The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-11-10
HENDRICKS AND FITzHUGH LEE.
Scandalizing Great Office by Encouragin
Resistance to Conrfs

scandalizing Great Office by Encouraging
Resistance to Courts.
Chicago Tribune.
Bourbon met Bourbon when Fitzhugh Lee and
hendricks exchanged congratulations over the
State-supremacy victory in Virginia. Fitz Lee,
In ms telegram to Hendricks. piously prayed
that the spirit of the sage of Monticello might
watch over the destnies of Virginia forever
ana no doubt this sentiment was highly accepta-
pie 10 the Indiana mossback Lee and Hen
drlcks are united in their bgoted attachment to
the so.called principles of Jeffersonian Democra-
cy as laid down in the State-sovereignty and se-
cesslon resolutions of 1893, which jefferson de-
clared the create st work of his life. The flower
of Jehersonian Democracy is the. Statesover.
eighty doctrine and 1t is the supposed revival
of this theory in Virginia which prompts
Hendricks and Lee to indulge in fluctuations.
so far MIR. Cleveland has not seer fit to for
ward any congratulations to the Virginia Bour
bons. Perhaps he realizes that it would be IN
seemly IN him to congratulate the Virginia Bour-
bons on their defiant and rebellious attitude to-
ward the national government, and that such
displays of bigotry and bad taste should be left
to the Vice president. The platform on which
the Virginia Democrats have won their victory
is virtual declaration of rebellion against the
authority Of the United States Supreme Court
and defiance of the national government. In
putting it forth the Virginia Bourbons said:
The question is whether the State of Virginia
shall be arraigned before the federal courts
y aNNP"oAA"A JuuSNS,
upon the sovereign rights of the State" and as
the Supreme Court had dared TO decide the bond
cases contrary to the desire of the Bourbons
they appealed to the people of Virginia to unite
IN defending the imperiled rights of the Com
monweaith." In almost any other country such
language as this would be ranked as treason
able and seditious.
The Vice president hastens to congratulate the
virginia BourbonS on their programme of resist
ance to the United States Supreme Court. He
OF course agrees that the Sovereign State" can
not be arraigned in the federal courts and that
the Vlrsinians must defend the imperiled rights
OF the State But as the Supreme Court has
arralgned Virginia at its bar and passed judg
menl on the bond cases, it would be interesting
to know what Hendricks and Fitzhugh Lee pro-
pose to do In the way of forcing the court to
verse its decision. The Bourbons have carried
Virginia by election cheats and swindles. but the
decision of the Supreme Court in the bond cases
still stands. Ordinarily when sovereign rights"
are invaded the only remedy is to take up arms;
but as the Virginia Bourbons make no hint of
war, it is not clear how they intend to protect
the State from the decisions or tn1 s-rreme
Court 1t is perfectly clear, however, that the
Vlce-presdent of the United States in congratu
latlng and felicitating Bourbon organization
which has taken a rebelious and defiant stand
towards the highest court In the country, violates
all the proprieties OF his position and degrades
an office which he is unfit to hold AS indi
vidual, Hendricks might cherish State-sover
eighty bigotry to his hearts content. but he has
no right to scandalize the vice presidency by
couraging resistance to the authority of the Su-
preme Court