The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1877-01-02

" w Il O1VA AHltxI4ID, ~ II
scorn to deceive Cypress them because they are
weaker In numbers and intelligence than we are.
Their instrumentallty oppression has been
SO much their fault the fault OF those who controlled
ana directed them. Let tins fact be forgotten that
they served they served fathers and grand
fathers, with hdclily and with patience always and
Tor the greater part not as unwilling slaves servo
hated task masters but as humble friends ana de-
pendents serve those wEom they love- When war was
rampant over the land and nearly all our abe-bodied
men were absent III the army, within hearing OF the
very guns which were roaring TO set them Tree, the
great body OF them remained quietly nj homeiaborng
IN our helds, supporting and caring for our women,
chiarcn and non-combaiants with an anectonato
hdelity rarely surpassed by any race So TOO. slice
committed by The blacks against the whites can, Ia my
opinion, be traced TO the insteaton OF scoundres OF
our own color. They have mostly a9ne sy,,
believe that every scmblancc OF personal hostility
toward the negro vii pass away when his almost unani-
political hostility toward the whites shall have
passed away A wise craftsmanship already recognizes
III HIM, under favorable circumstances. an element
not only oil public wealth but oil conservative power
IN politics which may become cherished bulwark Of
the SOUTH Labor though it be ever SO ignorant lift
be closely allied to capital is yet not unirequently tho
real strength of society.
II also becomes especial duty to look after the
rights and liberties OF TIC people, without which all
material the small dust the balance
Poor would be poorer stiil II VIC had more
wealth and less OF liberty. The freedom and integrity
oil elections constitute tho very corner stone OF
representative government, When they 10 be
perfectly lair anu unlorced boodshed and anarchy
At nanu We are now approaching Crisis III the
late OF this country which all honest men should
honestly lace. No one, presume, DOUBTS the maxim
that 10 preserve tho blessings OF liberty should
have frequent recurrence 10 the first principles o!
constitution. They are the embodiment OF the wisdom
oil ancestors eliminated, tested and approved by
their experience of many hundreds OF years. SO well
have they become established as tho orgahic law Of
politics. and SO perfectly do they Indicate the normal
condition OF free Stale that any departure thercirom
Is followed sooner or later by results precisely
similar 10 those which follow Violations of
The laws o. nature All corruption, evil con.
vuision and dcgcncracy flow naturally from
failure on the part oi State TO observe
the avs OF It's beng Just rs hcrcsies How from
observance oil the text oil the Scriptures. THIS Is tho
certain source OF all the confusion and threatened evils
that now distract the land. There Is no palmer or
more important principle in our constitutional polity
than that ol tho right OF tho States control and
regulate their own domestic affairs within tner own
bordcrs and tins prlDcple has been selected Tor tho
repeated and persistent attack because IL IS tho
great and almost only barrier to continuation Its
violation is also the parent OF neary every danger
which threatens the individual liberties OF the ctIzcn
DANGER OF FEDERAL INTERFERENCE
For be 1t remembered, that no power IN this Union
has ever successfully dctcd the law and the
cept federal power; and no power has attempted
II except when melted thereto and upheld by federal
power. so long, anu only so long, AS tho States
lett IN the undsturbcd exercise OF this domestic
creignty can the public peace and public freedom be
erycd. The governments OF the three States OF
south Carolina Florida and Louisiana now in pos.
session Of men who were placed there by the unwar
ranted interference of the central government
They have been kept IN power by the same hand,
III defiance OF the Will OF the citizens they consider
themselves responsible, not the people over whom
they rule, but TO tho real authors OF their power nj
Washington. In every difficulty they appcai not 10
their constituents, as III representative governments
but 10 n distant and alien tribunal They are mostly
men OF evil reputation, and honest people
look at their best deeds with Justhable Suspicion.
