New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1876-11-15
No TIME E0R ELrSTEE.

no rYVE FOR BLTSTEE.
We take leave 60 utter % word Of warning
for the bcnci'' OF those impmlslvc persons who
are indulgin, in heated discussions OF the
! pclitical sit.aji1n and sometimes in threats as
to what vii! happen in the event of the cleo
tign beng given 10 Gov. Hayes. 1t IS not new.
IL has been heard in this country before We
/ take rhe opportunity to remind all these cX-
citable and excited persons, some OF whom,
we regret 70 observe, are directing the editorial
columns of Democratic newspapers OF more or
/ less influence that on one other occasion
within the memory OF tins generation similar
threats were heard from the SAME quarter
and that the attempt was made on very
grand and stupeudOuS scale to carry them into
execution. The people of this country are not
so far away from the period in which that
happened that they do not recall, almost in
voluntarily, the scenes and circumstances, 50
| like those OF to-day, with which that bloody
drama opened. Who is there to-day that goes
brawlng ab0ut Gov. Hayes having received a
minority of the popular vote For every one
such there were 4 hundred siNtc.u years ago
who said the sam" Of Nr. Lincoln Who j.
there that threatens in drunken fury that
HAYES shall not he inaugurat"d They or
their prototypes experienced just such frenzy
in 1860, and with greater and moro passionate
energy sworc that Lincoln should not bc inau-
/ auratcd. We al know what came OF it. Have
! these men learned nothing in all these costly
ycaIs-theso years o. sacrifice OF treasure and
! of human he, with their continuing legacy Of
! distress and debt? They say u majority of
| the people have voted AGAINST Gov. lIavcs,
Ift..- IL. ont
| So n majority voted against Mr.. Lincoln.
but majority of the electoral votes
of the votes Of the states, under the rule,
Of which obey are 80 fond, which cSt'tS state
sovereignty and gives the choice Of the Prrsl-
dent to the state, and not the proplc-wcre
cast for Mr.. Lincoln, and no WIS both elected and
inauguratcd. Under similar circumstances Gov.
Hayes, il lac has received an honest majority Of
/ the electoral votes, 80 matter how small, and
no matter If he has received only minority
Of the popular vote, will be declared elected,
and will be inau .rratcd. Anything else would
be revolution. !, this Democratic party pre-
ualrd TO resort to revolution twice IN sixteen
ycals7 Is not the experience Of one sufficient T!
We call attention also to one other historic
parallel, which it seems TO H. may we'll bo
needed as a warning by those who to-day are
rcpcating the madness of 1SGO-l. The sup
portcrs of Mr. Lincoln were rs quiet and un-
dcmonstratiyc through all the bOisicrous dem
onstratons. the bullying and threatening, and
attempted tcirorizing Of the opposition, a. the
supporters of GOV. Hayes are to-day. They
made no response in kind did not answer
throat with threat; were not noisy or even
t1lk9tivc Their serious mood and slOWncSS
10 anger were mistaken for a craven spirit.
They were differently and more rishteously
interpreted latcr OF. The great mass OF the
party which is talking of violence to-day is
the same as sixteen years ago: the great mass
of the party opposed to it is the simc as then.
Whether these quiet men who voted for Hayes
iuJee rightly or not they honestly believe the
question OF present politics IS but the con-
FINANCE of the old issue, and that it has lost
none OF its momcntOus Importance. Ihcy are
pcaccablc and law abiding, and, however the
event may turn, will accept the result rs the
prescnt solution of the question by the viii of
the majority. That they can bear defeat with
composure and witness with cquanimty the
triumph Of their opponents was clearly shown
on the day following the late election, when,
mon the Supposition that Gov. Tilden had
been elected, the Republican press generally
not only acquicsced in the result, but eX-
pressed the hope that he would give the coun-
try wise and successful administration
More than this: so soon as 1t appeared
that the election was not settled, but
that the result was still in doubt
and the clamor from Democratic sources
began that there would be an attempt to
count in the Republican candidates, the voice
of the Republican press of the country was
unanimous against anything that might justify
the suspicion of tampering with ballots OF
returns The demand of Tie TRIBUNE for an
honest count of honest ballots was taken up
and seconded by the Republican press through
out the country, and met with hearty re-
sponse from the party at large. That there
NAV be men in the party who from personal
and interested motives, would consent to and
even advise and assist in the preparation OF
fraud to accomplish their purposes, we unfor-
tunatelv cannot deny. THE TRIBUNE has too
often had occasion to pursue these men and
hold them up to public condemnation to ig-
more their existence now. But we confidently
assert our belief that opportunities for mis-