Wilmington journal., 1875-01-29
TERMS Of ~ fs~CRIPTEssN
..FExHD YO>E,S,, AGAIN,

The New York World. commenting
upon Grants interference at Vicks-
burg, says:
Cccsari~n2 takes no steps backward
As 1t WAS to have been anticipated
two or three days since that he would
do. tbe President hns repeated at
Vicksburg that subversion of the
safeguards of constitutional liberty
which his agents and accomplices per
petrated III New Orleans two weeks
ago last Monday.
There is said to be dispute over
the question who is the lawfully
elected Sheriff of the county in which
Vlcksburg IS. The contestants are
Flanagan (whO was yesterday in pos
session. and Crosby, who is a colored
man. Governor Ames, of Mississippi,
ttlegrnphs to the President for SOL
diers to be used the next day in the
matter of this dispute the President
telegraphs Sheridan to place the troops
at the disposition of the Governor,
ana Sheridan, of course, promptly
obeys. 1t is to be observed that the
troops can only be ordered to the aid
of Ames when called for in compliance
with the following law:
"SECTIoN s, 5,297. In case of AN insur-
rectiou IN any State dyeIiHstthe gOreIYa-
uiftd McffDt, IL shall be lawful for the
PRESIDENT, Oh application OF the Legls-
luture of such Stae, or of the EXecu-
tive when the Legislature cannot be
convened, to call forth such number
of the militia of any other State or
States which may be applied for as he
deems sufficient TO suppress such in
surTectlon +; or, on like application, to
employ for the same purposes such
part of the land or naval forces OF
the United States as he deems neees
sary.
Under this statue such "insurrec-
ton must be proven fact before
the President can move a single sol
der Undoubtedly the President mag
rely on the telegrapilic assertion Of
evidence of the needed fact But was
there really sucn ''Insurrection" III
Mississippi? Not a scintilla of eyi-
dence to that effect has been offered
TO the public and published IN this
city There is, to be sure, dispute
as to whether A OF Is is the lawful
Sheriff empowered to execute the
functions OF that Office, but no insur-
rection against the government" of |
tie State
ia order that We may not be accused
Of partisan co!orlng OF the Things !,
done by the President, we will let the |
Iintes state what occurred in Vicks- |
burg day before yesterday:
''VIcKsBUKG, Mss, January 18-i
Major Geo f. He'd, at the head OF .
a squad of FcdefaI troops, with fixed /
bayonets, acting, it IS sad, under
orders rom General Emory. to-day
entered the Sherlt1''s Office here and
fo1cibly elected She rlif A. J. Flanagan
who was III POSSESSION by yilture OF
the recent election, about the validity
cf which th,ra is Il Constitutional
question. HIS right to the office has
not, however. been questioned by any
legal proceedings. Inc military ap !
pear to nave acted upon army orders
a.Uut
Thus the President, on application
of Governor Ames by telegraph,
orders Sheridan to order Emory to
order Head, with .Heea bayon-ts, to .
decide "a constitutional question: in :
advance of application TO the courts, /
about the election of sheriff. and ex
pei by 'fxed bayonets" the Sheriff IN
possession
Do Iawabiding men in New York !
propose to endure much longer this !
daring defiance by the President of all .
law . If they do, they will deserve /
before long to teel fixed bayonets at /
their own back