New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1877-01-12
SOME OF BEN. HLLES FOOLS.

Ex-GOv. Brown of Georgia, who is under
stood to be the choice of great many of the
peOplc of his State for United States Senator,
has published letter on national affairs
which ought to secure for him prominent
place in Mr.. b. II. Hills category of ten thou
sand fools. Firmly believing that Tiden has
been elected President of the United States,
Gov Brown proposes to insist upon his inau-
Guration i'll spite of any decision by Congress
or other authority to the contrary. "Subms-
L" sion" to the results of a counting which he
looks. upon as unfair will make him and his
party :" the Subjects" as he says, "Of Il mill
ct ary despotism:" and he holds it to be the
duty of Democrats to resist with all the viO-
lencc that may be necessary while resist
ance is still possible. If the threatened
usurpation should be successful and
"should be acquiesced in, what reasonable
"hope can any intelligent person have of a
"bettcr result at a subsequent election 2" And
so Mr.. Browns voice is for war; There is
grave doubt in the minds of many good citi-
zens about the recent election. There are in
telligent and conscientious men in both par
ties who have not been able as yet to satisfy
themselves how the vote of Louisiana, for
instance, ought to be counted, and who
doubted, until the House Committee cleared
the matter up, about the vote of South Caro-
lima. But Mr. Brown has no misgivings. His
eagle eye pierces at Il glance the Obscurities
which have bothered other men. He is not
willing to admit that he can have made mis-
take or that anybody can cOnscientiOusly differ
from his conclusions. Whoever urges the in
auguration of Hayes is scOundrel and
despot.
We have said that Mr.. Brown is for war;
But this statement needs little explanation.
Mr.. Brown is for war. but he does not wish
to fight. His letter is intended as an EXPOSE
ton of Southern sentiment and at the same
time as advice to the Southern people, and wo
gather from it that his word of counsel to the
South is to DO quiet" "dignified," "cau-
"tious," firm" "true," and ready to "sacri-
:" flee upon the altar of patriotism all per-
Z" sonal interest and ambition" while the fight
ing is done at the North. "We have con-
"fidence," he exclaims, I" in the Northern
Democracy" The Northern Democracy must
see that Tilden is inauguratcd. There should
abe no hesitation. no ninching, and no back
cling down Oh their part" They need
not be afraid tho South will "stand
"ness," and accept the result of their victory
Certainly there could not be handsomcr Offer
If Mr.. Brown speaks for the people of his own
region, the Northern Democracy will probably
regard their allies on the other side of the
Potomac with mixture of sentiments which
it would be rather curious to analyze But it
has never been the habit of Mr. Brown to
represent the sentiments Of his own people,
His normal cOpdition is that of a political
hereto. He was the bitterest opponent of
Jefferson Davis when the Confederate leader
commanded tho confidence Of the South. He
was Republican when devotion to the Lost
Cause was the dearest feeling of almost every
Southern heart. He is now clamoring for
civil war when the South is insisting upon
peace and union with an emphasis which the
whole world respects. 1t is almost always safe