The New York herald., 1876-10-16
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lated for tnc eueet thcy may nave on tne election N
November.
CHAMBERLAIN wEAkExs.
II Is strongly surmsed-and this surmise Is war
ranted by the circumstances surrounding the repuoil-
can canvass here-tna, Governor Chamberlain is
heartily sick and tired OF ~ aud that he could with.
out bc.ag charged with political cowardice he would
withdraw He has tac,y confessed that the present
government. OF the State IS disgrace and
70, sham .s.s be- o,ot the ,bs as nas
that the existing peace and good order s solely due 10
tho law.abding character OF the very people he
charges with being IN a state OF insurrection Many
here firmly believe that Chamberlain desire
reelection, but that he Is forced make The outrage
campaign that he Is engaged in Tor the benefit OF the
party ia the national contest at the North. Yet re-
pubhcans say that with 5000 troops In the State
Chamberlain viii carry It by large majority. From
my observation, however am inclined TO believe that
the majority will DO largely the other side II Is
odd To hear OF the implicit reliance the republicans
place the presence troops and the Indifference OF
the whites hs to whether they here not asked
"wnat good can the troops do your"
'oh, they can do US lots Of good f"
.'ln what way ~
~ viii tell you that privately. When tho troops
come The party runaers VIII be instructed circulate
II secretly among tho negroes the soldiers
sent there by General Grant TO that they voted the
whole republican ticket"
This candid admission OF the OF troops for the
purpose OF moral intimidation OF the negroes against
voting tor Hampton was very refreshing. and though
related privately by my informant think too good not
To publish There Can be no ground Tor republican
complaint on this score, troops are coming 10 the
State every day being districts where
lLe,r presence viii have the greatest and poli
ca effect rapidly they arrive In making arrests
they are also required by the United States deputy
marskals to accompany them in squads, and 10 this
consIabuary duty some officers very strongly object
ARMY OFFICERS DisGrsrED.
One os the army officers, whose wiie Is nicco OF
Mrs. Hamilton Fish, not long ago wrote indignant
letter that lady protesting against The dirty petty
her 10 use her 10 have him
other duty out OF the SOUTH and stating that
II she did not succeed he would be forced 70 resign
In few days after he ordered to New FORK
cruitng service for two years, much 10 tho gratinca-
tion OF himself and friends
THK CIRCUIT JUDGES
Every Circuit Judge i'll the state has written aleter
In OF the charges made by Chamberlain IN
his proclamation and Senator Robinson also teiegraphs
DENTAL that any such lawessncss exists as TO justify
the Governor IN his action. This leaves Mr. Cham
beriain most unpleasant predicamenI lie
is without The and OF single Judicial officer in tho
STATE all oil them being republicans, and would not
have legal prop OF any sort but Tor the slight one
proered him by the bury United States District At
orney who Of course s interested in tho manufacture
and operation oi the outrage mill.
ATTORNEY GENERAL rATr's cIRcrLAR-cnARGE
JUDGK MACKEY.
Tho following is the charge Of His Honor I. J.
Mackoy TO the Grand Jury the October Term fthe
Court or Common Pleas and General Sessions Tor
In charging the Grand Jury His Honor stated that he
had heard but had no facts warranting the impula-
tv, that armed organic exist In this county,
having tor object the intimidation of voters for
the purpose OF controlling the approaching election.
York county ior tho past five years. and
while the citizens never more peaceaby iuclined,
y
Jury inquire such organizations do exist; and If
they Ind they do, to report the TO the Court;
while II they hnd that they do not exist likewise TO
report the Tho Court announced lis readiness TO
ut all times 10 secure IN nvolablc ballot and to
MAINTAIN the law supreme without the guidance OF an
executive officer at Washington. His Honor then
stated that his attention had been called to the recent
order OF Attorney General TAFT, ~hch he character
ized the ndable and audscous act OF poll
tical Intimidation present within tho knowledge OF
the Court; and said that the Judge Of a Court who
would permit tho provisions Of that order 70 DO en-
fnvs In hia .nlf ho falG IN
He SAID 1t Is the duty OF the courts and OF every
citizen OF the state to aid the United States civil aud
military authorities when such aid is required; but
the law fixes limit TO the authority OF executive
oicor, and when he transcends that limit hc himself
becomes amcnAble The CIRCULAR OF Attorney General
TAFT continued His Honor, IN effect expunges the law
ana its duly constituted tribunals and substitutes tho
Will OF subordinate United States officer therefor.
The law ample TO check Intimidation OF voters and
to punish those guilty OF ntmidaton and the rights
shall bc ramped upon, matter what his
political tentimcnts color may be- United
States marshas and deputy marshas Will not bo per-
mt,ed this judicial circuit 10 carry out the provis
IONS OF the order OF the Attorney General the ex-
tent OF dsregxrding the duly ISSUED process OF the
State courts; ana should they offer resistance 10 judi
cial authority adequate force would be invoked to
maintain that authority, and the Court would assume
tho responsibility. He who acLs upon the PROVISIONS
that circular viii do his peril If he violates the
constitutional or gal rights OF the humbest citizen.
The circular Of tho Attorney General In directing
United States marshas TO disregard tho State officers
IN tho execution OF thor instructions virtually pro.
poses that every hal and deputy marshal shall
be constituted a supreme tribunal whose acts, how
nagrantly voiuIivc OF the constitution and laws
OF The State shall not be subject TO review BY the
courts Of tho Stale The President OF the United States
cannot suspend the writ oi habeas corpus for
single hour In time OF peace, unless specially author
lied thereto by the Congress Of the United States.
Yet the Attorney General assumes 10 empower
deputy marshal not only to suspend this great safe
quad OF personal liberty al WILL but to annul, for tho
time being the whole body OF criminal statutes ot the
State, enacted pursuant 10 the constitution and laws Of
the United States for the cue protection OF the life,
liberty and property Of the citizen.
Hts Honor also instructed the Grand Jury thar II
constitutes Intimidation for employer to threaten to
discharge HIS employees unless they vote way,
that IL Is lik ewso intn ldaon if aborer refuses
TO work unless his employer votes q certain way.