The Sweetwater enterprise. (Sweetwater, Tenn.) 1869-187?, 1870-06-09
The Pressure on the Ballot Box.

av The Courier journal thus speaks of the
aet,rocentfy passed by Congress to enforce
the fifteenth Amendment 1T says, that
"thc thirteenth section of the act,J au-
thOrizes tho President of the United
States to c~mployisuch7 part of the land
and naval forces of the United States, or
of the militia, as shall be necessary to aid
in the execution of jUdioialProeoss Issued
under the provisions of tho'Ret.y 1t is a
little,curious that the tenth section of the
same act has u similar provision authoriz-
ing the United States Marshab and their
deputies and thG!spccial marshab appoint
cd to. enforce tic law of summon and call
to their aid such portion rof the land or
naval forces of the United States, or of
the militia, as may be necessary to- the
performance of theIduty with which they
are charged, and to insure a faithful OBJ
-seryanee of the Fifteenth Amendment :
Therbiil WIS prepared with great care, and
there ~ sysryz little in it that is s%uperhuous.
The two sections referred to abovesdo not
mean the same thing, The tenth s~eetion
only authorizes the marshals to call to
their aid such Of the military ferCe ofthc
Guited States as nnay be at hand Ito aid
inthe' execution Of any particular process
that may have been issued to them but
the tenth section OPENS the door to the 10.
cation Of troops in any part ofthe country:
where it may be deemed advisable tc
dvctawe The community into, full submis.
sion 10 the Fifteenth Amendment and tho
laws enacted To carry IT Into .'opfearjpittii,oIn
Tlias Ale President, if'he thinks it ' ncccs.
.sary' may send an army into Kentucky o.
New York, and the marshals may use i
atipleasurSto AUTOMATICALLY and iImnmg
diatsy executing 4ahny profess that MAJ
be Issued, on the complaint Of any one
prompted by private malice Of party zeal
The numbefSfo G0dmhrhissionicr and mar
shals provided for will prevent any dqla,
in, issdhgt5f6 executing process, and a fey
judieibds arrests at the point Of the bayo
netgon election day. Would deter: man,
sfOmg0ingt0i tic ptolk,' ana would give
quietus t6tlat p6rsstubasiiy "a kind Of election
eering that is a part of odrr: political syss
tem?d Tt remains'to be seen whether tn
law will be impartially enforced, but W
appreAend that all the warrants issued vii
be against those. who are opposed to. tn,
party which has made such liberal pIFboSvSiiss
ion in the way of commissioners, marshal
and bayohets. The Jealous 'Republica,
who collars a colored voter and takes hin
to the polls to vote the Radical ticket, vii
be dding'the State some service as we'll a
enlightehins the negro'on the subject Q
his 'p6litieal duties but the Democra
who ihtimidates a negro by telling. hir
that the Radicals arc only making q toe
ofhin will commit d gteat crime. the cyl
example of which can only be ayerted b
the '~bayonet, and which can only be con
persisted byGhis puying' the intimidate
voterfivo hundred dollars, and by big viz
dicating the outraged majesty Of the la
by suffering incarceration and a heavy fin
and paying the commissioners and specia
marshals their full fees. This, bill, whic
sonlg waiting the signature Of the Pres
dent TO become a law is Objectionable j
many respects, bit perhaps its most Oh
pOxiOds featdfeis the prominence give
to'thc bayonet.n The presence Of an arm
is always fepugusht to'the feelings Of free
hlsny but yhenin timesOf profound peac
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