, 1876-12-25

as Congress has no Jurisdiction or power to re-
vIar vit.s hn,decis'on alrcady msdc by the stato
But who are 70 decide tha qucsttons1 The
Constltntton Of tho United States pravI.lo, that
"Tho President Of tho Senate shall, In tho pres
once q TIE Senate and House, ot1l all esrtl1-
ea'1 NheneveF duplicate certificates arc for
case OF OreEon and Louisiana, under that posi-
tive injunction OF tho organic law Il seems to be
mo plaln duty Ut tho President Of The Senate
Y, Y oPsm both tcts Ia thc presence ot
next1 And who Is to do tho eoantlngt Much
has appeared In tho public journals pro aud con
f up9fn thts question, and tho authority Of Chan.
ssp5 81 shs e. as:ees ss y sesn m @ ws I'd
subject, TINT the President of ths' 'senats counts
ti'e votes aud determines tho result" thus I'm
piled, BY asserting the power Of Con-
e.sss SssE i 'P' dets2s sss b. wo 1ssss tho so
votes. shall b. counted md tho result de-
eiAred.. II nothing but mere counting. ID to bo
dong, It ia irnn'ates'al by, whom It ia done. A
cnn; sa,!d Lea ean count Ard when no Questions Or
done. Substantially such Inns been our past
happy experience. But now much brondcr and
grayer questions a5e upon us, and mere count
For instanee,, while Oregon Is en-
to only eight votes In the Electoral College, six
been cast. certified. and fo,waniei 10 thc sesp
OF Goycrnmcnt, drectcd to lila Pres,ficnt IF fhe
Scnatc. Aii Of theso ara einimcl to la II icrsi w.,
and valid; but surely only half from each Ssato
tho majority necessary in riert. A. olrcadp
seen. som9 authority might to aesIjy,
which Of The votes SerttlcI' and returned
should si,s % Il! allowsa In making tho requl:.
only silent upon th,s uuestfon. but il "a ,tlcut
upon tic question By whom tlc mere M count u i to
be tnnn nfter the oi,estion ne tn w1,nt il IT, - hs
connteil has hreS i1etermincJ "Ny Mr. " +. " M ~
strattee. The Const,tutfnn il oniv iicstonci ns
an Outline or framcYorK OF roycri1ment. MT os..
eu1nfno to dcsccnil tntn dctajI. and in siItitfon
to the enumerated powers il hns wjscjT Tconferrrii
upon Congress tie power Ito ito make maxi ali laws
into execution lbs foregoIur bowers. and ali
1otoers pt,isd bv hi, Cons}iui{ot 4, * fose,,.-
snt of Ia Vnifaa States, o, IN o,pi dtart,uent Or
eG.eeri ihtroqC." -"
Congress- to proyidp bY )a,y for emerrencJcs i,ke
tho nrescnk oneht not tn be dnnbtrI' 1'l,c
questions involved are purely Federal questions.
vital to Tic continued existence Of Out Govern,
that thesa nuestions. md kini'rcd ~" n"estinn.
likely to arise in The ftiture shall l,e ,"ci,1cI
by Congress in ioiut Convention. by 1oint Iallot
Of otherwise, or NAV confer tIts powcr mpnn
The tiillcnlty n. Conorcss has thms for failcd ~
providc The NECESSARY icri,iation' nrd thfs seems
to be thc only djfilcnitys M nrnendmrnt n ti'e
Consti.ution nppcars to ba neccssarv. Nor IL Il
In ha snnnnacfi that f11ia ina,rurnent rontcno
mates fhnt ench srrIo,ts AMI ,nnnlfcafrd nnss
tions rs have now ori.en and ss 4I aro
upon this subiect, are either 10 be pcrmanentiy
left TO single man who for the time bciug
happens to Be President Of tho senate, or that
lucy are not 70 pe decided At oil Tor want Of
cru.nt ~ ~ Ivy ,nsv sn y" ~ Sae uot.
N@'.''Sne ~ FAN'sA- AoV @AN ~ VA1tA bA14V w
Had Congress at the commencement Of tho
Present session, instead Of sending Investigating
so.ntttces UPON Gai1ole efEanae 70 the south,
~ 5m.n.s aGpeaS ana to
legislation, it would DOUBTLESS haye been mich
better for the country; but as It is probably
now too Late, Il only remains for Congress to
S IT, 1s,s eney can, Cona.tn1n
counted. md ace,ticsce In mel cnnnt nndse
declaration Of the result by the President Of tbs
Senate: II spirit Of candor and fairness pre-
Va!s tals Gnu l1o oono Il ,toe not accomplished,
~ hps fsf,cS moro1, s,,n. eoneane ae.,eh1 et1.
.c+tIcmcnt rnmst ,ssessar,,x pIuIsaoto pad
a trmnornrv trsm,nnh hv ona no,,,;rn1 M nortu
or tho othcr, and tlat mere nj M nartIsan % apirt Ink
bone that no s,,ch snrit W tSs mi nsrxa3s
Eorrss fnr snraiv fnn ~ ~ nther ~ th
ijticai nnTtics nmst s,1%ceH IL III. nm.rr"r.v
or The country must drt into ansrchY snS eo,
fn6thIl. TIa pnntls ara tY, tnrn yrr In fc1or.
ate factious cpndct by members nc Of e,t6et h mr..
ty; md be- who acts u1on The as,umntion " i1 tIat &
sndcn ne o WI p s potea csreSI eoma,n TO
'0@oe" """ s'0''ooe saa. oA'"hh oAith'
r,,r ,o1u, NJ oor,,n o
LIE 1UWN ~ -. NM - Io CouNT LIE VOTE.
20 Me Ea'9oF q aAs 1HeaHe'
AURORA, ILL.,, Dec. IA question ot the ut
most importance ia now being discussed through
your columns, and Republicans ought not Ia fo
Hos,v IN taSIn1 s,aes nnnn !, Ra.h .,"a. ~ ~
@ ,,rsttr ~ rsn ,rsssn.aa T., M n esa;s me
pretty "ell presented N your Monday's Issue.
Certnlnly no faar-m:ndcd person eau contend
that tho argument is all either way. There Ia
no aoubt Of tbe so1ndnc,a of ths ,tsttnctton
ta,,an ~. ~. ~. ha.,ssa a.. w 1ns....s.,o
1aAen " ~. .isoo., pet"ecn tno CONSTITUTION
OF tho United States, as grant Of power, and
tho State Constitutions, whiuh arc mcro limtu-
ttons upop tl,e iuhcrant mower of TIM etata
s1i.,atura. nrt Ia +. tr,t,ood t., ,,n .a,,s,
.,s .:'',',. ~ - us 1uet'n.u ~ tno sons'u.
SION When ne draws from Tie Appllcaton OF
th!s prlnctple1 Another correspondent, "Mon-
tcsouicu.U ~ has called attention la the fact That
tha nower tn count thc votcs /. m mars ,.,ns
ferreI upon tho iTes,dsut Of tSe sspat" tian II
IL ,,nnn f,nnTrcs, X srem. ,,,sn 1hnt Wal III