The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1876-11-07
What do They Mean,


What do the Republican leaders mean
when they threaten violence in case TIL
DEN is elected by the aid of the Southern
vote? DO they mean that they will mus
ter their party to arms and carry civil war
into every state of the Union? OR do they
mean that Mr.. TILDEN is TO he as-assinated
between the eighth OF November aud the
fourth of March,
II these threats, and these prophecies in
which threats are half disguised, were
merely the buster of few obscure and
irresponsible fanatics, or the capital OF
weathcr-bnined stump orators like Bon
INGEHsOLL- they might be dismissed
with laugh M the folly or the desperi-
ton which prompted them. But they do
not come from mere unatics. They come
from the editors of important Republican
newspapers; from Senators of the United
states.
The latest Republican Of prominence who
has seen fit to prophesy domestic war in
the event of TILDEN's election is Senator
NEWTON BooTH of california, in n CONVEX
sation reported rs follows by the san Fran
cisco chronicle:
"Senator Booru-In the way matters stand
~ present IN case the tuh declaration of the
choice for President dep"nded pom the ac-
celtance Of tbs vote % one OF the Southern
states 10 which troop lad hsen sent, the House
would inevitably refuse to allow IT. to be count
Ell N, and all aupegl to force would be necessary
IN order to settle tue matter.
Reporter What do YOU mean BY fOrceI
"Senator BoOrH- PhfcN force irdr.
"Reporter-But don't you suppose that IN
order 10 save the country from the visitation Of
another war the Democrats would he willing -
concede a lit IN the event Of matters coming
10 such "A crisisf
South, while there Is q divided North. and they
W uid feel thew held the power. ana would
refuse any con 'cs-iOus tank IL Is remark
AhlN fortunate Tor the country that We nave
Rrpuulrtn President. who l. also Commander
iu-Cnlei VI the army so that, in the event Of any
serious conlili chliOn-the Government has AZ is
head mtn who VIII see II protected. 1hsf. ne
FloI mfhH l'isphs ifhy me- D'WDorfs sh0ui
not it slSFtftt 10 ytus control " ne Government.
In other words, Senator Boom main
taius that If the armed invasion by Federal
troops Of certain peaceful aud loyal South
ern states does not avail 10 hold those
states for Grantism and tine candidate IN
whose election Grhurism seeks 10 perpctll-
ate itself, the defeated party would be JUS
tted in preserving, 10y a coup ditut, what
il had lost AT the polls; aud that ii were
better to throw the Constitution TO the
winds aud plunge the whole land into
civil war than to allow the Will of the
majority to be carried ont by the inaugu-
ration OF Mr.. TILDEN.
This monstrous proposition is advanced
by man who has sworn 10 protect aud
obey the Constitution. senator NEWTON
BoorH has been credited with political
candor. II IS only a very few years since
he owed his election "a Governor of Cali
forna to the votes OF Democrats. AT his
inst appearance in the United States Sem
alto he WAS rcckoned among the lndepunl-
euts, and he has always passed as Rcpub-
Lean Of liberal rather than partisan views.
What, then, are we to think when we ind
him shoulder to shoulder with BLAINE in-
citing the Republican party 10 nm armed
rebellion in the event Of defeat at the bal
lot box;
Perhaps, however, when BLAINE pictures
the consequences OF TiLDFN's election, aud
Asks tho Republicans Of Buffalo, will you
allow him to Do inauguratod n it is asSas-
s.unton and not rebellion that he has IN
mud. Perhaps when the 81. Louis Globc-
Nomrcrni says mo man elected by the
process re,oit.d 10 by the Democrats of
South Carolina viii ever be allowed TO
'"ho H's s'"i ~ PRESIDENT OF me mttd
State',' it means 10 strike by the hand OF
one murderer and not by an army q i'll
surgents.
These foolish threats and crazy prophe-
cies do not indicate any real danger either
Of another civil war or the assassination of
another President. Bat they show TO what
extremes tue Republican leaders would be
willing to 20 ia order to prOlong their own
lease VI power aad opportunities VI plum