Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1879-07-03
Requiring too Much.


Tfym The Warrington Post
4 The New York Tiues, in leading
/ editorial, condemns the prevalent Gus.
. tom OF aliudiug TO the frauds which
/ placed Ar. lihycs in Office. Il a.serts
F that that Ar. Thurman aud Mr.. Bayard
ana other Democratic statc<ueu in both
I Houses OF Congress, are guilty Of rash
/ un"arrantrd and pcrilous indulgence
o' partisan passion because they have
sP"k"n according 10 their conviction.
on tins subject. The Tuaes falls back
on The decision Of the Electoral Com.
I mission which, IL Gays, was clothed
win the authority to examine the
Riounds 81 Tia" electoral dispute and
( holds that the action Of Congress in
accepting and confirming the work Of
I mat commission, 70 setticd the whole
/ question that IL j. in the highes, dc.
/ gree improper 10 speak Of Mr. HAyes'
I title to the Prc-idcncy A. loss sacred
than Was that OF Washington, jackson
OF Lincoln.
We agree with the Times that the
commission "was clothed with the au.
monty 10 examine the ground. Of the
electoral disputc." But the Trres. and
everybody else, knows that the frat
thlng which the commission did was to
decide that IL would MT do the very
thing II wa created 10 do" examine
the grounds of the dlrutc." Til.
Democratic party had its choice either
to iesi-i this outrage on the part Of the
commission. and thereby incur the al.
most certain risk Of plunging the
country into revolutionary stfiie. or to
accept the peaceful revolution which
the commis-ion decrced when it refused
10 examine the grounds" and gave
the Office to the candidate defeated at
the polls. it patrIotically decided 10
adopt the latter course 80 far a. 10 ad.
NIT Mr. liaycs' dr flr'o title. but il was
never guilty Of the wrong. the infamy
Of agreeing, even by implication. not TO
hold up and denouucc at all times and
IN all places, the crime committed in
setting aside the election OF 1876. the
men who were sharcrs in that iniquity,
and all who might become accompliccs
after the fact.
On the contrary the Democratic party,
from the very first, regarded it a. a
solemn duty to keep this colossal crime
OF the age before the gaze OF the people,
that 1t might become more and more
hateful a. time should pas, and that II.
lence might not be construed into con.
sent or approval, and thus encourage
repetition. There was never 4 more
imperative duty than the dcnunciaiion
OF all the varied infamies that consiitu.
ted the Presidential theft. Mr. HAYES
ID taeto title Is respected, for the Demo.
cratic party prefers 10 suffer wrong
rather than plunge the country into tu.
multi and Disgrace. But there is not a
Democrat OF high or low degree in all
this land who does not feel that he j.
bound, A. a patriot and as an honest
man, that it is his duty 10 the present
and coming generation, 10 make the
revolution which put the minority ON
top and the majority underneath. 20
odious and 30 infamous in the sight of
all the world, that no party shall ever
dare attempt the like again.
1hIs II why the leading men Of the
Democratic party speak OF Mr.. Hayes
a. fraudulent President. II they
lacked courage 10 thus speak the truth,
the masses Of the party would soon re-
pudlate their leadership. Ii is quite
enough that majority Of the Amer.
can people rpdlv6 the wrong that robs
them Of the control Of this government.
and keeps that control in the hands OF
the party beaten in the election. For
the I,nsrf TO expect them TO be silent
and thus stultify themselves and en-.
courage revolution, - going quite too
far. Mr.. Hayes will get no further
courtesy than such official recognition
Of his dr .fdcto title as is necessary TO the
proper running of the mechanism Of
government. Whatever hard things
may be said Of the Democratic party in
the future, 1t will never fall so low as TO
Justly incur the charge Of silent scquies-
cence IN the greatest crime ever perpe.
trated against those principles on which
both the Constitution Of the United
States and the Democratic party were
built.