The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1880-01-25

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possession. and ifthe state troops are not nd
eQuate the president viii be called IN for
aid.
These significant words occurred in
one of our Augusta, Maine, despatch
es of yesterday. They convey the in
formation that the legally constituted
government Of that state, pronounced
as such by the supreme court, is put on
the defensive by threats of armed bod
les Of the opposition, or trump govern
ment. The republicans are not on the
defensive because of lack of strength to
assume the offensive, but because they
are to protect that which they hold by
right, from the aggressions of would-be
usurpers. Gov. Davis will use the en-
tire military force of the state to up
hold his own lawful authority. If he
find his efforts Of no avail, he will call
on the president for aid. This will lift
the question from the domain of state
laws into that of national law, and it
therefore increases in interest among
the people of the country.
If the fusionists commit any act Of
violence by armed bodies they will
clearly have inaugurated an insurrec-
ton against the legal and established
government of the state. Anarchy is,
therefore, the natural result. Anarchy
is the opposite of a republican form Of
government; for that form of govern
ment is, theoretically, at least, harmon
ious and powerful; 1t involves profound
respect for majority rule and obedience
to legally constituted authority. Hence,
when violence, instruction and anarchy
prevail, and the state government finds
itself powerless to establish peace and
order, the fourth section of article w.
of the United States constitution be-
comes operative. 1t reads as fol-
lows:
The United States shall guarantee TO every
state In this union a republican form OF gov
ernment. and hall protect each OF them
against Invasion, and, on application of the
Legislature or Of the executive (whon the leg
islature can not be convened) against domes-
tic violence.
In Maine the legislature is in session
and it can apply for protection against
domestic violence. In applying to the
United States the application is to be
made to the president, who, by an act
OF congress approved February %, 1906,
is clothed with the power to decide
which government is the legal one, and
which the one that instigates and car
ries on violence Chief Justice fancy
held that while congress has the power
of deciding upon applications from
states for aid, it had by the act of 1895,
conferred it's authority upon the presi-
dent, who is made sole judge, until
that act is repealed. President Hayes
is therefore arbiter of the situation in
the event Of i~nsurrection. That he
will act promptly and rightly, no re-
publican will doubt. The supreme
court Of Maine has passed upon the
legality Of the republican government
in Maine, and the president will simply
follow the line laid down by the highest
judicial tribunal in the state.
We cannot believe that any resist
ance will be made to the interference
of the president. When he issues his
proclamation commanding the insur-
rectionists to dispense they will probably
obey. Indeed, when they learn that
the president will sustain the republic