Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1875-06-02
The New Hampshire Usurpation.

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Cincinnati Gazette
T]le New Hampshire Usurpation.
It is doubtless hard thing for the
New York Tribune, the New YorA
Euening Post, and the Springfield
Mass Republican to decide in favor
Of the Republican party as against the
Democratic party, on any given ques-
ton. But for once those Independent
journals have taken the bull by the
horns, and shown their independence
We allude to the New Hampshire iul
broglio. They denounce in fitting
terms the usurpation Of Governor West
on. The language Of the Republican
is worth reproducing, and worth keep
ing before the people:
9 1t is not necessary to inquire into
the motives of Governor Weston anu
his associates. Their action speaks fer
itself. 1t is worse than crime: it is
blunder-a particularly ill-timed and
stupid blunder at that-which the
New Hampshire Democrats and the
party at large will be very sorry fo
presently. That party is not in po-
sition at present to play tricks With
the laws or upon the people,"
We do not, however, agree with the
Republican that the blunder is worse
than the crime. There can be no
crime worse than that Of deliberately
thwarting the will Of the people, and
there can be no blunder equal to such
crime. For his /" blunder,' Govern
or Weston may answer to his Demo
cratic associates. For his crime, he
must answer to the outraged people of
New Hampshire, robbed of their polit
ical rights by his act. He has violat-
ed his oath, aud violated the Constisr-
ton Of the State The fact that his
blunder may ruin the Democratic party
of New Hampshire is no atonement for
his crime against the freedom of cleo
t!ons. The Independent (N. h
Stdtesnaan says:
At the outset of the controversy.
we announced that whatever might be
the purpose of the conspirators, having
elected majority Of the next House,
having tie in the Senate with two va.
cancies to fill, having larger popular
vote than our opponents, we proposed
to organize the Legislature and admin
lister the government for the next DO
litical year, and that neither trick,
stratagem, nor revolution could prevail
against US. We reiterate that state
ment here and now. While we do not
propose to put ourselves on level
with these conspirators by means out
side OF Law usage and right, we shall
ind way etfectual and sure to render
the Governors acts as null and void In
practice, as they clearly are in law and
precedent"
We call upon the Republican party
of New Hampshire to make good this
solemn declaration of It's fearless organ.
We call upon it to do more. The
crime of Governor Weston can only be
properly atoned by the punishment OF
the criminal. Let him be impeached,
The New York World has the i'm
pudence to attempt an argument In
support OF the recreant, periured Gov
ernor and Council. It dstorts the
Constitution and laws of New Hamp-
shire, and in conclusion says:
Will such Independent journals as
the Republican, in Springfield, and ths.
Tribune and the Post, in New York
condescend for once not to be sinde-
pendent of the plain statutes of SOW
erelgn State, even though they be sia-
dependent of every hearty politicJ
organization. These independ dert'
creatures always feel badly, we know,
when a Democrat enters upon Office,
unless he be a Democrat vino offers to
Independent (Y Republicans, back
stairs influence over himself; but really
IL the case Of Matt, we don't see how
we can comfort them except by point
ing to the plain, simple laws Of New
Hampshire"
We point also ''to the plain and sim
pie laws of New Hampshire" and ask
that they be executed upon the Gov
ernor, who has wililully disregarde1
them. So far as his "blunder" is con-
cerned, we remand him to the Demo
cratic party, which will doubtless spurn
him all the more viciously for the de-
feat he is sure to encounter. But for
the crime he has committed, let him
De held to answer to the plain and
simple laws of the State he has violated