New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1876-12-17
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tons Of their aets. The position plaiQlJ
stated, b this. The Republican candi.
dats for the Presidency hos . majority d
ono electoral vote. The Constitution pro
vides that the President Of tho Senate
shall receive the electoral vote An rea-
son and analogy goes to prove that, like
the House Clerk acting ~ presiding on.
cor Of the House Of Representatives, the
President of the Senate may
Mako roll Of the representative elect,
and place thereon the nsmes of those per
sons, and Of such persons only whose Gre
eLested in accordance with the law Of their
States respectively, OF the laws of the
United States.
The Democratic party, on the other
hand, relies upon resistance to such count
and PRONUNCIATION, and must resort there
fore, to measures revolutionary in their
character. These measures will be either
political or military. In the first place it
is threatened that the House will stop all
appropriations under the administration
of President Hayes. The present House
of Representatives, claiming majority of
about seventy Democrats, will give place at
the Inauguration Of President Hayes to
House in which this Democratic majority
will be reduced to some eight or ten, 90
cording to Democratic admission. Ac-
oording to Republican claims there will
be, even after the election in New Hamp-
shire. q Republican majority. The Demo-
cratic threat 70 obstruct the operations
Of the Federal government by. refusing
compliance With its financial obligations
could in no event DO successful. We may
safely ny that from eighty to ninety Per
eentof the money appropriations Of the
government pass in some way though
the hands Of the merchants and bankers
Of New York. Philadelphia, Boston and
Baltimore. An influence would be found |
strong enough to control . sufficient num-
Der Of the refractory Democratic members
to pass any and Ill bills in which those
cities and States were interested Should,
however, the Democratic House resort to I
any such vindictive measures, the Gus
toms and internal revenues collectable by
the officers q the United States would be
adequate to maintain tho administration
Of the government until such . ssditious
body would yield to the popular de-
nand for the regular collection and
Of the Federal revenues
L should not be forgotten that there are
'everal States sufnciently powerful in
to furnish the financial means
# conducting the government Some of
hose States, during the civil war, ad-
anced millions for the Organization and
quipment of troops. They knew that
his advance would be repaid them then,
nd they know that any advance for
imilar purpose would be made good with
be first defeat Of the Democracy. The
eader can judge as we'll as Ourselves how
n the embarrassments to trade and
nance would reconcile these interests
, the defeat of spartisans who
ould prefer anarchy to loss of
polls We may even suppose that
aose Democrats who are soliciting ma
onal appropriation to- keep the catfish
ut Of their sugar houses and saloons, or to
'cure some remnant of trade from Texas,
ould hear, with great equanimity, that
~ rash Democrat who had tried to stop
,e Federal, machinery had been mashed
p in its cog-wheels. 80
We will assume, therefore, that Wash.
gton City is too near Wall street to :
low the stoppage of the Federal reve- 4
les or appropriations by the Temporary !
ID seditious opposition Of an expiring y
ction in the House of Representatives ],
The programme of military resistance I
the Inauguration of President Hayes !.
9 been presented and considered in q | :.
'mocratic convention in Indiana. =
We do not expect that the Democratic q
'tional Committee, so called, will, like y
1t of Hartford or Montgomery, recon- ?
md an organized resistance to or seces- =
n from the Union. It is merely pro- q
sed to hold q review of the military re- "
trees which the Democracy could COM %
nd in the event Of armed resistance to :. 70
will Of the people. That this process = !.
inquiry has been considered BY the :.
1thern Democracy is obvious from the o.
ponse of Mr.. Hill, of Georgia, and u
ong smaller indications from the tone ID
. Last Ditch organ here. MI. Hill has u
tinctly informed the Democracy of the ~
rth that if they propose to make q 20
It for the spoils of the States which Sc'
, refused to make for the rights of the pa
tes they must begin the fight them y
res. The Last Ditch organ evidently VI
lcipates trouble. It says e1t
is more than probable that within four WI
aeos tne long and exasperating debate ioc
ween the two parties dividing the suf- car
70 OF the country will be submitted to -
arbitrament Of arms. AoE
!, such case, however, the action of OH
South is to be made dependent upon the
of the Northern Democracy: ant
General Grant marches his troops into was
Hall Of the Representatives; if Cover. cid
Hartranft reinforces him with militia -.
4 Pennsylvania, and il other Radical Oy
ernOrs do ikewise, We shall expect to sias
New York, New Jersey and Conneoti- WIT,
the summons of the House.
ut there must be an overt act Of rebel.
; nothing less. r..
any body expects to make capital out -.