Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1877-07-20
PRESIDENT HAYES, TITLE.

-
ing from the Democratic camp. Il has
become st~sreotypsl In every Bourbon
newspaper office. and its familiar sound
3. heard BY every wateh-ars otths Dem
ocratic hosts. Il vas shrisksd out
irsntieally vhss the Electoral Commits
sion first declared in favor Of the HAyss
electors. the shrek became . yell. when
Congress declared Hayes President. and
the yell rose 10 . dsAisning howl Of bai-
del rage whom IA President entered
the White House on the 9Th Of March.
Ever aimee then VI have heard nothing
but fraud. fraud! until the vsrd in
print has become An syssors to every
intelligent reader. OF courss It tickles
the fancy Of the average Democrat. BE-
csnss Il furnishes An uniailing theme
for him W discuss. while the ''pinei.
piss'' Of his party have been % worn and
torn 10 t~aitsrs. that scarcely Q remnant
of them remains upon which 10 base an
argument or frame = theory Of govern
msnt.
And now. In order to keep up the
s,citsmsnt. which Ia bsainnins 10 dag.
notwithstanding all the dsvievs Of dss-
agoguss and the ingenuity Of the bonr-
ION element. the members OF the Lou
ixiana Returning Board have been in
iictsi criminaliy for altering and forging
returns from that State. 1t liza deep
laid conspiracy to alb to tho strength OF
the opposition TO tho President in his
own party. divide the Republicans. and
thus make sure 81 q Democratic victory
In 1880. Oi course. Wells, Anderson
and his companions will Ne convicted
aud sentenced. Whether Governor
Governor Nieholls will prove man
enough. anil brave enough to issue .
pardon before the conviction. and send
them from the courtroom In triumph.
thus placing himself on record. a. OPP
posed 10 the prosecution. remains to be
seen. These men have been guilty Of
no crime. rs every man In the land
knows. Their conviction il sought and
will BE- secured by ths Louisiana Bour.
bons solely on the ground Of political
eIpsdisncy. Il 10 an infamous scheme.
aud one that could only have been con-
coctsd BY the noble "ehivalry" Of the
South. II the Governor allows Il to
succeed to the extent VI incarceratins
these men whose emily crime ia their
fidelity to the State. he will havs TO bear
his share Of the infany.
The idea that the conviction of the Rs.
turning Board by a Democratic jury will
have any bearing upon the title Of Pres.
idsnt Hayes. or will establish hin as a
fraud" 10 absurd. The President
holds his Office by the same tenure and
on the same grounds that Washington
and Lincoln held theirs. Csngrsss as
semblsd in joint session and countsd
the votes. All the hlibustering Of the
Democrats failed 10 prevent the count.
and the fact that they rt~ortsd to such
base parliamentary tactics in order to
cheat the people out Of their right to
choose q President shows that they were
convinced from the first that Hayes MAS
honestly elected. and. true 10 their old
instincts. were determined. II possible.
TO steal what the nation would not give
them. And this is the crowd that 10
new crying fraud! This 10 the rabbls
whose virtuous souls are Oiled with in.
dissatiou at the idea Of q" fraudulent
President Il 10 naussatins TO think
OF il.
When The devil was .ist, the devil . 's0ui
would he:
whss n. dsyi ~.. we'll. the devil = uosi
vss hs."
The conspiracy failed. however. and
President Hayes was duly and eOnstitn-
tionally declared elected by the Prssi.
dent Of the senate. both houses Of Cen.
grsss In joint session eoncurring. Il 10
true that . new element, was added 10
Congress In the progress Of the count
the Electoral Commission. But this
was q creature Of the Democrats own
fashioning-a creature which, tn their
shame be II said. the Republicans were
weak enough to Admit to the ~menagsris
In Washington. The animal proved too
honest 10 obey the orders OF il creator ;
u believed In the old Democratic doc
trins of estate Rights" and would net
90 behind the certified returns Of q
state. The result was that justice was
done and Mr.. Hayes declared elected.
That ended the entire matter. so far IS
the President IL concerned. II II were
proven eonelusively tomorrow that not
. single electoral vote ~as honestly cast
for him. Mr.. Hayes would still he the
constitutional President Of this nation.
The conviction Of the Louisisna Return
ing Board can have no effect whatever
upon his title. lie can only be removed
by impeachment. and the fact that he
accepted an ofice TO which he vas con-
siitutionally elected. Is not a sufficient
cause for impeachment.
For heavens sake. let US hear no
more Of "fraud." RutherfordB h. Hayes
IL President OF the United States OF
America, and whether Democrats and
dissatisfied Republicans like him or not.
they will have to submit to him for the
nett four years at least.
In Roumania, Anna Cimara lost .
case at law against some Jews. and by
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