The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1877-02-22
The Verdict Accepted, bat Protest
Entered.

Entered.
The Democratic party ha7 l5 great rra
son 10 be satisfied with the position which
it assumed upon the electoral question
when its threatening aspect alarmed the
country, as it has with the present attitude
OF its representative men at Washington,
when the whole people are amlGed at the
subordinatiOn OF members OF tie supreme
Court 10 the dictation OF patty leaders
and indignant at the hot haste with which
they march 10 4 conclusion nat holsters
iniquity, and uVerWhems the clear eN-
dence OF frauds as open a. the day With
4 feeling of indignation and outrage which
they cannot choose bnt entertain, and
which they feel 10 be righteous, they yet
propose to suppress the line of policy it
naturally suggests, and to place no "bsta-
cles in the way OF making the result et1ec-
tnal and securing the peace and paclllca-
ton OF the country. They hope that tile
evil leSuti" may not Ice permanent ---
LHtf 'tIltN llItli lliF t,ittt fi'r'i VI ''i'
country now is an acIuiesence in the re-
suit OF the electoral count, and Il resolve
to stand unitedly against anarchy or VIC
lence This the great conservative party
owes to itself, to the country and the IN
terests OF peace. 1t is sometimes better
to submit 10 u temporary wrong than 70
contend iur abstract right. There is Z
craftsmanship TO be exercised outside the
function OF Office as we'll as within it
that pertains to the opposition more than
to the administration 1t is the purpose
of the Democratic party, ii the course OF
events shall SO determine. TO sustain the
former relation to the present crisis in
such manner that III The future i! will be
proud of its record.
The new peril with which the action OF
the Commission conironts this country is
IT is "h%d5t 50 sP pG tie SCI
cesstul fraud which is bad enough; nor
the setting aside of the expressed will Of
the people, which is tull OF alarm To honest
men; but that the knavery OF carpet bag
usurpation is solemnly endorsed by the
Commission. The trune representation of
the wisdom. and dignity, and Justice OF the
country sits in Judgment upon the act OF
a quartette Of knayes who, around a table
at New Orleans played with stock ed cards
a a Al I,,.s ,,h ~
Presidency OF the United States = and
eight ont Of fifteen of these eminent men,
i'll their high places and on their solemn
oaths, declare that it was and is IN &C
cordanca with law and Justice
There is something in Il bold usurper
that wins 10 degree the respect Of men
even while tramplng on their rights. lie
who is able, resolnte and brave. even in i
wrong, may have redeeming qualities
may be generous, open hearted and even
responsive to appeals to :, better nature
But the impulse OF the carpet Dagger is
that OF q thief at all times. His is the
instinct OF the wolf that, gaunt and hum
CRY, follows in the wake OF war and civil
commolion, to rob the delenceles9 and
helpleA2-to play patriot while seeking
for plumber And this is the type of person
that the recent decision sets upon a pedeS-
tai, "a the arbiter OF our political fate and
bids us look upon our master Do not all
the better emotions of human nature call
out rather Tor A MAN, even though he
come on horseback, with armed eoious At
his back
he evil that men do lives after them ."
The poison which the successful ,illainy
OF Florida and Louisiana iniects into the
VEINS OF the body polite may rankle and
tester long after the Aortons, the ,ariields
and the Rradleva are in the dust An evil
prlhciple has wonderful vitality, as dan
gerous animals are the more tenacious of
hfe. 1t IS not so much the sort of man
that fills the Presidential chair for a SINGLE
term that IS to be lamented, as the man
ner OF his getting there The country and
its institutions might survive the rule of
all the deadly sins ncarnate a. the tenant
of the executive mansions but they cannot
long ontlNe the official recognition of a
rule which permits the scum and rlscaitv
OF Il state to offer its electoral vote as the
balance of power, sell it to the highest
bidder, and make a successful appeal for
endorsement n tina majority nf
specially created to further the ends of
Justice The temporary elevation OF this
or that party, the success for the time of
Democracy or Republicanism, is but as
dust in the balance 1t is the honey comb
OF corruption working in the political fab
tic, the undermining of those buttresses of
prnciplewhich support a free government,
that excite at once Indignation and alarm.
There will come time in the not dis
tant future when the record of to-day will
be re-examined The devices by which
the honest verdict Of the people has been
reversed will return to plague the invent
ors Beyond the majority of the High
Commission, and above the casting vote
OF MIR. Justice Bradley, there lies an appeal
to an unfailing source of justce-there is
the right of final judgment by that great
tribunal which is the heart, the brain. the
of the land, and which utters
its DEGREES in that voice of the people
which is the voice of God. The adjudica-
tlon OF that tribunal we invoke in behalf |
OF the party that still carries on its banners
The motto "Tilden and Reform"