Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1878-03-26
SENATOR IIowE.s SPEECH.

The mountain has labored and
brought forth with q great flourish OF
trumpets and sounding Of sonss, and
the delivery is after all but a poor little
mouse. From the terrible din with
which IL has been heralded. we had been
led to believe that Senator Howe's at
tack on President Hayes would be some
thing terrific ; that a blast Of lightning.
% IL were. would strike the White
House. and that our Chief Magistrate.
IL he escaped at all. would creep from
beneath the ruins a monstrosity in the
eyes Of the civilized world. W. were
prepared to hear Of bargains and rumons
Of bargains ; Of unhallowsd alliances
with Southern nre-saters and awnings
npon Northern doush-faces. We con-
Tess to our disappointment. The noble
Senator from Wisconsin has spoken his
piece and Ii has fallen Hat upon the ma
tons ears. The Executive mansion
still stands : the President still lives
and signs the usual number OF commits.
sions per diem ; there was no symptom
Of an earthquake in Washington. and.
indeed. Il is moro thandoubtful whether
any member Of Congress will deem IL
worth his time and trouble to honor Mr..
Howe with an answer to his speech.
For every point which he mads-to
dignity his speech by assuming that he
made q point-has been forestallsd and
answered. in Congress aud out. a thou
sand times within the last twelve months.
The only statement worthy Of notice is
the assertion that II Packard was not
elected Governor Of Louisiana, then
Hayes was defeated for the Presidency.
Nobody disputes this fact. It is a self
evident proposition. But the country
knows. and Mr.. Hayes knows. that
Mr.. Packard ,eds elected Governor OF
Louisiana. and that IL justice were done
the mock Governor Nichols would to-
day DO enjoying the sweets Of retirement
In private life. even as his great drum
major Tildsn. is now enjoying them.
What thenp Is Mr.. Hayes to blams II
the people Of Louisiana choose to sad
die themselves with an illegal govern
msnti Because u usurper occupies the
Governors seat in that State, by the
consent Of the people. Is the title to the
Presidency Of the United States to be
called in question: Possibly MIR. Howe
may see the connecting link between the
White House and the Governors a
sion in New Orleans. We humbly con-
Tess our inability to recognize 1t.
This whole matter can be summed mp
in n few words. A%revolution has taken
place in Louisiana. and the rightful
Governor Of that State has been ousted
by a prstsnder. It was a peaceful rev.
o~lution. and that fact prevented the
United States from interfering in the
matter. With the internal governments
Of the several States the central author
iiy has nothing to do. except in
cases Of domestic violence. when the
Legislatures or Governors IN author.
lied to call upon the President for aid.
No such state OF affairs existed in Lou.
isiana at the time Mr.. Hayes took his
seat. and he hal no right to aid
Packard with the Federal army than he
bad to use the army TO subvert the lib
critics Of h State. Mr.. Howe is a good
constitutional scholar. and he knows
this. There Is no doubt that wrong has
been done in Louisiana, but that wrong
affects Mr.. Packard solely. The fact OF
its triumphant accomplishment casts not
the shadow OF a shadow on the title OF
Rutherford b. Hayes to the Presidency
Of the country.