Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1878-06-01
KEY AND STEPHENS.

Postmaster General Key and hep
Tesentative Alexander H. Stephens
have been throwing bombshells into
the Democratic camp and a great
commotion has been created at WASH
ington, Mr.. Key published, in lieu
of a personal answer to many letters,
an open letter to the people of the
South, advising them to organize in
every Congressional District and
"resolve to support no person for
Congress who has given aid to this
move nent and who will not pledge
himself to sustain the title of Presi-
dent Hayes during the term for which
he was elected against all attempts
at Its overthrow. Only in this way
can grave danger to the republic be
averted and convincing proof be
given that the confidence was not
misplaced which President Hayes
manifested in the South when he
withdrew the troops from the State
houses of South Carolina and Lou
isiana.p We extract from Mr.. Keys
letter the following paragraphs:
"The circumstances attending the
passage Of the Potter resolution to
investigate the alleged frauds in the
Presidential election of 1875 in the
States of Louisiana and Florida, to-
gether with the subsequent declara-
tions of many influential Democrats,
politicians and journalists, evidence
that if both Houses Of the Forty
sixth Congress are Democratic,
the majority intend to Dust Presi-
dent Hayes and inaugurate Tilden.
The title of President Hayes was
settled irreyocably by the Forty
fourth Congress, in the Act creating
the Electoral Commission by which
he was legally declared elected and
legally inaugurated. The Forty
fifth Congress has no more right to
dispute his election than he has to
question the title of any victorious
contestant to his seat in that body.
The Forty sixth Congress will have
no more right to ignore him and to
recognize his defeated contestant,
Mr.. Tilden, than Mr.. Hayes would
have to send a file of soldiers to the
House of Representatives to unseat
a Democrat whom he might consider
to have been wrongtully seated or
fraudulently elected.
"The South must now face the
most momentous crisis in its history
since 1861. To indorse the recent
conduct of their representatives is
to admit the truth of the charges
that the people of the South care
nothing for the welfare of the Union,
desire the downfall of the republic
and would rejoice to see it again in
volved in civil war. If their repre-
sentatives have not reflected their
sentiments-as / believe to be the
case-then the people of the South
ern States should take care that in
the Forty sixth Congress they are
represented by men who will de-
feat the disturbers of public peace
and prevent the Mexicanization of
our institutions. To do this they
may be compelled to act independent
of the Democratic party"
Alexander II. Stephens denies in
his letter that he gave the Republi
cans list of twenty two Democratic
members who would aid him in de-
feating the Potter resolution. and
concludes a. follows:
~ look upon the whole OF TINS
proceeding, concerted as it was, and
conducted as it has been, as most
nnwise, most unfortunate and most
miscbievous. Its effect will be to
disturb the peace, harmony and
quiet of the country. I say to Mr.
Potter that nothing short Of immedl-
ate general and firm concert Of action
of the Republicans and Democrats
In repatriation Of the investigation
proceeding, with the view to disturb
the Presidential title, can arrest the
most fearful consequences. My
opinion is that this affair will prove
in the end either contemplate farce
or q horrible tragedy. 1t will lead
to the Mexicanization Of our Federal
republic. The idea that Mr.. Hayes
can be peaceably unseated by Con-
gres is delusive, and as guilsful as
the whispering of the great arch
Hend in the shape Of toad in the
ear Of Eve, from which spring all
ony pyOas ~