The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1876-11-30
lVH VOO H7Fy
Talking Rebellion.

Gentlemen who talk lightly, therefore,
of having the Vice President or the SEN
ate receive and count the vote of Louis
lana against the objection of the House,
or of choosing some energetic man Presi-
dent of the Senate that they may have a
forcibe officer to lead the republican
party after the 4th of March, orof an in
terregnum in which Gen .'Garnt shall hold
over, talk rebellion. TheHouse of Repre-
sentatives will not refuse to attend the
counting the of electoral vote. twill per-
nit the counting of every vote which it
may judge lawful to be counted and no
vote can be lawfully counted without it's
concurrence or against its judgment and
direction. WhOmever, by the vote 80
counted, shall appear TO have the major
ity of all the electors appointed will be
President, and will be accepted by the
Democratic party as such and whomey.
or, if no President be 30 chosen, the pop
ular branch of the Government shall
then, in due form, choose to be Presi-
dent, will be SO accepted by them; and it
will he those who may sec fit to resist
the Executive, thus lawfully elected, who
will be defying the law.
And even if there has been an omis-
sion in the Constitution, 30 that, strictly,
no one may be elected according to its
provisions, what could be 80 in accord
with the spirit o' our Government as to
agree upon an Executive; chosen by the
House of representatives., acting by
States7 That is by men elected directly
by the people, as the people are. and &C.
ting by States, as the electors do. 1t was
to the House that The Constitution COM
mitted the election ofa President in the
only contingency of failure to choose by
electors then forseen. Had the Conven-
tion foorseen the contingency now as.
sumed by some it would, of course have
committed the election in such contin-
gency also to the House of Representa-
tives.
Conform to the Spirit Of the Constitution.
Why, then, should not this great peo-
Pile forbear strife, and course which, if
no course be provided for by the Consti-
tuition, would accord most nearly with
tho spirit of the Constitution The more
as the result thus reached would conform
TO the wish of the great body of the peo.
pie, as just expressed.
And here let me add that to talk of
Senate, in which majority of the Sena-
tors represented less than one-fourth of
The people, whore power to choose Pres
ident is by the Constitution confined,
first to the failure of the electors to select
one, and next, to the failure of the House
Of Representatives to choose one by the
ith of March following-setting up as
their presiding officer military dictator
10 take possession of the government,
against the President regularly chosen
by the House of Representatives and !
backed by an enormous popular MAORI
y. seems to me, even in view of Frank |
Bair's famous prophecy, idle.
Doubtless the supremacy exercised by |
he Federal authority of late years, and |
III" desire of property owners for order,
even at the price of constitutional libel
". has produced pretty general belief
roops Gao do ANYTHING. But the ques.
ion is not what federal troops can do,
)ut who is it that is entitled to be their
and head-a wholly differ |
mt question; aid, upon thai question, l |
10 not believe The people will be found |
10 anxious 20 sustain fraud to keep the |
in power, or so unwilling to |
their constitutional rights as is |
Truly your obedient servant,
CLARK|oN N. POTTER.
No. 81 Wall street Nov. 81, 1876.