The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1878-06-06
voice. OF THE AnMnyu4rKA
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CaIue she Thrensea stsrna.

alleged frauds iii the 'Presislehtial JSec-
ton of 1876. in tn, States IA Louisiana
and Florida, together with the s.ahse
quent declarations of many infin. rkial
Democratic politicians and journalists.
IS evi lencc that if both hnnsts Of the
Forty sixth Congress- are Democratic
the majority intend tn onat Presi-
dent Hayes and inangefste Mr-Tii-
lien.
The title Of President Hayes was
settled irrevocably by the Forty fourth
Congress in the act creating the Electo
raj Commission, under which he WAS
legally declared elected ard legally in,
aupurated. The Forty fifth Congress
has no more right to dispute his cleo.
ton than he has to question the title OF
any victorious contestant to his seat in
that body. The Forty sixth Congress
will have TO more right to ignore him
and recognize his defeated contestant.
Mr.. Tilden, than Mr.. Hayes wonld
have to send a file of soldiers to the
House of Representatives to nns'at II
Democrat whom he might consider to
have been wrongtully seated Or fraudn-
lently elected. u.
The leaders in this desperate attempt
to Mexicanize II institutions rely CON
fdently upon the solid South to furnish
the bulk of the Democratic majority ID
the next House of Representatives, the
Senate being already secured. fRehkssfn
boring the encouragement which North
ern Democrats in 1860 and 1861 ex-
tended to the Southern States to secede,
and the manner in which their prom>
, Isles and comfort were fulfilled, can the
Southern people afford to join q revo-
lutionary movement with the certainty
that when the inevitable hour of peril
comes they will again be left unassisted
to meet the storm from the North once
more united by this attempt to revive
an issue whose settlement was forced
by public opinion upon an unwilling
Congress? In the dark days of Febru'
ary. 1877, when civil war over the dis
putede lection was imminent and pa
triots trembled for the safety of Re-
publican institutions, the Southern
members of Congress averted the dan
ger by forcing the completion OF the
electoral count under the law which
both parties in Congress enacted; but
now the Representatives from the
Southern States, with very few excep-
lions, have joined a movement to sAb'
vert the results of their former patriot
ic action and to remand the country te
that anarchy from which less than
two years ago it was saved by their ef-
forts.
Grant that in permitting the autono'
nv of all the States, and in appointing
citizens to Office in the South instead O
strangers, President Hayes has but dis
charged his constitutional duty does
that excusa Southern Representative;
for attempting to invalidate his
title, which they established, or will ii
Justify them in bringing the country
again into danger of civil war in the
fort to unseat him and inaugerate Mr..
Tilden?
The South must now face the mos'
momentous crisis in its history since
1861. To indorse the recent conduct o.
their Representatives is to admit tire
truth of the charges that the people o.
the South care nothing for the welfare
1cf the Union, desire the downfall a
the republic and would rejoice to see il
again involved in civil war. Ii Their
Representatives have not reflected thei
sentiments, as I believe to be the case,
then the people of the Southern States
should take care that in the Fortyssiz
Congress they are represented by
men who will defeat the disturbers
of the public peace and prevent the
DISCRIMINATION of our public i%nstitu;
tions.
To do this they may he compelled tq
act independent of the Democratic
party. Recent events demonstrate the
inability of Democratic members OF
Congress to resist the mandates OF the
caucus and the terrors of the party
lash. Che welded and the other in.
spired by men who seem unwilling to
endanper the welfare of the country
and the stability of republican institur
tions for the sake of revenge upon thelf
political opponents, and the hopes OF
dividing the spoils of victory. If the
Democratic Representatives of the
South could not resist the caucus com
mand to pass the Potter resolution uM.
amended and without debate. how Will
they be able in the Forty sixth Com
eress to resist a similar command TO
ignore Nj. Hayes as President and rec
oenize Mr. Tilden.
isis, therefore, the duty of the
Southern people to afford a browning
evidence to their renewed devotion to
the Union, in which they now enjoy ev-
ery right of citizenship and are subject
to no restrictions, by sending Repre-
s~entatives to the Forty-sixth Congress
pledged to resiet at all hazard the rev.
o~lutionary schemes of the mischief ma.
kers who seemed to have gained con
troll of the House Of Representatives
of the Forty-ffth Congress. To this
end the people in every district should
meet publicly, organize and resolve tc
support no person to Congress who has
given mid to this movement and who
will not pledge to sustain the title Of
President Hays during the term fol
which he was elected against all at
tempts at its overthrow.
Only in this way can a grave danger
to the public be averted and cOnvinc'
ing proof be given that the confidence
was not misplaced which President
Hayes manifested in the South. wher
he withdrew the troops from the State
Houses in South CAROLINA and Louisi
ana. ~ fat
have spoken plainly. earnestly. fol
I feel that I should be unworthy to rep
resent the South in the administration
we're l to remain silent now. Invited
to the Cabinet as a Southern man. te
SEQ that justice was done to the South,
1 am not required to apologize for my
record mol to disown my political prin-
ciples. It is my duty now to warn the
people of the South of the danger
which threatens the country. No mar
need hope that the schemes OF the men
who have engineered the movement te
unseat President Hayes can be carried
out without q bloody civil war. To
avert this danger I confidently rely on
patriotism and honor of the people gDi
my native section. D. NJ. KEY.
That Book.
A Philadelphia lawyer named Feath
or is about to publish a book. Lsghs
reading, we suppoee-N. r Adr.
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