Year: 1877

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the Republican party which objects to
the removal of troops from the South
ern States. / have made no objections
on that score, but all that was re-
quired of him was to take out some
troops, and nothing else. He had no
right to make a bargain or compromise
with the legislature ofthe State in the
interests of the Presidency His in
terfering with the State by compromise
or bargain was as much in violation of
the law as if he had interfered with
troops and-by arms. All through the
! North there are substantial people who
are, like Miles Standish, devoted 10 the
| original intents and sympathies of the
Republican party. These people do
not object so much to withdrawing
physical. force from the South, as they
do to the conspicuous contrast of Hayes
in the Presidency by the vote of Louisi-
ana and Packard turned out. Every
man knows that, on the face of the re-
turns, Packard was more elected than
Hayes 10y 1900 or 1000 votes. You
cannot present these returns in any
form that will not give more legality
to Packard as Governor of Louisiana
than to Hayes rs President. The peo-
pie says this man assumes all the vir-
tues of reform in an Office which he
has gained by the simple reputation of
la IoJJa,. fI,at IiffaI hin, pnnt-
ter of general record of usurpers that
though sustained they do their favors
to the other side. The President has
Democratic Cabinet. Devens always
ran for office in Massachusetts on the
Democratic ticket: he never was
Il Republican. Schurz took him
self ont of the Republican
party years ago. Key is Il Democrat.
l am sure that nobody counts Evarts
Republican. The Democrats were so
certain of the contrary that they had
proposed TO nominate him for the Office
of governor in this state. | have no
faith in President whose only distinct
act is ingratitude to the men who
voted for him and the party which gave
him its fealty. In the domain and
forum of honor that sense of Hayes
inlidelity stands forward and challenges
him. 1t is felt by honest men all over
the country. He smiles, and showers
on opposition proofs of II disturbed
mind


In regard to Hayes Southern trip he
says: 81 think old Harry Lee ought to
have heard that speech where lie COM
pared the soldiers of the Confederte
and Federal armies to Greeks. we
beat you, : lie said in Nashville and At
lanta, because we had more Greeks. u"
Conkling shook his head and looked
to question whether he apprehended
that a Democratic victory would result
in excessive appropriations, he said
that sit is the inevitable logic of the
ascendancy of the Democratic party.
Will they let this little whiptail in the
North drill them when they hold the
stock and the butt of the whip in their
own hands. Why, at the close of the
last congress they ran the river and
harbor appropriation bill up to five mil
lions. Gen. Grant put himself on rec
ord and said, 'I'll only sign this bill be-
cause it's too late in the session for it to
he reconsidered, and there are some
worthy objects in it, but he indicated
that he would not spend all the money,
and neither did he. for he embargoed
three millions out of five. Now am
told that three millions have been put
out since Grant left the office. What
is there in the law of human nature to
prevent these people from pressing for
ward for appropriations. The physical
sears of the great rebellion contest
were left only in the South. To them
it was mortifying era in their history.
To-day they are poor, clamorous for
office and clamorous for money. The
rivers, levees, harbors, and public
buildings, everything, suggests rehabil-
tation and expense. l have no words
VI anger lOl VIC 'pputIi, Dul thiouSh
my position as New York Senator 1
can plainly see that those of our gentry
who are voting against the Republican
ticket will one day howl under the in
Fiction of national taxation encouraged
at Washington.


Conkling did not think itinconsistent
for the President to send his agents
into Louisiana to bargain with that
man Nichols, who, by all the evidence
and by the status of the case, was a
red-handed traitor to his state govern
ment. This dealing with usurpers to
gain the summit of power is a novel
practice in the country. An honorable
President, feeling himself to have been
elected, would have refrained from any
such intrigue with pretenders in states
that were ready to revolt. He
| would have tnkan his Of1irp man.