Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1877-01-06
SATURDAY MORNING. jim. 6. 1871.
The Nations Dilemma.

Lotk capitalists nave held meet |
ngs to consider the political situa-
ion Of the nation, and while they
rave not yet devised any practical
plan OF extrication from the difficult
lies which harrass the country, they
were unanimously Of the opinion
That the Frustrated commercial in
lerests demand that the man who
has been elected shall be inaugurated
President of the United States. A
more serious consideration than that
OF power and place is involved in the
decision Of this matter. If the new
administration is inaugurated with
fraud, public confidence in the sta
bility Of free government, already SO
fsarfully impaired, will be at an end.
The present stagnation of business,
with all attendant ills, will be un-
measurably increased, and where
now on the Atlantic seaboard thous-
ands are working for a pittance
barely large enough to keep body
and soul together, the horrors of
restitution will DO presented with in
creased severity.
This is viewing the situation from
the most hopeful position. 1t is rs
Stunning that an usurper may be
peacefully inausurated; that the
people are constrained to suffer
grievous ills than appeal to the
sword as a final arbitrator. This,
however, may not be the result. A
single Incorporate word or act may
fire tho train and commence the
work Of demolition.
It's, therefore, with a feeling of
relief that We witness the evident
anxiety OF men of business TO bring
about peaceful solution Of the diff
Guilty. Believing as we do that Mr..
Tilden il fairly elected We have no
fears Of tho result Of IN honest count
in the manner contemplated by the
trainers Of tho Constitution. 1t is
only the trickery Of such men as
Chandler. Grart and Morton that
will prevent this, and If their efforts
are attended with success, the result
will DO ruinous in any event and un-
der the most favorable issue that can
snsue.
It IL thought that the action of
the New York business men will be
embodied in o resolution to Con-
grsss, dsmanding-1st, That tie
long. established method of counting
the electoral vote, by the two houses
themselves, acting in the presence of
each other, through their tellers,
shall be pursued as the only safe,
fair and constitutional method of
procedure; and. I'd, that wherever
the Returning Board of any State
has, by fraudulently changing the
'majoritiss Of the popular vote,
awarded . certificate Of election to a
sst Of electors who did not receive q
majority. but only n minority Of all
che votes cast in the State, the votes
Of those electors for President and
Vice President shall not be counted.
The New York San expresses the
belief that IL public opinion is made
up on these two points, and it
reaches the Republicans in Congress
in the emphatic and decided manner
In which II should be expressed, We
shall pass through this crisis with our
political institutions unframed. They
will bs oil the stronger for the perils
through which they have passed; for
Il will then appear how we'll the peo-
pls understand them, and how de-
tsrminsd they are that they shall not
be perverted by any set Of men what
ever. for any purpose whatever, by
fraud and falsel,ood. There is no
majority In the Senate that will seat
Gov. Hayes in the Presidential chair.
when the whole nation 10 convinced
that out Of the 1856 electoral votes
necessary 10 . choice large number
Of the Republican electors owe their
title TO the deliberate frauds Of Re-
turning Boards in States that have
not known what honest government
and upright official conduct are for
many years.
CnoRAi. Socrgry. will not
be meeting Of the Society next
Monday evening. on account OF the
plastering Of Unity Hall. Notice OF
next rehearsal will be given.
SxThe Methodists held o very
pleasant and profitable watch meet
ing, in their church, on Sunday eve-
ming Rev. Mr.. Wolfe and others
addressed the audience.
Sz1r Rev. j. T. Wolfe will preach
In tho Methodist Church tomorrow
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