The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1878-05-25
A REPUBLICAN ADDRESS,

The Republican Congressional Commit
tee has issued the following address:
/ To tie C0ters Of tie United States: The
Democratic House Of Representatives has
to-day by party vote adopted resolution
which, under the pretense Of an investiga
ton, is to lay the foundation for a revolu-
tlonary expulsion of the President from his
office. This is the elimination OF plot
which has been on foot from the day that
! Hayes and Wheeler were constiJutionally
declared elected.
1t made its first appearance in the resolu
ton OF the last Democratic House, adopted
at the close Of the session, declaring that
| Tilden and Hendricks were elected. Tilden
and Hendricks subsequently made similar
declarations themselves. \ few timid
members have long held back and some of
them, after being corrected to the final
vote, still pretend that they will halt as
soon as their partial and one sided investi-
cation shall be ended. In other words,
they intend, after having suborned evil
dence, to bring in verdict thai HAYES is a
usurper and that he shall not remain in
office. These men have DO control in the
Democratic party.
They dared not even follow Alexander
III. Stephens IN unit against caucuS dicra-
ton to the extent of showing some sem
blance of fair play. They will be impoteut
in the future as they have been in the past
Moreover, it is difficult to believe in their
sincerity in view of the public avowal of
their party that its purpose is, if possible
to displace the President. II is a matter
of history that the resolution just adopted
was framed to express this object The
Speaker of the House was consulted in ad-
os n !,ar no, i 81 :,
WAS a 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 question OF privilege unless it clearly
assaulted the title Of the President. The
resolution being offered, he read a carefully
prepared opinion, deciding it to be a ques
ton of the highest privilege because it
involved the question OF the validity Of
Hayes title. Here are his very words:
a higher privilege than the enc here iu-
volved aud broadly and directly presented
as to the rightfu occupancy of the Chief
Executive chair of the government. and
the connection of high government officials
with the frauds alleged. the chair is unable
to conceive. The chair finds enumerated
among the questions of privilege set down in
the Manual the following: Election of
President The chair. therefore. rules that
the preamble and resolutions embrace CUES
tions of privilege OF the highest character.
and recognizes the right of the gentleman
from New York to offer the same.
Upon this the Republicans commenced a
struggle against the revoui ionary scheme
which, after Ave days DURATION terminated
i'll the success OF the conspirators. The
Republicans offered to favor the fullest in
t,raf nj all 81 f,,, l,-
whichever party charged to have been
committed but the Democracy pursued its
course, shamelessly and relcntlessiy and
stiiied all inquiry into attempts at bribery
III Oregon, South Carolina and Louisiana,
and murder and violence in several of the
States Neither amendment nor debate
was allowed. The memorable previous
question was applied and enforced. This
scheme, II pursued-aud it is now fully
inaugu1ated-can only have the effect of
further paralyZing business of all kinds.
preventing the restoration of confidence
which seemed promising casting gloom
over every household and bringing our ma
ton into reproach before the civilized world
The peace of the country is the first con
sideration of patriots. This new effort of
the Democracy to inaugurate anarchy and
to MexicanlZe the government 10y throwing
doubts upon the legitimacy of the title Of
President is in keeping with the record OF
that party, one wing of which rebe!ied
against the government while the other
wing gave them aid and comfort. We call
thei efore upon all who opposed the rebel,
lion of 1861, without distinction of party.
to rally again to the support of law, order
and stable government and to overwhelm
with defeat the reckless agitators. who, to
gain political power, would add to the
present distress of the country by shaking
the foundations of the government they
failed III IA four years war to destroy.
By unanimous order of the committee.
EUGENE HALE, Chairman.
GEORGE G. GoRMAN, Secretary.
WASHINGTON -Hay l1M.