Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1878-05-22
A Reasonable Address.

,,WhsHINGToN, May r. THE Repub
licau Congressional Committee has is
sued tbs following address: To the
voters Of the United States The
Democratic House of Representatives
has to-day by party vote adopted a.
resolution which under pretencc Of
investigation is to lay the foundation
for the revolutionary expulsion Of the
President from his Office. +, This is the
elimination of a plot which, has been
on foot from the day. that Hayes and
Wheeler were consttutionaliy' declared
elected. Itmade its public appearan &c
IN a resolution of the last Democratic
House, adopted at the close of it's ses
sion, declaring that Tilden and Hen,
bricks were elected. Tlden and
Hendricks subsequently made similar
declara tions. themselves. A few tlmid
members have long held back, and
some Of them after being coerced to a
final vote still pretend that they will
bolt as soon as their partial and one
sided Investigation shall be ended, In
other words they intend after hearing
suborned evidence to bring in verdict
that Mr.. Hayes is a usurper and that
he shall not remain ia office. These
men have no control in the Democratic
party. They dared not even to follow
Alex. Il. Stephens in revolt against,
caucus dictation to the extent of show
ing some semblance of fair play.
They will be impotent in the future as
they have been in the past Moreover
it is difficult to believe in their SINGER,
ity in view of the public avowal of
their party that its purpose is, 4 if
possible, to displace the President It
is matter ofhistory that the resolution
just adopted was framed to express
this object. The Speaker of the House
was consulted in advance IS to whether
he would rule that it was 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 uuless it clearly
assaled' the title Of the President.
Tue resolution being offered, he read
carefully prepared opinion deciding it
to be question of the highest privilege
because it involved the question of the
highest privilege because it involved
the question Of the validity of Mr..
Hayes title. Here are his very words:
| \ hieEer privilege than the one here in-
volved and broadly, directly presented as to
the rightful occupancy of the chief executive
| chair of the government and the connection
OF high goveinmenl officials WITH the frauds
alleged the chair is unable 10 conceive.
The Chair finds enumerated among the ques-
ton Of privilege set down in the manual
the following: ''The election Of President"
| 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. ...ns ..l,.;j f..
Upon this the Republicans COM
menced the struggle against the rev.
olutionary scheme, which after five
days duration terminated in the sue
cess of the conspirators. The Repub-
licans offered to favor the fullest inves-
tigation into all alleged frauds by
whichever party charged to have been
committed, but the Democracy pursued
its course shamelessly and relentlessly
and stifed all inquiry into the at.
tempts to bribery in Oregon, South
Carolina, and Louisiana, and murder
and violence in several of the States.
Neither amendment nor debate was al
lowed The inexorable previous ques-
ton was applied and enforced. -. =,
This scheme if pursued, and it is
now fully inaugurated, can only have
the effect of further paraIyzing busi-
ness Of all kinds, preventing the res
toration of confidence which seemed
promising, casting 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 inaugurate
anarchy by throwing doubts on the
| legitimacy Of the title Of the President
is in keeping with the records of that
party, one wing of which rebelled
! against the government while the
other wing gave them aid and comfort.
We call therefore upon all who opposed
the rebellion of 1861, without distinc-
ton Of party to rally again to the
support of law, order and stable gov
ernment, and to overwbelm with de-
feat the reckless agitators who to gain
political power would add to the present
distresses of the country by shaking the
foundations of the government they
failed in four years war to destroy.
By unanimous order Of the com
mittee. ......7 -. ,...,...s.,.
EUGENE HALE, Chairman,
GEO. c. GORHAM, Secretary.
III. III. Mccormick, ESQ, council