The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1878-01-30
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A.sIyAEy 80, 1873.
Mr. raves Title.

IS.
Tho threats Of FEELS, q N S1sa ana
,,her members of the Return a'as bsai',:.o'
louisiana. need not trouble any tin,ld soul.
s,,snsas stsrca.s wssi end in smoke, as my
/ ~ 49, s,ayrsass, Just as did g the labors o.
! ~ ~, a,chyn,iss.,, The villains have doubt
shss sola Mi that they knew. They were IN
washington last winter, and were subjected 9.
to 4 most rigid and thorough cross-exa l''
nation under oath. 1t is therefore. most = st
unlikely that they will try to get themselves
. ont OF their present difficulty by coniesslns
!. shas thew then committed perjury. iheir
\ thresfs are as harmless as theatre-iightning,
and the most shrinking amongst those "ho
are always borrowing trouble from tue Au-
ture may make themselves easy on TINS point.
IN. however, Messrs. WELLS, ANDERSON
a Co. could establish beyond doubt that
AFR. .TupEN was cheated out OF the electoral
vote OF Louisiana, aud Mr.. HAYES fraudu-
len,iy made President Of the United states,
the exposure ought net in the least TO aus
turb the people or break the peace OF the
country. NoimportanI consequences couid
result from such a DEVELOPMENT. MT.
HAYES would, it is true, be shown TO De
only q President de .facfo, as the New
York Sam is so fond OF calling hlm'
bnt lie would be President none the less,
and his. acts would lose none OF their va
6hiiy. There have been numerous men
seated in Congress during the last hiteen
wears who were fraudulently counted IN ;
vet the laws passed by the aid OF their votes
are as valid as il they had been lawfully
elected. What possible moral rlght had
such cattle as represented the South lew
wears ago to make laws for this country
None whatever. DoS CAMERON, OF Penn
sylyania, owes his seat to his fathers long
purse. His election was 3 fraud upon the
people Of Pennsylyania. But does this TACT
render his votes Illegal ones? BY no means.
A law passed by a Senate OF CAAERoSs anu
carpet-baggers would be as valid as any
other law.
But we dislike to compare MIR. HAYES's
title with the titles OF such men. Let lis
look at some national ruler. WILLIAM, OF
Orange. became Kingof England in viola
tion OF his duties ms Son-in-law and OF the
common law OF England. JAMES IL. was
the lawful claimant OF the throne. The
crown was his, according to all the prece'
dents and all The laws OF the kingdom OK
listing prior to his abdication. WILLIAMS
title was based upon an act Of Parliament
and would never have been quietedif III;
wife had not been the daughter OF the &c
posed monarch. Yet no one has ever beer
able to question successfully the validity o.
any OF WILLIAMS acts, or to prove that the
Parliament which validated bis title wa:
unable to bind future ParliameHtS. This Is
but one out OF many cases that could be
mentioned to show that the acts Of king
de facto. are as valid as those Of king de
jure.
So it is IS to Mr. HAYES's title. 1t has
been passed upon by the two houses OF
Congress assembled under the Constitution,
and by ga august tribunal organized ac-
cording to law. He has . constitutional
title and an eXtra-constitutional title. There
is To way by which he can be elected from
Office except by impeachment, and he can
be impeached only for his official acts, or
his acts after his Induction into Office. The
crimes Of other men cannot affect his Title
to his office. s-e .s
Even, however, were it possible to dis.
psssess mr. HAYES of bis Office, Dir. I'LL.
DEN would not succeed to it. The latter's
claims have been passed upon and rejected,
and he cannot again bring them up. The
electoral colleges cannot be reconvened.
The two houses OF Congress cannot recon.
slider their decision. Once made, it became
final. The electoral tribunal is dead and
buried.
What then? Nothing. "Let the dead
bury the dead.'' Let us busy ourselves in
trying to put an end to the hard times, and
not trouble ourselves about these Louisiana
villains. Let them say what they will, theil
assertions will not derive any force from
the source from which they will have pro.
ceeded.
Mr.. HAYES is to be President ior foul
years if he lives. Let us be thankful that
we have so good man in that exalted office.
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Er. DANIELS resolution proposing to de-
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