The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1877-04-15
GAN DEMOCRATS ACCEPT OFFICE UN
DER HAYEs2

They oap, but In our poor Judgment
but very fow Of them win be severely
tried In tins way, Indeed, up 10 this
good day no pronounced democrat has
been rendered position under Mr.
Hayes administration except upon con,
ditions which practically involve the
abandonment Of his party affiliations
In the case Of Mr. Key, the postmaster
general, this Is unquestlonably true, be-
euuso with Tyner, tho creature of Nor
ton aud himself from the very dregs OF
ultra radicalHm, no true democrat
could act, unless no had parted finally
and forever from the party which, with
whatever It's faults and mistakes have
been in tho pNst, has mover knowingly
elected thieves TO Office, and then do
Tended the act, with tho full strength OF
it's numbers. Nor can democrat who
believes that tho states should regulate
their own domestic affairs In their own
way, accept office under an admlnlstra'
ton which uses the military force ofthe
nation TO control elections and insure
the success Of the party which elevated
IL TO power
There IL still another and more oogent
reason remaining, and ii Is this; Ao'
cordng TO tho ethics OF politics when
mn administration selects u man Ia
servo II, It is supposed TO do 10 because
Of the natural sympathy which springs
from similar political views, and idcn
teal policies. This principle Is well
known and understood in our Ameri
can political system, and we do not say
IL is wrong on the contrary, il Is right
tried by every consideration of sound
policy, however severe they may be-
The other follows, Of course, that 80 up
pointed, the appointee is firmly bound
to consider the policy of the admins
tration and adhere to il in all cases, and
and il ho does not, he is morally oulpa
bic, because his disobedionoe involves
species of treachery which should al
WAYS be beneath sound and true dem
ocrat. Besides all this, were democrat
to accept place under Mr. Hayes, the
act would be q practical endorsement OF
the means by which he president, and
no true democrat, and but few republi
cans believe he has been honestly
elected, or has any moral or legal right
to be president. He has right to cx'
pect all who hold Office under him tc
concede this right, and defend il ut all
times and under all circumstances
Can honest democrats do this Can
men worthy the confidence of either
party defend the right which he knows
is no right at I'll, but fraud of the
bosest kind, madeillustrious by the stu
pendous interests involved in its perpe
tration?
These are old fogy ideas we grant, but
the more we see and know of the new
tangled way of paying allegiance to
party and country, the more highly We
value them. In our judgment there
will he no permanent improvement
possible until we put the drag on, and
reduce tho rate OF speed Mt which we
are advancing to the inevitable crash
which must come sooner or later, be,
cause of tho corruptions and abuses OF
power by the party which has enjoyed
n bad prominence for so many baleful
years of our country's cventfu! history
We conclude, therefore, that nc
thoughtful honest, devoted democrat
can, for the reasons briefly sketched
above, hold office under his traudulency
Rutherford B. Hayes, but that when a
proressed democrat does so, his democ
racy, as well MS his personal honesty
may be very nropcrly questioned.