The Life, Public Services and Select Speeches of Rutherford B. Hayes

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THE LIFE
PUBLIC SERVICES AND SELECT SPEECHES
OF
RUTHERFORD B. HAYES
BY
J. Q. HOWARD
CINCINNATI ROBERT CLARKE & CO
1876

Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1876, by ROBERT
CLARKE & CO.
In the Office of the Librarian of Congress at Washington.
Stereotyped by OGDEN, CAMPBELL & CO., Cincinnati.

CONTENTS.
CHAPTER I.
ANCESTRY.
Line of Descent--Family Tradition--Indian Fighters--Grandfather
Rutherford--Chloe Smith Hayes--Father and
Mother--Characteristics--Tribute to a Sister--General Character of
Ancestors 9

CHAPTER II.
BOYHOOD AND EDUCATION.
Birthplace--University--Springs--Kossuth's Allusion--Early
Instructors--Sent East--College Life--Began the Study of Law--At
Harvard Law School--Story, Greenleaf, Webster, Agassiz, and
Longfellow--Admission to Bar 15
CHAPTER III.
AT THE BAR.
Commences Practice--First Case--Partnership with Ralph P.
Buckland--Settles in Cincinnati--Becoming Known--Literary
Club--Nancy Farrer Case--Summons Case--Marriage--Law
Partners--City Solicitor 22
CHAPTER IV.
IN THE FIELD.
Appointed Major--Judge Advocate--Lieutenant-Colonel--South
Mountain--Wounded--Fighting while Down--After Morgan--Battle of
Cloyd Mountain--Charge up the Mountain--Enemy's Works Carried by
Storm--First Battle of Winchester--Berryville 31
CHAPTER V.
FROM MAJOR TO MAJOR-GENERAL.
Opequan--Morass--First Over--Intrepidity--Official Reports--Assault
on Fisher's Hill--Battle of Cedar Creek--Commands a
Division--Promoted on Field--His Wounds--A Hundred Days under
Fire 43
CHAPTER VI.

IN CONGRESS.
Nomination--Refuses to Leave Army--Election
Incident--Election--Course in Congress--Services on Library
Committee--Votes on Various Questions--Submits Plan of
Constitutional Amendments--Re-nominated by
Acclamation--Re-elected by Increased Majority--Overwhelmed with
Soldiers' Letters--Character as Congressman 51
CHAPTER VII.
ELECTED GOVERNOR OF OHIO.
Party of States Rights--Their Convention--Platform--Nomination of
Thurman--Republican Convention and Platform--Nomination of
General Hayes--Opening Speech at Lebanon--Thurman at
Waverly--National Interest Aroused--Hayes
Victorious--Inaugural--First Annual Message--Second Annual Message
62
CHAPTER VIII.
SECOND ELECTION AS GOVERNOR.
Re-nomination--Democratic Platform--Nomination of
Rosecrans--Declines--Pendleton Nominated--Hayes at
Wilmington--Election--Second Inaugural--Civil Service Reform--Short
Addresses--Letters--Annual Message--Democratic Estimate of
It--Davidson Fountain Address--Message of 1872--Work
Accomplished 90
CHAPTER IX.
THIRD TIME ELECTED GOVERNOR.
The Senatorship Declined--Army Banquet Speech--Third Time
Nominated for Congress--Glendale Speech--Declines a Federal
Office--Making a Home--Nomination for

Governor--Platform--Serenade Speech--Democratic Convention and
Platform--Marion Speech of
Hayes--Woodford--Grosvenor--Schurz--Inflation Drivel--Interest in the
Contest--Honest Money Triumphant--Third Inaugural 124
CHAPTER X.
NOMINATION TO THE PRESIDENCY.
Early Suggestions--Letters on Subject--Garfield Letter--Action of State
Convention--Cincinnati Convention--Course of his Friends-- First and
Second Day's Events--Speech of Noyes--Balloting-- Nominated on
Seventh Ballot--Officially Notified--Habits--Personal
Appearance--Family--Letter of Acceptance--Character as a Soldier,
Magistrate, and Man--Domestic Surroundings 143
APPENDIX.
I. Speech at Lebanon, Ohio, August 5, 1867 167
II. Speech at Sidney, Ohio, September 4, 1867 202
III. Speech on his Re-nomination, June 23, 1869 222
IV. Speech at Zanesville, Ohio, August 24, 1871 231
V. Speech at Marion, Ohio, July 31, 1875 241
VI. Speech at Fremont, June 25, 1876. 256

LIFE
OF
RUTHERFORD B. HAYES.
CHAPTER I.

ANCESTRY.
Line of Descent--Family Tradition--Indian Fighters--Grandfather
Rutherford--Chloe Smith Hayes--Father and Mother--Characteristics--
Tributes to a Sister--General Character of Ancestors.
George Hayes, of Scotland, came to America by the way of England,
and settled at Windsor, in the Colony of Connecticut, in 1682. He
married, in 1683, Abigail Dibble, who was born on Long Island in
1666. From these ancestors the direct line of descent to the Republican
candidate for President of the United States is the following:
George Hayes, Abigail Dibble. Daniel Hayes, Sarah Lee. Ezekiel
Hayes, Rebecca Russell. Rutherford Hayes, Chloe Smith. Rutherford
Hayes, Sophia Birchard.
The earlier family traditions connect the name and descent of George
Hayes with the fighting plowman mentioned in Scottish history, who at
Loncarty, in Perthshire, turned back the invaders of his country, in a
narrow pass, with the sole aid of his own valorous sons.
"Pull your plow and harrow to pieces, and fight," said the sturdy
Scotchman to his sons. They fought, father and sons together, and won.
A like command seems to have come down the centuries to an
American-born son--"Tear your briefs and petitions to pieces, and
fight." He also fought, and, though sorely wounded, won. Shall the
crown of valor be withheld by a free people that was once bestowed by
a Scottish king?
Daniel Hayes, the third of the ten children of George Hayes, was born
at Windsor, in 1686. At the age of twenty-three, while fighting in
defense of Simsbury--now Granby--to which town his father's family