New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1876-12-13

l II Il80C 70 aQW1C V1VQuloot HOJ00, ana y
capable Of installing s'their candidate"
they can find enough fraudulent votes I.
| But this maiienity is not limited to tha
Republican Departments of the govern
ment. With . party hatred Of. which
years has not absted the venom, Attorney
Black charges the Wing party with hav
ing perpetfated . fraud similar to tina,
now imputed to the Republicans in CASE
! alleged to be precisely analogous" to the
Louisiana returns. He says:
Once upon time the majority in the
the election Of members In New Jersey.
The Democrats were chosen, but the Wing
Governor Of the State, tempted by the op.
porrunity which he thought he had OF
making hold stroke for his party, dishon-
esty certified The election of The minority can.
diddtes, and commissioned them under the
broad seal. Tho commission, if it had any
force ct al, Wa conclusive evidence Of their
right to cit . members until they were I'M
Bat Il vas tra,Idulsat, aud therefore cold
altogether. 1t was not allowed 70 prevail
for moment. t... -..
There is point in this professional
argument which should attract the aften-
ton Of all conservative minds. 1t 10 true
that Mr.. Black, Is attorney for s. ]. Til
den, Esq, addresses himself solely to the
case of Louisiana. He assumes that this
hiss been the only State in which the po-
litical crimes assumed by him have been
committed, and solemnly warns the peo-
pie Of the United States that
/, II. this be submitted to without opposi
ton, ed - wrong for which there 10 no
leRa remedy, it 10 not 'probsble We will
ever have an honest election sgsin. 81 - re-
Ana he concludes his. Argument hy
claiming that the House of RspresenR-
tves can. without any additional law,
and under the twentyssecond joint rnls,
declare the result 81 the Presidential
7T7iss 1f88e - q ~ . sssfFsnc.f . - : :
election: g aya.s r0- r. e. -, s,-
81 .ThGU IL joint rule Of the two houses
~ which they have mutu ely bound thems
selves, that- neither HOuse ebsll couut q
vote for President or Vice Presideut IF The
this rule 10 In force a. not naleeo no prac.
teal diAsrssce IN the preseus saso q sAo,
Questien betWeeus3ildoa aud Hayes. TIE
refusal = the House "a count the ffaadu-'
lent voto0, e = does not prevail under the
rue, must b made equally ffsctual under
the naked csnstitut3On. g,.:- aa-sf d.
We do not object to any attorney at
law, voluntary, OF retained Of counsel, as
sorting anything he may choose against
the character Of his opponent But We
do protest against an attorney placing his
personal o. professional construction
upon the moral purposes Of his oppo-
nent. and thereupon advising his client
to Iesist the law which denies his claims.
Mr.. Attorney Black undoubtedly recon-
mends q revolutionary remedy-one
which, if carried into overt effect, would
place the members Of the House OF Rep
resentstives in technical and practical
rebellion against the Federal government.
We have even . more serious ground of
warning to our fellow-citizens. This
attorney may as we'll soy the same things
against the validity Of the electoralreturns
from Pennsylvania. he has chosen to place
upon the State Of Louisiana and upon the
the Democratic members Of Congress
the responsible burden Of resisting the
election Of Republican President Why
does be not make that issue upon the re-
turns Of his own State-Pennsylvania?
Like any other attorney he Directs an
issue upon the title of least Consequence
% tho claimant. Poor Louisiana, the
vfcin Of nmocratic Northern intrigue
,ves sincethe vat, y to be again the field
lpon which the adsice Of Attorney Black
9 to b tested. This non-combatant in
'ctual war thinks q revolutionary remedy I
hould be tested like q legal principle, by |
'ttozuey. The Southern States now re-
presented in Congress ore, upon his adj |
ice, to maks'answ tie test OF party az
endency. The trade Of New Orleans may |
'e suspended by a gun ship. The right
+ the Southern States to iun represents!
ion may be put in jeopardy, while those
+ Pennsylvania and her sister States will
70 rateably increased by any change in
he ratio Of Southern representation. Do
ct our fellow -citizens see that Louisiana
nd the Southern States are TO be made
be- paw of the cat in this casea Do mot
ar merchants observe that, they are thus
lade to defeat Western man, with a
ostlry estern policy, and give the control
the,vhole Western trade to, the two J.
raas Eastern centres Of capital, Of cons
Ieree, and Of manufacturess : Ill., IT, e
We would, therefore, advise prudence !
ID patience. 1fMr. Attorney Black, with |
,e States rights Democracy Of Pennsyl-
mia and New Yoff, wish revolutionary
'sistance to aske will Of the people, ex-
Fessed against their wishss let them I
augurate the next reb elton Themselves. 81
o not let them again encourage the r
'uthern States into revolution, and then
ke the contracts for Cannon. shot
ID shell, - .Philadslphis did, to the .
mount Of ffty million dollars, and
en- let Pepnsylvanis Democsstclaim
be elected President as the Phila-
lphia State, rights Democrat Nc
elhn did for his superior fidelity
the, Onion: The Holy Word says.
Voc unto ye,6 lavyers!' We would
add, "Woe unto, those who 60