The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1876-12-25
The Only WAY.

The Only Way.
There is only one way to declare RrTu-
rRFonD b. HAYES elected President of the
United states, and that is the way of
fraud, usurpation, ana violence, the way Of
revolution.
Ii the question is conti oiled and settled
10y the one only rule which common sense
justice. anl the letter and spirit Of the
Constitution have provided and which
the unvarying practice of the Coy eminent
has followed without single exception
ever being made in any ease. then Mr.
HAYES cannot be declared elected and
cannot POSSESS either the title OF The power
of President.
That rule Is that the electoral votes
fhaN he counted by the two Houses of
Congress, assembled together. yet each re-
tanning its distinct identity. and acting 10y
its own proper organs and officers, ana
tie one House performing the same duty
aud exercising the same power as the
other.
Now, il is certain that if this rule is OBJ
served ON the present occasion, the House
of Representatives Will never consent to
count those nineteen pretended electoral
votes in favor of HAYES which result
from the frauds " the Returning Boards
in South Carolina, Louisiana, aul Florida.
Those nineteen votes the House will not
allow or tolerate. 1t will throw them out
for the reason that they do not express
the will Of the people, but only the will Of
dozen impostors AT Columbia New Or
leans and Tallahassee. that they are
nothing but falsehoOd, forgery, aud fraud.
Yet without counting these fraudu-
lent votes, HAYES cannot be declared
elected.
In view o. this very contingency. the
prctence has been set up from the first in
ccption Of the plot that it is not the two
Houses who count the votes, but only the
President Of the Senate. That officer
alone, we are told, has plenary and nbso-
lute authority in this matter. He alone
dec les every disputed case. From differ
ort sets Of electoral certificates he selects
those which are 10 be held true and valid,
and those he counts, rejecting and ignor-
Ing al others; ana thus he alone with
out regard either to the House or 10 the
other members, Of the Senate decides aud
determines and declares who is President ;
urd from his determination there is no
appeal, the House having no other part or
power III the 'I'h"hy IMAM that OF mere y
h'ih- present 10 slleAt!y WINGS tue per
4Ol"Hl'r'
S"eh l. tue programme 81 those VINO pro-
poe 10 hl'Ne HAYES fresld"nt ON the
basis of the Returning Board frauds. This
Programme they have ayowel ANA argued
Tor from the very beginning of their
t'AelHF' As i'hs a-oas the 9ih OF Novem-
per- o"'F TWO 'als "iter Inc elee,ioi' II
was DI""cHc" anu pIocIalhedi ana Whal
more Hh'"r'uh'' II j. the one sole
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ii'''" OF h"lfe7'htaliNe YES Is very great
!" OF III Tue composition OF thl' Govern
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lo'''' ana IL WI" never suhei theFresldeni
81 lne senate 10 usuip the authority Of
"c''"l"4 upon e'e''oIm ceitihcates ahi
'I'"HHR II'sd'hi ny ms own VIII ana
I'''Tuie' III "i"'I !" ''"I@e the PROJECT
'"' mouse VI representatives, must be sap
pressed
Inls can only ne dohe py iorcc' ana n
u'Is emu troops are present IN washing
ION "cil' "hANr mas maze no secret o.
Ms readiness To use them lor such pun
poe but has rather taken care TO publish
II on every OCCASION ana in various forms
OF rhIaseoIogy' That he Will do what he
threatens Il those who control him give
the signal let no man doubt. The only
qu Iou Is whether they Will give the