The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1871-09-22

lures, elected by fraud or force, were
the sure and approved means. If these
were too tedious or too long, an act of
Congress or an Executive proclamation
was always at hand.
BAYoNET ELECTION Law.
/ will not go back even for few
years. The last Congress passed al
election law. 1t tprovided that In cities
Of certain size the President might APP
point inspectors and registers of elec-
ton, whose authority and acts he will
maintain by the army and navy of the
United States. Gen. Grant sought to
enforce 1t In New York, Pennsylvania,
and New Jersey, and called fOrtha an in-
dignant rebuke from the Govcrnors Of
those States.
THE KU-SLUX LAW.
The present Congress passed u Ku-
KluX bill. Do you remember its pro.
visions? Whenever the President shall
believe that in any State combination
of persons shall seek to deprive any man
of his rights, the President may taIo
Jurisdiction of the subject, and if, in his
opinion the State authorities shall seek
to deprive any man Of his rights, the
President may take jurisdiction of tho
subject, and if in his opinion the State
authorities shall be unable or unwilling
to redress the wrong, he may suspend
the writ Of hrbedS corpus, declare mar
tial law, Dust the authorities of all their
powers aud functions, shut up tho
courts, dismiss the juries, unseat the
judges, and take redress ana punishment
into his own hands.
Gentlemen, do you appreciate this
law? A month ago mob entered a
Jail in Illinois and hung one Of the pri5.
oners. The President might, under
this law, suspend the writ of habeGs
corpus in that State, and establish there
a military government. In the city of
New York a riot occurred and lives
were lost. The President might, under
this law suspend the present govern
ment in that State, and govern it by
the army of his generals.
GRANTS UsURPATIoN OF POWER.
Gen. Grant will never use these pow
er5 wrongfully, say his sycophant5.
Gentlemen, this Is the insanity of folly.
He will apply it whenever passion is to
be gratitied or elections are to be car
ricd. He has never refused 10 exercise
power. When Georgia voted against
him for President he asked authority
to suspend the State Government.
When Congress delayed, or in the end
refused it, he sent Gen. Terry to play
dictator there.
When North Carolina did not obey
his wishes, he sent a military force to
uphold Gov. Holden. When he want
| ed delegation in the next Republican
| Convention for the State of Louisian,
he directed that the Convention should
be held in the United States Court
room, and that no one should be ad-
mitted except on the authority of the
Marshal, and that file of soldiers
should maintain that authority. When
he desired to secure the annexation of
San Domingo, he did not hesitate to
take money from the Treasury in def.
ancc of law, and pay it in advance OF
the submission of the treaty to the
Senate. He did not hesitate to stipu-
late that he would Keep its existence
secret until he had, by the use of his
personal and political influence, secured
its ratification by the Senate.
When Sumner stood in his way he
did not hesitate to eject him from the
Committee on Foreign Relations. And
now, while the Senate is considering
the treaty, he secures from private per-
sons the money and pays the second in
stallment of the purchase. There is a
party in San Domingo opposed to an
nexation. 1t begins to make headway.
Thereupon Gen. Grant sends the army
and navy of the United States to pro-
tect his vendor in power. O.
THE DEMOCRACY IN POWER.
Put the Democratic party npower. 1t
has no new promises to make, no new
pledges to give. 1t will remember its
organization and history, and tradi
tions, its principles and policy as they
have been proclaimed in resolutions
and illustrated in practice. 1t will re-
form abuses it will punish corruption;
it will restore purity to legislation and
honesty to administration; it will be
just to the public creditor, and honest
to the taxpayer; it will pay the debt
in the manner and at the time promis
ed; it will forbid all usurpation of pow
er; it will maintain constitutional gov
ernment; it will obey; it will exact
from all obedience to the Constitution
it will restore selfgovernment to al
the States, and bring about an era o
harmonious union; OF real prosperity
: oftrue liberty.