Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1879-12-24
REVOLUTION
THREATENED BY THE BEATEN BULL
OOZERS.
II They can'tWin BY Frand They will Tri-
umph BY BayOnets-lntense Feel
ing in Washington Over the
Situation in Maine.

WAsHIxGroN, December 23.-The per
formance OF Senator Hamlin at Bangor
the other night in advising the people
of Maine, in a public speech, to treat
Governor Gareelon and his Council as
lOathsome pariahs, because the Cover
nor and his Council have kept their
oaths and executed the laws without
fear or favor, and the announcement
that the President has promised in
advance 10 recognize Rump
Legislature in Maine if the Repub-
licans will organize one, has started what
promises to be the sensation Of the Ses-
sion here. Democratic Congressman
from all sections of the country are out
spoken in their denuneiatiOn OF the in
cendiary talk OF Senator Hamlin and OF
The indecent haste which it is alleged
- President has shown to lend him
self in advance to a partisan scheme be-
fore the emergency has arisen, and be-
lore ne can iluociuiF NAph NhChtACl AlAC
Republicans will be i'm the right or
wrong OF il, legally or morally.
The following private letter was re-
ceived here to-day from a gentleman
prominent in public life. and who is
thoroughly posted as to the Maine situa-
ton. He says:
"The Republicans are gaining a trick
on US through their hallOO about fraud,
usurpatiOn, revolution, and the devil
knows what in Maine, without any JUS
tihcatiOn whatever. They are making
these charges without single sPecitica-
ton. There is not a specification which
they can truthfully make. They never
will endeayOr 20 make one. They
are holding public meetings; they
are bowling through the press;
Blaine is writing editorials for
the New York Tribune, or at
least debating their tone. Other prom
inent Republican newspapers through
out the country are stating absolute
falsehOOds in general way about the
action of Governor GarcelOn and mis-
Council. The fact IS this: That the
Governor and Council Of Maine would
have violated their solemn oath OF office
il they had taken any other step or
course OF action. The Interpretation OF
the law under which thty acted left
them no choice in the matter ex-
cept 10 obey or disobey its re-
quirementS. The result OF their
Obeying the law is a fusion majority in
the State Legislature. IL the reverse
hal been the result under exactly such
action-upon technicalities, irregularl-
ties, bogus returns, (iOr returns are
bogus when they are not properly sign
ell and vOuched fOr)-nO word OF Crltl-
cism would ever have been uttered by
the Republican Senator who Is renOwn-
ed for Fort Scott and sunstroke, nor
echoed by any Republican in this land.
The men whom they denOunce and crit
icise with loud adjeCtives and indecent
language are men who are universally
respected in the State and i'm their im-
mediate neighbOrhOOd among all who
know them Intimately and those who
have a general acquaintance with them
-men who have been lauded tor their
prObity; men ON whom the Republicans
counted, or pretended 10 count, Tor non
action because they were Sd hlgh-mlnd-
ell; men who have never before been
charged with any suspicion OF wrong
doing, legally or morally, and who are
now simply denounced because they
have not done as rabit faction in poll
ties would desire 10 have them act.
Only this and nothing more
Touching the celebrated Luther-Bor-
den case, Senator Morton IN the EleC-
toral debate said. The United States
shall guarantee each State a republican
form of government, and 10 decide what
is the government Of q State, and whether
il il republican in its form, Is power
expressly devOlved upon Congress, and
cannot betransierred Ordlsputed, except
Tor single purpose, and that II 10
enable the President To determine
what government he will sustain
i'm a ease of insurreCtiOn or dumcS-
tic violence. In the case Of Luther vs.
BOrden, Il case familiar 10 YOU all, the
COlrt SAYS. Under this article ot the
Constitution IL rests with Congress to
decide what Government Is established
in the State; for as the United States
guarantees % each state republican
government, Congress must necessarily
decide what Government is established
i'm the state before n can determine
whether il is republican or not.
Preparing for War.
New NORK, December pa dispatch
from Washington says: a circular with
out signature has been sent 70 the clerks
in the departments from Maine who
served in the Union army during the
war, ordering them % 50 arrange their
affairs that they can meet without delay
M the Grand Army hall and organize a
rifle club and start at once for Augusta
Maine" The circular saws: IT informs,
yrest coats and caps will be furnished,
with rations and transportation, and a
supply Of Spencer rifles Will be provided
nm the Wly North -