Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1876-12-20
No War Cloud.

Below we publish late editorial
from the N. Z. Herald, an old Bour-
bon Democratic sheet. 1t will be seen
from the article that it is not anxious
for war if Tilden is not inaugurated-
"ln all human probability Mr.. Hayes
will be our next President, and if the
Democratic party is patriotic and mag
unanimous enough to accept this result
when it finds that appeals to Congress
and public opinion cannot prevent it,
there is no reason for fearing that he
will not treat 1t with fairness and JUS
tice. We have no doubt that the
South would be as we'll governed under
him as under Mr.. Tilden. We have
no doubt that he would take the ad-
vice OF the best class Of Southerners in
his treatment of that section. We be-
lieve that his policy would be in all
respects considerate and concliatory il
the Democratic party give him fair
treatment after his Inauguration. All
his sympathies are with the liberal ele-
ment of the Republican party. With
one branch of Congress opposed to him
in politics, he would be bound over to
good behaviour, even if fairness was
not the leading trait of his character.
1t would be madness for the Democrat
ic party to resort to violence against
such man. In 1924 minority can
didate became President; but four
years later there was such concenkra-
ton in favor of General Jackson, VIZ.
was defeated in 1924, although be had
the highest number Of electoral votes.
that in 1923 he had a majority of
nearly 5 to ! in the electoral Colleges
How much better it was to await this
action Of the people than it would kaivs-
been to disturb the peace of the eean-
try in behalf Of defeated eandidaie.
If Mr.. Hayes should be inauguraeed
as the next President, the Democrats
will quietly submit, as they did to aae
election Of John Quincy Adams, and
make successful sppeal to the psopis
as they did then. They are toe p.tsi.
otto to put oil business interests in
jeopardy by revolutionary resist2acs.
They are too sensible to turn public
opinion against them BY disturbing The
value Of property and keeping the
country in turmoil when they ssr %.
safely trust to the future verdict Of the
people. IF they have not 4 stsose eaoe
they will Be crushed beneath the
weight of public odium if they t.iAe
with great public interests in vain
pursuit Of party advantage. # they
have strong case they NAP safely
submit it to the future decision ef IL
people. They have everything to gaia
by moderation, wisdom, patriotism and
q frank renanciation Of sel6sh aims
everything to lose BY madly importing
the business interests Of the country.
The Democratic party could not ssr.
vive violent, revolutionary resissanes
to the election of Mr.. Hayes if b
should be declared entitled to the oAioa.
No reasonable Democrat can doubt
that Mr.. Hayes would make Presi-
dent of very different type from Geo.
eral Grant. He is . conservative.
law-abiding citizen. He would never
think of employing the army to co.,
troll elections or interfere with State
Legislatures. He is lawyer by pro
fession, aud would never override the
law by military force. He is commit
ted to specie payments, committed =
civil-service reform, is liberal in hi
sentiments toward the South, and haa
an undisguised detestation of tho ras>--
cally methods of the carpot.hag rseinAsr