The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1876-11-24
The Press ON Emo Action OF tho sontaa
GarbffnK 7,narsi OF CEnvHssurss

siderable interest lust iias in the politics OF
1.-The State, made an order for the issue OF GER
Etifcates 81 election t0 the cardi dates Tor the
Legislature having maiorities in the taDu.
lated returns submitted by the Board OF
Canyassers. This order included the TWO
| disputad ~. counties, and would have
given the Democrats the Legislature and
the election or d United States senator
and the privilege Of counting the vote
for Governor and Lieutenant-G oyernor.
Before this order reached the Board OF Cam
yassers they had disposed Of the whole mat :,
ter By issuing certificates of election to all
members OF the Legislature but those from
the two disputed counties, thus securing q
Republican majority, and reversing IN ad-
vance ali the results that would have been
attained BY the action Of the court. Certifi-
Gates were also Issued to the Hayes electors
and the entire Republican State ticket. Inc
Board then adjourned sine die. 1t IS CLAIMED
that its apparently hasty action was MADE s ne
cessary by the fact that the legal limit OF its
session had eXpired.rttis .r4 ,.s;.
from The New York Times, Republican,
The South Carolina Board of State Can
yassers have recognized, somewhat late,
their mistake in submitting their action to
the review and control Of the Supreme
Court. In issuing its orders to judicial
body OF entirely independent jurisdiction
that court was guilty Of manifest usurpa-
ton. In consenting to argue. their case be-
fore the court the Board of Canvassers gave
! these orders an appearance OF validity winch
could not otherwise have been claimed for
them. The clear intention OF the majority
of the Supreme Court was to DO Inc WORK
of the Democrats at whatever sacrlllce OF
constitutional right and common Justice:
There was every reason to belleVe that
their illegal order OF yesterday in regard 10
certifying the election OF members OF
the Legislature who had been elected ION
the face, OF the returns was TO De
followed by series OF orders, based upon
obviously contradictory principles, IN re-
gard to refusing certificates to preslden-
tial electors, who had also been elected son
the face OF the returns.'' The Board was
confronted with a perfectly .interminable
series of interierences with the exercise OF
| its powers, with the certainty OF being
called upon to recognize the boldest and
most impudent methods OF partisan oppres-
sion under the rather thin guise OF judicial
discisions. They concluded to reassert
their power of independent action, which
they ought never TO have allowed to
be called in question. They have
given certificates Of election to can
didates for the Legislature who OBJ
tanned, on the face of the returns, the
highest number OF votes in all the counties
save those which were the scene of the
arossest forms OF fraud and intimidation
Laurens and Edgetield namely. They have
also issued certificates to the Hayes. electors
who were admitted to have received the
highest number Of votes, and to all the Re-
publican candidates on the State ticket.
The legal term prescribed for the session OF
the Board having expired, they thereupon
adjourned sine die, leaving the Democrats
to suuabble over the results at their leisure.
From the New York World, Democrat
The South Carolina Board OF Canyassers
Yesterday stole the electoral vote OF that
State openly from the Supreme Court WITH
the ayowed object of offering it to Governor
Hayes. The robbery was brazen and shame
less. 1t rests with the American people to
decide whether they will surrender the con-
troll of their Government into such hands
or maintain their liberties, their sel1-respect.
and their prosperity by enforcing the RENE
dies of the law against lawless conspiracy
without parallel in our annals. We have no
doubts as to their decision.
from the New York Journal OF Commerce, lade-
-" pendent
The SOUTH CAROLINA MANEUvRE.-Hut-
ting the sudden movement OF the South
Carolina Board Of CanvasserS in the best
light, it is manitestly and literally dodge,
and, being so, it is exactly the sort OF thing
which the great majority of men OF all par
ties will concur In reprobating. General
Hampton, in his dignited and temperate
address to the people, expresses confidence
that the trick cannot serve the purpose OF
those who have executed it. Certainly such
Il proceeding ought not to have even tenn
porary and prin,a facie validity.
From the New York Herald, Republican,
South Carolina furnishes the doubtful
State !" sensation to-day. The Supreme
Court of the State yesterday issued an order
to the State Board Of CanVassers command
ing them to certify to the election OF the
members Of the Legislature as appeared
from the face Of the returns, leaving the
judicial functions pertaining to the status
OF the individuals appearing so chosen to
the legislative body. The order also called
on the Board to show cause why they should
not revise the aggregation OF votes for pre-
sidential electors-which were founded on
the reports OF the county canYassers-by
comparing them with the precinct returns
also in their possession. This was calcula-
ted to give the Democrats hopes Of reaching
Il result favorable to their calculations. BY
sudden stroke, however, the Canvassing
Board cut their way out OF the legal net bv
issuing certificates to the Hayes electors and
to the Republican members OF the Leglsla-
ture, throwing out the vote OF Edgefeld and
Laurens counties ON the ground Of fraud and
intimidation. The Board then adjourned
without day, pleading that by the law they
must decide within a period which expired
yesterday. This is very sharp practice. II
the Supreme Court cannot support its
authority, which the Board have defed, the
vote of the State must be counted for Hayes.
The throwing out Of two Democratic coun-
ties gives the State and the Legislature, which
carries United States senatorship with it,
to the Republicans. The audacity Of this
act betrays great desperation. Ii undone
in the course of justice it will stand as
monumental infamy. Even il the court
fails to reach the Board the electoral vote OF
the State will be little better than stolen
goods, which will faint the receiver as well
as the sharp practitioners who purloined it.
Can the Republican party afford to take its
first instalment from the doubtful States
with the highest judicial tribunal OF South
Carolina crying 'Stop thief" after its
nimble carriers!
THE NEW YORK POST (REPUBLIcAN) on THE
SITUATION.
NEW YORK, November 23.-The Post
says: ''The best thing the South Carolina
Board of Canvassers can do is to reassem-
BILE. The country will not be satisfied with
proceedings which look liks sharp practice.
Weadmit that the Supreme Court itself is not