Year: 1877

sible.


ISFLUExcS0 THE PRESIDENT.


Meantime the oily CANNON kind OF politicians
have been ut the President for twenty-four hours,
pleading with him not to be mprudent, to go slow,
TO wait to manage, to listen to and to take
some third rate men rather than the
first class-Acorn or Settle for instance,
In place OF Joe Johnston Such arguments
OF prudence naturally have great weight with pub
American politicians and may be that the President
will yet be badgered to give in and to compromise.
II he does he win give up Mr.. schurz and probably
Mr.. Evarts he will take q Southern republican in-
stead OF real Southern man and he will delay. on
such pretexts as may be invented for him. tho
settlement OF the Southern question. II they can
drag him down far az this the machine politicians
win be victorious as they are determined to be.


HAYES THUS FAR FIRM.


So far there Ii no reason to believe that they
have moved hun. On the contrary he stands nrm,
but the night and the forenoon before them and
they rightly count every hours delay as favorable
to their designs.


DEMANDING THEIR REWARD.


The plain fact Is that the men who carried on the
republican campaign without the least regard
TO Mr.. Hayes letter or to his wishes
are now claiming the plunder and are
outraged because the President chooses to stand
by the policy he announced when he accepted the
nomination. They did not mean that, and they did
not suppose he did. they had made up their minds
to let him talk while they had their way, and they
were evidently inclined for some days OF last week
even to let him hive his own way in some matters.
Some OF them, for instance, were really stirred
Of the eternal Southern trouble" they said, and
II the President would take the responsibility and
any odium which might at first attach to 1t among
the extreme republicans, they were not unwilling
to let him get Packard and Chamberlain out OF the
control the administration; they meant to possess
the patronage and TO manage the civil service for
their own purposes, they have long done II the
President had any brothersnaw or fav0rites they
were quite ready to confirm them in fat places on
the principle OF give and take but that he should
be really sincere his professions that he should
honestly mean to carry the government for the
benefit Of the people, and not for the perpetuatIon
in power OF ring Of partisans, enraged them all
beyond measure, when they came to see in the
Message and the Cabinet and In their intercourse
with him that he meant it. Hence the attack on
him to-day In the Senate and the determination, as
it seems, to give up nothing not even to allow the
Southern troubles to be settled.


There have been astute and reckless men among
the republican leaders from the first who have
asserted that the Southern sore must be kept OPEN
and that the South must be an issue four years
hence, precisely as 1t was last summer.
FEELING AMONG DEMOCRATS


The democrats look on with mixed feelings.
Many perhaps most Of them believe that the PresI-
dent will surrender.


"Nobody ever did stand out" they say. "Grant
began jsst ssr burhe gave in. What reason have
you to hope otherwise OF Hayesw


They are not inclined to take part in the
struggle, but rather to stand OIL and see what the
end will be. If there should be q fight over the
Presidents Cabinet nominations the democratic
Senator'S inclined tonight to let the republicans
settle 1t among themselves, unless the President
shall do at once what in the judgment Of some of
his friends, he has even now too long de-
layed, order the troops In South Caro-
lima and Louisiana to interfere no more
and Hampton take possession, on their assurance
that they can and will preserve the peace and do
equal and exact justice. Both Governors Nichols
and Hampton have publicly given such assurances,
and no one doubts their ability to fulfil their
promises. But the President has been persuaded
to delay for some days any act such as he contem-
pates and this delay Is intended by those who urge
IL upon him to give them chance 10 adjourn the
whole question, or to predecide 1t In some such
way as Mr.. Blaine attempted to-day.


If the Southern settlement hangs fire the demo-
Gratis inclined let the President and his party
settle their own quarrels. II, however, he acts
promptly and decisvely as to South Carolina and
Louisiana, they will no doubt join such republicans
as are ready to support the President in his nom.
nations, and that done, give him an inde-
pendent support In such other measures
as may approve themselves to their
Judgment In his civil service ideas, for instance,
he could count on very respectable democratic sup
port in the Senate, led by General Gordon who is
In earnest this question and has studied 1t thor
oughly.


The democratic Senators will hold q caucus to-
morrow morning to determine ON their course.


PROCEEDINGS OF THE SENATE.


WASHINGTON, March 0. 1871


Tho Senate was called TO order at noon by Vice
President Wheeler, and alter prayer by tho Chaplain
the journal Of yesterdays proceedings was road and
approved. There was full attendance of Senators,