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THBRutherford B. Hayes ALS as President, July 1879
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Hayes, Rutherford B. (1822-1893). Brevet Brigadier General, USA, Member House (1865-1867), Governor of Ohio (1876-1877), and President of the United States (1877-1881). ALS, 2pp, Washington, DC, July 1, 1879, on White House letterhead. Signed R.B. Hayes, to George Wm. Curtis. At top Private.
...I have tried to maintain the National authority against the heresy of ultra States rights, and that
1. The U.S. Government has the authority and is in duty bound to enact and enforce laws to secure honesty in the Congressional elections.
2. That the House of Representatives can not, even if the Senate consents, absorb the whole legislative power of the Government.
3. That the military power is to be subordinate to the Civil power, at elections and everywhere.
4. That non partisan juries are desirable.
5. That test-oaths are out of place in our system.In all this I have I believe the support of the sober second thought of thoughtful people... But upon the whole the Congressional feeling towards the Administration among Republicans of all sorts was never so friendly as it is now.
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Rutherford Birchard Hayes (1822-1893), another Ohio President, was an attorney and city solicitor in Cincinnati before the start of the Civil War. He left his law office to enlist as an army officer at the start of the war. He was wounded five times and was known for bravery in combat. At the end he received a brevet Major General's rank. After the war, he devoted most of his time to politics, serving in the US House of Representatives and as Governor of Ohio, before being elected President in one of the most contentious elections in US history. Part of his agreement in the negotiations was to remove troops from the South, ending Reconstruction, and he pledged not to run for a second term. During his term, he "got the ball rolling" for civil service reform (more came in the 1880s and 1890s) and helped restore popular faith in the office of President, as well as the power of the office, which had been in decline since Lincoln's assassination.
Folds as expected, else excellent.Condition
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