The Osceola times., 1876-09-02
CAMPAIGN MUSIC.

tAMfAdN MusC.
Here's health TO Tildenl
Health and strength TO Tden
He's the man we understand,
Here's a heGlth to Tiden
The iarpies they hnye had their day,
The Witle~ they have had their ,ay-
But Honesty now blocks the way
and cries "Huzza for 1deh !"
Reform Reform With thund rous roar
The cry goes up from shore to shore,
But fierce y from the White House door
Comes "D-n Reform and Ilden." 4"
Then here's a health 10 Tilden
And strength Of arm to Tiden
This toast well drink-this lay wen chant
In all the keys e'er trilled in!
A MILITARY order based upon an act
of congress would he entitled to respect;
but a resolution Of the house is not
law, but a mere declaration of opinion.
1t has no binding force on the executive;
it confers no authority; 1t is no proper
foundation for official action by any de-
partment of the government. The pres
ident is required to execute the laws,
but the Scott Lord resolution is not n
law; and even if it were it could
Justify no such measure MS has been or
dered by the president The resolution
does not contemplate military action,
but action by the courts-not preven-
tion, but punishment.-Mew York Herald.
WHEN we recall the moderate Ian
guage of Gov. Hayes accepting the NOM
nation of the republican party for the
presidency; when we recall the more
explicit and conservative expressions of
Mr. Wheeler, the nominee for the vice
presidency, We are at loss to reconcile
their policy with that initiated to secure
them the electoral vote of one or two
southern states. 1t seems as if this coun-
try was undergoing the bitter fate that
all republics have sustained at the hands
of their armies.-T The CaDitdl.
IAFFIRM that the Investigations of
congress, conducted under democratic
auspices, indisputably disclose the exist
ence of corruption in our affairs which,
il not arrested, must in the end, growing
upon what it feeds on, result in the utter
destruction of pubic virtue and the dis
honor of the republic. With some ac-
complished results of these Investigations
the people are familiar. Schenck no
longer disgraces us abroad Belknap de-
files no more high seat in the republic.
babcock, the favorite lackey of the pres
idents antechamber, ceases to abuse the
ear of power in the defense Of Eruption.
All possible danger is dispelled that the
executive chair Of a noble commonwealth,
now adorned by Hendricks, will be dis
craced by an Orth Hon. j. X. Tdrbor,
of Massachusetts,.
WITH what face can the republican
party tell the country that, after mold
ing almost undisputed power since the
war, having enforced at will its plan OF
reconstruction, by strength of numbers
and arms, by constitutional amendment,
and finally with the general consent of
the people, it can propose nothing better
to he done with state which it has re-
constructed and restored to the equal
rights of states than (one) to re-enact
federal laws of protection which have
been declared Unconstitutional by. the
highest federal court; or (two) to deny
the state representation in congress; or
| (three) TO remand the state 10 terri
torial condition. 1t is hard to discuss
this monstrous proposal with patience
New York Post.
EVEN with the best of leaders, all the
public reforms must come from the awak'
ened moral sense Of the nation, which
creates public sentiment and sustains
well-directed efforts for the common
veal. II the public conscience be right
1t may lead the leaders and control the
rulers, at least 40 far as TO secure respon
sibility. And this is the hope of oul
times for the solution Of those great moral
issues which are involved in political re
form. The ballot is more TO us than the
rod of Office. Bad men may be summa-
rily thrust out of places which they dis
grace, but the only sure remedy for pop
ular evils is the veter's hand II tn,
people wish reform 1t will come by theiI
Dat. II thcy are lukewarm and silent