The weekly Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1872-1887, 1877-01-28
THE MIGHTY Don.

! Legislature Of Pennsylvania. to place
that State ton a war footing" BY the
Eood-thiiaty and ncwly installed Sccre:
tary, Is thus referred to cditorinlly, 10y
the Philadelphia Times: -.
Tile pew boldly nyowcd rolicy Of Mr..
Cameron the Minister OF War and des.
potic leader OF the dominant party iu
Pennsylvania, must be looked Squarcly
in the face and rcsolulcly rebukcd in i
inception, IL the people would not nj.
low themselves to DO made passive in
stSaincnIs in prccip!tniiag cuuselcss Ills.
\ cord and, II Inny be wanton lawlessncss
aud revolution. The Legislature of
PENNSYLVANIA is his chosen agency for II
deliberate assault against the peace of
the nation. III time Of profound
quict. when the supporters Of Mr.
| Tillen have been husiIed into silence
and inaction by tho overwhelming senti-
ment IN favor OF submission to lawful au-
thority, and when il 10 patent rs the sun at
monday ;hat ull the power IF the gov
Clument has thus lar been employed to
throw the form hiid shield of law about
fraud that subverts the honest vote Of
two sovereign States. the country il
wicEcdly invited to turbulence 10y the
proposition to place Pennsylvania on y
war-footing. 1t is alike a blundcr and
crime; an Get OF suicide as n question
OF party policy, md an &C: Of deliberate
pcEiidy TO tho safety and tranquility Of
the Suite and nation.
We entrcat Tie patriotic Incn of the
Legislature to pause before they Ehall so
lar commit themselves to this treason
able conspiracy, ms ito compel them to
. pardon the crime of its inception and
defend the gravcr crime Of its execution.
II quarter oi million of men shall
be needed TO mnintain the lawfully Or
daincd government OF the Union,
whether il be rilden. or Hayes as Chief
Magistrate, Pennsylvania will furnish
them, and from the ranks o! both polit-
ical parties, and they will be terrible i'll
their retrIbuIion upon those WHO may
be the authors of civil strife; but to
summon men practically into their mill
tnry camps inEobcdience to.a partisan
call, when there is nothing to oppose
but the earnest appeal OF the people for
justice and peace, is to ding passion in
to the midst Of real or imaginary wrongs
and make peace u stranger Mt her own
alters and among her own worshipers.
II would be n monstrous crime, and one
that must assnil tho tranquility, the
laws, tho freedom, and the property Of
the most lnw-abiding people Of the land.
Minister Cameron has sown to The
wind md thu womb have. tho nation
reap the whirlwind, but he Inns mis-
judged the great people who love their
country, not for its speculative fields, |
but for its liberty, its conscience, its |
law. lie innY drive the Legislators Of |
Pennsylvania like sheep into the sham
bles to be the ready servants OF tho |
conspiratord, and he may have subsi- |
died party organs and placemen declare |
their approval Of his suicidal madness,
but when tho people shall speak for the |
people, there will DO an iInpcrions de- |
maud for peace, and he. who disregards |
it will be broken. And should deaper- |
ate power succeed i'll Pennsylvania to |
its utmost bent, il would but make dis |
nster and DISSOLUTION for its votaries. |
Should Pennsylvania be precipitated
into preparations for var when there ia
nothing 70 war against but peace itself,
it will be fearful strain upon the for |
bcaranGe OF those who have pleaded !
for lawful obedience to the YER
OiSt VI luC uuo
tho frenzy that now calls for
military organization follow tho con-
spiraIors to the logical contamination
Of their conspiracy, it would give q
peaceful Commonwealth sweeping
harvest OF denth-nothins more.
Should wanton violence be thus pro.
vokcd by Legislative, obedience 70 what
the whole civilized world now rccog-
Mics as n luwless conspiracy to protract
q defeated rule, Governor Uartranft |
would DO powcrless to aid the cause of
tho conspirntOrs against the resistance
that revolutionary wrong must provoke.
There is might in right so the patriotic
people OF our grand Commonwealth
have taught in their homes, in their
schools, i'll their churches, in their
place OF industry and i'll tho hame Of
battle; and They will teach it again, i'll
pence il it can he; in war, il conspira-
tors and revolutionists will have it so.
There can DO peace; all parties outside
of desperate leaders and rncudicant fol-
lowers desire it. TheIo will DO peace,
unless discord shall DO deliberately
chosen n3 tho refuge Of crime.
TO the lasting credit Of tho body to
whom tho incendiary appeal was made,
the revolutionary suggestion strucl; no
responsive chord, and fell rs tamo and
fat rs will the miserable dcinagogue
who dared 10 offer it,