Daily Republican., 1879-01-21

: an independent judiciary TO sustai
the peace and dignity of the Stat,
J there is, therefore, no necessity at thi
time, for any organization which woul
awaken this dormant function of tn
Executive office. The fact that this au
thority which the Constitution has re
posed in the Governor has grown obso
, lete by the absence of these circ cimstan
c"s which require its exercise, contain,
. very hattering and practical eulog,
, upon the character of the people 10
. good order and patriotism; and also up
on the methods by which the admins
tration of the State government ha
been carried on. 1t also inspires
reasonable degrees of assurance, tina
the people Of this State will, in the fu
ture, as they have in the past, main
tain their unbroken confidence in tn.
power of: the civil authority to re
strain the lawless and disobedient, and
thus shun the perilous necessity of
seeking the interposition OF mill
tary power for the securement of tha
end.
Our system of govern ment recognizes
the sovereignty Of public opinion anc
popular consent as the vital principle
Of allegiance; it therefore follows, as a
natural conclusion, that a standing
army, either State or Federal, of any
magnitude, is alien to the genius and
spirit of our republican institutions.
In political crisis, when the popular
heart is stirred with intense excite
ment, men Of grasping ambition, aided
by the calculating fears of the timid,
frequently prevail in justifying the ex-
pediency of appealing to military force,
avowedly to compose the troubled and
disqueted condition of the public mind,
7 but really to crafty their excessive
greed of power; and in such periods of
excitement the Judgment of that sober
and conservative element of society
which always stands by the stern maj
esty Of law as the surest remedy for the
adjustment of all causes of disturbance
in the body poltic--is overriden, and,
as legitimate result thereof, the civil
is overshadowed and ignored by the
military authority. For proof of this
proposition it is not necessary to look
beyond the history Of our own times.
Its illustration il found in the events
which have so recently transpired in
our midst. Through the instrumpntal-
ity Of the military power of the conn
try, and under the false pretense of
preserving the peace of society, We have
Seen States dislnantlei Of their sover-
eighty, and communities robbed of their
political rights and privileges. And.
in addition to this, W., hav. stood on
the verge OF great political revolution
involving the restoration of the General
Government, to its former purity and
vigor through the praceable and CON
stitutional medium of the ballot, and |
yet, by the concentration of the muni-
tons of war, and the ordering of troops
at the seat Of the federal legislature.
by a high official Of the edrra! govern
ment, we have further seen that rrvo- |
luton partially arrested at least, and |
the Puo,'c sentiment "t the co il'ry,
held under military durrss. submit to
the triumph Of one of the gravr,t
wrongs ever inflicted upon free pco-
pie. let us lay this maxim closr to
our hearts: THAT arms and liberty do
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