The Hillsborough recorder., 1877-01-10
THE TRUTH MUST PREVAIL.

liz there Is q thew rebeliiOnn suggestt
by aiiy portion Of The people of this conn
try 1T Is on the part Of the men who are
seeking Ivy frand and force 10 inaugurate
a defeated Presidential candidate. II
there Is to he resort toyialpnt resistance
to law, Il will come from the conspirHtors
who propose To defeat Gov. Tilden's laws
fuI election by attempting to legalize re-
turns which are openly false.
President Lincoln said tile party which
can elect u president can inaugurate him.
Ifnnihe first occasion Of Mr.. LincoIn's
election, President Buchanan and his
Cabinet had countenanced y plot TO fatsify
The election returns In some OF the States,
supporting 1t with the Federal army, aud
upon ,his fraudulent basis had attempted
10 inaugura.e Mr. Bryckinridge, would
Mr.. Lincoln and his party have quietly
and feebly acqniesced la the fraud, relying
upon achieving 'nioral victory in a
subsequent election? We think not.
On The contrary, we believe that they
would, II the occasion required IL, have
proceeded 10 demonstrate that The party
which can elect President can inaugu>
rate him; and, IL driven to extremes. they
would have employed sufficient force to
overcome reasonable resistance 10 the
will oflIie lawful majority. III doing this
they would scarcely have been considered
guilty Of rebellion.
Wenutice among some Of our Northern
contemporaries decided aversion to this
maxim Of Mr.. Lincolir There appears
to be strong anxiety manifested 10 con-
vince the party which has just elected Mr..
Tiiden iliat what would have been right
IN 1850 would be folly aud rebellion now.
The New York Herald goes further than
ihi.. II intimates TO the Northern Demo
crats that they cannot rely upon the
South supporting the assertion by re-
ferenre To some remarks ofillat impor-
tuna'e gentleman. Mr.. Ben. Hill of Geor-
gia. A few days after This, ii repuJlished
an article from the New York Sun. Ia
which that Journal falls 10 specializing
about defeating this conspiracy
mora weapons--at some time in the
future, AID pats the Sun on The hack, and
advises The Democratic prese to reprint
the article also
IL would be most unfortunate if the
Democrats should permit themselves to
be diverted into foolish jralousies, aud
lecIimlnaliOns, aud false issues MI this
ljuncture. The msih question il national,
not sectional. II is not whether Southern
Democrats will fight, or whether North
ern Democrats will buck down, hut
wlietnera set of sraudnlen. and false cleo
tion returns. hncked by show Of force,
will enable a desperate minority to inau-
gurate the candidate who has been
notoriously defeated. Ia the solntian Of
this question the majority which elected
Mr.. Tilden. and the friends aud suppors
ters oflaw aud constitutional liberty, are
NIL interested without regard 10 geogIa-
phical boundaries. The Democrats of The
south are perhaps more deeply concerned
IN securing the result Of the election. be-
cause they have suffered more than tie
citizens % any other section for The sake
Eof the principles which have just been
vindicated by the people Of the United
S.ates.
They have every reason 10 desire tbn.
the solution OF the diiticulty may be
peaceful. because only by peaceful In
dustry. aud under honest government, can
they hope to repair The poverty aud desc
lation which have been inflicted upon
them by the official tbIevlng aud mis-
government Of the past ten years. But
we believe that u the proposition to In
augurate the defeated candidate by means
% perjury and force should be persisted
10, they will certainly not be lvss ready
than their fellow.citizens OF the North
and West TO maintain the integrity Of
republican goSernnent.--M o. Picdymc.
Il ssss45Sss.zs.