The Wichita city eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1872-1883, 1879-04-10

the right Of sclf-goycrnmcnt. II is pro-
posed to pass such law through the
two houses and when the President re-
fuses, because Of its revolutionary ten
dcncy, to approve it, then they propose
to stop the wheels OF Government Until
he acquiesccs. That is revolution. Ii
is an open attempt TO force the Execu-
tive Of the Nation into surrender of
his constitutional rights and powers or
to abdicate.
The measure by which the Democrat
ic caucus, through Congress. proposes
to accomplish their design is the repeal
Of a law guaraniying honest elections in
the great northern cities. The repeal
of tn. test oath nor the removal Of the
army away from the vicinity Of the
polls need not create so much alarm. but
the section providing for inspectors TO
prevent renewal OF the frauds of 1868
if wiped out, renders the elective FRAN
chise. where either is dominant, farce
and delusion. The Democratic party
seeks the repeal of the law solely that it
may rob the people of Ohio and New
York of the right of self-government
and that is simple revolution itself.
The PuLHc Ledger, of Philadelphia.
"A non-partisan paper, not even a politi-
cal paper. in reviewing the whole ques
ton and denouncing the revolutionary
speeches daily made by the Democrats,
SAYS:
GeneralGarlicld presents the case with
great force, and his position is inpreg-
nable. His entire view is the broad
sweep of the patriot and statesman. lie
looks not merely with the eye of imag-
nation, but with the view that the sa-
gacious statesman is bound 10 take. at
what may come in the way Of peril To
the country If such precedent as this
shall be incorporated into oar methods
of legislation. The attentive reader
will observe that General Garfield point
ed out several ways in which the Gov
eminent Of the United STATES can be de-
stroycd. without battle and without fir
ing "a shot. This caucu. strategy is one
of them: for if there shall be no means
of paving the executive. of paying the
judiciary. or maintaining the army there
Is an end of everything like enforce
ment of the laws in the regular WAYS ::
and the first step towards political chao,
and anarchy will have been made. The
door will be wide open TO any military
Al Il
Il State. broad section of States, or
The capital of the country itself. and set
up such government as force can install.
Ii requires no strain of imagination to
forcsec result ike this, for i. was a
similar attempt 70 coerce the free VIII OF
the nation. expressed according to its
usual and lawful forms in 1861. tina; fur
ni.hed the prciext for the nearly sue
cesssiui effort of that day 10 destroy the
country. And just as there is si,nilari-
~ between that attempt and this. and
between the methods and pretcXt in
both instances. so there viii prove io be
similarity in the ultimate results, though
probably not in the means by which
these are brought about. The scheme
of 1861 led to such an upheava. of the
the revolution set in motion by the at
tempt TO force The election Of Prcsi-
dent under cover Of q threat Of seces-
sion the attempt OF 1879 Wiii--ii in
sanelv carried ont by The obedience of
the Democratic majoriiies in Congress
TO the dictates of caucus-bc followed
by an uprising that will sweep from
power the men and the party response
bic for ii,6 ret, No Presidents can be
made from il.e ranks Of those implicai-
ed in such II prcceedi:sa~-go party car
attract victory to liz standard by such
revolutionary work. Presidential aspi-
rants and party viii all be defeated. I,
is surprising that among the Democrat
lie leaders only Thomas Bayard seem,
to undarsiand that the course adopted
by The caucus j. not oniy wrong in prin-
cipic. but faini u, q policy. Ii is not ex-
pcc;ed now that Mr.. THURMAN should
see il. for he has developed ,aoiio TAI
ent for blmderine-fcr taking the
wrong step al the most inopporiunc
iime-but il is just marvellous iha: Il
man Of the far-Seeing sagaciiy, loyalty,
and ability of Mr.. Randall should have
permitted :,ih,xclf to have been dcluded
into so serious a thunder for his party
and for his own hig. reputation, Close
rs The House IL. there should he enough
sensible and patriotic Democrats, among
those who have no faith in ihis policy.
to avert the danger To the country. even
il they cannot deter their party organi-
zaiiais from this act of suicide.