Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1880-01-21
THE LESSON OF MIME.


ton as to the legislature, and to continue to
assert the validity of their claims to control
of the other branches of the State govern
ment. Yet it is q matter of doubt, which
this action comes too late. The determine
ton of the treasurer, however, to pay no
warrants on the treasury drawn by either
party, strengthens their position materially,
and leads to the hope that the financial
necessities of the parties to the conflict may
lead to an authoritative settlement of all
questions in dispute at an early day.
The refusal of "Gov." Davis to permit the
assembling of the legal legislature in the
State house is also fortunate circumstance
for the Fusionists, for it has not only cement
ed them in the determination to assert their
rights, but seems to have created reaction
in their favor among the people. From
what we can CLEAN from the grossly distorted
reports of the partisan agent of the Associ-
ated Press, We conclude that the display of
armed force at the capitol has served to
awaken the people to a sense of the danger
that threatens their liberties by such demon
STATIONS, and that there is a growing hostil-
ity to the employment of troops to serve any
political end whatever, and determination
to resist it.
No matt5r what the outcome may be, the
lesson of Maine will not be without its effect
upon the people of the whole country. The
events of the past few weeks have served to
expose little prematurely the fixed policy
of the Republican party, which is never
to surrender the reins of power in
any part of the country without a resort to
war, and to use the militia as well as the
regular army to sustain their hold upon the
public Offices and the public funds, whether
the people decide in favor of or against their
claims. at the same time it is full justif-
cation of the course of Congress at the ex-
ira session in endeavoring to enact law
prohibiting the presence or use of troops at
the polls. Those who have doubted the Wis
dom of that policy in the past can doubt it
no longer, in view of the revolutionary pro-
ceedings in Maine, which are now justified
and defended by the leaders of the Republi-
can party all over the country.
Tha people of the United States value
their liberties as above all price, aid the
freedom and purity of the ballot as their
surest protection against despotism. They
will hesitate long before committing their
affairs to the keeping of a party that depends
for its support upon the cannon and the
bayoneb. Therefore we are glad that the
Republicans have been compelled to show
their cloven foot before it is too late to be of
service in opening the eyes of the public
during the Presidential campaign.
Another effect of the imbroglio will be to
largely increase the chances of Gen. Grants
nomination by the Republicans. The mon
archists will seize upon the events already
familiar to our readers as an additional argu-
ment in favor of a strong government, and
will ring all the changes possible upon the
rebellious attitude of the Democratic party.
But in this cas- it is the Republicans who
are the rebels, setting at defiance the con-
stitution and the laws. If Grant is nomi-
mated, however, it will be on the strength Of
this hue and cry, and the party will have to
uncover its purposes to the full gaze of the
American people-a purpose aimed at the
existence of republican form of govern
ment on this continent. They will no longer
be able to cloak their nefarious schemes un-
der the pretense of patriotism. They will
ba compelled to stand in all their hideous
nakedness as the advocates of a system of
government against which our forefathers
rebelled, and from which our entire foreign
population has fed.
We repeat that the lesson of Maine will
not be forgotten by the people, no matter
what the outcome may be. We have hope,
however, that the Fusionists will yet succeed
in driving the Republican rebels from the
places which they are attempting to usurp,
aided and sbetted by partisan and lawless
supreme court. Congress can recognize the
legal legislature, even though the courts may
withhold that recognition, and this we ex-
pect it to do before many days have passed.