Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1875-03-12
The Plot Thick ems.

The provisions of the Force bill are 80 mon
~trOuS. - liaErautiy al variance with the prin-
cipcs of AL free government and with the most
CHARACTERISTIC theories uf the American SYSTEM.
that many of u>. though we knew the desperate
character 0t the Republican majority at Wash
lnEtOn, could not believe IL possible tor the mCa-
sure Ia Isl>S either House of Congress. But W.
undCrrat"d tn" strength Of the bad elements
which are driving the party to it> ruin. The bill
has passed the House OF Representatives
Stauuch Administration men like MIR. Willard
aud Mr. Hawlcy opposed il with zeal that did
them the greatest credit. The members who are
entitled by commanding ability. fair fame. AMI
long record of patriotic St'rvis,-thOugh not, per
haps Ivy audacity and vulgar in>oIeuce-to be
iou'Srrt upon ~ the leaders of the party, stood
against II i'll solid array. But the hpmc-organ OF
the Administration cried oai, in capital letters
The passage oi this bill is required to preserv.
TO the Republican party the electoral vote of the
Southern StatrS;' Gen. Butler sat up all night
.tit the risk of his life to keep his eye on the
and the bill passed. study the record of the
votes. and you viii see that, allowing for some
few exceptions, the rc>pcctabiiitv of the Repub-
liCtn side of the IIDufe ranged itself on hand
and tine jobber>, atvcnturerS, and demagogues
on the other. Ii the bill can be pushed To II vote
in the ScnatC-which we rejoice to say is doubt
ful-it will become a law. We do not look to
the Senate To save us from any disgrace or in
justice which may be demanded to pcrpetuate
mi>rulc at the South. With this BILL and an ap-
preparation of S5000,0ll for the expenses of tie
Department of Justice in conducting the next
colnpaign by means of deputy marShal>. the way
Will bc open coerCing the electoral vote of the
southern states i'll favor of the third term: and
nothing will be wanting except Senator Morton :
amendment prohibiting the rejection of bogus
electoral ballots, without the consent of the Re
publican senate, to complete the arrangements
for lS76.
The amendment restricting the operation of
the habcaS corpus clause to four States and lim-
ting its force to about three years does not change
its mischieVous character: II only makes a little
Improvement in its outward appearance. Foral
purposes of mischief il still will he powerful e.
nough. Under it and the general policy of which
it is merely the legislative expression we NAV
expect all the mscreS of the South to be aggrt-
waited: kelloggS, SpcHcrrS, Mct'lurcS, DurcllS,
Hustceds, Caseys, Mcrrils, raGkartiS, and Pinch
backs to be established ~ prOcun>ulS in all the
conquered provinces; debts TO swell with accel-
Grated rapdty; trade to cease treasures to be-
come bankrupt; and elections to become % farce.
1t will be marvel If under the evaporation of
such treatment the very evils which the bill
Processes to provide for curing are not increased
and violence do not become chronic and nearly
universal-which is probably what many of the
adherentS of the President sincerely desire.
For the avalanche of evils which the Repuhli-
can party policy thus formally adopted threatens