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that Port Alfred and Port Elizabeth are much
nearer, and that st either Of tteso ports good
travelling accommodation il to ba ohsa.ned.
CONFLICT OF AUTHORITY.
The Mayor OF Philndcsphin and the
Unlsed state. aKaraisnf+
Below will be found tho coms,lets corTespon-
aepce on the subject Of preserving oz.ler in
philadeiphja on election dag, between Cover
nor dearr, Mayor Fox: and Marshal Gregory:
ExEcrT1rE CHaH8EK,l
HARE1SNCRG, UCt. 10, 1st0.
III. Honor .Hayo- Fox, It,!n,tiphia:
1t u iu.1olGtl thai sun Will nave tronse Ia Iour
cliy at tEe polls 1o-.i.ot.aw. Dosos app:rnehA
M e IL, sueh .
Sou nav ,eqn!Fr. Tue laws muss BE- executed,
aud the peace OF the city maintained. Answer 10
the sbOye.
tsignea) JSo. ". GKART.
EXECUTIVE CHAMBER, |
HARRISBURG, Oct. u, 1870.
To Haior General chax il. i:ssast, l01 Saata Third
.syttt, Fhtfndripkfs:
III order 10 meet any possible emergency Ie-
1lcs. hsve the necessary Gumoer Lottaei 10 be II,
Eeaulhes&
(S!suesD JSo. ". GEAKr.
lila Exeeiitnry Gorf,44or Gta.4:
DO rot aprtetenN 4,ticuIty. I expect She
taale. as beiiere, e. saca % air,ure@snts i u a. VII
meet 0nT emergency. Should trouble occur OF
ap5 scri"us character, Eh1cd do not at pTeseLt
seSafd us lkc!F, will at once apps'se you. With
tsteneal 1As1z1 N. Fox, Mayor.
OFp1cK or THE MAYOR or CIT or rn1LA,,
PHILADELPHIA, Uct- II, 1870 I
Easter. D.str;eto5 it""*yissnn: " "
tlk: hRvc been infuriastl that You have ap-
DrOntT
finals sal 10 be for the preservation Of The peace
uutshR the election htn. tu-iaF. 6f wf'ca hive
hea,ts upon the STREETS. OF this DO no: u 2te.-
cut mean % say more snan merely noics the
fact, hut o:.oth-: teatIfe has htcu Presented to
nc which could scarcely Realize until l Wit
neased It myself, 70 Wit i large bouy Of armed
u,eu ID the Unitcd States uait.lfm, vita MusAets
and hayouers liked, patadlng our streets. rpon
Iuarints, brc tight here frUm the Colteti States
uaVal statiun 1t ttls poFf upn your o :ial order
OF request, to be kepl here dueiag to-tL,a cleo
ti1n. ....-
LOOK upon this fact as serfDus outrage upon
the authorities u Pnstat'e1 1n.a. aud believe their
p sesencc 's cacaiAisa 10 provoke excitement aud
protest usainst the Introduction OF armed
men, excerpt IN due form u law, INTO the city Of
ihasse'phsa, win nny snehshjsSt as thas siaiets.
aE1 ask that you Ellt innk at Article I SectkUn i
of the Constitution of the Unt:eti States, when
reads TINS:
1.-THE United States sna!! guarantee Il e1eyy
@1A*Se
ilent, ai.d shall protect each Of men aHaiust IN
vssion, ami on application oi the Legislature, or
Of Of NJ Exccattve, when tse Ies,slasuts eau nut
l, eli, aM the eh1ef magistrate at the city Of
l'hade!pnta, charged with the presetyatlhn of
the s.hslt peace. and no man has right TO ta:es
Sene until uun,ng nJsel: nra1le to preserve She
inc COMMONWEALTH Of peunsJ lvania, upun whom
ri lhr Stale Is Inadequate, OF appealing 10 the
Of the United States tnr Feueral inter-
tcttt0n.
beg sc2ye 10 remind you, sir, that this city Is
iu state VI profound peace, aud that It's ardtnaty
0i1re force has been found fully adequate to tht:
y csc1yzs!on OF the pubic pence. And / bt.,
.urnetl from visiting the place IN which ,uu snp-
posea disorder to exist, ami on1y TO ind tha1
peacefnineEs, 9ntrtneFs. aud goA order prevailed
As Chief Magistrate Of Philadelphia. demand
the 1nstant dlsuaudmens Of tnls armed fnrte.
