LYCOS RETRIEVER 
Rutherford B. Hayes: South Carolinafell
built 439 days ago
Hayes vowed to stay in office for only one term (187781). During his presidency, he withdrew federal troops from the South, ending Reconstruction, the period in which the South was rebuilt and the rights of freed African-Americans were protected by federal forces. Hayes wanted to bring back self-government in the South. He pledged not to interfere with elections in the former Confederacy, hoping to restore "wise, honest, and peaceful local self-government."
Source:
When Congress sent him the bills complete with amendments overturning civil rights enforcement, Hayes vetoed them four times before finally signing one that satisfied his requirement for black rights. However, his subsequent attempts to reconcile with his Southern Democrat opposition by handing them prestigious civil service appointments both alienated fellow Republicans and undermined his own previous attempts at civil service reform.
Source:
After months of deliberation and bargaining, Southern Democrats were assured that if Hayes were elected, he would pull federal troops out of the south and end Reconstruction. In return, the Democrats agreed to a committee to determine the final outcome of the election. The committee, which consisted of eight Republicans and seven Democrats, voted to give all the disputed electoral votes to Hayes. The Republicans justified this by claiming that the problem in these states was over who had the right to vote. The Democrats, on the other hand, felt that they had been robbed of the presidency, and called Hayes "Rutherfraud."
Source:
Many of the leaders of the new South did indeed favor Republican economic policies and approved of Hayes's financial conservatism, but they faced annihilation at the polls if they were to join the party of Reconstruction. Hayes and his Republican successors were persistent in their efforts but could not win over the "solid South."
Source:
MORE ABOUT
South Carolinafell