CHAPTER XXVII

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REACTION, PERIL, AND PACIFICATION.

1875-1880.

The Beginning of the End of the Republican Governments at the South.--Southern Election Methods and Northern Sympathy.--Gen. Grant not Responsible for the Decline and Loss of the Republican State Governments at the South.--A Party without a Live Issue.--Southern War Claims.--The Campaign of 1876.--Republican Lethargy and Democratic Activity.--Doubtful Results.--The Electoral Count in Congress.--Gen. Garfield and Congressmen Foster and Hale to the Front as Leaders.--Peaceful Results.--President Hayes's Southern Policy.--Its Failure.--The Ideas of the Hon. Charles Foster on the Treatment of the Southern Problem.--"Nothing but Leaves" from Conciliation.--A New Policy demanded by the Republican Party.--A Remarkable Speech by the Hon. Charles Foster at Upper Sandusky, Ohio.--He calls for a Solid North against a Solid South.--He sounds the Key-note for the North and the Nation responds.--The Decay and Death of the Negro Governments at the South Inevitable.--The Negro must turn his Attention to Education, the Accumulation of Property and Experience.--He will return to Politics when he shall be Equal to the Difficult Duties of Citizenship 516

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