Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1876-11-26

Ais statements submitted number of telegrsms and
letters from the parties purchasing arms ana aminu
lltou from his house. 50 uncertain are Democratic
.lgdgaS and promises TO pay n the south. that In
lng all orders the dealers In this city require ready
ca aSh or its equivalent consequently the arms ana
ammunition ordered has generally been m small
quantities. bat these orders have steadily rolled
T., for over three months, II does not require the
,EiU OF the World aTithnetician 10 prove That the
..chvalry Of the solid south IS pretty we'll supplied
with the means to terrfy the colOTed people and
r.agra3ble white Republicans, many OF whom have
no, the means WhCreWlth to purchase arms and
ammunition OF the inclination TO fight
THE IuauguratiOn-Mhi King. Benz
New YORK World democratic
Much Of the speaking and writing about the posi-
bic result Of an unjust and Illegal return made by
the New Orleans board, appears 10 proceed on the
idea that what We are In the habit Of calling 1.-The
inauguration of the President VIII necessarily be
4 turning point in the legal relations OF the situation
ON that theory II may be- an army Is to be cOnceT
tmteJ in and about Washington movement which
Is well enough. ard proper CROUCH, perhaps Il the
authorities have good reason 20 think violence Is
meGl-gtei b. the Radicals, any one else. But Of
what legal Consequence are tie pomp and ceremony
o! what We call inauguration day? II candidate
IS lawfully declared be elected all that Is needed
70 make him President Is that he take the oath OF
Office prescribed by the constitution, and that oath
can be taken before airy magiStrGt competent unusf
Federal aW TO administer Oaths. 1--we mistake not |
the oath Of yieePresIdent King was administered to
him In Cuba. The oath has heretofore been taken |
By the President before the chief justice but there Is
no efficacy I'm him In such matters, above any Otnef
Federal magistrate, nor is there any special virtue
in the capitol the place. II IS not necessary that
either Tilden OF Hayes be In Washington when the
competent authority declares either OF them duly (
elected to be President. and according TO the legal
ideas Oi the lFessut administration, II Is not re !
required that either be in Washington TO execute the
Office of President. President Grant issued his i'm
p0rtint orders Of the tenth Instant to the army from
PhiladelphIa Occupation Of the White House is, !
those ideas, not vital to valid acts by the Presl-
dent The result of fOOt-race for the eClhceS can,
therefore be thrown out Of the calculation. Nor do
We believe there Is TO be unSeemly row between
the house and the senate If It shall be found that
diSaorap Xaud do not think they Z
Will disagree when all the facts are assembled !
over the rights Of the votes OF any State to he count
member OF either body objects to counting any |
State we that the SenateI will, with dignity
retire, if the hall of the house be the place OF mes
ii6erate, and itself to deliberate there
on, with propriety and decorum. If, on
reassemhng both houses agree to reject the State,
does any enc suppose that the president Of the SEN
ate will persist In counting 1t? II the two houses
disagree, will the president OF one body any the
cdeS to exclude and the senate to include, the con-
tested State If the president OF the senate never
theess counts II and declares Governor Hayes to be
President; and If the house, on the other hand, de
ciares that no candidate had majority OF all the
electors appointed" and then elects Governor III
den to De President ana so declares ana SO INFORMS
him? Then We have the spectacle OF two PTes- |
dents both claiming to be legally elected both tax
ing the oath of Office before competent magistrate,
and the house uphOding Tilden and the senate
recognizing only Hayes On neither theory can
Grant be i Office after the fourth OF March, to COM
before his term expires convene the next congress
to meet on the fifth of March, 1877, but the two
houses of that congress would probably differ just as
the two houses of the present congress differ Now
there is not necessarily any riot or tumut or rey0lu
ton in Washington over this condition OF two
Presidents All executive officers, including army
and navy officers, would, TO be sure, need TO
decide each for himself, which Of the two he would
obev The senate and house. of course, would not
;lgree about legislation. Neither President would
venture TO take, order to be tdken any money out
Of the treasury without an appropriation therefor by
Tba
endure til the first Of next July, and then neither
President would have public funds to pay any official,
civil or military The people OF the United States
ought 10 be able ana able to look all the conn
Scies calmly in the face because they ought to be
and are capable OF self-soyemment They are not
children or hysteTicdl persons from whom state
ment of possible peril is to be withheld. On the
contrary, it Is for the public good that while the
general temper Is so amable and healthtul the pe0
ple get a clear and comprehensive view Of what may
hapDen ii the president of the senate persists In
counting State which at least one house of con-
gTess and which great majority Of candid persons
may think it Is wrong. Illegal ard fraudulent TO
count. The collecting of troops in Washington, OF
the Tumor of such collecting cOmpelS the country
TO put on It's thinking capt!
TiIde;,s Revolutionary Threat.
New York Times tcontidential organ of Grants adj
miniStTdtiOnll
From generalites Mr. Tiden is advancing TO par
tIcularS Vague threatening has lost its terrorS. He
finds thai he cannot buy the votes of Louisiana or
Florida: The band of Adventures whom he DIS
patched 10 manipulate returns are too closely watched
TO have chance OF success Inc prize iOr winch ne
has squandeTed money, and worked and Intrigued
increasingly, slips from his grasp ut the moment he
thought it safe. The trial Is too much for him.
Since ne can't be the genuine President he proposes
once more TO play the part OF President, which he
commenced, but did not finiSh In GrameTcy park on
the night of the eighth of November. His opponent
having obtained the electoral majority, he proposes
to employ the results OF his anxious study In being
made the President of the minority. Mexico has had
its rival Presidents; why net the United states?
