Chapter XXVII: 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