The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1877-01-11
4. COWS. VANCE AND ROBINSON.


fairs, the inaugural address of Governor
Vance, of North Carolina, and the open
ing message of Gov. Robinson, of New
York, deserve especial prominence.
Gov. Vance was iuaugurated In the pres
euce of a large crowd, and his address
was applauded to the echo. He referred
to the political condition Of the country
as follows:
/ conceive our situation to be critical
in the extreme. Our only reliance now
is upon the moderation and patriotism of
Congress. If the representatives of the
people and of the States shall not be able
TO make peaceable and constitutional
solution of the difficulty in which the
country now finds itself and there should
be an attempt, as is threatened, to inaug-
urate the candidates not fairly elected,
one of two things will happen, either the
majority of the American people will
quietly submit to great wrong, Sinvolv-
ing the destruction Of the Constitution !;
or, there will be g resort to violence.
Lot US look things in the face. g.
The circumstances of North Carolina
az we'll as OF the Southern States general
ly, imperatively demand that we should
not be forward in this matter. More
than all things else, except good govern.
ment, we need peace in commonwith the
constitutional party in the North. We
think we have fairly elected our candi-
date- for President. Upon that party,
and not L pom ourselves devolves the pro:
priety and the duty Of taking the needed
steps towards securing the rights of the
majority. But let it not be supposed that
We are Indifferent to their action or de-
cline to come to the front because less
entitled to do 80 than others. We have
been by the desolation Of war purged of
revolution and sobered both BY public
calamity and private sorrow as We have
seen. We vet cherish the love Of liberty
in our hearts as the mouthpiece of more
than a million people. :
believe / can, with propriety, say for
them that North Carolina may confident
ly be relied upon to sustain that portion
of the people Of the United States which
shall convince us that itis struggling for
the Constitution, the laws and public
Justice which are the life and soul of the
American Union. On the one hand, we
do not wish it to be understood that we
are ready or willing 10 embark in revo-
luton, or on the other hand that we are
willing to quietly submit to any outrage
that physical force, directed by party
zeal, may see fit to impose. The one
course tending to provoke violence and
the other to invite oppression. We wish
it understood that we will follow the lead
of the constitutional men of the North.
Show us the law and it suf6cieth us.
Lucius Robinson, the recently elected
Governor. of New York, talks very plain
ly about the threats Of the revolutionists,
and shows solid appreciation Of the
great outrages and wrongs imposed upon
the. Southern States by returning boards
and military interference with local gov
ernments. The following extracts from
his message to the Legislature clearly
demonstrate his position. In discussing
national affairs, he uses this language in
regard to Louisiana: '1'''; -
II pause here to interpose in behalf ot
the people of this great commonwealth q
solemn protest against the power Of any
State government or of the Federal Gov
ernmentto vest such powers as are claimed
by the Louisiana returning board in any
canvassing board whatever, he also
refers to the action Of the Florida and
South Carolina boards, condemning the
course Of both OF them, as also that ofthe
Federal Government in regard to them.
He declares that the military interference
has been in violation Of the constitution
and laws. He says: "While these
things were going on in the South, a
member of the Cabinet at Washington
was acting as. chairman. of q partisan
national committee, and with the coop.
GRAFTON of some of his colleages in the
Cabinet csunselliug. and systematically
stimulating these desperate measures. y
With reference 10 the President Of the
Senate determining what Votes, shalt be
counted he says: "The President of the
Senate is three removes from the people
If such power were to have been vested
! in single man, depository would have
been chosen also far removed from popu-
lar accountability. But the people oi
this country will never vest such power
in any one man, however selected. They
Twill never consent to new construction
of the constitution and laws that bears
such fruit. They will stand firmly in the
ancient ways and insist that the electoral
votes, in this emergency shall be counted
as they have always been counted by the
two Houses Of Congress and by nobody
else" IN conclusion he says: "The
people of the United States will never
consent to have their representatives in
Oongross stripped Of those powers, OF
tolerate this uslrpation by 8 deputy Of
the Senate or by any single per4on, and
still less by an officer who is frequently
interested rs candidate in the result OF
the count. In this sentiment and pur-
pose the State of New York cordially
concurs.. Foremost among all our Amer
ican commonwoalths in population, in
the / variety and extent of her industries
ana lQGereSL5, Snc Eaa ~ StChy siSiNSAs9SS
of public affairs put forth all her strength,
moral and physical, to maintain the e1-
istence aud the Just authorities of the
Union, and she can never consent that
the -consecrated methods ofconstitu-
tioual government shall be, supplanted Of
overthrown by revolutionary e4pedients." )"
The Washington correspondent Of the
New York Euening Post gives a state
ment, regarded as semi-ofieial, touching
the course acting Vice-President Ferry
will pursue on the second Wednesday in
February relative to counting the Elec-
toral votes. His statement Is as follows :
"If the Senate and House Of Representa-
tives agree as to o'the course to be pursued,
Mr.. Ferry will act strictly in accordance
with such agreement, belt what it may.
If no agreement is reached by the second
Wednesday in February, Mr.. Ferry will