Abbeville press. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1860-1869, 1868-10-02
BY W. A. LEE AND HUGH WILSON.

be by the election of the Democratic candi
dates, they will have no difficulty in revis-
ing the present constitutions by method:
$" free from legal question, that no jreiero
interference aciU be possible to Mwart ano
none necessary TO aM them.
We ale confirmed in this view by tho
TACT that the ingenuity of the Times itsc
can descry no other remedy than a refusal
to admit senators and represent ativcs from
the States which thus transform their GOV.
ernment3. In an article on the | lth inst.
upon the expulsion Of the negroes from
the Georgia Legislature, the Times said :
How tho wrong may he remcdc.I i, a
| question we are tot disposed to answer
with She same degree Of conf lencc. 1t is
difficult and delicate question:. Tho
House has right to decide upon the cleo,
ton and qualification Of its members, and
10 State Court has jurisdiction over it.
An adverse judgment may be announced,
but ths prominent advocates of expulsion
have announced their intention to disregard
it. They claim to he Judges OF law Il, we'll
as Of fact. and will heed 10 opinion or de-
cison at variance with their action. What,
i"c", can Congress dog -Euy not ihc
Scnntc onA Uous, ia turn assert Mtiy
| supreme c"n'rm orcr elections end qudTf-
| cations, ard respectively reuse to cdm;t ne
senators and r'!reseH"Hr:S IcAom Georqia
'0:H send to The next session The inquiry
is not extravagant in view of the fac. ina:
Georgia regainod lis privilege Of se'f-gov-
ernment, in part, by rat;;yins the fourteenth
ame"dmsnt, which, without tha. vote,
would still 90 law. The act CT ratification,
however, in the Georgia house, was carried
by the votes Of the colored member, WHO
have been expelled as Ineligible. If they
lad no lawful title to seals they could have
none to votes; and after striking them off,
the motion to ratify becomes a failure
interpreting the action of the Legislature
III respect OF tho amendment in tho lirht
OF Its recsHt proceeding, no special plead
ing "on'd seem necessary TO justify revi-
Sion hy Congress on the grouut of fraud.
For II what pnrported to bs ratification
was really rot such, admission obtained In
reliance uron it WIS in fact admission Ly
false prctences; and Congress nsny rinI;-
c:fe 'ts i"teyrify anil l'uniSA Tie Guud Ly
rrus'ny to 'ecsivc Tie Georgia senators uud
representatives.. That step would virtually
be declaration that the reconstruction Of
Tie S'a,Ais still incomplete.
Now, Whatever may he thought Of this
remedy iu Other respects, the Tines mus,
perceive that it canrot work when ,vo
come to have Democratic President and
l1ouso OF Representatives. All that Con-
gress could do at the next session. would be
to stulufy itself and make itself laughing
stock, by expelIing the carpet bag member.
1t has just admitted, aud covering with de-
rision the first plank of the Chicago plat
lorn, which congratulates the country on
the perfect success Of the reconstruction
policy. But rs soon as there is a Demo-
cratic House, the Republicans are check
mated. The joint resolution reaJmit,ing
the States and sanctlonng their govern
mcnts cannot be repealed without tic con.
currcnce of both Houses and, until it is
repealed, neither eau refuse to admit men,
ters on tho ground that thero is no valid
State government. The Times must
therefore see Ihut its patty will be bound,
hand and foot, in feturs Of its own forging.
There will DO no necessity for dvmoiishiny
Tue ga'Iows erected by IIaman, when he
can 80 easily bo hanged on it himself.
LATER DECLARATION.
Ibe New ioIk World Of Saturday last
has another leader on tho same sui TACT as
the above, and even more unmi.takable in
its drift. We quote the more important
portions OF the article:
TIE GREAT DUGBEAR.
Tho cbisf topic Of Republican invective,
since the opening of the canvass, is the
imputed intention Of the Democratic party
to dsporse tie carpet-bag governments BY
force after the Inauguration of Seymour
and Blair. The Times, if we understand
its rejoiuder to the World yesterday, all
mits that this impulation cannot be sus =
tanned unless it is logical sequence of the
Democratic platform. This puts the con-
troversy on lis true ground; aud on that
ground We proceed to show that tho i'm
puted Intention is a baseIess chimera.
1he Times, arguing from tue platform,
rests Its case on the declaration that the
Reconstruction acts are "usurpations-un.
constitutional, revolutionary and void" and
on the fact that this clause was inserted in
the platform at the instance Of General
Wade Hampton. The fact that Wade
Hampton suggested it signifies nothing,
unless it can be shown that it is doctrine
which the Democratic party had not pre-