Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1881-09-30
LdWLESy PARTY.

Inc Ht07leer PTeSS puDlSneS, Win WORDS
of commentator, letter from the late
J. V. Daniels in which the following sem
fences occur:
The State will not suffer, no matter who is
elected Senator. No necessity fer electing
Senator anyway. The constitution and law
required the legislature five years ago to make
a new apportionment. They did not do it; no
harm done.
If the author of these words was not
now in his coffin, the GLOBE and all
other law abiding newspapers would de-
nounce them as infamous. They are
characteristic, however, of the principle
that has all along governed the Republi-
can party. 1t is not necessary, accord
ing to the theories of the party, to pay
any respect to the constitution and law
unless it suits its purposes. The most
solemn obligations have been set aside
at the slightest partisan necessity; the
constitution has been violated and the
laws ignored with perfect impunity. Mr..
Daniels expressed in very few words the
morality and the policy of the party to
which he belonged, and the Pioneer Press
in commencing the utterances of the let
ter gave emphasis to the sentiments.
From the date of its accession to power
up to the present time, the career of the
Republican party has been marked by
one continued series of violations of law
During the war military necessity" was
used as an excuse for imprisoning, with
out trial, hun dreds of American citizens
who had committed no offense against the
avs of the country. Stewards little bell
sent men to Fort Lafayette or the Old
Capitol prison with as little ceremony as
the lettres de cachet of Louis XVI. con.
signed obnoxious persons to living death
in the bastile. Since the war, party ex-
pediency served to subject President
Johnson to impeachment and trial fol
the sole offense of doing his duty with.
out regard to-what others might say or dc
to him. The same reason was assigned
for Inducing Mr.. Hayes into
Office through the most infamous
fraud, perjury and bribery that the his
tory of the world records. The constitu
ton and laws have been violated will
impunity by Sherman while in control O.
the treasury department, as well as BY
his predecessor. Hundreds of laws hav,
been passed by Republican Congresse
that were in direct conflict with positive
provisions of the constitution. The en-
forcement act was clearly and admittedly
unconstitutional. So was the civil rights
bill. The act taking from the States tn
control of the elections was fragrant as
sault upon the rights of the people.
The list of extra constitutional law
passed by Congress during the dominance
of the Republican party might be contin
ued indefinitely. 1t has been the boas
of that party that Congress was superior
to the constitution, and no one of tn,
present generation can forget how til,
papers belonging to that organization
sneered at President Johnson's reference.
to his duty under the constitution or how
in the Senate of the United States, a leadins
Republican arose in his seat and declared
that the time had arrived when the con
stitution must take back seat-that the
people (meaning the Republican party
knew great deal better how to govern
the country than men who lived nearly {
century ago.
The lawlessness that has characterized
the Republican party during its entire
career is matter of history. The record
cannot be obliterated by the waters of &
thousand Niagaras. 1t will stand fol
all time as stain upon America ant
Americans, and as damnatory evidence
of the lack of true patriotism that ha.
controlled the Republican party.