The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1878-05-30
The FRAUD CRY.
Revolutionary Resolutions of
the Democracy.
An Address by the RepUh.
Iican Congressional
Committee.
History of the Five Days Fight In
Congress-

History of the Five Days' Fight In
Congress.
Washington, May 1.-THE Re
publican Congressional Committee
has issued the following address to
the voters of the United States
The Democratic House of Repre-
sentatives has tO-dsy,by party vote,
adopted a resolution, which, under
the pretense of an investigation, is to
lay the foundation for a revolutionary
expulsion Of the President from his
Office. This is the elimination of a
plot which has been on foot from the
day Hayes and Wheeler were consti-
tutionally declared elected. It made
its first public appearance in a res
olution of the last Democratic House,
adopted at the close of the session,
declaring that Tilden and Hendricks
were elected. Tilden and Hendricks
subsequently made similar public
declarations themselves. A few
timid members have long held back,
and some Of them, after being coerc-
ed to a final vote, still pretend that
they will halt as soon as their par
tial and one-sided investigation shall
be ended. In other words, they in
tend, after hearing suborned evi-
dence, to bring in a verdict that
Hayes is a usurper and that he shall
not remain in Office.
These men have control in the
Democratic party. They dared not
even follow Alexander 81. Stephens
in a movement against caucus dicta-
tion, to the extent of showing q sem
blance of fair play. They will be i'm
potent in the future as they have
been in the past. Moreover, it is
difficult to believe in their sincerity,
in view of the public avowsl of their
party, that its purpose is, if possible,
to displace the President. It is a
matter of history that the resolution
Just adopted was framed to express
this object. The Speaker of the
House was consulted in advance as
to whether he would rule that it was
q privileged question. The party
managers were anxious to conceal
their purposes, if possible. In this
they were defeated by the Speaker,
who would not rule it a question of
privilege unless it clearly assaulted
the title of the President. The reso-
luton being offered, he read a care
fully prepared opinion, deciding it to
be question of the highest privi-
lege, because it involved the question
of the validity of Hsyes's title. Here
are his very words:
"a higher privilege than the one
here involved, and broadly and di-
rectly presented, as to the rightful
occupancy blythe Chief Executive of
the chair of Government, and the
connection of high Government off
eials with frauds alleged, the Chair is
unable to conceive. The Chair finds
enumerated among the questions of
privilege set down in the manual,
the following: Election of Presi-
dent. The Chair therefore rules
that the preamble and resolution
embrace questions of privilege of the
highest character, and recognizes
the right of the gentleman from New
York to offer the same.
Upon this the Republicans com
menced a struggle against the revo-
lutionary scheme, which, after five
days duration, terminated in the
of the conspirators.
The Republicans offered to favor
the fullest investigation into all the
alleged frauds, by whichever party
charged to have been committed,
but the Democracy pursued its
course shameIessly and relentlessly,
and stiAed all inquiry into attempts
at bribery in Oregon, South Caro-
lima and Louisiana, and murder and
violence in the several States
Neither amendment nor debate
was allowed. The inexorable pre-
vious question was applied and en-
forced. This scheme, if pursued, and
it is now fully inaugursted, can only
have the effect of further paralyziDg
of all kinds, preventing the
restoration of confidence, which
seemed promising, casting a gloom
over every household and bringing
our Nation into reproach before the
civilized world.
The peace of the country is the
first consideration of patriots. This
new effort of the Democracy to in
anarchy tn / MCx CAME the
Government, by throwing doubts
upon the Legitimacy of the title of
The President, is in keeping with the
of that party, one wing of I
which rebelled against the Govern
ment, while the other wing gave aid
and comfort. We call, therefore,
upon all who opposed the rebellion
Of 1861, without distinction of party,
10 rally again to the support of Law,
order and stable government, and to
overwhelm with defeat the reckless
agitators who, to gain political pow
er, would add to the present distress
es of the country by shaking the
of the Government they
failed in a four years war to destroy.
By unanimous order of The com
mittee. EUGENE HALE, Ch'mn.
GEo. G. GoRHAM, Sec'y.