Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1877-03-08

Europe that our traditional rule Of non-interfer-
ence in the affairs Of foreign nations has proved
Of great value in past times, and ought 10 oe
strictly observed. The policy inaugurated oy my
ting TO arbitration grave questions in dispute be-
tween ourselves and foreign powers, points 10
new and Incompatible mode Of settling lnterna-
tional disputes-the best instrumentality OF the
preservation Of peace-and will, as believe, be-
come benefcent example Of the course to be
pursued in similar emergencies by other nations:
If, unhappily, questions Of difference should, at
any time during the period OF my administrator,
arise between the United States and any foreign
government, 1t will certainly be my disposition
and my hope to aid in their settlement in the
same peaceful and honorable way-thus securing
to our country the great blessings OF peace and
mutual good Offices with all the nations Of the
world.
Fellow citizens, we have reached the close of a
political contest marked by the excitement which
usually attends the contests between political par
ties, whose members espouse and advocate WIN
earnest faith, their respective craeds. The cir
cumstances were, perhaps, in no respects extra
ordinary, save in the closeness and the consequent
uncertainty Of the result. For the first time IN
the history of the country, 1t has been deemed
best, in view of the peculiar circumstances OF the
case that the objections and questions In dispute
with reference to the counting of the electoral
votes should be referred to the decision Of tri-
bunaf appointed for this purpose That tribunal,
established by law for the sole purpose, It's mem
bers, all of them, men of long established reputa-
ton for integrity and intelligence, and with the
exception of those who are also members Of the
supreme judiciary, chosen equally from both po-
litical parties, its deliberations enlightened by
the research and the argument of able counsel,
was entitled to the fullest confidence OF the Amer
lean people. It's decisions have been patiently
awaited and accepted as legally conclusive by the
general judgment of the public. For the present,
opinion will widely vary as to the wisdom OF the
several conclusions announced by that tribunal.
matters of dispute are made the subject Of arbi-
tration under the forms of law. Human Jadg.
ment is never unerring, and Is rarely regarded
as otherwise than wrong by the unsuccessful par
ty in the contest: The fact that TWO great PoHsi-
cal parties have in this way settled dispute, In
regard to which good men differ as to the 1acts
and the law, no less than as the proper course to
be pursued in solving the question in controver-
sy, Is occasion for general rejoicing upon one
point there is entire unanimity in public senti-
ment-that conflicting claims 10 the Presidency
must be amicably and peacefully adjusted, ana
that when so adjusted, the general acquiescence
of the nation ought surely to follow. IL mas peen
reserved for government OF the people, Where
the right of suffrage is universal, to give to the
world the first example in the history OF great
nation, in the midst Of a struggle Of opposing
parties for power, hushing it's party tumults to
yield the issue Of the contest to adjustment ac-,
cording to the forms law.
Looking for the guidance Of that Divine hand
by which the destinies of nations and individuals
are shaped, call upon you. Senators, Represen-
tatives, Judges and ellow-ttizens, here and eve
rywhere, to unite with me in an earnest effort to
secure to our country the blessings not only OF
material prosperity. but ofjustice, peace and un-
ion. union depending not upon the constraint
of force, but upon the loving devotion OF free
people; and that all things may be 80 ordered and
settled upon the best and surest foundations that
peace and happiness, truth and justice, religion
and piety may be re-established among us for all
UaOaratiOns ... no.