, 1876-12-26
TO carry Its judgment Into effect without re-.
DEMOCRATIC PROGRAMME.
ADVICE otvEN THE DEMOCRACY pr Tnn INA


DEMOCRATIC PROGRAMME.
ADVICE otvEN THE DEMOCRACY pr Tnn !" ma
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We have received from Democratic 4 good
n,nny strong expressions Of tiissent from, ol,r
suggestion Of last wcok, that tho accession Of
Hayes 10 tho Presidency should, falling his own
retreat from position which no still think an
honorable man ought to find untcnablc, bo
quietly acquicsccd IN. Tho terms Of sumo of
these remonstsanccs .nhkc II plain that On soma
polnts We llayo not made ourselves fully Under
stood. But, considering tho nature oil
the crisis and tho nn,ount Of explosive material
the community. now contains, they ought not,
IN tracing cut their ttnc at action, 10 leave any
doltbt or room ffr doubt Al 10 what their ustt-
mate recourse ls to be: They say they will
Congress to direct tho President Of the Senate
in making the count, and tho right OF Conarcss
to 60 behind The returns Of tho btatc o'llcersand
.so for whom, tho popular ro!o was cast, and
of the te,rco Returning -Boara States, and that,
II the Senate refuses to concur, tho House will
wlthdraw nntl elect 4 President rho will, on the
4th OF March,. get himself sworn In. eont, wt
not many, Talk II forcib,e rcsistance 70 uaurpa-
tion ~ matter OF principle. We think this is
nlont as fair an account Of thelr programme as
san be given oi something which has not been
Now, It nceda, both for Tho snkc Of tho coun-
try aud Of tho Democratic party ltscif, the nti-
tton Of distinct population both Of all idea Of
settIng ur, SECOND President, and all ldea of
and his anthorlty otter bis inauguration,
whether that rcs1stance'bo factlous or physical.
Thu objections to setting up second President
arc. NC hope, SO obvIosts "a hardly to need
s'R saReeaty a d'srsss a'ss nd e eontempsx Ss Isx
spoctaclc: Il dc }urc President would DO sone-
thing both 1noro l.ulicrous and moro contc1npti-
bic. ANY man who played any sltch role In this
at work on hin for n few months, hive reason
70 wish he Ind never bccn born. In So far as
Ills claims appeared In ascrlous light they would
sooner or Inter, produce considerable popular
irritation BY bringing l1aIru'e on the Govern.
sinulacrnm Of the disputed SUGGESTIONS which
bayc dune SO much to d!scse.lit the s.etfctc
mnnarchtcs Of Europe and by cloudlng, though
eyer g slightly, tho public credit. A year would
wtnld he covered with odum for having humif-
iatcd tho country once more in tho eyes Ut for
elgncss, aud brought popular government into
ttarcPutc, and .liayes would become tho OBJ
1ect OF sympathy md respect as tho real repre-
sentative Of the national power and tligni-
ty. The Democratic party has certainly no
hold gu the popular imnsinatsonthat Will Justify
It's ndulgtng ~ any such ventures. ANY resort
tnal, 10 sttll more tinwse, both for tic same
reason, and several others It Is only justtflabio
when the grievance complained Of ls intolcra-
big, and IS irrcmcdiab1e by peaceful means, and
when force Ia likely to hG successful. None Of
these things Gun be affirmed OF lrY the Hayes
usurpatlol, II usurpation 1t be. It would mot
bu intolcrablc, for llc probably would be tol-
erably good rrcsttlent-a consideration which
might have little weight with Mcxicans Or
Frcnch.ncr, but will always tell with Amcrl-
cans. 11a will 60 out Of Office In four years, and
Will probably have hostile House md Senate
to face before that time. 1t would not
be trremedlah1o by peaceful means, because
wc havo no sort Of doubt, and VIC think
no candid man has, that the present per-
formances Of the Republican party viii sweep It
out Of existence during tho cotntug four ycara.
Destttcs this, wo must remember that for those
who have not definitely abandoned all faith ID
popular government, the euro for such wrongs
as 1t fs now committing Is under nur systcn1
perfectly well Ecttlot, and perfectly effective.
We hayu In tho last resort to appeal to tho pop
utar respect for Law and order In cases OF Prcsi-
tunttal tlsurpattun as In ali other cases Of abuse
II this full lis, gil tnlls U.S. and It makes no dt
ference who is President, or By what means he
gets his power. The Democrats, wc take it. not
uelng Mcxlcans. do not desire to gct tho prcs:-
dcnsy ly hpoe or by crook; they Iesfrn to get It
tu tho American wny--that Is, through general
acquiesccnco ii tho Justice Of their candidates.
clalnsi aud this ur1ufesccncc can be secured
neither by aght!nE nor BY Ch!cano.