
ern friends remember that bayonet rule
In the South is only the first step towards
bayonet rule all over the country. TO the
end that st the next election they give the
in no uncertain tones, to Radi-
rslSm: Thus far shall thou 20 and no
farther. Especially is it incumbent upon
he northern men who have large interests
In the South 10 weigh well the declaration
d the Hon. GIDEON HAYNES.