The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1877-06-27
THE GOVERNMENT.

suggested to our readers, the question OF
government is one with which the people
generally have precious little to do except
obey, bear its burdens, fight its battles and
be thankful if they are permitted to live. 1t
so happens that the government of the
United States was established after quite a
different model-the idea underlying the
superstructure being that the people were
the sovereigns; that all power was derived
| from the people; that the government was by
the people and for the people, and that rulers
derived their power from them. With this
idea in full view, in its rightful position and
proportions, the people are able to appre-
ciate the crime perpetrated by radical con-
spirators through the agencies of the Louisi-
ana returning board and the Judas Bradley
commission. The Philadelphia Times is
clearly of the opinion that in the inaugur-
alton of Hayes great crime was committed,
| but il wants democrats and independent
voters to support Hayes Notwithstanding.
They know" says the Times. that, by force
of arms, perjury and returning board trick
cry, the voice of the people of three states
was stified and the will OF the country de-
'feated; that, in plain words, whereas Tilden
and Hendricks were chosen by the greatest
popular majority ever given presidential
ticket Hayes and Wheeler were inaugural
ed. They know, too, that when, in the
spirit of peace, the questions at issue were
submitted to arbitration, the conspiracy be-
| gun in returning board infamy was con-
'summated in the partisan decision of an
| electoral commission" Still, in the opin-
ion of the Times, the interests of the coun-
try demand submission to the crime, and 81
lence as we'll, except on such occasions as
the meeting of the Manhattan club, where
Messrs Tilden and Hendricks and a few
other distinguished gentlemen had an op
portunity to express there adherence of
radical methods to elect president 1t
says
We have no sympathy, and the people gen.
orally who supported Tilden and Hendricks
have quite as little sympathy. with the mis-
taken zealots who ring the changes on these
truths day In and day out, In season end out
of season, In defiance of good taste and reckless
of the Injury they are working their own
cause, An emphatic but dignified protest
against the outrage perpetrated upon our free
institutions should ever be made when fitting
occasion is presented, and such an occasion is
that under consideration.
The occasion referred to was the ovation
rendered Governor Hendricks by the Man
haitian club-and the inference to be drawn
from the utterances OF the Times is that on
such occasions only should the returning
board infamy" be referred to and de-
nounced. The Times may be very able
paper, we shall not dispute its claims in
that regard, bat it may be well and timely
to assure it that with democrats generally il
matters precious little where it bestows its
sympathy, and ii is quite proper
10 notify the Times that the priv
ilege of denouncing a crime con-
summated against the people by force of
arms, perjury and returning board trickery"
is not in its custody. The people have had
much TO say upon the subject, and they have
but Just commenced the agitation. The
crime is one of far reaching consequences; it
goes beyond and above all mere personal con-
sideratons Leaving Messrs. Tilden and Hen
bricks out of the question, the crime strikes
at the life of the republic, and this is ad-
mitted by the Times itself, for it says:
The voice of all good citizens was spoken in
the words of one of the speakers at New
York on Monday when he said the pathway OF
fraudulent elections is the highway OF national
DEATH II the republic Is to endure IL Is indeed
true that we have looked for the last time
upon the Inauguration OF national executive
who was never elected. IL is the simple truth
that such spectacle will not be witnessed
again On this point let there be no mistake.
The eyes OF the people are opened and Will not
be closed by any nafiatng cfrcuStances at
tions by the present incumbent OF the Office OF
president.
II the Times enjoys occasional lucid mo-
ments it will not fail to observe in its arti-
Gle, from which we quote, such paIpable
contradictions as ought to make ii ashamed
of itself. II characterizes the Inauguration
Of Hayes as pointing to national death.
1t denounces the crime as the result of mill
tary force and perjury, and then says that it
has no sympathy with those who keep such
a crime prominently before the people, and
intimates that it should only be al
luded to on great festive occasions.
! The fact is the crime is against the
government and against the people; it was a
| blow struck at their sovereignty, and ii tri-
umphed. 1t is always in order to denounce
IT, There is absolutely no such thing as
being out of season in pointing to the wrong
or in estimating its consequences. rem
edy can only be applied by keeping the peo-
pie forever in mind of their duty to reverse
the decision of the Louisiana returning
board and the Judas Bradley commission.
The talk about supporting Hayes's adminif-
tration is simply puerile fiapdoodle. Dem
ocrats are not opposed to any act Of the adj
ministration that is in consonance with
the constitution of the country, and
they are under no special obligations to
Hayes because he does not violate it. But