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Show H.1 YES BACKS DOH X. I And Sleekly Admits ISis Southern Policy to be a ail are. Iut lie, InteudH to Fix Tiling iiereai'ter Caicago, 12. Tbe Tribune's Wash-in'jtju Wash-in'jtju has a report of an important interview with the president, in which the Utter in a measure confesses the inadequacy of his southern policy. It is from tbe National Hqmblican. He says substantially: The time for dis-cus'mu dis-cus'mu iB passed. Determined, vigorous vigor-ous action is imperative. The cabinet reachtd this determination several days ago and lately has been comid-jr-iny the duty of the attorney general in thi; premises. Tho southern policy was inaugurated with the earnest desiro to conciliate, round all the sharp angleB and aotten the asperities of political Btrife. Nobody will say an attempt was not made lo most ; earnestly carry out this policy. Of personal and partisan sacrifice! I made in this efiort, auJ of the couao queii t interruptions of certain rela turns which previously existed between myself and some of my supporters I navo nothine to say iust now. but it appears that tho leaders who made those pledges, did not exert them-uelvea them-uelvea to keep them, or were unahla to do so. In fact, I am reluctantly forced to admit that the experiment was a failure. The first important election heU since it was attempted, has proven tbat fair elec'.iouB, with free auflrago for eveiy voter in the south, are an impossibilily under the existing condition of thinga. It iu not because the republican party appears as auflerors in these resultj, that I complain. It is because free suffrage and freedom of political rights has been interfered with, that I am called upon lo take cognizance of these disturbanceB. II the republicans bad committed tbeae outragea upon the democrats my duty would be the same. It will not do for mo or any official to treat tbeBe questions otherwise other-wise than in an unpartisan way. A partisan press will naturally take a partisan view of the case, and I will be held to account for aiding the republicans, re-publicans, and flaunting tbo "bloody shirt," but for all that, I shall do my duty as chief magistrate of tbe nation, and if, in the faithful execution of tbe laws, justice demands the punishment punish-ment of tbis or that man, whatever his political connections may be, I shall not be deterred by partisan criticism. All that I know in that great crimes have bseu committed, and it is my duty to aid in the punishment punish-ment of the criminals. I do not think the southern leaders who promised prom-ised to protect the blacks are re-eponsiblo re-eponsiblo for these crimes. Hampton, Hamp-ton, for example, tried repeatedly to repress the violence which characterized character-ized tho South Carolina campaign, and failed. Prominent republicans ol that atata have advised mo that Hampton canuot control the "red shirts," and that ho has made Bpeechea deprecating a violent campaign. cam-paign. Nicbolls was earnestly opposed op-posed to lise proceedings in Louisiana. Louisi-ana. The officers' department of justice has been ins'ructed to carry out the proceedings already begun ng.tiust the depredators, not only nguiust those who have already been arretted, but against tboso who will soon bo arrested. It is proposed to mako a clean Bweep o! this business, and exhaust every legal resource in tho execution of justice. Tbe integriry of American citizenship citizen-ship has been gros3ly violated vio-lated in widespread localities. It must and shall bo vindicated. Tbo president closed by saying that if it is discovered tbat any district attorney in the south is not earnestly endeavoring endeavor-ing to do his whola duty in tbe matter, be will be speedily replaced to secure a vigorous prosecution ol these cases. |