Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1876-11-27
THE PUBLIC GOOD SENSE.

tie uncertainty Of the result Of the cleo
.iou. The party newspapers. indeed. /
every morning claimed the victory as as
sured beyond question for their side.
whatever it might BE- But every body /
knew that nothing was assured. and
that. whatever the probabilities and pre-
sumptions might De. no actual and con-
elusive results had been declared All
kinds Of remarks and kilograms were at
tributed 20 conspicuous persons, many I
Of which were plainly unfOunded- Bulle- /
tins Of the most sbsurdly contradictory .
character were issued. and vast crowds
assembled TO read them. But the gen
eral conduct Of the people Vas orderly,
and the sineersst believer IN the Aueri-
can priucipls could not fail % feel his
faith refreshed by all that be Observed
The 6ual test Of our principle Is respect
fer the forms Of la~. If \ great party
aequlesces II results which are declared
in perfect accord With those forms. even
although it believes them 70 be false, 1t
Is plain that respect for law Is stronger
than party spirit. and that our republic
will not De wrecked upon the rock which
has destroyed Its predecessors
Such aequieseenee shows = just conf
dsnee that the people will. under the
sane forms and at the polls. punish
those who shall have committed % mOu-
strOGs 4 wrong. IL shows. further, 4
Consciousness that it Is incidentally bet
ter TO submit for the time and seek the
sure remedy by orderly and awful meth
ods than To invoke the awful and doubt
ful arbitramsnt Of wa Ii. for instance.
the result Of the late election should de-
peui upon the TUJs Of Louisiana, aud.
under Republican auspices. that vote
should Be declared for Mr.. Hayes. but
with a strong general conviction that the
return vas fraudulent. the country would
sequiesce, but the Republican party
would have bees destroyed On the 9th.
er hand. if the count should be declared
for Mr.. Tilden. but the result should b
Z plainly due to Democratic terror IN Ger
tain parishes, again the country voulC
acquiesce, but the consciousness that .,
: owed his seat 10 force and not to homes
{ voting would unite the whole North
= against bis party and rcus it At the mex
, election After the furry Of the frs
: days Of doubt. this has been the genera
d tone Of the great body Of the press c
e both parties. and the press cannot sery
70 the country and the principles which Al
most precious 70 all Of Is more surel
le than By steady persistence in this tone
l. I'VE are all Republicans. We are a
1t Federalists." said Mr.. jefferson in b
d Inaugural address In the same sen.
IN We nay now say. We are all Republican
q We are all Democrats That IS, viii
4 our party preference Is strong, our To-
We Of country Is stronger. We Do not ues
III that party spirit shall destroy our 90
Cd eminent, aud with It the reasonable hoI
d Of popular liberty in the world
rs French wit described the liberty"
a. French republicans as the doing VIA
70 ever the laws forbade. That IS not Ans
IS lean liberty. Americans make their OF
en- laws By their representatives, and Oh
~. them even to their own cost We Ia
zee earnestly desired the election Of y
Hayes as the surer means Of prpuoti
at the public welfare But General Graz
re. Who upon great occasions has more Ii
-ng once said most fitting words. spoke
IN Us and for all true Republicans in s
are Ing. No nan worthy Of the of5ee
ny President should Be willing to held It
ave counted IN OF placed there By fraud
leh Their party can afford to Be disappoini
ext in the result The country cannot al,
led 70 have TIE result tainted BY the sus
ne cIOn Of illegal or false returns"
The American eIsverness and rea
ness to meet an emergency we're shO
both in the suggestion Of the Presid
on and the action Of the Democrats c,
eI- nittee- "It Is to De hoped" said
the President. that representative and
; OF men Of both parties will 90" and see
to fair count Of the vote actually cas-
j As To make the plan wholly satisfaett
read the ehzirusn Of the two National e,
that mites should have united in inyitiu
arge few conspicuous and thoroughly trus
fore men in each PARTY The psxt best "a
ring vas done, however. IN the Preside
and invitation on the one side aud that
rest the chairman Of the Democratic Coal
ibil- tee on the other. This action vas in
rOus alive Of the ready good sense and D
he osis1 which may be trusted to a
hes trouble The report Of the gentle
II Of on both sides vh0 vent 70 see fair
pow viii Be received With great intel
GIT Should they agree. there Is 10 d,
} up that the country viii accept their
Iulti- diet without question Should they