National Republican., 1878-06-15
POLITICAL PERIL AND REMEDY.

That the better and more patriotic sense
Of the country is becoming alive to the per-
lis that now environ ii there is no dobubt-
and the awakening has not come one hour
too soon. The Zioa's Herald of May 80
published at Boston, under the auspices of
the Wesleyan Association, reviews the polit-
ical situation with much candor and force
, and with an intelligence and judgment
rarely found in the religious press 1t al
ludes to the condition of Mexico, where sta
blity of administration is unknown, and
where the President remains in Office only
by the tenure of physical power, aud is at
any moment subject to deposition by SUI
pcrior force. 1t then draws II parallel be-
/ tween this and that country, and shows that
up to the present era the United States has
steadily adhered to what was regarded Us a
/ better plan. Officers have heretofore been
allowed in this country to remain
undsturbcd when once declared to
be duly elected under the forms
of law, unless impeached for high crimes
and misdcmcanors, and until the popular
judgment should correct the mistake by
legal means under the progress of events
and circumstances. Wrongs may have
arisen under the process Of our elections, but
they have been endured until popular SEN
timent has peacefully wrought cure
There have been instances where officials
who were unquestionably fairly elected
have been driven from position by lawless
insurrectOn, MS was the case of Governor
AMES, of Mississippi but in the main our
people have respected titles and discoun-
tenanced revolutionary proceedings
The Herdid contends that a new policy
has been inaugurated by the Democratic
party through the agency of the POTTER
resolution for investigation, and that it is
high time the people who reverence law
and order took the alarm. Disguise and
deny it as the authors of the resolution may,
il is II dangerous attack on the stability OF
republicauism in the United States, and is
us threatening rs the famous resolution
of 170S, in which was formulated and
promulgated that doctrine of State
sovereignty. and the right of secession,
which led to the war Of rebellion. 1t sub
stantally asserts the doctrine that any
party which cOnccivcs itself to be unfairly
treated in IN election may inauguratc meas
urcs to rcvolutionize the Government In the
middle Of Il Presidential term and Speaker
RANDALL, in his carciully-preparcd ruling,
ton Us privileged question, and which was
under his direction pressed to II vote with
out debate, gave countenauce and support
to revolutionary movement against the
stability Of the Government.
No enc who has carefully watched the
current of events in Congress, and the course
of the Democratic leaders during its present
session, can doubt that they contemplate an
act not less threatening in its consequences
than was the secession of the Southern
t States when President not to their liking
was elected. While they intend, if they
can find n plausible prctcxt for the crime
to overthrow the lawfully constituted Ad,
} ministmtion of the Government and cstab-
, lish another in its placc-nOt by election
= but by revolution-thcy protest that they
! do not mean war, because they believe that
E the North will suffer such revolution tO
: be achieved pcaceably. They do not seem
+ to have learned or proilted much by expo
f ricnce, or they would not so soon forget Q
= secession which they iancied could be peace,
fully achieved and the fearful consequences
f that followed in its train.
The HrdH insists that it is folly for any
f body to rest in security, for there is nc
safety except in making it impossible fol
$ the men who have formed this plot anC
dared attempt its execution, to complete
their work. How shall this be prevented
, If the next House of Representatives has {
Democratic majority 1t will be in the power