, 1876-11-26

ton Of their legal and necessary means o1
support.
SHALL We MEXICANIZEf
| Mr. PorrER;s proposition is, in brief, to
set up two Presidents. If the President
Of the Senate, after exercising his constitu.
tional function Of opening the Electoral Ger.
tiicates and declaring the votes, shall find
that Mr.. HAYES has received majority
thereof, Mr. POTTER proposes that the House
of Representatives shall ignore that count
and proceed to elect another President.
There will then be two Presidents to be in
| augurated On the 4th Of March next. We
shall then have adopted the Mexican system
as nearly as possible. Before acting upon
Atr: Po1TEss advice, it will be well for the
people Of the United States to study the sit
uation in Mexico, and determine whether
they care to plunge into similar state of
affairs.
As nearly as We can ascertain, there are
now two Presidents in the Republic Of Mex
leo, besides number Of revolutionists who
dominate certain sections and are ready to
declare themselves as so many more Presi-
dents just Us soon as they think themselves
strong enough. The election in Mexico was
held last July, and the returns from the Elec-
toral Colleges gave 1856 votes for LEaDo DE
TEJADA, who was the actual tenant Of the
place. But the Mexican Congress seems to
assume the same privilege Of examining the
returns, aud determining the election for
itself, which A1r. PorrER claims for the
American Congress. The subject came up
last month, when Congress met, and G
"Commlttee Of Scrutiny" was appointed to
examine the returns. It happened that the
Mexican Congress saw fit to sustain the votes
Of the Electors, though their assumed power
to determine the result would include their
right to set them aside if they chose. But
the affair did not stop here. The Supreme
Court in Mexico assumes the same right of
passing upon the Congressional decision that
the Congress assumes Of passing upon the
Electoral decision. In this case, the Su-
preme Court also sustained LERDo, BY q vote
Of six to four. But still the last resort
had not been reached. Each Judge Of the
NcAA@
same prercgahve which the Court exercises
as a whole over Congress, which Congress
exercises as whole over the Electoral Col
lege, and Which the Electoral College exer-
cises as whole over the people. So the
Chief Justice, named 1aLEs1As, declared him.
self President without more ado. He was
joined by two Of his associates in the Su-
preme Court, several Congressman, and some
other important people. He proceeded to |
Leon, Where he appointed his Cabinet, his ]
foreign Ministers, his Generals, his Courts
ETC., and organized his Government. Now
LEHDo's troops are marching against him,
and he will organize such resistance as he |
can. Meanwhile Gen. D1Az holds another |
section Of the country with his troops, md |
some other but more obscure pretenders are
olilag1ng otl.er parts of the Republic under
he name Of revolution. The actual situa-
ion seems to DO fairly described in the fol-
owing extract from the 1'oo Republics, pub
ished in Mexico, bnt written before the
atest "pro7aunciado
Intelligence comes in from all directions of towns
md districts within the revolutionary lines havno
'sen against the pronunciados. OF course; what
Use csn be expected? Wherever the anarchists rule
is without law or legislation and by armed force.
ney ase under no restraint, having no law to guide
neu' anu "here every chief exercises his own ar-
'trary will Rouberies are being committed by
hem upon the plea of military necessity, ~ Or
nth no pseiext Whatever. Courts are abolished by
llem, civil rule destroyed aud military chfcftains
nbstluted Tor Judges and other civil officers They
ave disrupted society, and are daily tramplinr
pom every principle OF representative government !
ud republican liberty; and all In the name of re-
cnerat1on. These men who have thus assumed to l..
hanse the peaceful and legal order Of things have
ot been delegated by any portion Of the people:
hey 1nangurated from their personal wishes what |
aey term revolution, and hope land as it ap-
cars against a!l hope) to make it revolution.
[any Of these Ecgenerators would not be chiefs Of
ae feso'atonists single any il their positions did
OF oner them opportunities to rob and oppress,
aeT care Tor no political results, do not under
ana political principles, and they manifest total
adherence 10 the public welfare.
MIR. POTTER wants to inaugurate the "pro-
unclado system in this country, with all !
$ consequences. He proposes to s'uro-
ounce Mr. I1DEN President, whether Mr.
H4DES receives majority Of the Electoral
otes or not. He1proposes that T11pEs shall :
. on forming his Cabinet, appointing his
[inisters; distributing his patronage, and ]
repairing for an Inauguration on the 4th of +
|arch next, without any regard to the vote :
the Electoral College. OF course, his !,
opposition includes the necessity OF fighting s
out if anybody opposes this 'spronun- ]
ado plan. Now, the fact is that Mr, por- r
b has not studied the temper of the Amer +
an people. They do not want two Presi- {
nts, with incidental bands Of robbers /
throughout the land under cover t
revolution. The people of Mexico have t
It used to this sort Of thing: They would @
It be happy without it. 4 week in Mexico 4
thout ''pronunciado would be insufer~ c
" stupid. 1t is the great, natural, and T
alienable right Of the Mexican citizen to t
pronounce" Every mother that brings t
rth a male child in the Republic q