National Republican., 1881-07-05
Peace and Law.

Peace aud Law.
1t is great shame that in situation
like the present when every American
citizen should be profoundly moved by
the perilous condition of the President,
there should be found any persons, usually
classed as respectable, willing to lend
themselves to the bad work Of
creating disorder and discomfort That
the number Is few, let us rejoice.
All sensible people have been shocked
TO read in press dispatches from here de-
one class Of citizens against another. Do
these foolish people imagine that the
PROSTATE President would approve
their unpatriotic coursc2 Has it
not been condemned by the Cabi-
net in an authorized publication?
We are government. a great disas-
ter has befallcn us as Il people but it has
not changed our institutions. We con-
tinue TO hope and pray for the Presidents
recovery; but if the silver cord is to bc
loosed and the golden bowl broken,
our Nation is not to fall prey
10 the dogs of faction, bay they
never so loudly. When President
Lincoln fell by an assassin's hand it was
James A. Garfield, then Representative
in Congress, who said:
God reignoth; and THE GOVERNMENT AT WASH.
ISGToS STILL LIVES
A year later on the anniversary Of the
fatal day, General Garfield, in moving an
adjournment, uttered the following elo-
Quent and patriotic words:
When 10000 brave spirits passed from tho field
OF honor-thnt thin vCil-to the presence Of God,
and when at last its parting folds admitted the
martyr President to the company of the dead
heroes of the Republic, the Nation stood so near
the veil that the whispers Of God were heard by
the children fmcn, Awc-striCken by His voice,
the American people knclt in fearful reverence
nnIr-. ade n solemn covenant with Him and with
each other that this Nation should be saved from
its enemies that all lis glohes should be restored
and OH the ruins of slavery and treason the tenn
pics of freedom aud justice should be built and
should survive forever, II remains for US, consc.
Grated by that great event and under covenant
with God, to keep that faith, TO go forward III the
great work until it shall be completed.
The words of hate and discord with
which some Unbalanced men vcx the
still air while others are listening for the
Presidents ialtcring breath are not in
harmony with the impassioned language
we have quoted.
The mad virulence in the New York
g, Tribune of yesterday and ,hs ddy before
is like a suiphurous blast from the in
fernal pit, and the spirit which animates
it would, if itself safe from danger
Cry Havoc, and let Slip the dogs of war
The Republic honors the President Of
its choice as kings and emperors are not
honored, and when he falls it blccds at
every pore, But the Nation yields
is right onward. Our Constitution knows
no intcrrcgnum in the Government
If Fate shall take our President the pco-
pie have in advance provided for the con-
tingcncy. Not only did they elect one
President, but they selected another cit
izen who, in the event Of the death of
the first, should be the peoples choice for
the executive chair
So the Constitution required them to
do. The people are sovereign, and the
same ballots which elected our cherished
President also elected the Nice.Presdent
expressly that he might succeed to the
first place if disaster should render it nee
essary.
The candle of the Presidents life burns
low in the socket. ltmaygo ont at any mo-
ment. In such dire event all who love
peace and order and liberty restrained by
law, all who would have the Republic
endure, will securely uphold the hand in
which Heavens will and the Constitution
may place the executive power.