New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1876-10-25

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Tho Washing ton correspondent Of the
Chioags Tribune writes under date Of o.
tober l8: zs'ss .y.l'-F- - t-at
Some influential Democrats here have o.
ready begun to consider and to plan for the
possibility of revolution in the event that
the results Of the presidential election are
mot what they wish them to be. This plan
d apparently based upon the belief that tho
twenty-second joint rule 10 still in force,
and that under it the Democratic House
could, by the arbitrary will OF partisan
majority, reject the electoral vote OF any
STATE. and thus defeat the will of the PEG
pie. This action has for pretense the
proclamation of the President command
ing tho ineurgent rifle clubs in South Csr
DINA to dieband. The following state
meut, which appears in tho fillmore
Gazette this morning, the recognized organ
of Tilden and Bourbonism in this section,
shows tho purposes OF these desperase lead
ing of leading Democrats was held ct the
E obitt House last evening to discuss what
policy shall be best to adopt TO meet this
revolutionary move of Grant upon South
Carolina Judge Jere Black was the prin-
cipal speaker. A plan was broae he'd and
approved, which will be perfected to-dsy.
This is to telegraph to Wade Hampton and
from the canvass and leave the Republic an
ticket without any opposition. Then the
Democrafic House will not allow tlis vote
of South Carolins to be counted upon the
ground Of its illegslity:" -. r.
If the twenty second joint rule were in
force, such course would have been posi-
Bile. ana partisan majority in the House
could throw out tho vota Of any State with
out assignment of reason and without ap-
peal. Indeed, It would have been possible
arbitrarily to reject electoral votes enough
to rrevent shy onoice BY the Electoral Col
lefe, and to hsve consequently forced the
election of Pret iaent Of the United S5ates
| by the Confederate House Of Representa-
tises. That tho Democrats supposed this
rule was in force waa evident from the
prpceediheg Of tho House themselves.
mencementg Of the LAST ten days Of
the session the Democratic lenders, ~
would have been the custom had the rule
been in force. moved to suspend the six
teenth and seventeenth joint rules for the
ren1ainder OF tho session. This motion was
catriod, and the suspension resolution was
sent to tho Senate for concurrence. Ar.
rived there, Senator Edmunds remarked
that the revolution of the House could not
be acted upon for the reas0n that there
were no joint rules Of tho two houses in the
FOrty.fourth Congress to suspend. Further
examination of the records showed that Ed.
munds wa right, and that tho House, in
adopting tho fules Of tho Last Congress, had
neglected to include the twenty second Joint
rule.
Any plan Of conspiracy to elect Tilden By
rejecting electoral votes ct the will Of the
House under thu rule must b abandoned.
The only existing provisions for counting
tho vote Of the Electoral College sre the
twelfth amendmeat 70 tho consultation,
which makes the President Of tho Ssnate
the custodian Of the certificates Of these
votes, and requires hin TO procesdl et the
Joint conve0tion Of both Senate end House