Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1877-10-03
NEW YORK REPUBLICAN, CON-
vENTloM.

the New York Republican Conven-
ton touching the policy of the Presi-
dent and his action hereunder in
regard to South Carolina end Louis
lana, as reported by the committee
and adopted by the convention by q
vote of 295 to 100, is as fair and just
q resolution as can be made. We give
it below for the purpose of comment,
as well as that portion Of George
William Curtis amendment in appo-
sition, touching the point at issue:
"The Constitution ordains that
the United States shall guarantee
to every State in this Union a re-
publican form of government The
only republican government known
to the constitution of any American
State is government chosen by the
people. The question whether case
has arisen requiring the President to
employ military force to protect
State authority against domestic vio-
lence is by the Constitution commit
ted to his decision and to his respon-
sibility. Taking no issue with any
decision of this kind which has been
made by the National executive in
respect 10 the employment of troops,
and expressing no opinion in regard
to the methods and attendant pro-
ceedings employed in any elections,
we cherish and hope that the action ia
ken in relation to the Southern States
will result in peace, tranquility, and
justice, and no act Of the republicans
of New York conducive to its good
effect shall be withheld.
The Curtis resolution says:
eve heartily commend his (Hayes)
efforts toward the permanent pac-
ificatiOn of tho Southern section
of the Union, and for tho correc-
ton of evils and abuses in the civil
service and he has strictly conformed
to his own pledges and to the declar-
ati0ns Of the convention that nomi-
mated him, and as tending to the pro-
motion of the public welfare. Rec
ognizing that the work is but begun,
we shall hail with satisfaction its
prompt and vigorous prosecution,
in which the president may confiden-
tally rely upon the cordial support of
the country"
Now mark the extreme cOndescen-
ton of the majority resolution in
this: that they decline to take any
issue with the President as to whether
he ought to have used the troops, or,
I'm other words, maintained Packard
and Chamberlain as Governors, eli
ther or both, 30 far as to declare ia
the most friendly manner that they
cherish the hope that his action will
result in peace, tranquility and justice,
and that the Republicans Of New
York will not withhold anything they
can do which will be conducive to
such Q result. They decline to say
that they agree with him in all his
acts towards pacifcation, but do ssy
that they hope his action will turn out
well for the country, and that they
will endeavor to help forward such
C6ults uOCb NuOsG ClC6VIy 0uu CHI.
phatically seem to us that this is all
that can be asked.
The Curtis resolution demands that
Republicans shall say that Hayes acts
were right; in other wol ds that they
shall commend the past, which is now
irrevocable, whether the same was
right or wrong. This is demand un-
worthy of any fair man to make. II
is one which, in our judgment, a
good deal more than one-half the
masses of the Republicans Of the
Northern States will never comply
with. 1t is one which we never ex-
pect, indeed, one which we know we
shall never assent to, because we be-
lieve that both South Carolina and
Louisiana to-day have executives
who were not elected, and that the
National Government should not
have sided with them in obtaining
their seats, which it clearly and un.
questionably did do.
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