The New York herald., 1876-11-22

be chosen President hc will 10 chosen absolutely In
strciest compliance with all the provisions and forms
ot law and VIII he absolutely aud lawfully President
as any man ever was So. too, if thc Hossc shoua
choose Mr. Tildcn
Tho constitution has provided for no person body
20 notify the House that there has election tor
President BY the electors, by deciding whether 10
make or withhold such notification. 10 judge OF that
fact but has left ths House solo judge Of the happen
ing OF the contingency calling for its action A. one
Of the counters OF the electoral vote the House
must necessarily know whether has resulted
u choIce, and SO knowing does not require notifies
zion OF the fact Accordingly had the constitution
provided for notification TO the House, IL would have
been 10 make ITS action IN that respect dependent
on sotno other judgment OF the happening OF that
contingency than It's But Instead u leaves
the House 10 act upon It's knowledge, independents
Of the action Of other body person. and Directs
the House ~ that contingency OF which II necessarily
has Knowledge, and 10 itself TO DO tho Judge, TO pro-
coed TO choose President
And 10 whom could tho question Of whether tho
power was TO bc exercised be properly committed
NJ TO the body which the power 10 that
great popular branch of the government which spe
ciay represents the people, amt whose members OF all
those connected with the federal are alone
Having then, tho ordinary aud usual authority OF
every superior body, Invested with ths exercise
itself tho occasion when II may DO law.
July exercised, and having. therefore, the
authority TO deendc Tor itself whether President
nus been chosen by the electors not and II not to
then itself choose tho President, who lawfully
dispute tho authority Of tho President whom tho
House OF Representatives may thus choose?
TALKING REnxLLroS
Gentlemen who talk lightly, therefore, Of having the
Vice President tho Senate receive and count the
voto Of Louisiana against the objection Of tho House.
or of choosng some energetic man President oi the
senate that they mag have iorcibic oinccr TO lead
the republican party after the ath Of March. or Of
an interregnum In which General Grant shall hold
over, talk rebellion. Tho House or representatives
VOTE II will perms the counting OF every vote which
may Judge lawful 10 be counted; and no
vote can Be lawfully counted without is con.
lion. Whomevos, BY tho vote SO counted, shall
Tappcar 10 havc the majority Of all the electors
appointed will be President aud will be accepted by
the democratic party as such; and whomcvcr, II no
President be chosen the popular branch OF the gov
ernmcnt shall thou In due form. choose to be Prcsi-
dent win be 70 accepted BY them and II will be those
who may s the Executive, thus lawfully
elected who viii DO deiying the law
And even II there has been omission In the con-
sttuton, 50 that strictly, no ono may be elected 40
cording TO It's provisions what could DO 10
with tho spirs Of our government agree upon
Executive, chosen by tho House OF Representatives..
acting by Ssa:csy That 10, chosen by men elected
directly by the people. n tho electors
nrv and acting Uy States as tho electors do was
10 The House rthas the constitution committed tho
election Of President The only contingency or .
failure 70 choose BY electors shen orcsccn Had tho
Convention foresc<u the contingency now assumed ny
some II would, OF course, have committed tho election
IN such contingency aso TO the House Of Represents.
tivcs.
cosroRx 10 the SPIRIT or rrrw CONSTITUTION
Wny thon, should not this great people iorbear
STRIFE and adopt course which, II no course DO pro-
vided tor BY tho constitution would accord most
nearly with the spirit OF the consttuti0ny The mofe
as result thus reached would conform 10 the wish
OF tho great body OF the people. Us just expressed
And hero let me add that 70 talk Of y senate, in
which majority OF tho Senators represented lcss
than onciourh o. the people, whose power 20 choose
President by the ut0n conined first 10
failure Of tho electors choose one and next the
failure Of the House Of Representatives choosc by
the 4th III March folOwinr-scting up ss their pre-
sding officer military Dictator To take p0sscssion or
tho government, against the President rcgula. ly
chosen by the House OF Representatives and backed
by an enormous popular lnujorlly, seems me,
In or Mr. Frank Biuir's famous prophecy, idle
Doubtless tho supremacy cxcrcsscd by tho federal
authority OF late years and the desire of property own
for order, At the pricc of constitutional nb
crty has produced pretty general belief that any
who can command federal troops do any
thing But tnc question not what fed
oral troops do, but VINO II 10 that Is
entitled TO be their commander and hoad--n wholly
different question and, upon that question, | do not
bcevS ths people viii be iound anxious to sustain
fraud 10 keep tho minority IN power, or 50 unwilling
10 MAINTAIN their constitutional rights is assumed
Truly your obedient servant,
No. 81 WALL STREET, Nov II, 1876.