Year: 1877

the President. to present both TO his friends and
his adversaries, an apparently insurnonntabe OBJ
staele to any determination by him, which might
suit in excluding these claimants from the coveted
prizes. Precsely in proportion the antayonistic
influences thus operating. the magnaniity, the
sound political Judgment the comprehensive states
manship that rise above the impediments and the
promptings of false theories and seek with steady
purpose, the way of truth fright and justice. Looking
well beyond the immediate and direct consequence
with the clear vision of high craftsmanship and noble
patriotism he sees the opportunity practically to il
lustrate both the soundness i'm theory and the excel
lence in practice of the fine sentiments he had enun
ciate that he best his party who best serves
his country


In the immediate and direct consequence of holding
IN place by military power two Republican Gov
ernors by an unserupuious claim of Constitutional
authority, stood apparent but most allacious ad
vantage to that great organization because
by so many more States it would that the policy
OF that party maintained; fllacious, because it
would have been only a seeming, and that procured
by methods sure TO aggravate an already excited
popular indignation which had well nigh raised his
adversary to power. In the "beyond" appeared
plainly visible to the eye of wisdom, the prestige
of a calm. determined, and unbendng purpose of Off
cial fidelity, in stemmng and eounteractng reac-
tionary movement whose intensity had found its chief
stimulus in waning confidence toward n long domi-
nant party.


A French author has philosophically said, LIES
grundes hommes enrpressment de gandes chose paree
qn allies sont grandes ct les fores proe qu lis les ero
entfaeies Great men attempt great things, because
they are great; but FOOLS because they think them
easy.


1t is impossible that he should be ranked in the cat
egory Of the latter since the merest tyro in uds
ment the feeblest neopyte in politics, il must have
been apparent that such course conviction
prompted did not promise to be primrose path.
The least familiarity with party discipline and the
exaetiOns it makes Of those il honors could but have
taught to ordinary intelligence that the contrary
to he the character of the route of his advance
trough and thorny way" And it not left to the
speculation Of either ordinary sagacious minds to
calculate the difficulty that hidden in the
converse of the future In and ont of Congress- there
had been such mutterngs could not fail to indicate
the approach of serious commOtion, if not terrific
storm. The President would have been less than the
least Of his friends the pigmiest of his foes could
he have not discovered snch signs, and at least
approximately, Judged their portent He can, then,
but be placed in the other category in that phalanx
of choice spirits of noble minds who seeing clearly





before him. but grandly supported by the conscious
ness of recttude, beckoned by the magnificence of
the promise of success and calmly selfreant on his
Of his innate suciency for its accomplish
ment, fearlessly puts his life upon the cast" and
bravely Stands the hazard Of the die Great men
undertake great things because they 1.-THE things)
great and in the greatness of the thing proposed,
and of its protector may with all confidence, rely
for such support in that great popular
warl noble objects, shall seem, briefly than
prejudice will conce,e, and completely than the
| sangunest approval may hope for, success of i'm
measurable grandeur.


The pacificaton of disturbed and well nigh hostile
people, the establishment of fraternity lamentably
ruptured, the final putting together and binding in
cords of outward strength the broken and discovered
fragments of aonce- and now again GLORIOUS Union
These are the Objects as l understand it, to he ae-
compshcd the method that which, above all others,
promises the best assurances of success a fixed de-
termination to not unconstitutonaly ntermeddle and
thus add complication to complication. but to leave
the honest judgment and fair Interpretation of State
authorities SO long they are peaceably seeking
their solution, all questions of State government.


May refer to the late remarks of Senator Bayard,
of Delaware; to the remarkable warmth of the greet
ing to the President i'm Kentucky and Tennessee !
Say not in reply, these are Democratic testimonials
We want none of them. Nay. Sir, are not a recent
letter of Senator Christiancy of Michigan the more
recent speech of Judge Hoar, of Massachusetts and
other letters and speeches of like testimony of most
pronounced Republicans! Let us not my dear Sir
suffer partisan principles to obscure our vision. If
the President has disposed of the only obstacle that
stood between the suffering South and the full en-
joyment of her Constitutional liberties let us not re-
fuse to rejoice in it, because it is Democrat that