Rensselaer Union, Volume 9, Number 32, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 26 April 1877 — The President Interviewed. [ARTICLE]

The President Interviewed.

President Hayes said Saturday, in course of a conversation, that he had no concealments in regard to his souther* policy, which, however, had been foreshadowed in oral and written utterances; and in this. connection he adverted to the gubernatorial campaign in Ohio in 1875, which resulted in his election over Gov. Allen, the people of the state having full knowledge of his sentiments on national questions, including, of course, those which related to the south. The opening speech of a gubernatorial candidate is generally considered to be the key-note of a campaign, and in such a speech, as early as the 31st of July of that year, at Marion, he freely and distinctly expressed his opinions. This speech was published at length in all the republican and many other and therefore his views were generally known. lu that speech, alter congratulating his fellow-citizens on the complete triumph over those who sought to destroy the union and the grand results of the war, he alluded to the coming together

again of northern and southern men in a spirit of harmony and friendship, including those who fought one another, and, ns a prominent feature in this evidence of good feeling, he on that occasion spoke of the kindly manmr in which Vice President Wilson was received on his visit to the south. In this era of good feeling and reconciliation he further said, there were still persons who talked of bayonets and who sought to revive the prejudices of the past. This was much to be regretted, but there was enough to fill every heart with gratitude, the house being no longer divided, and 1.11 the inhabitants having a fair start in the race for lifer In this and all his other spee'ch’es he earnestly condenined the reopening of the old issues between the north and south, assuming that the time had come for a complete reconciliation. The president, in further conversation, referred to the fact that the national republican convention which nominated him for the presidency passed a resolution sacredly pledging the republican party to protect every citizen in the United Slates in all his civil and political rights, and declarii g that the permanent pacification of the south should be effected by removing all cause of discord. The spirit of this resolution was in perfect aci cord with his own views previously I expressed, and he repeated them in I his letter of acceptance of the nomination, and more fully elaborated them in hia inaugural address, consistently maintaining the policy of reconciliation and local self-gov-ernment apart from military support, and when he entered upon the duties of the presidency he intended that this policy should not be one of sentiment merely, but of actual administration. He spoke with emphasis when he said: “My belief is that this course tends to give good government to the south. It tends to secure peace between sections and races and parties al the south, and it tends to secure the rights, interests and safety to the colored people. Therefore lam in favor of the policy. Ido not know whether I will succeed in carrying it out, because there are northern and southern men who in various ways may possibly thwart me, but of one thing I am confident, namely, I think it my duty to try to carry out the policy, and I am going to do it.*'

Mr. O. M. Breeden, of Titusville, Ripley county, is in tbe city to day. From him we learn ot the fanaticism that prevails in his neighborhood upon the subject of temperance. Mr. Breeden is, or was a storekeeper in Titusville, and declares that he never tasted whiskey or tobacco in his life, but in his store he kept on sale Walker’s and Hostetter’s bitters. The temperance fanatics objected l» the sale of the bitters so strongly and were so blind in their zeal as to resort to an application of tbe torch. Mr. Breeden received three anonymous letters, threatening the destruction of his property, previous to the fulfillment of the threa’s. Night before last the torch was applied to bis premises, and his store, goods and home were laid in ashes.—Maduon Courier. Any person who will take the troubleLo figure up the cost ot roads iq this county, how muoh of the tag is paid in road orders, and then examine tpp benefits received in read worp, ViU soon arrive at the eonelusion that our road system is a swindle, or at least, gppi.anoe. A person who does not know th* outs and ins of this matter would be surprised at the way soqp persons get credit on their taxes tar Orders. Tbe treasurer cannot Vfllp tS ov be cannot go ’‘behind tips returps” of a supervisor’s receink The people of the various townships should see to it that the best and most carefpj men in their township *re elected supervisors,— Wiiw/wp JiepMicau,