Hayes will be President by the will Ofthe people and
the forms OF the law; Tilden intends TO
difference is material. But Tiden would rather be
Presidential pTeendeT than no President at alt aud
anarchy in order that his army of retaineIs may
profit II the seTanhe Il i.i'ssheT seliin9 We give
copy it from the World which gave 1t all possible
prominence. The substance OF ii is this Unless the
senate agree to the demand of the house for the eX-
clusOn from the count OF the votes OF Louisiana or
Florida the latter body will refuse TO concur. The
president of the senate will go with the count, the
senate approving, and Will declare HAYES elected
The house. acting on its account, will elect TIL
den. At the proper tlme Hayes will be inaugurdted
with the usual tOrmalitieS, and viii take possession
of the White House. Tilden VIII take the oath OF
Office in the back paTlOr of his Gramercy park man
SlOn before magistrate competent under Federal
law TO administer OathS, and VIII ut once Issue his
prOnuncamentO, OF which, after two weeks cog1-
tatiOn, he has already written the opening para
graph. The country will then have two congresses
and two Presidents. "All executive officers, In
cluding army and navy officers" will, according TO
Mr.. Tllden and the World decide each for HIM
self which OF the two shall have his allegiance
There will be no legislation. The appropriations
will, in due course, run out The treasury Will be
bankrupt. What next? Mr. Tilden w1thhOlds the
answer. There can be but one At this stage the
country would be deep in civil war. Such is the pro-
gramme laid down for the guidance OF the Demo
cratic party in behalf OF It's defeated candidate Tor
the Presidency The first reflection it suggests Is,
that the programme would be more dangerous In
the hands of almost any other man than Mr. Tilden
He is Il coward He has not the courage OF his con-
yictOns Le9ch depicted Lord John RUSSELL as a
little bog, chdlking mo POpey" on a wall and run
ming away. Mast may find text for a cartoon
In n n
surrectiOn, and lodging into closet frightened at
the sound of his own voice He has never vet dared
to risk his oTn neck and ne is not likely to muster
the requisite now. His tactics not the less
Infamous because Others Will be left TO pay the pen
aItIeS ana tncQsh We are persuaded that MS umid-
lty Will restrain MN from any eot 10 execute the
revolutionary plot foFeShadORed by the World, the
fact remains that its PRONUNCIATION must tend TO in
cite Democratic rufiaIlS to mischief and to deepen
the distrust which already exists. The habit of !
familiarZing the mob with Ideas of resistance to
lawfully constituted authority is of itself most dan
gerOuS II is the first specific attempt TO MeXcanZe
our politics, and comes, consistently enough, from
the defeated candidate who has done his utmost to
degrade the Office he Is too eager to clutch.
what TiIden and Hendricks Say.
NEW YORK, November 26.-The T,ib1lte says In
his interview with Governor Tilden last evening
Governor Hendricks said that public sentiment in
the western States In regard to the election was so
strong that he was impelled to come east to ascer
tain the condition of the public feeling here. He
pressed his admiration at the conduct OF the south
era Democrats who without the least manifestation
of turbulence, had appealed everywhere TO the
courts ana Was Eldu, DOtn Ill Tie MCSl ana on nS
Journey hitherWard, to notice the disposition of all
parties to have matters amicably and lawfully set
tied. He felt that their cause WIS Just and would
ultimately triumph by the will Of the American peO
pie. Governor Tiden fully cOncurTed with all of
Governor HendTickS'S remarks, and there appeared
to be perfect accord OF Ideas in regard TO the queS
tlons of the hour while there seemed to be lack of
confidence in the dolngS OF the returning boards IN
the south. No disposition was manifest on the paIt
of Governor Tilden or Governor Hendricks to enter
upon Il decided plan Of action.
The Military in Washington.
New York SUM-
Grant, Sherman, Cameron and Robson s'outly
deny that any troops ships Of war are to be con
centrated at or about Washington. Nevertheless,
they about doing what they deny. To pacliy the
people, they blaHdy respond to all inquiries, fray,
why do we want troops or ships OF war heTe?' Nhsh
the conspiracy was organized to count Hayes ~ as
President By changing the returns In south Carohd'
Florida and Louisiana, did not the cOsplrdI0rS con-
centrate troops at Columbia. Tallahassee ana New
Orleans? And as they are now about TO c0nSummate
their crime, why should they not think prudent 10
have troops and men-Oi-war at Washington during the
process, and before? Two weeks hence the house OF
representatives assemblies in Washington. In tndl
house the Democrats have majority of seventy, and
viii they not be likely to appoint committees 10 report
upon the frauds whereby HAYES Is counted In And
may not the house even propose to go TO the eXtehto1
impeachin1 the leaders in this plot TO tnWdrt tlS
verdict OF the b1Ot-bOXeS such as Grant, Cameron,
Chandler and Taft? And will those gentlemen mol
feel happier with the army there to OyeTaWa the re-
frdctOry house? II is only about ten weeks before
the false certificates from the three fraudulent
States covering their nineteen stolen votes, Will be
opened in the presence of both houses of congress.
When, at that critical moment, the cOnsplrdtOTS
finally count Hayes In and declare him elected Pres
idsnt why should they not deem ii advisable TO Rave
Il few men-Ot war in the eastern branch OF the POtO
mae, and to surround the capital with bayOnetS, Sa-
berS and cannon, and picket its portals halls and
obedience 10 the powers that pay, feed and clOthe
them? And when at las! these desperate deIna-