Council Bluffs bugle. [volume] (Council Bluffs, Iowa) 1860-1868, 1868-12-03

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The following article from this
Maine Deuaoerdt i significant In It's
tone, and we'll worthy o careful pe-
rs,ssl ana serious consideration.
The American Republic u about to
be placed In . positlon, II Grant il
inanguratad. that Ii never before oe-
cupIed aince the organisation Of tbs
governments man oceupying She
chair - Chief Magistrate, who has
not been elected legally and Ia ac-
eorsianee with the constitutional re-
auIrements. We ask the readers Of
the RUsI.E % calmly and dispassion>
ateIy read and reflect upon the arti~
cieefpm the Democrat, under the
above caption, here Ii lss
IS This may be regarded as bold
heading by a certain class of men
who have violated the Constit alton
and the United states laws in Eela-
ton to the election OF President aud
Vice President. But lis very evil
dent that Ulysses s. Grant viii not
be elected according to the ConHitu-
tional and legal provisions. Ia Ar
ticle IL, Section l., of the United
States Constitution it Is provided
that = EACH STATE shall arpoffst,
Ia such nlQaasr as the Legislature
n TeCf Macy direct, "A number oil Fec
b sqsstsl TO the tehote Number n IStas-
0tors aud Representatives. 10 achfch the
State may Be entitled in The Congress. )
8 This Is from the Constitution of
the United States as it now stands.
- The Act of Congress OF March
lst 1872, Section 1, also declares that
each Sue shall participate ia the
election of President. Ihzs stands
the Constitution, aud thus stood the
law enacted by the fraulsKs e. that
instrument. 1t Eemalns nov 20 be-
seen what ID to be the astl0n u Con-
gress. That Is, Of eourss Apparent
To every one. CongrHS vii sAeIazde
Virginia, Mississippi ~ TExasy
These States have traen prevented
by the national legisIatslEF ~ % caste
ing any votes in the ateeflon q cleo
tors, and consequently lave IN no
way been permitted - eAagss also
tors. There will therAf0Te ~ 10 90
| pointment Of electors of President
under the CONSTITUTIONS. All yet d
/ President Is but ersatzaEeuI los Con-
stituti0n.
Another giarine vlolatioAof the
/ Constitution has beHaa slaV AlerteF~
/ ence of Congress with Hlse aaalraas
question, by whieh seVAfal 60 &as
we're defrallded oil their MsIsB essasss
lisIled rights of voting. TIasA we're
stupendous frauds which ~ d aua
| give no action ia the eiSes10a. 80 W.
think if the question si0sla ever
come before the esapTaEae AaAlFk 1t
/ would be thus decided, Whether
! the question will ever be legal y
raised may depend upon eeEain cir
| cunl5tances hereafter TO 0esur. 1t
may be that Gen. Grant III. be snf
| fered to remain undlsIuEzNS III the
end of his term, and thAt GatAre
| Congress will find it nkgxe@ary 70
pass a healing act making vaid the
deings under his adnainlst gaka0El.
| We see not the necessity OF Tserting
| to any force, because Ii b always
possible to decide the qa1sstifaa peslcsf
FULLY and legally. And Il fhs 9ppfes-
siotia of tha present tsxAIlon shall 60
on-if the demolition ut the lights of
the white people of this Dantry,
North and Soath, are et1ntilned, it
may be necessary TO bring tie whole
SUBJECT before the judiciary
4 FeFN n y
ple it Is tazday La faroI at Ueano-
cratic President. There art rot fifty /
Thousand whites In the southern /
country favorable to Gen. Grant. -
Out Of some four million users In |
the North there are not Ogdlundred /
and tifty-six thousand naabrky for |
Grant. That majority III any fair
vote of white men womid EAimmensr
~ overcome In the South.
I'VE have, thsrefuFe, sla Cbnsti I
tuition and the nutnbegs with ua,
and have been AMPLY defnueled Out
OF the election nf Coy. Sesasour by
tho most uparalieg8d gasaezaction
ever known in AmeriMn afsaovy
OF those States Claimed I'd Grant
last year, negro slaves have been all
lowed by the Radical cosgfsss to-
decide as follows
Missouri carried By 1egroat 10000
west Virginia. 900
Tennessee, 20 900
florida, electors ehoseu By Negro L sslaturs.
"Thus it will be seen this this en-
tire election has been fried by
fraudulent m0ckery of Sl5 vital
principles established at TIC founda-
ton Of the Government.