The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1875-02-15


vaes ior It's own amenc ment and minuiey defines
the manner III winch IL may ne done, but IL does
constitution OF New York had similar provisions.
anu "uen ID lolo IL was proposed % call conven-
tio Tue distinguished Chancellor Kent In reply 10
"a let er from tne Hon. q. Comstnck, Chairman OF
the select committee o. the General Assembly on
CONSTITUTIONAL Amendments ASKING ms opinion
as 10 whether the Legislature, under the existing
laws, nad power 10 call "A Convention. alswe ed
III letter written on March II, ls45. that IT dld
not nave that power. Ine weight of lega. authof-
ties IN the country Is On tais o! the
question. The DOUBT rs 70 the Legality OF tue
Legislature Is caused by local state laws. The
first 81 these is tue Registration law. has pro-
Vldes Tor BIENNIAL registration OF the Voer-, 10
commence IN 1865 ana To ne held siXty days before
each general election. thereafter registrars are
appointed os the Governor ana hold office Ior TWO
years. Ihey appoint the judges ana clergs OF
election, VINO also hVu ONCE Tor Two years ana are
the only persons empowered 10 mold elections. A
general registration was held IN 1872, according
10 law, by regist, ars appointed by Governor Had
ley. Previous TO the special election III 1878 Bax-
ter removed all the registrars ana appointed new
ones. VINO maze IL complete registration and re-
moved tue Judges oi election, appointing others:
IL Is also doubtful whether tue ineie appointment
Of members o. me assembly Assembly 10 ou 1,aer
ICES the Executive to order new eiec-
tlons. 1t Is customary IN legislative bodies
That The Executive Can only know oil q vacancy
through the body which 1t occurs. Such mas
been the custom mere RON Time lmmemorial. ana.
II not positive enactment. has been recognized
AS having Inc force OF law. These laws ana Gus
toms render 1t doubtful whether any validity
attaches To the act calling me CONSTITUTIONAL Ion.
yentlon. me vote III favor VI
CALLING THE CONVENTION
was very large the returns showing eighty thou
sand Tor and eight thousand against convention.
Most OF the delegates We're democrats, anu uniot-
funately some OF tuem--the rullug ones IN lact-
We're FOSSILS, belonging 10 the paeozolc age;
nummles dug UP from the rubbish OF the past,
VINO were as insensioie 10 the progress OF tme
US the Sewn SleeperS or the enchanteu maiden
IN Castle OF ST. John. Tney rubbed
tue dust ana ashes from their eyes and looked
back into the dim ages vi the past IN which they
had once lived i0r the models by which TO form
their conclusions they forgot that the country
has passed through century oi events In tie past
fourteen years, ana only remembered 1t as II was
wueu they Dua moved III politics. state SOver-
ever Oner ed oblllons, and to IL they again bowed
down. Most o. the Changes thus made III the coh-
stltuLlon dd not better IL; rev dld, ana some
were Calculated TO 40 almost rreparaole damage.
They inisued ineir laDors aud ordereu an election.
For The Reasons have given above, ana perhaps
others, the Republican State Convention deter
mined not to take any part IN the election, and
adopted u resolution 10 That eject. lhe relative
strength OF the whites aud blacks aud OF the
dem Gratis ana republicans is easily attainabe Oy
THE CENSUS TABLES.
An examination or rnese tAoie5 VIII snow all
over the southern states that wnete the black
race predominates largely the voting population
Is one voter to Jour III IaDitauts anu where the
whites largely Iii the ascendancy the
proportion Is voter TO i've lnhapltauts. BY
taking the populatiOn OF couuties rom table two,
ana number OF men OF voting age from Table
twenty.lOur, this can be easily verified. me
reason Ior this larger rate CT Young males among
the negroes Is that they 40 not take the necessary
care OF tneIr children since they became Tree, and
III Consequence the children de In great num-
bers Anot0er reason Is that the women
40 not Lear children as they dld In slavery. The
fact stands proved ny The records OF The census,
whatever the causes. There were $4,000 negroes
IN the state IN 1o70. THIS would give 500 negro
voters Three hundred ana siXty.two thousand
whites would give. at to i've, ~, 600 voters,
aud TINS nearly corresponds vita the numOer OF
males OF voting age, as SHOWN by table - Tue
,ras nguress Tor % od snas year were tn,nE 81
have certainly Increased largely by immigration
the whites nave not done SO, as the immigration
a hAun mar
pensated for the emigration. Tne voters now
numoer 10000; OF these 10000 are negroes
vote poIed IN 1872 proves t1as tuere
are 10000 white republicans Ia the state, making
punlicaDsJ 6v,oOO ana the oemScralic vote 10000.
