The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1879-12-25

complete success. During the recent
rebellion, many thoughtful men re-
garded our government as approaching
it's end; but when the rebellion was
crushed, the slaves freed, and given
the right to vote, the opinion was al
most universal that now our troubles
and dangers were ended, and repre-
sentative republican government was
complete success.
How stands the matter now? We
believe that mankind is the same in
all ages, and in all countries. The
revolutions, wars and anarchy so COM
mon in that part of America settled
by the Spaniards, during the past fifty
years, since republican forms of gov
eminent have been attempted, is soon,
we think, to be witnessed in our own
country.
Three years ago our real danger
commenced One political party
claimed that several of the States had
been carried by the other party at the
Presidential election by fraud, vio-
lence, intimidation and murder, and
for this reason, the votes in parts OF
these States were rejected, and the re-
suit was thus changed to the other
party. The defeated party claimed
that the election had been reasonably
fair, and that the rejection of the votes
was fraud and outrage. The defeat
ed party has never ceased during the
past three years to denounce this
counting out as a great wrong; but
now this party, having the power In
the State Of Maine, has done the very
thing that it has denounced as mon
strous crime.
When President Hayes accepted
office by the action of the Returning
Board of the State of Louisiana, and
then sent an unauthorized "commis-
sion" to Louisiana to turn over the
State Government, to the rebels, and
permitted them to turn out Gov. Pack
ard by brute force, when Packard had
more votes in Louisiana than Hayes
had, we regarded our government at
an end, and we were fully confirmed
in this belief when, few months af-
forwards, Senator Stanley Matthews,
the particular friend of the Admins
tration, in a public speech in Jackson,
declared that it was not question of
right or wrong, of justice or injustice
with President Hayes, but question
of who had the power; that the wealth
and intelligence of a country, always
would, and always should, govern.
That monstrous idea, carried out,
would at once end, and should end
our government.
The Democrats in the State of
Maine have only followed the prece-
dent set by President Hayes in the
case Of Gov. Packard, and justified by
the late Senator Matthews.
The next President will be a Demo
crat-a rebel. Now you just mark
that. The rebel Congress will count
in their man, no matter how many
States may vote for Republican elec-
tors. We know that many Republi-
cans will refuse to believe this until it
| will be too late. There is only one
road to safety, and that is perfectly
safe and constitutional method, and it
has abundant precedent in the earlier
days of the Republic to justify it, and
that is, for all the free States to ap-
point electors for President by the
Legislatures. We believe all the free
States except Indiana, have Republi-
can Legislatures.
We do not believe that the Repub-
licans have the sense and courage to
adopt this, the only mode of perpetu-
ating our form of government.