The Republican journal., 1877-09-13
Letter From New York.
NEW YORK, Sept. 7

Mr.. EDITOR = The Journal gives me
great comfort in its weekly greetings 1t
is always heartily welcome; it comes like
a dear old friend, with familiar face, to
tell the latest news and to inculcate the
best principles. 1t always says what it
has to say in the brightest, wittiest, cheer
fullest manner; it never bores.
| like your views upon the temperance
question; they are right am glad the
Democracy of Maine were so wise as to
adopt them in their late State Conven-
ton.
| think your position upon the Presi-
Dental question is the correct one. We
recognize and acquiesce in the fact of the
holding of the Presidential office by Nh
Hayes. How can we do otherWise9 You
and |, and all Democrats, as we'll as many
Republicans believe that Samuel j. Til
den was truly elected. We all know he
had a majority of nearly half million of
the legal voters; that he had a majority
of electors in the electoral college, fairly
counted; we know that he was counted
out by Il monStrOuS fraud, a fraud not
only upon Mr.. Tilden but a fraud upon
the people, 4 fraud upon republican gov
eminent, fraud which ought to be de-
nounced upon every proper occasion, a
fraud SO damaging to human rights that
it should never be allowed to be repeated
Still, cannot see how Democrats, after
they wholly agreed to submit the disput-
ed Presidential question to a certain tri-
bunal, can help abiding by the decision
of that tribunal; at least, until that de-
cision is legally reversed. | believe the
commission was extra constitutional as
well as unconstitutional. A great ma
jority of the Wisest men of the party in
Congress thought otherwise. The COM
mission was created and the question sub
mitted. 1t was supposed the tribunal
would hear and determine impartialy.
But whether it would or not, was Il con-
tingency which had to be risked. 1t was
agreed that the decision should be bind
ing upon all parties until reversed by the
courts. We believe the tribunal was par
tial and biased that it acted contrary to
well settled principles Of law and equity,
in refusing to 90 behind the manufactured
returns of fraudulent returning boards
and in holding that such returns were
conclusive that it acted inconsistency in
applying one rule to one State and Il con-
trary rule to another State. Still, that
the commission would so act. was risk
we took in the submission. We may say
Mr.. Hayes holds his office by 4 fraudulent
title, the same as We say Il man holds a
fraudulent title to his farm who has I'M
righteously succeeded in maintaining that
title i'll Il court of law but it is neverthe
less an established title, and must be ac-
guessed in, ut least until the unlighteous
decision is reversed by some other COM
petent tribunal. To hold otherwise, would
be to overturn all law and order; all sta
bility of government would be lost all
security Of life and property destroyed.
We should become another Mexico on Il
large scale. Better, then, submit to the
wrong for the time being, trusting as we
surely may, for our remedy in the honest
sense Of justice of the American people.
Better, a thousand times better, be the
victims Of the wrong than its doors. The
wrong will certainly bring its punishment
to the party which perpetrated it. Its ill
gotten power and offices, will be its curse
and its future destruction. p. c.
THE above letter was not written for
publication but the views expressed are
50 reasonable and correct that we cannot
refrain from giving it to our readers. 1t
is the position of the conservative De
mocracy of the great Empire State.