Year: 1878

SAooaoo Against the "SOl1d


South. The Campaign Of 1880 Be-


gun~-Curiocities Of Ballot~Box Stuff


ing.


Especial to The Me,o Yor1c Tribune


WASHINGTON, November 13.-It
has been authoritatively stated to-
night, on behalf Of the President,
that no change of his Southern
policy is contemplated. So far as
the relations of the General Gov
ernment to all the States of the
Union are concerned, the President
remains in precisely the same atti,
tude as he did when he entered the
White House. The present condi-
zion of affairs in certain of the
Southern States, whereby it ap-
pears that large numbers of citizens
have been boldly denied the right
to vote, simply calls for an Impair
tlal enforcement of the laws, and
this duty is not regarded as one to
be administered in partisan spirit.
Had the situation been reversed"
remarked the President, II say now,
as l have frequently said before,
that the duty would be tho same,
and would be met with tho same
hrmness." The fact of the dotermi-
nation on the part of the Admins
TIA ton to make vigorous prose-
cutlon of the violators of the law
during the late election is not dis
puted; but it is claimed that this
is Ill entire harmony with the policy
heretofore pursued in the South as
we'll as elsewhere.


Especial to The Baltimore Sun.1


WASHINGTON, November 13.-It is
ascertained to- day that the pur.
ported interview with the President
sent hence last night is correct
reflection of the present views and
Pohcy OF the administration as re-.
CARDS the South. The statement
that Che President said, in express
language, that he was convinced
his Southern policy was d failure
IS understood, however, not to have
been authorized, although his ap-
parent determination to reverse
That policy might be understood as
an admission TO that effect. In the
language OF a member of the
Cabinet, the administration is de-
termined that every violation of the
elections laws in every part of the
South shall be ferreted out and the
full penalty of the law visited upon
the perpetrators, and those that are
sent to the penitentiary may be
sure that no pardon of the President
Will intervene to prevent the serving
out the full term Of sentence.


Such thing rs ballot box stuff
ing was never known in the South
until after the war Then it and
kindred accomplishments were in
Produced by that obliging class of
Northern gontlelnen who went there
to take charge of the government of
the Southern States and to spend
the money of the taxpayers for
them. If ballot box stufing has
been done in South Carolina and
other Southern States, rs alleged,
there can be no justification for it.
and all those engaged in it should
be punished. But why make fish of
one and flesh Of another t? In the
pre,eminently. Republican city of
Philadelphia ballot-box stuffing long
since attained to the dignity of a
line art, but no complaints were
ever made to the White House in
consequence. A notorious ballot
stuffer of Cincinnati, with several of
his accomplices, was brought to
justice, and they wore all sentenced
to the penitentiary for their mis-
deeds. President Hayes pardoned
every member of this gang, COM
mencing with the leader and ending
only two months ago with the last
one. A number Of the "pudding"
tickets. so,.called, alleged to have
been used by the Democrats in South
Carolina, have been sent to this
city Several gentlemen have taken
samples Of them to the White
House for inspection by tho Presi.
dent. He examined them with
much interest, and was anxious to
know the manner of their fraudulent
use. If he had sent for ono of the
Cincinnatti ballot-box suffers whom
he has released, he could he initia-
ted into all the mysteries of the
business