Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1876-11-29
NEAR SEVEN STAR TAVERN,
November 25. 1876.

the snow falls this Saturday evening /,
its fall can not be heard; it can be
seen and can be felt. You know
about how softly it falls /; it Is like the
smile of a magnetic wopaD, you see It.,
aud though You may be yards away
from her, you feel 1t, under your waist
coat, whom it strikes your heart, and
puts it in futter. l'il bet many a
fellows heart Is going pit a-pat tonight,
as he and his sweetheart sit at oppo-
site ends OF a tabie and talk across it.
The look aud smile Of q magnetic wo-
man can be felt as far as seen, though
they make no noise. That's my expe
rience. That was Old Andy Jackson's
experience.
You know o.d Hickory's heart silent
iy surrendered TO the smile aud pierc-
ing lock Os the grass widow that became
his wife. tie was as strong believer
in the silent power Of woman's smiles
and looks as he was believer in the
silent power of the ballots By which
we elect all our officers, and be would
about as soon have committed suicide,
or pitched Mrs. jackson out of the
window, as to insult the cne, and dis
troy the other, and this evening L was
shocked when | heard some of the
anti ackson fellows down here at the
Stars read from New York paper that
when the Congress meets next month
and the House and Senate comes to an-
nouLce the electoral vote for President,
that if it is for Hayes by ohly one or
two, the Southern men should object TO
the vote of South Carolina, Louisiana
and Florida, and if the objection is not
listened 10, the Democratic Congress-
man should withdraw from Congress,
and set up somewhere else aud declare
Tiiden elected.
That's the way they do things in
Mexico. just no later than last week,
on the 22d Of November a ra3cally
Mexican greaser, who had been in the
Supreme Court of that country, put
himself at the head of the party that
was defeated at an election a little
while ago, and went to a certain part OF
the State and set up another govern
ment, aud now they have two govern
ments in that State.
The people of this country are not
Mexican greasers BY long shot, and
they are not agoing TO have their coun-
try MexIcanized ip that way.
l tell you, boy, that if Old Andy
we're above ground he'd tell them New
Workers that the silent ballot never
conferred such rights on any set of men
who ever were elected to Congress.
" hy, that's even more than secession
of the States. That's going further
than JEFF Davis went in 1860, for you
know that then Jeff claimed that be had
the consent of his State to leave Con-
gress, and all the other Rebel leaders
waited till their States had been work
ed up TO vote that they would seceed.
Ii we could just get Old Andy to come
down here out of the good place to tell
the New Yorkers who want to commit
that treason ifor if ever treason was
preached that is treason,) that if be
had the power, that the 6rst man who
would attempt to do such a thing as
that he would serve him as be wanted
to serve calhoun when he wanted to
break up this government.
That question never vas discussed
when the c Cpngressmen were elected By
the silent ballot, and if it had been
no man who favored such a
view would have been elected.
The Constitution of the United States
tells how the electoral vote shall be
counted. This is the way. l quote
from the Constitution:
"ARr. ., SEC. 1.-The President of the
Senate shall, in the presence of the Senate
and house OF Representatives., open all r
fificafes, and the votes shall then be count
ed. The person having the greatest num-
ber of votes shall be President, il snch
number be majority of the whole number
OF electors appointed.
The Vice President shall be chosen in the
same manner.
The Constitution provides for the
OF those officers in case of a
tie vote, which You can learn by read
ing that paper.
Wouldn't my old party raise a
whoop if your party would say-if
the return certificates of Louisiana
and Florida are for Tilden and the
Senate SO declares them to be, rs it
is in duty bound to do if they so are
."We object to their count, and If
you don't listen to our objection, We
will withdraw and set up for Hayes
:" 1 say, wouldn't our
fellows raise a whoop, if your party
would declare such reasonable OBJ
jects! That would be playing the
Mexican in full. 1 tell you no Con
gressman has the right to talk that
kind of treason, and no Republican
or Democrat, who has the right kind
of feeling for his country will talk
that way, and the man who attempts
to break up the government in that
way should be hanged, be he Repub-
lican or Democrat.
The country don't send Congress
men to Congress to get up such trou-
bles, and the sooner they are told of
it by their constituents the better.
If Congressman can't help settle
d trouble, if any arise, let him resign,
which he has the right to do, and
come home, and the people will send
a man in his place, who can do bet
ter. The men who were sent to Con
gress were not sent there to set up
another government it will be time
for them to think of it once their
masters, the people,. tell them to do
SO. The people make Congress, and
that body must not attempt to get
above its creator it must not at
tempt revolution without the con-
sent of the people. The people are