The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1878-03-14

mi SION. II necessarily follows that tncS did So
6rcnusc they preferred Hnycs TO Tlden. No !
fat oi "ont,mpQrrv history j. better estnh- |
lished THIN that this bargain was made and that
HDv"s was COUNTED IN under it. And i was in
writing too. IN editorial in tl" Columbus
Jol1n,l on 22l February 1877, urhoidlng Pack
arb. had brought the count To- sudden halt.
disclaimer uf 1t Tor Hayes ana 1t came; hut
John Young Brown enys it was not until the
sogIhern men had written assn assnrI ,ns,
IL" count WIS suffered 10 20 on tn" N"w York
World OF 96th. 27th. and 2sth March states cir
wihiicn I av,s' was ti counted in 10y he voic., OF
southern Representatives. und give the names
~ thr Southern leaders who sanctioned tue ar
rnrrnmrut. Ii IL undcniablc, however. that Il
number OF Democrats Of tn highest rhararirr
coopcratrd with the subsidy n"n ana I'ndi,HIs
mistaken suusn Of honorable opliE"tl"h. bht
they were not sufficiently numerous 10 nne,t
tho result Mr. Hewitt. who Is gentleman pl
line talents md noble chara, YER was on,
OF those. But notnng,cnn IT, plainer thnn may
h" erred, It, not Only ma, ln' !untn,oni ",
nine-tcn'ls u, his Demo "a, aus na"insi
him tinclul.aE th' subsidy mem. hut ne ,Nal
hlas. lf exposed the ia.sc Ir,ir e." ~ Whlrh
be had been Induced to commit himself 70 ne
Ei,, iorai bill. which were OF such character rs
abide iy The result. He showed that Mr.. HQar.
io rrneiirr thrc~iablishmcnt Of the commission.
maintained On the loor Of the House maj u
%SSd ne ITS an n ha e. y n Monr own yS % I'M IN
tho roininission II had refused TO do 80. No
sourt oi law or of honor holds private man
he has been iiluD ed To- "nier 10y such iase pre-
tcnccs. 4 fortio'r. reprE,rnntive OF thr pco-
pie would not be- bound. Moreover, ull Obli.a-
ton 90 sustain the decision 81 the commission
wac removed hy the fact that Il was fraudulent
on its face. and not sustginablc on any theory.
Tho conn On idea that the commission held IT.
self bound BY the returns ana refused TO- 20 be-
hind them IL altogether uniolndcd. The re-
turns prescribed 10y the at OF 1922 Tor electors
wer" the cert flcatcs OF the Chci Executive OF
H." States. The commission went behind these
l4iNi Int Ia nt
AMI held Itself comp tent To- inquire whether
these returns uniformed To the re-
srvrral STATES whose votes were aues.
toned. A. a." commission dil go behind
ih"uhN rrturns required ~ law. II is manifest
~ no further in the investigation than to the
returns of the ltetwuing Boards was mere
cits OF their party. For If they could 20 hrhind
the Only returns recognized by the act OF lI92.
no reason cail he assigned to preclude them
iron going behind the returns ofthe Returning
Boards which th. law does MT recognize at all.
Hen tn De ,ision Yi -" Electoral Cnmnis-
Caivi Magls,rd, ui il State ana -"t il aside when
j dbl moi conform N til, returns Of u Returning
Board, hut could Not set aside tn" return Ot that
Returning bard when II did not conform 10 the
returns before II. was patent !rnud which had
neither moral nor legal obligation.
And this fraud by the commission is the moro
I iitoinrhblc because. while suhNerting the high
,St Stat authority. II Knocked ana derited II by
/ pretending u regard STATE rights IN giving
| effect To- frauds 10y subordnatcs. which have
| nude them infamous. and consigned them to
/ Butiti- said We must submit to the existing
/ usurpati0n Of the Presidency. lest unseating
I the ii,rirlhrut by du" process o. law, should
bead To- tiir rrn-Wuu OF sectional strife. This WIS
! IN. ostcn~ihir ground upon which the subsidy
! mon conuiNal At tie usurpatiou. and which
/ Spokesman Brown has siurc admitted 70 hnv"
/ been lh.s, prri'u'c. Ih'y suc.rrueu bYf
time IN douiing many honesi men. But
sg,s brown aeEn3%edsment t nntor ths
bargain. AMI not from submission, to the Elec-
/ tnral tnnlni-- on. as he pretended at the time;
AMI It has hreom" known That the Senate would
| not have allowed il President 10 count HAYES
IN Il the HOUSE had been iirm md especially
! sine our opp9n'nt- now invite us TO claim the
! connection. or expect any other than good 10
thm.gouniry. from our doing So
There il. however. GOOD reason Tor appre-
henIln, alsturls,n'e n the country II we do not
| install III. President elected by the people; not
! strife b,twean chss-s. The riots % last sum
MGR point 10 the real danger. and have shown
! prn4. hay, been subjected ny tho predatory
/ fli.-.'- Us who's fraud and violence the pres.
