Year: 1877

succeed the next time. This WAS an ur-
gumcnt OF cNprdiency not Of right and
Justice President Hayes has acc pied
the situation rs it was brqutathcd to him
on the i,h OF March. Republican goy-
crumut in Louisiana and South Carolina
could only be kept in place 10y the armN
nor would it have been in the power Of
the President to maintain them by the
army with Democratic House of Rep
rrsnutatiyca winch recently withheld np-
propri0tions for the support Of the army
except ON the condition tn tt it should
not he used in the Southern States. 1t
WAS clrT y unconstitutional to put such
a condition into the bill but it did and
was likely TO do it again at the extra
session, thus made necessary. The ma
iOlity OF the House made up Of southern
Democrats, late COniedeiAtcs and despcr-
atcly earnest, and of Northern Democrats
wholly Subscrylcut, thus threatened the
existence Of the army and had it in their
power to destroy 1t. The question was,
should the President yield to the inevta..
bic defeat! While in my judgment it
was clearly the right OF the President
under the constitution TO recognize the
Packard government and support it by
military power, the undertaking would
have been futile and the failure disastrous.
With "A divided public opinion in his
own party and both houses Of Congress
against him, he would have failed in the
end dO not believe that President


Hayes intends to desert ar destroy the
Republican party and attempt the crca-
tion Of new one upon its ruins. |
believe in his patriotism and high integ


rity, and in his undivided purpose to
make his administration a benehccnce to
his country. The language Of his inau-
guml was strong, and the declaration of
his devotion to tine great doctrines of
human rights which constitute the loun-
dation Of the Republican party, left


nothing to be added or desired. II the
| centennial Of national affairs, under cir.
cumstances of extraordinary difficulty,
when the minds of men were greatly
| divided us to what should be done and
all were agreed that something should be
done and that things could not long go
on us they were, he marked out ms course
! and addressed himself to il with undaunt.
ed courage. Mr.. Hayes was selected as a
Republican, and believe will bc Re-
publican President, not in the mere par
tisan way, but in the sense OF devotion to
Republican principles and in the mainte


nance Of the Republican organization by
placing political power in the hands of
worthy and qualified Republicans. Po-
litical principles do not now execute
themselves. They require party to do
that. We hear it said that the Repub-


icun system Of reconstruction is fail.
ure. The system Is the true one,


and the principles upon which it is based
inimitablc; and the only sense in which
it has failed is that it has been resisted
by armed and murderous organizations;
terrorism and persecution the most cruel
and wicked of the age, and if Democratic
assurances to President HUycs in Louisi-
ana and elsewhere of protection and
equal rights are executed in good faith,
the system will not he failure but
grand success eXtorted from its enemies.
Let ii be understood the great purpose
of the Southern people is to recover from
the losses inflicted by the rebellion.
They do not think Of leaving the Union
they are not now preparing schemes for
future secession, but they are with intent
and earnestness revolving plans for re


covering fIom their great losses. For
this purpose they will support the Dem
ocratic party of the North as long as it
is subs rvcnt to their policy, notwith-
-tandiug tioir iI-supprcssed resentment
for ita Influence in getting them into the
rebellion and its sneaking and cowardiy
ooufs, Willie it lasted We are told there
viii be o0ict in those States when Dem
yrratic rule IS established. Very likely,
...I,,., tl,,, bove o,aipod comnlete mower