The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1877-02-01
The ssCompromise."

The so-called "Compromise" has passed both
branches of Congress, and has been approved by
the President. In this game u chance, the Re
publicans may win; but We are one OF those VINO
cannot see the justice policy of giving mp the
law as it has stood and been carried ont for
years, and adopting something new, that may de-
feat the expressed will of the people, IN order TO
pacify set of men who dissatisfied with the
result. A Republican Senate has been intimi-
dated by bluster INTO an abandonment of an i'm
prcgnable position. They say they have done it
in the interest of peace and to avoid civil war.
Why did they not compromise with the rebels,
in 1861, and give them practically all they asked
for, in order to avoid a civil warf What does
Government amount to, that connot stand upon
its own formation, but can be biuffed and bull
led into departure from its constitutional us
ages by an ofice-hungry gang who have been
disappointed in the result of an electionf Civil
war and unsettled business are very bad condi-
tions; but one of the main objects of Govern
ment is to sustain the laws and the right, even
though war be necessary TO do it. When it be-
comes a practice to depart from established laws
and usages in order to quiet political gamblers
and Office seekers, there will be no certainty in
elections after they are held, but the usual way
will be changed by some compromise or game Of
chance.
The Republicans are either right or wrong in
claiming the election of Hayes. Ifthey are right,
they abandon their secure position, By changing
the mode of deciding the resultf If they are
wrong, why not declare Tilden elected, and still
maintain tho lawful msthodf When it is thrown
into the Supreme Court, and finally into the
hands of one member Of the Court, the bubbles
and technicalities of law will be brought to BEAR
The Judges are in Office for life, and it is Of no
personal interest to them who is President; but
the niceties of the points of law must be preserv
ed, no matter who may be wrongsd thereby.
Many man has lost q just cause in court, be-
cause it did not conform to all the little technic-
alities and nicetss of law practice, in the esti-
nation Of an over-precise Judge.
Hayes should be declared President in this
compromise game, the feeling against it would
soon die ont; and those who favored it could
boastngly claim the credit of securing the desired
end by peaceful and satisfactory means But if
Tiiden should win by it, what thenf Why, it
would "burst the Republican party wide open" to
use slang phrase. Every member Of Congress who
supported the Compromise, would be regarded
as q traitor to his party; as having sold it out,
or having been frightened from his duty by the
clustering Democracy. There are many inaueu-
tial men who favored the compromise, who have
numerous friends that would stand by them.
The war between the two factions would lie Bit
ter, and the party would at once fall into mi
nority, and become utterly powerless. They
could carry scarcely State, and the Democracy
would as completely oyerruu the nation as they
did after the disastrous Presidential election of
Is52-perhaps the same bloody scenes would
have to be Iepated before they could be compell-
ed to yield their power. We are not sure but
that certain leading Republicans desire this re-
suit. They feel that they have not been appre-
ciated; their ambition has been thwarted, and
men whom they consider beneath them have
been placed in high positions. They have be-
come soured, have grown conservative" and
would look upon the overthrow of the Repnbli-
can party as just punishment for its neglect of
thsoown overwhelming worth and greatness.