Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1878-05-29
W LETTERS.

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Congress. has written q letter. lie rep,
rsssnts the ruling wing Of b Demo-
cratic party in the House. and Is snp-
posed to know better than any other
one man, what the real purposes Of the
Committee on Revolution are. His let
ter il written with the avowed object oil
quoting the fears Of a nation which
shrinks from the necessity OF strength
sning and securing its liberties at the
awful price Of another civil war. which
Il will most assursdly be compelled to
do, II the plot Of this man Potter and
his principal Tilden Is encouraged at the
polls next Fall. To do this he INDUCES
In . long string Of platitudes. rejecting
upon frauds In general. and rsitsrating
the declaration that the object OF the
Investigation is to prevent election
frauds in future. He nowhere. however.
pledges himself or the party not To at
tempt to Dust President Hayes. and this
omission IL emphasized in its signih-
canoe by an argument intended TO justify
such q proceeding in advance. Hero is
what he says:
..when the whole country Was at fever
heat ON tho subject Of the election . way
vss found 10 establish . tribunal 10 pass
upon the election, and everyone submit
ted 10 that result. The Presidents title
rests upon It, II now 10 should appear
thai there WA frand which pAlpably AZ
fected the electoral vote and which tho
Commission did not notice. and II . legal
remedy exists for correcting the error. you
cannot believe that such proceeding. under
the Law, could lead 20 Q disturbance. IL
there be no such legal remedy existing.
and II Congress should hereafter by APP
proval Of tho President. or by . two-thirds
vote Of both Houses without that appro'
val. provide one. Why should q Sgal do
termination thereafter have any more 81.
feet to produce . disturbance than the de
cision OF tho Electoral Commission did
IL IL exactly because this 10 nct Mexico.
and because the people prefer determining
questions by legal methods. and II legal
methods have not been provided to invent
legal methods of determining them and TO
submit 10 the determination thus arrived
at. that this country cannot DO Mexican
lied.
II this docs not clearly ioreshadow q
purpose on the part Of tho Committee
ON Revolution "to provide a legal
method" to Gust President Hayes. pro-
vided the Democrats control the next
House, there ID NO significance in words.
and We are unable to interpret the Eng
lish language Alright. Mr.. Potter be-
lisvss that no wal would result from
such q proceeding-that the American
would tamsly submit to the over
throw Of their elected Government. at
the dictation Of . public swindler and
perjursr. whom they rejected at the
polls. That Is . comfortable belief for
Of the Potter stripe. but the
assurance Of this letter will hardly re-
lisvs the country. Patriotism IL too
deeply seated in the American breast to
permit Of any p-aofL revolution Of the
nature iorsshadowsd by Potter. and the
sooner that gentleman awaksns to the
fact. the better IL will be for himself and
the party which he misrepresents.
In another column We print the letter
Of another Democrats Democrat who
has before this listened to the siren
song Of Tilden and his gang Of Northern
doughfaces, and who knows from sad
sIpsrisuee the treachsry Of their
nature and the hollownsss OF their
professions Of friendship. Tho letter OF
Postmaster General Key. to his brethren
in the South. should DO read by all pa
triotic citizens. 1t embodiss the opin-
ion Of q Democrat whom Tildsn's gold
has not purchased. nor his promises
blinded. General Key secs revolution
in the Potter proceedings, and he sees q
civil war growing out OF II. as all men
Of ordinary common sense see. II is
for the American people to decide at the
polls whether the conspiracy shall sue
coed. With . Republican Houss Of
Representatives the danger will be
avsrted. With tho Democrats In con-
troll Of that branch Of the next Con.
grsss. civil war within the next two
years 10 an absolute certainty. Choose
ys between the two. voters Of the Re-
public.