, 1876-11-18
4 LESSON m STATES RIGHTS,


LESsoh IN STATES RIGHTS.
tac desperate aes'gn to count tho vote of
lou'A."n" 'of !1pkN' "he'hof he had m
nonest ".la 'a"tui majority IN tlat State or
no1' naa oetsnsed tho democrats into asaunl-
ln8 r'a'culousty inconsistent attitudo on
!nc sno'ec1 OF 4ocsl Government. No sooner
1'au AZ. hE"1t1, "s do7. I1ibENs manager,
cal1eo 1of assistance IN this scheme than
sta''ncn oel'esofs IN state Sovereignty in NIL
Passa OF inc country seized their carpat-bags
anu fn8neu 70 New orieans to shape tho
course OF events tnefe' forgetting that they
were ga,lty OF Just what they aud their an-
eestora nave always denounced rs unwar-
fansed interference IN the atlaira OF On inac-
penoent anu sovereign State. Looking over
the esouna' taose Domocratlo "trespassers
Qo use one OF Gov. T1IpEN's exprcssions)
concluded tint the majority might possibly
i"1l 70 LINDEN If all tho votes secured by
'sauo ano fnuniaataon could DO counted
"'thoat any allowance for the votes
suppressed by threats aud violence,
and thereupon hlr. WA7TrnsoN, gentle
man VINO fought IN the Rebel army in
aetease OF stato Sovereignty, suggested
TINT the CANVASS OF the votes be taken
away from the Louisiana people altogether,
anu conf1ueu to volunteer corps of carpet
bapperg of both nnrties fro,n tho Nor,1
Acting rnoc +h;o or.c,, p,1,.u 80 III.
...,. g., " 1"'.
uo'7' W." ""1teo 0eu. oHEA1bAN caah1ered
from tho army because ho projected Chicago
from thieves and ro,,obs at tia ti,na nj ~,
fro. nssociatad With 1,;,, oo,,,o ~ ~. 80
cta,a acnna.,:..,,', r. -'A. aoa.o u ,iAo o'her
49,, .,,,,.,...!1 s,:.:' a'e 4.o'' 'Ae '"t.h'
,,uI,,;."n rsnt,a,,as *,o1' a., ~ ,n .e1.A'a IT.
m, ,.~o,as - .a~A. ~. u, wv 4'o1'a '.t
Or ~on1v;,a ~ ~, ~ .s.e,,aa;.;"" i a -, pia4'
Nv. c.,.a,., fe' 'Aess'h.
o,,,ar ,,ro,n;nont ] pa,'.,,.,;.oa 49, n."s' 4aa
f,rleons havo ,,no,.t NJ -, ~ -, 80 ~" Nv
assoc;ntea 1csson IN tho,, a,r,, " s.l'na, 49, us -.
no]it;cs which oroht rot - ha ~. '. -. -
1ottan ''' ~ ~ 'os4 Ao1@
- yos q vo-, ,,;o. .i, ,,;o.,a,
,ho ,asa ofr.a.;,.. -, -. ~. 1@' NV
l;cor. n,,an,o.1 ~. rot,h;,, "Aa 49, Nv -sspuu
vim ,la,ii,orota1v nronn.e, ~ - so",s aas...',s
tba tra,,;tiona, ,,o,,cw ~ .1,a;x .,,u.., -.
ta,,n,r.r,, oaronto,o ,r,,a =, ts ~ "
,o,,,o f.oa, t,,e;.s .,e,s', e"4As s'..-
oo,o. F'' '"'' "e @no "no'e
w..
p,wers We thrrcfo,, r,nno. .ns,saa" ~ 'ss,a' e
fy any laws Of this statc nor have We INV rfplt n
control or inauenco my Of lts officers rs to tho
manner IN which thsy shall pcrform tho ministerial
an x"u &C. c;n~ sroroeFs nnd ds ,s.,t" ~ )"
functions. attempt thi. We should b. u condemned e
by the people every State In the ln!on for an In
proper interference with local administration.
We should think this reminder would re-
call tue state-sorereignty statesmen TO their
senses. Their proposition was tint cltizens
OF otaer States, without any oflcial chasac-
ter, should invado tho State OF Louisiana,
d!splaoo tho lawful State officials, and pro-
coed to count the vote Of the State in open
violation OF tho law governing such count.
They not only proposed to displaco the Ro-
turning Board, which exists by virtue Of
the Inv Of Louisiana, but also to count tho
votes ''as they wero cast" without any re-
gard to tho law Of Louisiana comforting tho
power upon tho Returning Board to protect
the people against the results OF violence,
intimidation, md fraud at tho bnllot-hox.
No ndYoeate Of National Sovereignty
and State subortaina!ion ever yet went 60 far
"a this, and Ind my Ruch proposition under
s1milar circumstances come from Republicans
It would have boon denounced by these same
Democrats as another step toward centralza-
tion aud despotism. First, those stato.soy-
ercignty Democrats wa.ltcd to igaora "for
this occasion only tho application Of thoir