The Lincoln County herald., 1868-07-02
How Mckee was Figured into q
Seat IN COngrcSs.


The official returns Of the election held
in tho Ninth Congressional District on
the 4th Of May. 1867, showed that those
enlisted TO vote by the law Of Kentucky
had cast their suffrage a. follows:
For John ID. Young 0,042.
for Sam Mckee 1858.
For Thomas Green S82
Youug's official majority o. certified by
tho State officers was 1,479.
In order to give the seat to Mexico tho
Radical committee threw out entirely the
votes Of certain precincts which gave
Young an aggregate majority Of SOL.
This was done because II was alleged that
some officer Of election ut each Of those
precincts had "cngaged in the rebellion,
or aided, counseIled or advised the sepa-
ration Of Kentucky by force Of arms"
As this left $50 votes still to be overcome
the committee laid down the proposition
that "persons who had been in the rebel
army had no right to vote," aud, alleging
proof that G25 Of those who voted for
Young had been in the rebel army they
threw out that number additional, aud
declared Mckee elected BY legal ms.
jori,y ct Al.
1t is idle 10 discuss the facts alleged
in the committees report, when the prop
ositions which they apply to those alleged
facts 10 order to justify the disfrauchise-
ment Of 1,516 voters, are false in law, and
are 50 shallow, even 10 pretext, that they
reveal tho baseness Of the Radical party
at bottom. Long before those votes we're
polled Kentucky had removed every YES.
tige Of legal disability from thore Of her
citizens who had sided with the South in
the war. The State had placed them
upon precisely the same footing with the
Union citizens as to oil civil and political
rights. Under the Constitution Of the
United States each State 6xes the quail.
fications Of ELECTORS for thu mos. numcr.
Gus branch Of the State Legislature" and
the Constitution Of the United States
confers upon said electors, und upon no
others, the right to vote for Representa-
,ives in Congress. The Radical Con.
gressmcn who took an oath to support
aud defend the Constitution Of the United
States and then vote TO indorse the prop.
ositions Of the committee, are either in.
capable of understanding the simplest
propositions of law. or they ar, guilty Of
the most reckless perjury. II the plain.
est provisions Of the Constitution which
have been obeyc till now without ques.
,ion, can be thus ignored or violated with
il punity. it is written, and it may as we'll
be understood ut once that We are to have
no fairness, and only
"That good old law
That those may got who have the power,
And those may Keep who cam"
Such action on the part Of those in
power is dangerous alike to tho liberty
and the peace Of the country. 1t is an
unnistakable attempt to overrule a, once
the fundamental law and the will Of the
people. IL is calculated to provoke vic.
lepce because it is high handed attempt
to stihe the popular voice, and to render
Intellectual all appeals to the people for
reaccablc reversal ut the ballot. box Of the
unjust decisions of the Legislature. BY
just sucl, action as they have ial.en in
the Mckee case, tho Radicals can hold
power forever, though nine. tenths Of tho
people should continue to vote against
them pcaceably till doomsday.