The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1876-11-24

The men who found secession in
the cons titution, cannot find author
ity for the President sending troops
to Louisiana.
Now, as a matter of law, the
President can order troops where
he pleases, when he pleases, and as
he sees fit, to any part of the United
States, and at any time. A soldier
has the right to GO where he is or
dered. and nobody but the President
has any right to order Eim. Not
soldier moves anywhere but by the
order of the Commander-in-chief,
and he is the President. Every SOL
der after Sitting Bull; every one
on the Rio Grande frontier; every
one every where, is where he is by
authority of the President, and no.
body else, and could not be there
save by his authority. That is the
simple fact, and because it is simply
the law. 1t is we'll to understand
these simple facts once in a while.
The cry about usurpation and un-
constitutional exercise of power in
sending or keeping troops, is all
bosh. The only thing the President
is responsible for is the orders Civ
en- to the troops to do or not to do.
He may employ them for unlawful
purposes, and so far he is response
bic to the law, but only for SO do
ing. That he has done nothing to
influence the result OF the election
is very evident. The only place
troops were ordered to on election
day was in South Carolina, and this
upon demand of the Governor as
the constitution requires. We have
no complaint from that State of any
interference whatever, but on the
contrary both parties called for the
aid of troops TO preserve the peace,
and both got them. And the. fact
that Wade Hampton is claiming an
election shows that the troops were
there to protect both parties.
In louisiana they cannot infiu-
ence the election, for it has been
held. They are there to keep order
and protect the officers of the law
in counting the vote. The returns
are all in by this time, and q score
of leading men of all parties are
| there to see the count. 1t will be
conducted fairly according to law,
and no soldier-officer or private
will have anything more to do with
1t than the king Of the Kanakas.
What the soldiers will do, if nec-
essary, is to keep of any mob that
may attempt to interfere to prevent
the officers from doing their duty
under the law in counting up the
votes. That is all.
Now let Us look at the other side.
There have been mobs in New Or.
leans heretofore, and the State off,
GERS driven from the capital. They
are threatened now. Suppose, when
the board of canvassers meet, q mob
should break into the State house
and prevent count on the day fix
ed, or destroy the returns SO that
no count could be made. What
then2 Neither Hayes nor Tflden
would have q majority of call the
electors" What next? The House
of Representatives would have to
choose the President. And howl
By law each State has one vote. to
be cast as majority of the mem
bers from each State may direct.
What then? The Democrats have
p and the Republicans Is States in
the House.
And Tilden would be chosen. Is
any blind enough ? is anybody fool
enough not to know that there are
to-day ten thousand men in Louis
lana who could be rallied To break
up q count, when the cure result
was the election of Tilden? This
is what the howl ali means, and this
is where the " unconstitutional &C.
tion of the President hurts. de
viii see that this meb does not
throw out the vote of Louisiana.
be it for who it may. And he Is
right, in law and in patriotism both
ridden may win by the count-he
certainly would without-apd if be
wins it must be by the Law. That
is all.