The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1876-12-22

I would be impossible 10 conceive Of De-
priyed OF moral support IN the consciences
loving, property holding classes,
the party would melt away, and the ad
miuistration leaning on il fof support
would be as helpless a. a birch bark canoe
In cyclone. No person capable OF COM
handing the confidence OF the country
cosld accept position IN Cabinet bot
I TONED not upon the returns Of an election,
. but upon the views 81 q Returning Board "a.
/ opposed 10 the returns themselves. With
a successful and united party AZ his back,
GOV. HAYES might make shin 10 admins
ter the Government with a Cabinet Of nom
entities, but I'm the present state Of things
he could not, and be Is not likely 10 find
any other material 10 advise and assist him
In the emergency contemplated. am much
mistaken Ia my conception Of Coy. HAYES.
N he ~ the man 10 walk into the White
House over any slippery and doubtful road
IL j. painful 10 hear this question discuss
ed, as though 10 were contested election
between two candidates for Alderman Ia the
Ninth Ward. II Is painful 20 read thar be-
cause a Vermont ElectOr was "A village POST
master, therefore the people Of Vermont are
70 DE partially DISTINGUISHED; that because a
North Carolina ElectOr was 4 COmmiss Toner
10 the Centennia! Exposition, therefore
North Carolina is 10 lose part OF her voice
IN the national election; that since the TWEEN
ty-secOnd joint rule has not been re-enactcd
by the present Congress, therefore the pre-.
siding officer OF the Senate may declare any
body elected whom he chooses OF course
the forms 81 law must be respected. but
these are all piddling objections fhat will be
swept out % the way like autumn leaves by
the breath OF the people when they have the
opportunity 10 pass their opinions upon
them. You might a. well attempt TO op-
pose the law OF grayitation by wijchcraft A.
20 settle this disputed Presidency by mere
legal cOnundrums.
Are there no dangers confronting Us?
We have seen two Governcrs and Two Log. 4
islatures at work In Louisiana IL the same
time, two Legislatures in Alabama, two I'm /.
Arkansas, and two now in south Carolina
The spectacle OF two Presidents and two 4
Congresses would not be an odifying one.
but IL would not be 4 long step 10 advance .
or what vs. have already Witnessed. stress
Il laid on the fact that Gen. Grant will see
Hayes duly inaugurated. The only form
OF INAUGURATION known 10 the law j. for the
newly elected President 20 take an oath 10
support the constitution Of the United
Ststes, and this he can do before any person
authorized by law 10 administer oaths: and
when he has taken IL, Gen. Grant can not /
inaugurate him or disinaugurste him any
farther. ! sm not one OF those who think
that the present financial cramp j. due To
political causes, but can see that the dis
order, confusion and uncertainty growing
out Of a dOube-barreled Government would
produce far greater depression In business
than any thing We have experienced since
the panic OF 1873.
IL the Republican party is ready 10 adopt
intimidation as an element in politics, and
70 substitute the judgment Of Returning
Boards in place OF votes legally pOled, il is
a worse party than ] supposed when Joined
The Liberal movement IN 1872. / do not
hlnk 80 badly OF IL a. this. think that all
he present fuss is due 10 the anxiety Of
1fiice- holders for their places. for which the
great mass OF the party have ne sympathy,
)ut, on the contrary, well grounded con.
empt. Accepting it, defeat in a manly
way, II II il defeated by true
cunt OF the votes legally polled.
he Republican party has fair prospect OF
'eturning 10 power four years hence. At all
vents, II will be in position 10 take ad-
'antAge of the errors and shortcomings Of
= adversary. But, crawling into the
Presidency over the ruin and subversion Of
he process Of popular elections, II will be
IL has already received such
isrm As its wisest leaders can with difficulty
epAir. HORACE WHITE.