The Tiffin tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1868-1887, 1876-09-14
PROTECTING rHE BABEOr-BOx.
Instructions 70 United states Mar
sBSlS.
TIE sEcRETARY's CIRCULAR.

THE SECRETARY's CIRCULAR.
/ WASHINGTON, September A-Th,
following are the instructions frOu
the Attorney GrHeraI % tbe UBitet
States aIarsnSls regarding the com
iug electiuus-- A copy VIII be sent {,
each United States marshal through
cut tie untTy:
SIR Tine taHs Of the United State.
having made it my duty 10 exercise
general direction over nizrshals as to
the manner OF diseiiarging their Of
hers, / have prepared tor their use
I this ciTeiIiar letter 0f instsueIious a.
10 tue coming elscti0ns, intending
/ tie same alsO AS rapIy, once
IuT ali, u the uumerOns applIcatIons
IN Ike UoiItieeti,h frvIn private eitI-
I zel's in VaIt aus States.
/ In the present cnndItiSn Of legisla-
tiun the United States Oeeapy = pO-
sitiOn toward voters and voting
which VARIES according ~ the eIse-
tioH - fOr Stats and ulhs.F local Of
iioeTs only, ear for members OF Con-
/ gress and Presidential electors. In
! elections at which members OF the
House Of Representatives are chosen.
which by law include elections AT
which electors for President and V,ee
President are appointed, ths, United
Staies srcfire voters against Whatever
ln general hiilders OT preyents them
fTnm Tie full exercise of the elective.
ifShchise, eXtEnding that care alike
tr registration Lists, the act Of voting
and the personal frecslom ifseeurity
uf voters, as we'll as against vhiIsncr
on acculiht OF any VOTE lie may Intend
to give. or against conspiracy because
nf any that he may already nave
given
Tue p>aee 81 the United States.
therefore, which you are to preserve,
and Rhuse violation you Ere to sup
press, protects among others the
rights Specified in the last paragraplE,
and any person who by force Violates
those rights breaks biat peace, and
renders u your duty tu srrrst him and
To suppress any riots iIciIieat thereto,
or that threaten tlre Integrity Of regis
tTatiun or election, t0 tile end that
the will ot the people in such election
may bs asceTlained aud take ELECT,
arSi that offenders may be brought he
fore tile courts for punishment.
The nuIOriOus events iu the several
States which recently, and in an un-
usual manner have been publicly rep
rObstUd, render u the grave duly II
all maIslials who have cause tn aDpre-
hend "A violation OF the peace OF the
United States, connected, as above,
with elections 70 be held uP0n the
Tuesday after the first Monday iu
NOVem ber next, To be prepared tO
preserve and 10 restore such peace
As chief executive officer OF the
United States in yOur district, you
will he held responsible for all breach
es of peace Of the United States
which diligence ON your part Iaight
have prevented, anu for the arrest
and securing OF all persons who viO-
late that peace In any OF the points
above enumerated.
Diligence in these matters re-
quires, Of course, that you be and eOn-
tInue present. in person or by depdty,
at All places of registration or election
ut which you have reason to suspect
that peace is threatened, and that
whenever an embodiment OF the posse
cOmItatns Is required TO enforce the
law, such embodiment Is effected.
You will observe that ths special dep
titles mentioned in section 2,O2I of
thu Revised statutes havs peculiar do
Ties assigned To them, duties which
otherwise do not belong To deputy
mATshals. Such special deputies can
be appointed only in cities Of twenty
Thousand Inhabitants or upwards, bat
the DUTIES assigned To nIArshals aud
their deputies by Section 2.022 or
other like statutes, DslOug To all duly
appointed deputies, Whsthsr they be
general or be special, within tile
meaning of that and the preceding
section. Deputies tO discharge this
latter class OF duties may be appoint
ed 10 any number whatever, Accord
ing TO the discretion Of tbS- marshal,
I'm All STATES IN -s.aTrcn Sherlffs have
sImTTAr power Section :. .030 has no
practical bearing upon this point in
States where NO limit 10 imposed up
ON the appointment of dsputieso By'
sheritIs, because In sIeh States the
laws OF the United states, prior to the
10th OF June, lS72, left nIarshAls also
unlimited as To the number OF their
deputies. ll ---sal4iis % fsr4s..rr
In dlsehETgIng the, duties above
mentioned, you will, doubtless. re-
eeive the eountenance ami support Of
all good citizens Of tile Unitsd States
in your respective districts, 1t is not
Necessary 70 say that It Is upon such
cOuntenance and support that the
United States mainly rely IN Their
endeevOr to enforce the right to vote
which they have given or have re
cured. The present instructions are
intended only To eOunLeract that par
tial malice, wrong headedness or In
consideration which sometimes
tFiumphs at critical moments over
the conservative and, in general, pre-
vailing forces OF society, Aad tO when
the present and passing cOnditiOn Of
the country gives mOre Than Or,ii-
nary strength, and therefore requires
the government b particularly OBJ
serve and provide against - E
In this cOnneetiOn aslyise that ynIl
and each Of your deputies. gsRarai
and special, have a right tO snmmaa
To your assistance, in preventing and
quelling disorder, every person ia tina
district above fifteen years OF age,
Whatever may be their occupations,
whether civilians or not, aud iBeln-
ding the military % ali denominations
militia, soldiers, hlarines, all OF whom
are alike bOunsf t0 obey y0u. The
fact that they are organized a. a mill
tary body, whether ot the State or
United States, Under tie immesiiate
command nf their own DlfieeFs, does
not in sRy Wiss1 Change fhslr legal
character they are. still tlIe posse