do it firmly without flinching. But if things are to be settled by conciliation, and North and South are to come together on friendly terms for a new departure, then I venture to think that Mr. Hayes is an able and good man, whose personal character, manner, and surroundings well fit him to carry out such a policy. But to make such a policy possible it is absolutely necessary that the South should honestly accept the 15th Amendment. May 10, 1879. GEORGE CAMPBELL. |