Year: 1879

elected" said Mr.. BLAINE In the Senate;
and 30 said not only every Republican, but
every Democrat But Mr.. HAYES had
agreed with his Confederate friends to let
PACKARD drop by withdrawing the bayonet
supports, and to let CHAMBERLAIN drop
after him; and he kept faith to the letter.
Thus disappeared the last vestige OF Repub-
licanism below the line, and the South was
made solid by HAYES. SO far the plan had
worked beautifully. But then came the
pinch. Southern men had felt that they
were justified in adopting almost any
expcdient to recover the long lost right
OF self-government and to expel tho
carpet-bag enemy, with his foreign
bayonets, from their country. For
that thoy had betrayed their elected
candidate, struck down the party that had
saved and redeemed them, and elevated to
power and everlasting infamy this small
creature, accidentally generated between
tho hates OF CAMERON and BLAINE. But,
having attained their great object, they
were not disposed to continue the disgust
ing association. HAYES foreshadowed mag
nillcent plans OF internal improvements
subsidized railways and canals, and har-
bors and rivers transformed-at the ex-
pense Of Northern taxpayers; but while the
South wanted all these, it did not want
them badly enough to take them at the fear
full moral cost Of permanent alliance with
HAYES and his Fraudulent Administration.
He blew the trump Of resurrection over
tho tomb OF the Southern Wings, but
only ono hoary and shrivelled cadaver
came forth, and even he (STEPHENs) has
oh, ~ n chor Inf
the company he rose into. Then HAYES
tried last expedient. He made up his
mind to purchase support in the South by
judicious but INSCRIPTIONS distribution OF
Offices and the other spoils Of administra-
tion comprehended under the head OF pat
ronage." In the spring OF 1877 DAVID NJ.
KEY, q Confederate General and q late DEM
ocratic Senator, who had been taken into the
Fraudulent Cabinet as Postmaster General,
was directed to write the following letter.


"very little doing with regard to Southern appoint
The Presidents Southern policy-his action as
to South Carolina and Louisiana-has arrayed against
HIM BLAINE, WADE. WENDELL PHILLIPS, the carpetbag-
gers and other bloody shirt Republicans The Democrats
have majority In the House, and this detection may
give opposition majority In the Senate To give the
the power to carry out his Southern policy II Is
important he have majority in both Houses favor
able to his Administration. whether he shall have this
majority depends the Southern Democrats II they
oppose the Administration, elect Northern Democrat
such RANDALL SArLER to the Speakership and ally
themselves with the disaected Republicans to fight the
Administration he will be compelled to his official
patronage in such way to give him strength In his
own party whereas should Southern Democrats wisely
extend him support he will be able to deal his patron
age to them literally. and revolutonize the system Of
Federal patronage which has existed In the South since
the war"


Never was a Post Office advertisement
written in palmer terms than these corrupt
proposals for Southern Democratic votes to
be paid for in patronage. The Southern
Democrats and their representatives In
Congress arc told by the Postmaster-Gen-
eral that they can have whatever they
want, including all the Offices in their coun-
try, II they will give Mr.. HAYES " a majority
in both Houses" against the Republican
party; but the alternative Is very carefully
stated, that if they do not accept this most


liberal and most infamous offer, the Fraudu-
lent President twill be compelled to use his
official patronage in such way as to give
him strength in his own party" They did
not accept and HAYES has used his patron
age according to his threat. The Republl-
can party which he divided has been re-
united by his surrender OF all the power OF
the Administration to the stalwarts, whom
he was so anxious to crush by coalition
with the late Confederates. Unable to buy
the one, he offered himself for sale to the
others. They ostensibly condoned his
treachery, took the plunder, used his veto
against the people, assessed his oflicehold-
ers and contractors, and forced the Admin
istration to contribute every atom OF its
strength to their bloody-shirt campaigns
And surely his humiliation was complete
when the chiefs of the Cabinet appeared here
in loud-mouthed support OF the man whom
but the other day they turned out OF the
Naval Office, nominally because he was unfit,
but really because he was friend Of Mr.,
CoNKLING.