Now, II so happens, that upon The electoral votes
these three State depends the choice Chief Mags-
tratc Tor Az, 600 600 OF people Primo /dcie, very
decided majority The electors OF Samuel j. Tildcn
and Thomas A. Hendricks has been gwen In
Florida, ana large majority OF many thousands in
Louisiana. The returning boards OF these disputed
states are the creatures oil these federal appointed
state governments. They owed fcalty, not to tho
people, but to the powers ut Washington. Their duty
was to return tho republican electors as duly elected
Many OF them themselves candidates on the same
ticket but they properly that nodcsiy should
not RESTRAIN them II honesty did not BY throwing out
votes ON the pretence OF fraud aud intimidation
THEY CREATED A MAJORITY
Tor thcr party electors ana themselves. In South
Carolina, whilo there strong believe that
at least part OF the democratic electors have been
an attempt to investigate the matter by
a judicial inquiry was smUthcrcd by federal
bayonets. Tho Returning Board refusing 10 obey the
mandate OF the Supreme Court Its members were
Imprisoned Tor contempt and heavy fine imposed
upon them Immediately partisan federal Judge
appears upon the scene ana releases these culprits
while invisible hand furnishes the money to pay
thor fines. Grave charges of corruption aud fraud
are made ngarst all these returning boards and n
IS sale 10 say that the honest the nation are
not satisfied that the thing was fairly done. Univer.
sal dscontent prevails, and tho peace OF tho country
is endangered The question simply comes to this -
If Mr. TlIdcn and Mr.. Hendricks fairly aud hon
cstly elected shall the will of tho majority prevail or
shall federal interference prevail? Shall the cOnstltu-
ton and the laws rulc shall tho republican party
rule? Shall the people elect President or shall tho
prntorian cohorts
APPOINT AN EMPEROR?
For, II our votes thrown out of tho ballot boxes
by interested partisan returning boards melted and
sustained by federal this time who Shall say
II WI! not be done next tme and for all time II So
why 60 TO the polls at aily Why mock the hopes of
freedom by swearing our officers TO support insru.
mcnt which is IN Tact dead or obsolete?
CONGRESS- THE RELIANCE PATRIOTS.
have SAID THIS much IN regard to thus matter be.
cause conceive our situation to be critical the
trome Our only reliance now is upon the moderation
and PATRIOTISM OF Congress. II the representatives OF
The people and OF tho States snail not DO able TO
md peaceful and constitutional solution OF the
difficulty IN which the country finds ITSELF and should
there be a tempt 10 naupurale candidates fairly
elected one Of Two things VIII happen-cither tho
Jorlty OF the American people Will quietly submit TO
great wrong involving the destruction ~ their consti.
tu'on or hero will be resort to violence Let look
things IN the lace.
NORTH CARDINALS POSITION
The circumstances OF North Carolina, well as Of
that she should not be forward IN this matter. More
than ali things clsc except good government need
peace In common with the constitutional party
IN the North. we pink We have fairly
elected our candidate Tor President. Upon that
party and not upon ourselves dcvovcs the proprety
and the duty Of tukLg the needed steps toward secur
ing The rights OF the majority. But let 1t be sup
posed that We are indifferent 10 their action decline
70 come 70 .e .ont because less entitled to do so than
others Blasted We have been by the dcsolation OF
war, pirged OF rashncss by the fires OF revolution,
and sobercd both 10y public calamity and private scr.
row as We have been yet cherish the love OF liberty
In our hearts. As the nouthpccc OF than mill
ION people believe can with proprcty say Tor them
that North Carolina may confidently bo relied
upon 10 sustain that portion OF the people
OF the United states which shall con, incc US that IL is
struggling Tor the constitution, the laws and public
justice, which are tho c aud tho soul the American
Union. On tho ono hand do not wish IL 10 be un-
dcrstood that we arc ready or wiling To embark In
revolution; nor, on tho Other that willing
quietly suoint TO any outrage that physical iorco
directed By purity zeal may lt to mpose-thc one
course tending 10 provoke violence and the olher to
invite oppression. We do wish 1t understood that We
Will follow tho lead OF the constitutional men OF the
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