Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1877-05-09
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any rate, and shows that our highl,
esteemed and pacified friends in th,
south are resolutely determined Il
carry out their pledges and help rol
on the ball of Cancellation. No littl,
matter of votes is to stand in the wa,
of success, and so if it happens, as i
has happened, that members whom
all conceded were legally elected
stand in the way Of Hampton and hi,
plans, they must yield their claim,
and let the autocrat of the Carolinai
name their successors.
! As we showed the other day, this
plan is being enforced in a way thai
promises great results. Already ev.
cry white republican has been mark.
ed tor banishment from the legisla
tnre SO has every colored! man Of
boldness and influence, and the
scheme will be pursued without
doubt until the legislature Of South
Carolina, elected by Hampton, will
be all that this patriotic Governor
can desire.
And it must not be supposed that
such an innovation upon republican
principles is going to meet with that
universal denunciation and protest
that it would have excited a few yeare
ago. No. We are gradually grow.
ing to view these things philosophi.
cally.
Two years ago on the call of the
Governor OF Louisiana, a file Of Unit
cd States soldiers walked into the
State House in New Orleans to pro-
tcct the assembled legislators from
the violence Of a mob. Immediately
the country rang with cries of usur-
patton, and mass meeting in the
city of New York resolved that liber-
ty was in mortal peril.
To-day a usurping Governor in
South Carolina coolly unseats men,
bers Of the legislature having a con-
fessed majority Of thousands, puts his
tools in their places, and not ripple
disturbs the serenity of the country.
The greater number of metropolitan
newspapers either ignore the affair
altogether or proceed to defend it,
Here in Chicago we have two Hamp-
ton organs. Whatever Hampton
does they must applaud. They do
not stop to inquire whether it is right
or wrong, just or unjust; that Hamp.
ton does it is sufficient for them. Lis
ten to one of these organs, cOmmcnt-
ing on the article referred to in the
Neics and Courier. 1t says:
"The necessary steps to give IIamp-
ton a majority will include probably
the removal OF some Of the returning
board legislators and the filling OF the
vacant places with men i'm full SYM
pathy with the executive of the state.
By arhdt process this IL TO be done is
not indicated, bit the necessity of a
Legislative body capable of Aa,moni-
Gus cooperation in the cork of reform
10 n,ich Governor Hampton is called
is too apparent for argument"
OF course this is infamous. Of
course it tramples every principle of
a democratic form Of government in
the mirc; but what then? Is it not
a carrying out of the doctrine adyo-
Gated by the whole brood of newspa.
pcrs that support the Mississippi plan
in politics? For the once they are
consistent. But imagine for a mo.
ment the same newspapers saying of
Governor Cullom and our own legis-
laturc that it would be necessary to-
remove anumber of democratic mem
bers of the House, and adding: "By
what process this is to be done is not
but the necessity of legis-
lative body capable of harmonious
cooperation in the work of reform to
which Governor Cullom is called is
too apparent for argument" What
would be the result Of demand like
that upon the democratic members of
our legislature Yet. we put to the
mouths of our neighbors the bitter
cup, which we ourselves would die
before we would taste.
We confess that we do not see where
it is to end. That we are sowing the
seeds of a whirlwind, however. that
will oyertake us in due time, all histo-
ry and experience prove.
The above editorial from the Daily
Inter-Oceon of the I'd inst, we have
thought worthy of being laid before
our readers. We will add nothing,
only TO say that the last paragraph
q thought worthy Of the
most careful consideration. II is the
danger, that in our mind, has been
dominant ever since the commission
project for the settlement of the Pres
idential question was broached.-
With that commission business, it is
our solemn judgment, we commenced
sowing "the seeds of that whirlwind"
alluded to. These seeds have been
scattered prodigously since. We
raise no question as to the Presidents
republicans, his love for universal
liberty, his unselfish patriotism and
philanthropy; we must believe that
in these respects he is as faultless as
we dare claim for ourselves.
Having said this much, a growing
feeling of duty and of what seems to
be impending danger, compels us to
say that our experience, our Judgment,
teaches us that no parent ever retains
any authority in his family by yield
ing TO patent wrongs insisted on by
the son no family thus governed can
prosper; no peace thus obtained is
real peace, but is adding fuel to
future outbreaks. 1t is so of all or
ganized socicty-it is especially SO of
governments like ours. It is most
desirable thing to be at peace, to have
prosperity follow, but the peace of
suiierance to wrong is the peace of
the adder's charm. The yielding once
to wrong, for peace, is both prece-
dent for another yielding, and an ed
ucator of the public into such course
of conciliati0n. 1t is indeed the seed
ofa whirlwind to come we fear, and
deeply convicted with this view we
must give our warning.
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