Year: 1876

Gov. HAYES has most certainly not obtruded
himself personally upon the attention oil the
American people during the discussions ana
the disputes following the election. Nothing
could be in better taste than the modest pa
tience with which he has awaited an official
declaration of the vote and if he broke silence
Mt DAYTON on Wednesday last, it was under
circumstances which would have made per-
sistence in 1t positively il-bred. But we look
in vain for any trace of arrogance, OF self as
sumption, or of partisan passion i'll this little
address 1t is, indeed, triile quite as sugges-
tive i'm what il does not, as IN what IL does
contain. 1t would have been easy for Gov.
HAYES to make a strong defense OF his party,
and n strong attack upon the party opposed
to him; and hardly one man In hundred
would have resisted the temptation 10 do
either. But the whole tone OF the speech Is
kindly and catholic, patriotic and generous.
He simply alluded to the indiscrect things
which have been SAID and done by men Oi
ardent temperament but these have not shaken
his "faith in the saving common sense of the
"American people" The same consolatory idea
has undoubtedly occurred to thousands : but 1t
is cheering to find it set forth by person in





sum total of the whole matter If we have not
faith in this same good sense, upon what shall
we rely! What is there left to sustain the
fabric of the Government, except the practical
wisdom of the whole body of our citizcnsf
Without speaking Of distractions, and without
considering theories, putting aside for the
present the poetry of the point, we may apply
to this public emergency the rule which gov
crns private affairs, and claim that we shall
be saved by the instinct OF self-preservatlon,
governed by prudence and directed by intelli-
gcnce. This is the secret of the wonderful
cauanimity at this time of people knowing
its own heart and its own power


No; as Gov. Hayes says, Americans do not
"desire to see in their own country a Mexi-
"canized government" Apart from material
considerations, they would be mortally morti-
fled by it. They love decency, equity, and
order; they respect law {; they have a traditional
hatred of license and an inherited love of
peaceful political methods which was only in
tensfed by the Rebellion. They comprehend
the absurdty of repudiating the action OF
their own properly appointed and qualified
representatives; and we may be sure that a
"Mexicanized government" is mad folly OF
which they are in little danger.


To the decision of lawful authorities Gov.
Hayes declares that he will "quietly submit"
This assurance, perhaps unnecessary, and out
of its connection uncalled for, Gov. Hayes
seems to have made that he might add that
his respect for and confidence in the majority
led him to believe that it would submit also.
There is quiet in this declaration as in the
,,koIa onoocb on ohsence of poOprnpsa md nf
defiance, which give an idea of reserved force
greater than that for which possibly Gov.
Hayes has received credit. He would, it is
probable, in q moment of uncommon danger,
develop, as President Lincoln did, rare aud
unsuspected qualities. At least his btterest
opponent will admit that thus far during the
contest he has said and done nothing of which
his most sensitive supporter need be ashamed.