, 1876-12-14
THE PRESIDENCY,


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IN -. E1,tns nneo'o1Hg.; - -. y.,....
LINCOLN rli,. ncc. 10 Va a. mot b.vo ~
talk with Trumh,,ll or Palmer -, anv NJ ,hs
brilliant Ilob+s NJ N. n.n,a.r n,.,1. | -. ,esn
ra,.t., s..s..Is 1,t s"' pA4'y w tuo A.esr =.
ucht!at question: when We hear one OF its
small lights, even smere village spoutcr, say Of
the Oregon outrage that It furnishes case 70
ouirtue Inc senate or conc,cs. to ~ harls ~
,hs nrston ~ ~ p,t,,.nIa n.y. ~ - .s W." y.
~ .esuu In -, t.4' l'esu,'4"s noa1o, t'eee1ole
the ooo1s Will DO opened by which Democrats
can do tho sauc thing Is to three Southern
States wS know Tint they have their cue from
W. nran,so s@ ~ a1s,.,s.. s att. ..,.
~ riopoeo - e.ant'no td'a qucbtion Vcry
prlefT oy tho light OF tho Constitution, assutn-
Ing that the rule known a. the twcnty-sccond
Joint rule Is not in force, Whether II Il or not.
~ kno,y thot tha Con.,,,,,,a. :. ,n ta,oa IVY
~ " n'io" .""s 1"e eone'tutlon ia IN 1oree. IL
the rue violates tho Constitution It Is nnflaty,
aud the constitution and statutes furnish
rule or rules Of action, platn. practicai, and
comnletc. no others are ~ ~ anv ma ~ wnn,cvcr' ~
Nv tho Cons,ttutior tbn prn.,don, ~ +na g.
wy Ho"n.'4s'ua VI, 'uo tee'ueus u bue oei,'
ate pteslues "hcn the ceftiicateS nro opened;
not only tbat,-he u required TO open them,
aud t!,cy arc to be counted, Dy whomf Wa
maintain that the Prcsldent ~ tho Hcn,ta 1,,.
,ho r,o,,t ~ cr,,rt t,,as, ,','. :. +. ~. ,..,s
~ ,, I. ~ soaus .''on'' W. A. = not ,ueulnoeht
OIL hln1 TO 20 80 III person; ana suppose The
counting may be delegated to two or three zen.
tlemcp appointed for that nt,rnosa nv The pre,i.
dent NJ ,he senoto Tin ,,prsan. ~ .nn,tn..a
.i.a'.,I - sss"'".s ~ eoan eo Appo,nteu
suea'u w 4neoeiS VI 'ne senate AZ leass VIC
that the House Of Representatives. should bc
fcqulreu 70 choose 2 PRESIDENT u would be
proper that no member Of that body should
5ave 5l1!ciated III counting the certificates In the
seHate.
Upon tue count IN tho SENATE "the person
naVing the Erentest Number o. votes shall be
f[esdcnt, i such number shall be majority
q Tst nc r %n9se ~ ,n! lumber o. Eeetors apponte"
ssnate tudleia!ly knows that not more than Jj9
Electors have in fact been appointed, aud
II Q greater number should be shown by papers
purport!ng to bo certificates tas there doubtless
vim In consequence Of double certificates from
four States, he must know that soma are
fraudulent.
y, The President Of the aennte 1udicia1lv knows
that Oregon Is entitled to east three Electoral
votcs, aud three only. Two certificates may be
opened from that State, ono Of which will show
that three votes hayc been vcast for Hayes aud
Wheeler, and In the other two for Hayes and
Wllrelcr and ono for Tildcn md IIcnJriclA lie
VII know thSt three q these SIX votes arc eees
TIC three cast for 1Iaycs aud Wheeler will be
q accompanied BY showing TINT the Republican
Electors received more than !, 100 votes In ex-
cess ot those given to their Democratic op
ponents. The sealed package containing the
three uaycs md Neeeler rotes may not contain
Tue ecFtlncate OF the Governor that they or nny
f,da Of them had been chosen Ee;tors By the people,
9esausc Cronin poeketcd tic evidence and re-
iascd 10 surrender II; but the package contain-
ing the other certificate will contain the Gov
ernors certltlGnte that two Of them lud been SO
chnscn. nnd mat Erouin Was the third.
Then the President OF tho Senate, with the
two certificates before him, md accompanying
papors, showing an aggregate OF SIX votes cast
Ia 0rcEon. tlree of wlIicll he knows arc ueccs-
early illegal, VIII haye no difficulty whatevor In
dec1ling &c e. ~ te question Presented without going
OaSk Ut tug retur!s. All the evidence required
viii be before him., and \ viii show Tint tho
nvssnos ss caused to bS sestaed te election Of
Sn ana 1he Fl
Mn. w'a9 WIZ. bad az not In fact been sleeted-dld not
meet m e. Win the two. ing n: two allcd the vacancy
by tue appointment OF Watts, and those three
cast anree ELECTORAL votes ior Haycs and Wheel
et. lhat was legal act, In !he DUNG OF which
a!l tho forms Of law we're complied with; Gro
nl',, refusing 70 meet tue other Two, and bcihQ