The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1889-12-18
A PRESIDENTIAL POLICY.
What Secretary Eva is Thought Of Mr..
Hayes's Eejuvenated South.

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Washington Post.
a President without Q policy, a man
without q country, and a home without a
mother go into the same niche in the grand
w~ax-works museum of history. Presidents
have policies as naturally as a hen lays
eggs. The Presidents of latter days have
had policies in respect of Southern affairs
as their predecessors had i'm relation to the
extension of slavery or State rights.
President Hayes had a Southern policy,
which a prominent Republican leader in
varlably referred to as the haze policy for
subduing bulldUZers. 1t worked well in
spectrOscopic streaks and poorly in isO-
thermic belts. But it pleased him inst the
same. and that was what he was trying to
do.
One day Secretary Schurz brought an ex-
confederate general over to see the Prcsi-
dent. Schurz had fought against him or
been shot by him, or in some way had been
thrown in contact or opposition to him
during the war. and had struck up a great
friendship with the Southerner. He had
become more or less of a convert to the Presi-
dents Southern policy of Cancellation. and
Mr.. SchurZ was DESTROYS of bOlstering the
presidential arm. The General was intro
duced into the charmed circle Immediately
after a Cabinet meeting. Several of Mr..
Hayes'S advisers remained behind and were
presented. After a due amount of maneuv-
ering for position, the reconstructed told
his little tale:
ITO explain to you, Mr.. President, what
| am about to relate" said he. lit is neces-
sary that | should go somewhat into details.
All Southern hOuses are built with wide
verandas running across the front. and
not infrequently clear around the house.
Here we gather and meet Our friends,
smoke, drink, tell the news and exchange
views. At my house, IN middle Alabama,
only a fortnight ago, l sat on my veranda
in company with a judge, two MAJORS. a
colonel. three prominent lawyers and the
leading physician of the county. In q SEN
tence, the brains. blood and aIistOcracy of
the county were assembled on my varanda.
What is to follow will clearly demonstrate
to you, Mr.. President. the great. the enor-
nous change which has come over the
Sonth nnder the influence of your benefi-
cent policy.
AL old colored man came by the honse,
driving q mule hitched to q cart, on which
were two bales of cotton. He paused for
a minute in front of the house to rest his
mule: when one of the party a~ccosted him.
"'Where are you going with that cotton,
Uncle Joef'
":I'se drivin' hit to the station. sah.'
Whose cotton is itf
"'Mine. sab. Mine; an Use got two mo-
bales to hum, sab, ready to go ginnedi it
why, Uncle Joe. said the Colonel, You
m be getting rich. If You nave four
bales of cotton. all your own. you are a
Ivy. %sartin, sah,' said the negro. IF
you gemmen will do me the honah to drink
with me. | be mos happy TO stan treat.
$50. Mr.. President. the whole party took
their feet down of the railing, went down
street. entered a saloon and Iran with
that colored man, at his expense"
A solemn stiffness fell over the group.
Mr.. Hayes looked somewhat at a loss to SEQ
where his policy had been sustained. and
somewhat dubious as to whether he could
approve of anything which involved liquor
drinking. Private Secretary Rogers tried
TO boost the situation a little.
YES" said he, lit evidently indicates
that a change has been taking place in the
social status of the freedmen. While q few
years ago it would have been impossible
for q white man TO drink with a cOlored
man, and at his expense. now both are pos
sible, as this gentleman has evidenced.
1t is very plain. Mr.. President. that your
beneficent policy has already borne good
fruit in ameliorating the condition of the
negro. Do you not think so. Mr.. Evartsf'
Il am not certain about that" replied
the premier. Il would like to inquire
more clearly into the case. Do l under
stand yon to say. sir. that the old negro
giDned his cotton bimselfi"
$50 he stated" replied the Southerner.
And that on the strength of his having
four bales or cotton you and your friends
drank with biml"
YES. Mr.. Secretary"
And at bis EXPENSE"
Yes. SIR"
We'll. 1 think. sir. it was simply damna-
ble."
The whole party looked as if they were
drinking hot tea over a dynamite mine.
simply damnable," repeated the secre-
| tary.
MIR. Evarts.p broke in General schurz.
Il fail to see the justice of your remarks.
] would be pleased to have an explanation.
What is il that is ~damnablef"
That this old colored man." replied Mr..
Evarts. should have TO gin his cotton
| twice"
It's q Strange Child, Etc.
Philadelphia Inquirer.
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