Respectfully, DANIEL II Foe.
Mayor Of Philadelphia
orFycE or THE MAJOR, !
Ctr or Pu1tADKLratA. Oct. IL, isil. I
Lts Ercelttncy, Hon. John ". Gearp. Goestaor IL
sln: Vim u any necessity existing for such
to xGorl pEesext for It, The city being perfectly
9uet, United States Marshal Grey ~ IN. tasea
Of rots in lie c.ty; sis force Of
F. rneS. and in1ti frretf With an election legally
h. lit unii feaccfully cGn'tnctef. anl an pF Rftle
to xlntaln The peace Of the city without aey slic
ublaN fur Interference. unI ave eulefeai tny NJ.
Icta3 protest aEattsI tha outrage. aud have sfe-
lAantletf the HMPttate t1lshasiiiuent nf these
ssoohslof tals unWa7 antatie INFRINGEMENT upon
It'll: rights u our SiAfe, al1 particularly Of ihts
CITY. deem, Il M Y to app.ts: !on
DANIEL Il. Fox, Mayor of Ph!ladclpata.
ANSWER OF MARSHAL GREGORY.
Aarehal Gregory replied to the Mayor az
Cs11xp s7A7zs MAnsIlAl.s orf1cs, {,
Oct II. ls1u.
don; nan'ti v. Fax, Mayor ef the city of fAEa-
SIN: have to scsro slc,ize the recespt OF your
tt.r of thts ,:ste, s'atius thss sou had 'ceu ia-
bsr Ut Deputy Marsnals, for the purpose OF PIE
J scts slug ei1er at the polls.
In reply shesets, I wuaEI state taas. at the
g'+ss wer 10 be Cd SEP, and ths', under the
p,oytslons OF the sixth sectt,n Of int act Of
EnErteEs. Of Jul5 II. $50. was authorized to
MAKE such appointments. The act Of Congress
'4sEcuoS 6. Aud se il 5urta., enacted. That In
anJ city haSiu2 np~ard u 70. so 1nhasttants II
States for the district wherein sad C.:y sna!l NJ
to sDpoiat a. many Special deputies as may pe
sneh r1ese'.,atises ~ % Goneress 81 es's &c to -
chorcn: ant 5aid at put+s ar. hereby authorized
70 prt se' ve r,ler af eHch rec;iopa aud to arrest
| In their y!eT.''
This morning was t.'rne.l by number CT
reliable cizepe, thai the c0!nscsl voters II the
| Third Precinct Of The Ftftn Ward were beng ex-
c,uded from the p"lis- This Was vlolati'n Of
| the act Of Cuucress Of tic 81 OF March
| last, and b.. one OF the provisions "f
rssntzauce Of the offence ani sec i, the Gu
| fu1:euett OF the law. l was further Informed
iha:.the deputies tsAt had appointed had t,eeh
! arrested BY !onr policemen, and tetnnvcd from
the vicinity OF this pEtcls ct, url itat {aur police
! II en- were present at this particular precinct IN
ytlI !a're nunlbers. and were actually engaged IN
| the exclusion Of co1ored vrte1s-
| For The purpose OF rrrsscttuR mr. deputies in
tie lAH lQi discharge Of ihelF duties In preventing
rae cQiured vofcsa frotn httaR excluded from
r1nea
did this for the preservation OF the peace snsl
a. rathr Of absolute necessity The action
which have this dag taken, was III the perform
! atce OF MY tluty nuder the law.
EesJ respectfully,
E. II. GnEopRr.
CnIte11 States Marshal