Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1876-11-16

occur from that cause.
The Wild Talk About "A1other War /"
There has been q good deal OF loo re talk
OF late about another civil war gro wing out
OF the Presidential election, aud many
thoushtful people are not with out grave ao-
prehens,ons for the near future. In the few or
b condition OF the public mind IL is the
plain duty OF every patriotic citizen to allay
apprehension, and any attempt to intsDsity
II should be regarded in the light OF q crime
The New York Herdi1 OF yesterday has
sensible editorial article on the situation,
which reaches the conclusion that we may
Quietly dismiss all the 'gOrgons, hydras and
cbimeras dire which dis tempered aud cavil
Ing ims ginations have corr Ired up, and a.
cept the safe conclusion that, let the offs III
count be as IL may, the result will be az
Quiesced In by the defeated parry aud the
peace of the country be preserved"
Any attempt by either party, 1t thinks,
To install a President who had bssn ex-
cluced by regular co1nt would be as self
destructive as butting locomotive. 1t sup
poses the most dangerous aud threateaipy
copjun cture that can srise-namaly, ~
election OF Mr.. Hayes by the vote of the
three doubtful states. If the local b)ari of
canvssSers in any one OF them shodld ward
Its electoral votes 70 Mr.. Tllien there will
be an end To controversy. Toe only tmsgi-
liable source of trouble is such action by ali
three of the canvassing boards as will give
every one Of the doubtful states II Hayes.
IL Is that state OF things, and tt 1T only,
which can by any possibility raise tbs q les
ton Of resistance, and In that c,se the regu
larfty Of the election would be disputed by
the democrats, If disputed at ali. At this
stage OF events Mr. TIlden could not be- made
President without revolution. Discussing
al hsir-splitting reduemsnts as to the sepa-
rate powers OF the Senate aud House wh sn
assembled To witness the counting of the
electoral vote, the Herald com 3 right to the
point ard says:
"lt is no. open to dispute that no Pres.
dent can exercise the functioas of his Off ce
without the consent of the Senate The hrst
act or q new President is 10 send to the
senate the names of the men whom he pro-
poses as members of MS Cabinet Noae OF
mem can be appointed withou. the advice
ana consent OF the Senator and q Senate
whose majority believes that q man who
President, and has no legal title to the 9th ce,
Will Lot even consider mis- appointments,
much less confirm them If, therefore, the
house; oy ITS separate action, saould declare
such action would be nugatory for any pur-
pose of investing him with the functions OF
ne once: He could do no act a. President
without the support and CO operation OF q
Docy which re jected and deridei his Claims
and which would refuse to receive any COM
mWpnicstion rom him In hat c1sractef.
6ouse do, or any body do, TO invest him with
actual authority Just nothing precisely
neither more nor less than nothing Even
N his supporters should be mai enougn 70
take up arms AID attempt II install hi IA by
force IL would make no difference fo- the
1nsuImounfaole barrier OF the Senate would
stand. The senate would still share the
power OF appointment, and the Pres dent,
whose title it denied. would remain WITHOUT
Cabinet, and could not pcrform the first
csTtain as we can be OF anything tina the
democratic leaders will not butt out their
braips az aims this wall OF afamaat which
down."
The Herald goes on to argue that SHOULD
the democratic members OF the House with
draw during the count of the vote, 1t would
merely be Q weak exhibition of political
spleen, since the coustitut'on does not de-
nne what . quorum OF the House aud Sen
ate In on such an occasion. Toe count would
proceed, the result would be declared, and
the Senate at least would accsp. the resllt
n coz stitutional and fnal. "Now,r con-
tinuss the Herald, "sdpoosiog Hayes Is de-
ciared elected by counting the votss fro n
the three doubtful states as given n the
cfnctal certificates, the de pocrats Will hays
no constitutional means of redress. Tue
very utmost they could do woald bs to use
force 10 prevent the insuglfA Ion of Hayes
but a. President Grant VIII be S Ill 10 Office
this would De = tough sf JOo tnan a. ~ Jody
would care 10 undertake a resort 10 lo.ca
would be treason. aud with the army at his
command he would make short work OF trea.
con. Judicial warrants would be gorn oIt
At once, and the conspirators arrested and
imprisoned TO await their trial. The idea
that force viii be resorted to with SO vigor-
Gus President as Grant In ONCE is simply
absurd. and more especially as FiIdel could
lot possibly administer the govern meut IL
The Senate rejected bis tiiIe."