Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1878-05-24
Address by the Republican Congressional
Committee.
WASHINGTON, May

WASHINGTON, May H.
THE Republican Congressional Com
mittee has issued the following address:
To the Voters of the United States:
The Democratic House of Representatives
has to-day, by party vote, adopted resolu-
tion which, under pretense OF an irfVestiga-
ton, is to lay the foundation for the reYolu-
tionary 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 constitutiOnally declared elected.
Ii made its first public appearance In a resolu-
tion of the last Democratic House, adopted
at the close of the session, declaring that
Tilden and Hendricks were elected. Til
den and Hendricks subsequently made
similar public declarations themselves. a
few timid members have long held back,
and some of them, after being coerced to a
final vote, still pretend that they will halt as
soon as their partial and One-sided investiga-
tion shall be ended. In other words, theyjn-
tend, after hearing suborned evidence, to
bring I'm verdict that Hayes is a usurper and
that he should not remain in office. These
men have no control in the Democratic party.
They dared not even follow Alexander H..
Stephens in unit against caucus dictation to
the extent of showing some semblance of fair
play. They will be impotent 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 pur-
pose Is If possible, TO displace the President.
1t is a matter of history that the resolution
Just adopted was framed to express this OBJ
ject. The Speaker of the House was consulted
In advance as to whether he would rule that 1t
was a privileged question. The party man
ayers were anxious to conceal their purposes
II possible. In this they were defeated by
the Speaker, who would not rule 1t a question
of privilege unless it clearly assailed the title
of the President. The resolution being Of
fered, he read a carefully-prepared opinion
deciding 1t to be question OF the highest
privilege because il involved the question of
the validity of Mr.. Hayes title. Here are his
very words:
"a higher privilege than the one here in
volved, aud broadly and directly presented,
as to the rightful occupancy of the Chief EX-
ecutive chair of the Government and the con-
nectiOn of high Government officials with the
frauds alleged, the Chair is unable to con-
ceive. The Chair finds enumerated among
the questions of privilege set down in the
manual the following: Election of the Pres
ident' The Chair therefore rules that the
preamble and resolution embrace questions of
privilege of the highest character, and rec
ognizes the right of the gentleman from New
York to offer the same.n
Upon this the Republicans commenced a
struggle against the revolutionary scheme,
which, after five days duration, terminated
in the success of the consprators. The Re
publicans offered to favor the fullest investi-
CATION into all alleged frauds, by whichever
party charged to have been committed, but
the democracy pursued ltS course shameless
ly and relentlessly and stifed all inquiry into
attempts at bribery in Oregon, South Caro-
lima 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 If pursued, and it is now fully
inaugurated, can only have the effect of fur
ther parayzing business of all kinds, prevent
ing the restoration of confidence which seemed
promising, casting gloom over every house
hold, and bringing our nation into reproach
before the civilized world. The peace of the
country is the first consideration of pa
troits. This new effort of the Democracy to
inaugurate anarchy and MeXicanize the Gov
ernment by throwing doubts upon the legiti-
macy of the title of the President is in keep
ing with the records of that party, one wing
of which rebelled against the Government
while the other wing gave them aid and COM
fort.
We call, therefore, upon all who opposed
the rebellion of 1861, without distinction of
party, to rally again to the support of law,
order and stable government, and to over
whelm with defeat the reckless agitatOrs who,
to gain political power, would add to the pres
ent distresses of the country by shaking the
foundation of the Government they failed in
a four years war to destroy.
By unanimous order of the committee.
EUGENE HALE, Chairman.
GEORGE G. GoRHAM, Secretary.