The union Democrat., 1869-01-09
NUMBER 81.
No Legal President after March AN. 1899.


This may he regarded as bold heading
by q certain class OF men who have violated
| the Constitution and the Uuited States laws
IN relation to the election President and Wee
President. But it is very evident that UlyS-
ses ). Grant will not be elected according TO
the Constitutional and legal provisions. In
Article H., Section L.. of the United States
Consultation IL is provided that 'sEACII
STATE Sha0 appoint, ia Saca seaRaer dS>tae
Legislature thereof May iiytc;. n,uHber Of
Electors equal To Tie ,cbole aRm6cr of .Sca0tprS
and Representatives. 70 ,cbici tie .SlIte may be
| entitled IN tie CoRgrcSSr.
This is from the Constitution Of the United
States as it now stands. ffolt
The Act of Congress of March lst lT92,
Section |, also declares that caca STATE shall
participate in the election OF President. Thus
stands the Constitution, and thus stood the
law enacted by the trainers of that instru-
ment. 1t remains now to be seen what is to
be the action by Congress. Thatis, of course
apparent to every one. Congress will ex-
These States have been prevented by the ma
! tional Legislature from casting any votes in
the election of Electors, and consequently
have in no way heer permitted to chose Elec-
tors. There will therefore be no appoint
ment eff Electors of President under the Con
stltution. And vet n President is but q crea-
ture of the Constitution. et Yeaf
Another glarng violation Of the Consttu-
tion has been the interference of Congress
with the suffrage question. by which several
States were deifauded Of their long establish
ed rights of voting These were stupendons
frauds, they invalidate and give no action ia the
election. So we think if the question should
ever come before the Supeme Court it would
be thus decided Whether the question Wal
ever be legally raised may depend upon eir-
cumstanees hereafter % occur. Ii may be
that Gen. Grant will be suffered to remain
unlisturhed to the end of his term, and that
a future Congress will find il necessary TO
pass "A healing act making valid the doings
under his administration. We see not the
necessity of resorting to any force, because il
is possible to decide the question peacefully
ard legally. And if .he expressions of tho
present taxation shall 90 on--if the demo6-
ton of the rights Of the white people of this
country, North and South, are continued, it
may be necessary to bring the whole subject
before the Judiciary. S&
As to the voice of the white people, IL is TO-
day in favor Of Democratic President
There are not fifty thousand whites in the
Southern country favorable to Gen. Grant
Out of some four million voters in the North
| there are not one hundred snd fifty-six thou
sand ma jority for Grant. That majority in
any fair vote of white men would be immense
! ly overcome in the South.
| We have. therefore, the CONSTITUTION and
| the numbers with us, and have been simply
defrauded out of the election of Gov Seymour
| by the most unparalleled transaction ever
known in American history. OF the States
claimed for Grant last year. negro slaves
have been allowed by the Radical Congress
to decide as follows:
Missouri carried by Negroes. 600
West Virginia, " - !" .................I. .UG0
Tennessee, 3" - ..........--....3V 81, 900
Florida, electors chosen by Negro Legislature.
Thus it will be seen that this entire cleo
| ton has been carried by fraudulent mockery
of the vital principles established at the founA
dation of the Government.- Mime Sand
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