The real difficulty is with the vast wealth and power in the hands of the few and the unscrupulous who represent or control capital. Hundreds of laws of Congress and the state legislatures are in the interest of these men and against the interests of workingmen. These need to be exposed and repealed. All laws on corporations, on taxation, on trusts, wills, descent, and the like, need examination and extensive change. This is a government of the people, by the people, and for the people no longer. It is a government of corporations, by corporations, and for corporations. -- How is this?
Corporations concentrated in the Washington/Boston corridor of power, and which were a direct consequence of the Civil War.
Sure, Hayes was a solid Ohio Republican, Union general and 19th US President.
His presidency ended Reconstruction and effectively turned the South over to Democrats.
By 1888 Hayes was highly disturbed after four years of Democrat President Grover Cleveland's administration, and wrote the words you quoted about the results of Democrat rule.
Hayes died in 1893 at age 70.
Please note in post #265 a picture of a small ship, the SS Planter, was presented along with the following comment:
“My posting the SS Planter photo — built, owned & operated by Southerners — proves your claims about “Northeastern dominance” are, well, exaggerated”.
Since that boat was built and finished in 1860, and placed in service of the confederacy, it was never used in any trading capacity. Using it as an example of commercial shipping is a canard.