Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1868-10-26
oouNsE11Ne REVOLUTION.

buAl ue euuueu " DIFFERENTIATION nav
electoral college for the choice Of President
or Vice President Of the United States, nor
shall any electoral vote perceived or counted
from any Of such States, unless ut the time
prescribed BY law for the choice Of electors
the people Of such State, pursuant to the
Acts of Congress in that behalf, shall have,
since the 4th day Of March, 1867, adopted a
Constitution Of State Government, under
which n State Government shall have been
Organized and shall be in operation ; nor un-
iess such election Of electors shall have been
hsld under the authority Of such Constitution
and Government, and such State shall have
also become entitled to representation IN
Congress pursuant to the Acts OF Congress
in that behalf: Prorided, That nothing
herein contained shall be construed to apply
to any State which was represented In Com
gress on the 4th day Of March, 1857.
On the goth Of July, 1867, President
johnson sent to the Senate a veto of
this joint resolution. On the same day
IL passed the Senate, over his veto, by a
vote of yeas 45, nays 8; and the House
of Representatives by yeas 1874, nays SO.
The Constitution of the United States
(Art. l. Sec. y says:
Every bill which shall have passed tho
House Of Representatives and the Senate,
ahall. before il becomes a law, be presented
to the President Of the United States; II no
approyc, no shall sign 1t, but il not, he shall
return il. with his objections, to that House
In which il shall have originated, who shall
enter the objections at large on their Journal,
and proceed to reconsider it. II, after such
| reconsideration, two thirds Of that House
shall agree to pass the bill, it shall be sent,
together with the objections, to the other
House, by which it shall likewise be recon.
sidcred, and IL approved by two.thirds Of that
House, Il shaH6ecome a a,c.
And the Constitution, in defining the
duties of the President, says Cart. 2,
sec. 81, He shall take care to have the
laws faithfully executed"
George H. Pcndleton, who, more than
any man in the country, enjoys the con-
fdence Of the Democratic party, who not
only knows the existence Of this law,
but refers to it specifically, writes this
letter to one of the paroled prisoners Of
Texas whose treason this law is intend
ed to protect the country from:
BANGOR, Nc. August q, lS6S.-Somers
Kinney, Esq, Houston TSmes-My dear sir
-Yours Of the I'd inst, dated Brownsville,
was forwarded nee from Cincinnati.
In reply / have only time to say that you
can not urge too strongly our brethren OF
Texas to stand BY the National Democracy,
and resist all Radical attempts to abuse you.
Ny heartfelt wish 10 that you may succeed in
your new undertaking. We are making o
last fight for constitutional liberty, and the
signs Of the time indicate q Democratic tri'
umph hitherto unknown. Yield not a scin'
tilla Of your honor. There is no room fol
compromise.
About your being allowed to vote, be moi
alarmed; we shall see that Texas is repre-
sented. Vote, by all means. ;,
Send me your paper to Cincinnati. l viii
write more fully tomorrow or the day after
Yours, truly, GEO. H. P~RSDLEToN.
The Constitution provides that al
bills when passed by Congress must be
submitted to the President, and they
shall become laws if he signs them. II
he refuses to sign, then two-thirds Of
each house may pass a bill over his OBJ
jectious, and IN that case cit SHALL be-
come a la,p." The bill, restraining the
rebels who control Texas, and keep her
out of the Union, was passed by Con-
press /; it was sent 10 the President he
vetoed it, and it was passed over his
veto by ~two-thirds of each house. II
the Constitution is binding on the pco.
pie, it is therefore n law which they are
bound to obey, and if they refuse to dc
so, the President is enjoincd to take
care that it be faithfully executed
N~inety-nine mon of every hundred in
Texas who threaten to disobey this law
are paroled upon the express condition
that they shall " obey the laws of the
United States in force where they re
side." Now what does Mr.. Pendleton
the representative man of the Demo
cratic party, advise? And what mus
be the consequences Of following his
advice The law says that the people
of Texas shall accept the terms Of theil
victorious, bat merciful Government
and return to their place in the Uniol
with a broader liberty than they for
merly enjoyed, or, in default Of this
they shall take no part in the Govern
meut which they spurn and defy. Tit
President is bound by the Constitution
and his oath to see that they shall com
ply with the law or pay the penalty o
d~isobedience. Citizens merely are oPer
to the puuishments of the civil law fol
refusing to obey but the men to whom
Pendleton writes are not only amenable
to the same punishments, but harshel
ones administered by a harsher code. II
they follow tho advice which Pendletor
gives them, they violate their parole
the military law steps in, and they are
in danger Of being shot.
Here then is the direful consequence
to the individual if tho laws are MOI
maintained. If thoy are to be violated,
or if any organized attempt shall oe
made to set them aside, who shall
measure the depth of the disaster which
must follow? A nation which has lost
@ million of citizens, and billions Of
treasure rather than give up its rightfuI
authority, must fly to arms 10 put down
q second attempt to anuul its laws
And woeto those by whom this fresh of.
Tense against this long suffering land
comes Mercy will not always plead,
Nor will the innocent blood now crying
to Heaven for vengeance long 60 una.
veuged If this nation shall again be
forced to draw the sword.
The buster of Frank Blair is of very
little consequence when compared with
the cool and deliberate treason of G. H.
Pendleton. Blair is an intruder, andan
unwelcome one, in the Democratic party.
Chronic drunkenness may account for
his rawlings in some part, but this Pendle,
ton is the embodiment Of the respectable