The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-09-07
How's Hayes For a Heroi

| how 8 hayes FOR q nero!
There is In Boston publication called
the Golden Rule which is published osten-
sibly for Christ aud the church" But in
a recent number of the print that Rev. c. j.
| Ryder, who describes himself as district
secretary to the American Missionary A $50
| citation" undertakes to manufacture hero
of the first magnitude from no better ma
terial than the conspicuous Ohio hen pro-
fessor Of fraudulent presidential notoriety.
1t would be interesting to know In which
| category he is included.
Apparently the reverend scribe has no
better reason for this than that after actu-
| ally holding the office of President of the
| United States Mr.. Hayes recently Travelled
almost alone on the same train with his
ardent admirer, and talked quite socially
with him. That 80 delighted the dominic
that he ecstatically pronouuces his new
| hero ian American noblemau, quiet, unas-
suming. dignifed, radically unselfsh, widely
| useful and Every high IN the list of the
most unselfshly patriotic of our Presi-
dents" Even after all that be has breath
enough left to denounce those who criticize
| his patron saint as "narrow-minded politi-
| cians.n
While there will probably be developed
no general disposition to dispute the en-
thusiastic declaration that his type is not
| often found in the white house or elsewhere
prominent in politics." the impressive
silence Of assent will undoubtedly be en-
phasized with a collective sigh of relief and
gratitude to Almighty God that the country
is thus spared another national disgrace.
Warmed with his own glowing enthusi-
asm this modern vassal accumulates rapture
as he proceeds to laud without stint the
martial exploits of his alleged American
nobleman." Most of his hero's claim to i'm
perishable military renown he bases upon an
incident at Winchester in which the daunt-
less hero hereof dramatically had his horse
shot under him early in the battle, being
himself injured in the fall" Nevertheless
she remounted, and commanding q
battery to follow him down the
road, SO as to take position
to rake the enemy's lines, he dashed ahead
to select a position in which to plant the
guns" But he soon met Gen. Sheridan
riding toward" him, very indecorously
"swinging his hat over his head" and
shouting at the top of his voice, we have
them beaten all to pieces. o for bat
terry to put shot after themp" To that the
hero responded, "'I have battery 1t was
hidden behind a hill" To this devotee of
the hero there is apparently nothing ludi-
crous in that very obscure position to rake
the enemy's lines"
Then he tells us with all the awe of ineffa-
BILE admiration that latter the battle was
over the dead lay in heaps where the shot
from that battery had raked their lines" Tt
deliberately plant fresh battery faced
| upon an enemy already "beaten all &c
pieces" merely for the purpose of seeing "tht
| dead lay in heaps where the shot from the
battery had raked their lines" can scarcely
| be considered worthy of San American
nobleman" and 'philanthropist." whatever
NAV be said of a mere soldier like Gen.
/ Sheridan.
But the dominic is so devoted to his lido
that, with an unwayering resolution of gen.
eral approval of every act, he is even will
| ing to concede that in Ibis administration
of southern affairs the withdrawal of troops
and the recognition of democratic govern
ments was doubtless necessary" Doubles
it was.
Yet when the fascinated worshiper Of thi
marvel Of genuine modesty," In his perora
ton rhapsodizes upof' how much more nobl
that man retiring ffom the highest honor
the nation could confer should devote hi
life to the promotion Of needed though I'M
popular reforms, than that he should, by
every possible device, press his claim for re-
election and seek to make every reform con-
tribute TO his own selfish advancement
he does not credit Mr.. Hayes with tn
really strenuous efforts he actually made t,
retain the hold upon that high station tina
he had secured by such dishonest means.
Richard Schwarz, a merchant of Val
paraiso who reached New York last Fri
day, expressed doubt whether the trouble il
Chile was yet over. He said: $50 far as tn
trouble between the old government and tn
congressionalists is concerned l think it j
over but the cop9ressionalists are made III