The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1878-02-01


pie rsnn"i boar 20 have The title OF Mr..
Hayes 10 the Presidency called ia
question. sinrc he has been iuausurated.
sAinhin. that Tho discussion OF il will
lead - iruuhIc. aud we think are over
'iinnron-- rui such people are found
MI over The country. The terrible les
sons OF he civil war haunt them as u
nightmare. The New York Sun III
commenting upon ono who had asked
swhai u The use ~ continually harping
ON the title OF Hayes:" truthfully says
there Is always great use in exposing
faisehood and fraud. The title Of Hayes
j. false aud fraudulent. and as such
ought not 70 exist. To demonstrate
against such q title, and TO urge its over
throw. l. The first and highest present
dnty Of m American citizen. To uphold
or 10 acguicscc IN such title tends 10
destroy our free Institutions. 10 rot our
politics. aud 10 corrupt public virtue
The inauguration of Hayes under such a
title was The greatest shame that has
ever befllen the country. Seces sion
has been justly styled terrible crime /;
Int il wa~ based upon a doctrine ~
which many honorable men honestly
believed. while there j. no sane man who
heiisycs that Hayes was legally elected.
The rrsu'ts % successful secession would
have hecn material mainly, and not nee
cssarily fatal 10 public virtue the con-
sequence Of successful fraud ne exhibited
in The cape ~ the Presidency must be an
immeasurabe loss OF national honor and
decency. If the highest office in the
gin OF the people can be fraudulently
seized upon IL III, man who was truly
elected can be coolly counted ont, while
the man who was not elected receives
position aud power, OF what use are
elections. and why should they be con-
tinued. Unpopular suffrage is proved
TO be sham At the top, what Is 10 pre-
vent il fron becoming sham all the
way down 10 the bottom! What en-
coiragcnent las any worthy and cspa-
biz man ia becoming a candidate fol
office, hen he can have no assurance
that elections elect? Why not give.up
the Government al once 10 tile thieves
who will steal il entirely sooner On
lrfer? or what avail is ii 10 any man
in any pubic or private position, TO bt
honest. i not fraud triumphantIy
crowned, aud is not rascality clothed ia
purple and line linen? Let US eat and
drink. for tomorrow we die. Day b,
day the decentralization j. spreading, and
il j. with the hope OF arre-ting it tlai
goodmen are continually harping on
the title Of Hayes. In the interest 81
the people, The false and fraudulent
title Of Hayes should be exposed and
denounced.
"As .. matter Of policy" continues cuI
correspondent, 'you should drop the
subject. Hayes is doing better for The
Democrats than Tilden could have done
Tilden would have consolidated the Re.
publican party Hayes has disintcgrated
it." We deny both positions. 1t is q.
true now as il ever was that honesty Il
the best policy, aud it Is both right and
expedieut to oppose lie. II j. not
true, though many Democrats seem tc
lind much consolation in saying so, thai
Hayes has done better in any rcspcc,
than TiIden could have done. Hayes al.
lowed self-government TO be restored a,
the South but TiIden would have re-
stored II more speedily and more thor
oughIy. not because be had made bar
gain, but because IL was right. Hayes
has frandulcntly affected desire fol
civil service reform; Tilden would be
fore this have thoroughly and effectively
reformed the entire public service. A,
regards the point Of disintegration, i
may be said that the Republican party Il
falling 20 pieces, Of lis own rottenness
so far as It deserves 10 fall TO pieces, aus
no further. This Is not the work D
Hayes, but OF natural causes. II ma,
also fairly be questioned whether SINH
iar disintegration j. not acting upon III,
Democratic party, which mas fastened Il
learn evil lessons and to follow cor
rulslou We state the case very midi,
wsrn we say that bargaining with then
making terms with fraud, and acqui