Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1878-09-30
MANLY UTTERANCES.


Boston on Wednesday was composed of
many good and patriotic men, who do not
propose to submit quietly to the rule of the
party that has 80 long been dominant, and
which has brought SO many and so grievous
woes upon the people. Their protest against
Republican misgovernment is emphatic
and unequivocal. They view with alarm
the constant tendency of the policy of the
Republican party to centralize the powers
of government at Washington, and protest
loudly against policy SO repugnant to our
institutions and pregnant with SO much dan
ger to- their permanence. The constitution
provides guards against the formation of a
strong central government in this country.
The federal establishment was intended only
to fulfill the functions of last resort-to
take cognizance of matters specially delegat-
ed to it-while the States were to be the real
governing power, charged with the admins
tration of the laws, the collection of taxes,
and all other matters which affect the rela-
tions of the citizen to the State. But the
Republican party, from its inception to the
present time, has studiously labored to over
ride the barriers set up by the constitution
and to take from the States their right to
self-goyernment with view to the estab-
lishment at Washington OF a strong central
government, ruled by a rod of iron, potent
as one of the despotisms of the old world.
10 protest against this subversion of the
theory of our government, and to endeavor
to restore it in form and in fact to it's print
tive condition ought to be the aim of every
patriotic citizen, and the declaration of the
Massachusetts Democrats on this subject is
timely and we'll taken.
On the question of the Presidential rob-
berry the resolution adopted will commend
itself to favorable consideration. The as
semblage declare
That the Republican party has disregarded
the admitted rights of States and of the peo-
pie. AS first act of usurpation it has de-
frauded the State and people out of their con
stitutionally elected chief magistrate, and i'm
posed upon the country as President man
whose only title to that office is through legis-
lation agreed to by the Democratic members of
Congress, and assented to by the people in the
solemnly constituted tribunal appointed to
carry out the law. without regard to party,
would render decision in accordance with the
facts as ascertained by judicial investigation.
This is two-edged weapon, striking not
only the fraudulent president and the party
which supported him, but the electoral COM
mission, appointed in the mistaken belief
that they would carry out the law without
regard to party. The rebuke is we'll deserved.
1t is only to be regretted that it cannot be
emphasized by the summary punishment
of the members who SO fagrantly violated
the law for the sake of maintaining a corrupt
and defeated party in power.
On the currency question the sentiments
of the resolutions partake somewhat of the
prevailing Eastern idea of a currency based
only upon gold, yet an advance has been
made in the declarations "That no executive
Office of the government should have the
discretion to enlarge or contract the value OF
the currency and ssThat whatever currency
is issued by the government shall be receiv-
able by the governmental payment of public
duties at it's face value.'' Common honesty
dictates that the policy laid down in the last
proposition be adopted. There is no excuse
fora government refusing to accept its own
money in payment Of all duties. It is as
contemplate as it is dishonest, and those who
advocate such policy are not masters of the
simplest principle of fiscal economy.