The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1877-04-21
CAN DEMOCRATS ACCEPT OFFICE us.
DER HAYES7

I They gau, bat in our poor judgment
igt very taR OF them will be severely
.u,ai ia ,hIs way. Indeed, mp 70 this
suaI day no pronounced democrat has
been rendered position under Mr.
iiaysz administration except upon CON
iu,.ous which practically involve the
abandonment OF his party affiliations.
. lu the case Of Mr Key, the postmaster
general. dis is uuguesti0nably true, be-
cause with Iyuer. the creature Of Nor
ton, aud himself from the very dregs Of
ultra ladical,.m, no true democrat
could act, unless he had parted finally
and forever from the party which, with
whatever It's faults and mistakes have
been 10 the past, has never knowingly
elected thieves To Office and then de-
tended the act with the full strength of
ils numbers. Nor can democrat who
believes that the states should regulate
their own domestic affairs in their own
way. accept office under an sdministra.
tiou which uses the military force Of the
nation to control elections and insure
thc success Of the party which elevated
It Co power.
Therein. still another aud more cogent
reason remaining. and It is this Ae~
cordius TO the ethics OF politics when
pu administration selects man 20
serve 10. It is supposed to do 80 because
of the natural sympathy which springs
from similar poiitica, views. and iden.
ticai policies. This principle is well
known and understood in our Ameri-
can political System. and We DO not say
it is wrong. ON the contrary. it is right,
tried by every consideration Of sound
policy, however severe they may be.
The other follows, Of course, that so ap-
pointed, the appointee is firmly bound
to consider the policy OF the admins
.ration and adhere 70 it in all cases. and
and 20 he does not. he i morally culpa-
ble. because his disobedience involves
a species Of treachery which should al
ways be beneath a sound and true dem
otrat. Besides all this, were a democrat
Go accept place under Mr.. Hayes, the
act would be a practical endorsement of
the means by which he is president, and
10 true democrat, aud but few republi-
cans, believe he has been honestly
elected, or las any moral or legal right
to he president He has right TO ex,
pect all who hold Office under him to
concede this night, and defend it at all
times aud under all circumstances.
Can honest democrats do this Can
men worthy the confidence of either
party defend the right which he knows
Is no right at sll, but frand OF the
hascst kind, madcillu-trious by the stu
pendou- interests involved in its perpe.
trttion7
These are old foey IDEAS we grant hut
the more We sec and know Of the new
tangled way OF paying allegiance to
party aud country, the more highly we
value them. In our judgment there
viii be no permanent improvement
possible until We put the drag on. and
reduce the rate OF speed at which we
ARE advancing to the inevitable crash,
which must come sooner or later, be-
cause OF the corruptions and abuses Of
power 10y the party which has enjoyed
O bal prominence for so many baleful
years OF our oountrys eyentfu, history.
We conclude, therefore, that no
thoughtful, honest, devoted democrat
can, Tor the reasons briefly sketched
above, hold office under his iraudulency.
rutherford =. Hayes, but that when
pruiessed democrat does so, his demoe.
racy, as wei as his personal honesty,
may be very properly questioned.