, 1876-11-28

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rights will DO protected, and there will no
longer 10 a color-line, with it's inhunan
atrocities ind unparalleled injustice.
"LEr Us HAVE pEAuE."
Perhapa the most effective support given
Mr.. TrbDEN during the recent campaign was
that Of the New York Sun. It made bold,
aggressive, md tiroloss fight for him. 1t
struck out from the shoulder nil tho time.
It did moro work for him than Thousand
CLAnEaos N. PorrERs. It Ia Just rs conf-
dent MS Po71En tint T11pEs has been elect
cd, and TINT he ought to ba inaugurated:
1}nt 1t refuses to acquiesco in tho poTTEa
scheme for Matchmaking this country. III n
recent. article 1t gave the following advice,
which wo commend to those gory-miudcd
Democrats who, like AnTEMus WARD, aro
willing TINT nit their first wifo's rotations
nhall go to war for TnpEN:
Thus, II It shall bc found on an inspection Of tho
certificates Of the Electoral Colleges, whnn they
are opened In tho presence Of tho two Houses, that
Mr. HAYES has rccoIycd 1B5 votes, or more, that
result must be accepted by tho people ~ the legal
result, whatever may have been i,G frauds commit
led In Lou,eana any other State III taking.
turning. or counting the popular vote. It ls por-
fcctly proper for Congress to ascertain tho fact OF
such frads IN an authoritative an conclusive nan-
ncr for tho information Of the peope, hut tho ccr
tanty TINT thcFe such frauds cannot affect tho
cgally certified election. Mr. lIArEa muHt DO In
nuguratcd and acknowledged rs President, even II
tho legal result Ia 10 latnt1d by fraud that hon.
est men revolt at tho very thought OF What TINY
mupt submit to. There Ia no alternative hut
civil war: md that forms an unnecessary and
inadequate remedy, md ID not to be thought
Of Ii HAYES al,al be dcclnsed President with
grave reason 10 believe TINT he has not bcon hon.
estly and arly entitled to haye tho Electoral votes
OF ccr.aIn statos, ha and his party must bear the
consequences. Those consequence II hfs oppo'
ncutx aro wise, vii! be, not tl,at his title to tho
Office III to Le resisted, hut TINT tho people aro to
he appealed to to use their constitutional and
peaceful method Of redrcestug a|l wrongs and pun
tshing MI outmge+nnsncly, by tho ballot-bo1.
No such appeal bo mado II tho country Is TO DO
tiungcl Into nnnschy by denying HAYES title TO
lilo otacc. Our Government must 10 preserved
and pcrpctuntcd, and that 1t may bc, griovous ~
the wrong will be TINT hses from TiLpEH States In
which he hrs ceftafnly carried q ma1arty OF lho
popular vote, wu must submit to thut wrong In tho
entire certainty that the purity responsible for II
will In duo time DO rewarded With political ami.
hilation.
This attitude Is patriotic aud commendable.
Il Mr.. HAYES hns majority of the Electoral
votes, md tho people Of tho country aro
satisfied TINT ho obtained tho yoto Of n single
State by fraud, tho Republican party will
have to suffer for 1t, There is no occasion
to 40 to war about it,-for this would punisl,
tho whole country, tho dofra1lcd MS we'll as
tho defroudars; punishment will be 1notod
out aud riQls yindicatcd much moro surely
= r T.
to have minority Of tho Electors, 1t will bu {,
bare majority and IT tho American people
are satisfied that majority was obtained by
oyerawing the Republican votora Of Anssis-
eippi. Alabama, Louisiaun, Florida, and
South Carolinu, they will tal;o their revenge in
n lawful woy when the lawful time shall como
around. MEANWHILE, tho balance Of power,
whether HAYES or T11DEN be inauguratcd, will
bo so oven that no radical measures, insuf-
fcrably odious to elthor party, Gun bo carried
out II AIr. T11pEN goes In, ho will have q
! smaIl minority in tho House and political
opposition in tho senato il A1r. HAYES goes
| In. he will layo s,nall majority in tic Sem
ato aud a political opposition in the House.
In either event, botl, parties must bo on their
GOOD behavior or suffer tho consequences,
Tho fight now ID merely fight for sroils,
under these circumstances and we do not
bolioyo tl,e American people think enough Of
the Go.0oO Republican oillceholtlors, or the
| GO. 600 Democrats who will succeed To tAo}1
places in Tho oyont Of T11pEs,s success, to
20 to war about thom.
"Let us hive ponce" In any caso. We
call upon tho influential nowspapors ar1
| Marty Iocdcrs of tho Denocrots to ioin with
tho Sun and ad,nonish tho hot-heailod partl
sons tn coase tho,r throats of resistance,
trbov ora terrifying tho conntrv. DESTROYING
confidence. and nrostrntina business. Every.
thing ig held IN allowance awaiting the result
Of the Electoral vote. The moderation 0,
th, nennhlicans Inns cony,need tic countr,
TINT .hero il nothing In anprohenl II, cast
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