President Hayes

ine 1'resinpnt lias snnmitteu Inmsclf to a formal interview, and is reported as follows by the Associated Press ageut at Washington : The President said, in the course of thn conyersation, that be bad no concealnients regardiug Lis Southern policy, which, however, liad been foresliadowed in oral and writtcn itterances, and in this connection he adverted to the gubeniatorial campaign in Ohio in 1875, which resulted in his election OTcr Gov. Allen, the people of that State having a full knowledge of iiis aentimenta on national questioiiR, incluáing, of courso, tliose whieh related to tho Souüi. The opemng peech of a giflwnñtoiiiü candidato is generally conridered t be the kovnutc of a campaign, and in oneh a speech, afl early as tho 31t of July of that ye:ir, at Mnrion, he freely and distinctly expreesed hn opiuioiiK. Tlüs BTJeéca wííí pnblished at leugth in all the Itopnblican and many other newspaperB, and. tlicrcfore, his views wore known. In that speech, after congratulating bis felloKcitizens on the complete triumpli over thone who Konght to destroy the Union, and the granel resulta of tho war, he alluded to the coming togethër again of Northern and Soiiihern men ín a spirit of harmony and Criendahrp, including thoso who had fought agaiiiHt ono anotbcr, and, as a prominent feature in this evidénce of good feeling, he, on that occaeion, moto of the kindly manner in which Vice President Wilson was recoived on hisvisit to the South. In tliis era of gDOd (MUng and reconciliation, ho furthcr wiid thero ware still persons wlio talked of bayonctH, and who onght Ui reviva the pri'judiccH of toepast. This wasmuchto be regrottcd, but thcre was onough to flll evory heart with gratitude, the house being 110 longcr (Uvidud, and all Hu inhabitantshavingn fair start in tli race for life. In this' and in all bis other pccchcB he oarnoHtly condemned the rcopen ing of oíd simes botvrcen tlic North and the Bónth, assuming that 1 lic time liad como for complete reconciliation. The President, in fnrther conversaron, referred to the fact that the National ltcpublican Convention which uoniinated him for the Prffliideney pftsd a rcsolution sacredly pledging the RelJOblicBn party to protect cvery citizen of the United States in aD fiia civil and p ilitical rights, and declaring that permanent paciticntinn of theSonth shonld be effectcd by temöylüg all caiwe of discord. The spuit of tliis reeolution wiik in perfect accord with bis own ïiewa previously expressed. and ho ropeated tliem in his letter of acceptanco of the nomination, and more fully elaborated them in hiB inangnral addrcKK. consistently maint&inlng a policy of reconciliation and local üelf-govermnent apart froni military mipport ; and. when he entered apon the duties of the l'rosideney, he inteudod that tliis policy Hhonïcl not bo one of sentiment mirdy, bnt of actual admiHÍRtration. He spokè with enipliasis when he said: i(My belief is that filis oburse tenda to give good government to the Sonth it tends to Becurc icace between BectioiiH aiid brtween mees and jiartics at the South, and it tendn to socare the rights, intercsts and safety of the colored people. Therefore, I ;nn in favor of the policy. I do not know whethcr I shall suocced in" caiTying it out, béc&nge there ar Northern and Southern ïiKiii win), in varióos waya, may posaiblv tlnvnrt me : but of one tbing [ un confident, 'namely, 1 tliink it my duty t try to c.irryout the policy, and I nm going to do it."