Political statistics prove mat very large vote Is
pooled wneu EIGHT votes are polied 20 every ten
voters. In TINS the republicans have the advan.
tage, lor the negroes axe great delight IN vor.
tng, aud never MISS an opportunity, ~ that
beiieve the republicans can, alter good canvass,
poll as OvO votes, wnlle the democrats would NOT
ger over So 900. The TACT that large numbers or
republicans did not vote Tor or against the ad0p.
tl0n OF the CONSTITUTION. and that los, 00o votes
were returned US cast ID voting population OF
not over 10000, puts suspicion Of fraud on the
returns that would reqare pretty direct poor
10 remove. lie republicans ran no Candidates Tor
state onicers ner state Convention decia rin tue
whole proceedings In calling the Convention anu
ItR actiUn ''Ievolutionary, null and vold." In u
lew counties the republicans ran aud elected
county officers ana members oil the General As.
semuly. No Que III the North understands how
far political feeling Is carried here. In the ante
Class too, VINO made politics stuoy. These were
the men removed IRON the necessity OF uaily labor
bv the ownership VI u lew negroes. Almost daily
they cong regated ia the nearest village or at the
cross roaos' store and discussed politics. On Sat.
urdays ney were largely reinforced ny the Wen
WAC owned no negroes or pat Que two aud
we're IN the habit OIL working on the other
days oil the week. The county papers and an occa-
siOnal paper nom the state capital or abroad fur.
nlsled the text, and rom years end TO years end
politics was the theme OF discussion. hundreds
VI brawls originated IN this way, during the
Presidential canvasses, when patty feeling rau
high, many lie was sacrinced and many ieud
Origlna whlcn in alter years bore bloody fruit.
THE INTENSE PATTY FEELING
OF that time has Deen tenIold increased BY the re
suits OF the war. II cannot pe denied that the
Southern people generally. more particularly the
class OF wnicn have spoken hate the govern
men which Expresses tdein, and the republicans
true, de gene al rule, that republican officials In
the .outh nave done nothing 10 maze themselves
country, and II Is also true that thousands OF
Northern men anu Union soidlers, VINO
quietly In the country, have been driven Into
the republican party by the spirit OF il-concealed
hatred upon Inc part Vi southern people Tor
Northern men. Ia Arkansas TINS has been notably
true, almost ali the present leaders or the Ie-
publican parry were democrats before they came
mere ana were forced Nv tns antagoDsm to the
Union INTO the republican party. Tnis hatred Of
republicans here Is Intense ana PERSONAL extend
Inx even to the families OF tnose taxing any part
IN politics. IL may not be amiss to SPEAK OF the
personnel OF tae leaders U! tue democratic parry
WAC have come to the front IN consequence VI the
present condition oi affairs.
GOVERNOR A. Ii. GARLAND
Is Q tall and rather portly gentleman. OF command.
ing appearance, q native OF NUr.h Carolina, out
resident In the state since boyhood. lie Is a law
yer by profession, ana, as sucn, stands at the head
VI the procession. Before the war ne WAS a " big,
and IN 1861 was lected delegate 70 the Secession
Cow en- ton rom tnls county as Union man. 1he
Union men mad majority IN the Convention, and
IL was not until Garland, the recOguIZed leader or
the party, went over taat the STATE seeded. AS
reward Tor nls change Of trout re was sent TO
the Confederate states senate, wnere he acquired
some reputation. since the waf he mas been
steadily WORKING ior y seat Ia The United States
Senate, and WAL probably be Clay tons successor
should the present government stand. he Is
man OF unquest!Oued aUlAty.
DIR. b.. b. beavers SECRETARY OF STATE.
IL "tO fortune ana to lame unkn0wnn and Will
probap ply continue so, as ne mas nothing about MIN
to render MIN great or notorious, tue only reason
Tor his present elevation oeins tlat ne was resi-
dent q. "a county aiAlVst UNANIMOUSLY democratic
ana ~ an exceedingly clever Iellow. lie was a
member oil tae General Assembly that called the
Convention. In person nc Is Small ana IA Abous
thirty years old
GENERAL 7. j. CHcRc GILL. STATE TREASURER,
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