"nt r liGi 30 pf ;h" Presidency WAS installed
ln III +'. g.. rpn'luu 'N"ni.
I'm ..ia,- wii"roop'rhte in continuing him
in on &C. ire ~ men who "nlangrr the peace Of
III HoIiiry, an.' o. -" who seek 70 uphold the
Z law are ih- mon who strive To- maintain pen -
nmi tl -tor" tn prosperity OF IL" country.
/ Luui denim 'ieh"n oi Communism ny the press
M tn pay nl ilr predatory class will not stop
il. C'mnunlsm nrr.. ~ IN Frame. Il born ~
/ oppro-si on ami will die ont only when the Gov
ernurnt - restored 70 IN. p"ople. and IL nd
mlni-t"rrd ior their benefit and not rs II has
been. and Is now. solely IN the interest OF ther
IN south though dcsolated by war has es-
capped ~ inr worse calamity 81 having IL pep-
pi' -nSiayvi hy ia" money Kisses. AMI hence
j. noi liiled with trnmu-. Nul H"rs a. drrad an
OUTBREAKS. But IN tho North. where. during
/ ana ~n'o tl" war; tho who'll power OF the
q .v'rnwrnt iHs been dir"ciel 20 enrich the
iw and iwpoversh the many. until the
process has "nd'i IN n'rumuniing all prop
triy ia tll' Ian j. - the 'cw. ana bringing the
many 80 the N.rE" Of starvation. non" hut the
Z mos thouEht.s- can fail 20 500 the danger and
III wi krin-s- oi roniinun NJ the power of The
Govrrnm ut 20 me hands of those who hnve
pludu coed u. II i Mt Mr.. C1nhling's or Mr.
baiu.'~ quarrel with II lyes. hu' the instinct ol
sell Preservation NJ work among tho li"pp" OF
the North. which gives ris' To- The universal de-
sire now fe.i h-rr to $50 the man that was
chosen ~ IN" people 10 tide tuein over the gr'ai
emergency PAT N pa,y IL has 10 pe go 80, 49,,
this ghost viii not down at their bidding.
Mr.. Gari.id WAS rigEt when h" said recently
on the floor oi the House of Representatives that
the prosecution OF Anderson and Wells was An
assault upon Hayes titir 10 the Presidency
and the Whole country Is profoundly moved and
cXuitant NJ the conviction Of Anderson. not be-
cnus. the people want the Instruments o! the
erent fraud punished but because they want to
reach 1t, rontrlyrrs. who are enjoying and dis
pcnsing the fruits q 1t ut Washington,
foamGy i in tins fe"ins. Vii Ihfs Houscp re-
spond 10 them and aid in giving Ell t 20 then
wishes, by voting for the resolutions now be-
The resolutions do not prescribe a mode o
en- ting their Ol.rct. lney Indicate only ina
ii ~ the wish Of the people that this frnuC
should not be- submitted tot a peaceabe remedy
can be devised, This Is IN acrnrianr" with th'
terms Of TN. Electoral bin itself Hen'e thos'
who promoted the adoption OF that measure ant
ferl Themselves bound to Gcqucsce in the ac
ton taken under it, are especially bound t'
facilitate the adoption Of such \ measure An.
il IL the strongest proof of the bad fGith IN whlcl
the Electoral Commission was conceived, tina
its mort HtlN- promoters now decry ali elfprt
10 procure the judicial review OF It's proceed
ings ooniem plated by the bill MS tending
10 disturb the country, although such ,
review WIS contemplated by the hi
| itself This fact iuily confirms the hu
tnrntic statement Of the Baltimore Sun Of tn
l2tn Of January. that tle. majority Of the Demo
Gratis IN Congress are Hayes Democrats. an,
keep Hayes in ofllce. not hcrause they cannO
get him out in sixty days without the least CON
| motion. but because they prefer him ~ Pr"sl
! dent to Tildcn. who WIS elected bv the people
thcy represent. This il q betrayal OF the mos
sacred rights Of the people. condones the great
est crime accepts the fruits 81 1t. and uphod
| the title ot Hayes 70 the Presidency. while the,
dare not say that the men who put him there
hay" not been Justly consigned to the peniten
| tiHry.
Are not those hy whose influence this tolera
ton Of tho great fraud is secured the most eiec
tive ncrompires IN the work. But the frau'
has stood fir one year why not let II stand 10
the three wears more say the mercantile class
whose fpnlfup- find wont in the pitV news hers