The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1877-01-17
THE THREATENING OUTLOOK.

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Would it not be well for conspirators and
usurpers to ponder seriously their pro-
gramme and hesitate in their purposes?
That there are dangers of a formidable char
acter ahead no longer admits of question or
doubt They are advancing like cyclone
and the country already begins to tremble
in their grasp.
The New York Sun in recent issue says
that IF Hayes should be put into the white
house by the means which have been pre-
pared and announced for the purpose, by
making the president of the senate the sole
'arbiter of the electoral votes, and by put
ting down the house of representatives with
military force, one of the early results
would be the failure of more than half the
business firms in the country, with the
'stoppage of all kinds of industry, the
'pauperism of laboring people, universal
panic, and misery incalculable among every
class of the population"
1t is stated that already the damage sus-
tanned to business by the unholy purposes
OF the radical conspirators exceeds one
thousand millions of dollars, and this
has been accomplished by movements
preliminary to the grand climax OF fraud and
villainy. When that is reached and Return
ing Board Hayes is placed in the presidential
chair by federal bayonets, the crash of fail
ures AS predicted by the sun viii come as
certain as effect follows cause. But this
is by no means the only threatening
feature in the political outlook.
Industries stopped, the number Of idle men
increased, pauperism extending throughout
the land, chaos instead of order and anarchy
i'm the place OF law are some of the conse-
quences likely to follow if the conspirators,
disregarding constitution and law and the
will of the American people, succeed by
fraud and force in inaugurating Hayes.
The Albany Argus, in commenting upon
the prospect, says that Hayes can only
become president OF a subjugated people.
The republic ceases to exist if his preten-
'sions are recognized. He has lawful right
TO but two votes from Oregon. His legal
title TO the vote of South Carolina has never
been completed. He has no equitable
right to the vote of Florida. And he has
neither legal nor equitable title TO the vote
of Louisiana. He may be proclaimed presi-
dent, and bayonets may hold him upon his
stolen seat, but he will be traitor never
'theless."
If Hayes "can only become president of
"a subiugated people" then it may as well
be understood that he will not be president
at all. for Grant might as well attempt to
fetter the ocean or arrest the tramp of an
earthquake as to stay the indignation
of an outraged and indignant people who
are intent upon preserving their institu-
tons.
The indications are that the people see the
dangers that environ them; they watch
ing with most intense solicitude the move
ments of the conspirators; they are
nerving themselves for the ordeal
which it is possible for fate to
compel them to undergo. There is
no installing the ominous character Of the
outlook. The people want peace; the SUI
premacy of constitutions law and order
They demand that right and justice shall
prevail, and their determinations in these
regards are steadily gaining solidity. The
people will not be subjugated and if the
conspirators contemplate success in that
direction disappointment and disaster will
overwhelm them.