The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1876-12-29
DANGER OF TEMPORIZING.

Ibe complicated condition OF politi.
cal affairs and the determination of the
conspirators to renew their efforts al
overthrowing all ferns of Republican
government in this country has brough,
The question again directly home to the
conservative people Of this country
What are they going to do aboutit? The
people know that Mr.. TILDEN was fairly
elected; they know that Florida, South
Carolina and Louisiana gave their voice
fairly for TILDEN. They know that it is
only by the most sudacious and palpable
violations Of right that the votes of these
three States are counted for HAYES.
They know that in Louisiana the law re-
quires the Returning Boards to consist of
five members, one of whom at least shall
be Democrat; and yet the Board which
acted upon the returns consisted of only
four members, and all of them were Re-
publicsns. They also know that none Of
these Boards have jud cisl powers,
as certified to by the decisions of the
Supreme Courts of Florida and South
Carolina.
These things constitute the case of
Mr.. TILDEN and his supporters. He
has large popular majority in his favor.
That he has not all acknowledged ma
jority Of the electoral vote decidedly de-
clsred in his Iavor is simply because in
defiance of right, and in contravention
of law and under the duress of bayonets,
the votes of certain States have been
wrested from him and given to his oppo-
nent.
The solution of the question-what are
We going to do about it's perfectly
simple one if viewed from the standpoint
of right The CONCLUSION is that Mr.. TIL.
DEN having been fairly elected, he should
be inaugurated; if there was any hesita-
iion as to the conclusion, then there
might be justice In compromise, but
there is none.
But there are those who say that what
is exactly right should sometimes give
way to what is eXpedlent, and what may
vary more or less from what Is just, and
that if the conspirators are to be relied
on in their assertions, and the country
plunged into civil war in the event of
Mr.. TILDEN's inauguration, then they
say 1t may be better to waive the right
than to invoke the evils that follow. 1t
is true that in the event of war it would
produce horrible state OF affairs. 1t
would be war OF cities, of communities
and of families. 1t would probably be
one in which neighbors of to-day would
be deadly enemies BY to morrow. Busi-
ness would cease. Industries could not
thrive, Our credit would be ruined. In
a word, as nation we would be Sblter-
ated. Out of the chaos partlzan govern
ments would spring up, as IN Mexico.
To avoid these evils there Is the ateraa-
tive of permitting defeated candidate
to be insugursted as President, and as
some persons say at the end Of four years
to hurl the HAYES party from power
But right here is the difficulty. II the
conspira.ors can now defy the popular
majority; if they can set aside the eY-
pressed will of the people this time, what
is to prevent them from doing it next
time and the next and on indefinitely.
To permit these consprators to succeed
now would be to permit them to entrench
themselves so securely that at the end of
tour years it would be impossible to dis
ledge them. If bsyonets can overthrow
ballots in 1876 they can more easily do
it in 1880, because precedent will have
been established and the people will be
loss shocked ut the invasion of their
rights.
Temporizing with this emergency will
be fatal blunder. The time to act is
now. Not day is to be lost. Vast as
are the dimensions of evil in case OF re-
sistance to the usurpations, they are much
less than they will be if tho conspirators
are allowed tc achieve success. To allow
TupEN now to be cheated and robbed OF
his victory, would be the greatest
5lunder, the most abject cowardlce and
the most unpatriotic act ever known. The
people cannot afford 1t, for 1t would be
national suicide. II the nation must go
down It would be far better that 1t should
be in the Struggle of men for their rights
than to surrender to band of consplra-
tors, composed OF robbers and political
malefactors of every grade.
The meetings conducted by Mr..
MOODY and Mr.. SANKEY at Chicago
came to close on Sunday, December
81, having been continued eleven weeks,
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