Democratic Sentinel, Volume 3, Number 47, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 2 January 1880 — The Only Question. [ARTICLE]

The Only Question.

It is. not necessary to waste worde upon the action of Gov. Garcelon, of Maine, respecting the returns of the recent election. The real question in the case is this: Has Gov. Garcelon acted in strict obedience to the constitution and laws of the State, or has he violated them? If he has merely followed and applied the rules laid down for him in these instruments, he has done right; if he has broken those rules, he has done wrong, and deserves punishment. Tho Governor says that he has done nothing more than obey the constitution and the laws and apply them as he is sworn to do; and we have not yet seen any attempt to prove that this is not the case. But until such proof is adduced, and its conclusiveDess made evident, we are bound to believe that the Governor has dono right, that there is no ground of complaint against his action, and that, as a conscientious public officer, he could not have taken any other course. Let his critics prove that he has violated the constitution and the laws of the State. Then they will have a right to denounce him, and we will join in the denunciation. —New York Sun.