The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1877-02-01
a PROPHECY LAST MARCH,
Senator Logan's Prophetic Words.

On the 18th of March last, Senator
John A, Logan, of Illinois, in debating
the question of the admission Of Pinch.
oack, made the argument that if the SEN
ate rejected Pinchback, who brought a
certificate of election from Kellogg as
Governor, then the Senate must reject
the votes of the Presidential Electors
from that State when they come bearing
the certificate of the same Kellogg. The
Senate did ject Pinchback. and Logan's
reasoning comes directly into play.
The following extracts from Senator
Logan's speech on that occasion seems to
hove been uttered with an eye to the
very emergency upon us:
Another point | would like to put to
my friends from Vermont Nebraska. and
other States who disagree with me on
this question. When the next President
shallbe elected, who will certify to the
Electors Of louisiana What do my
friends propose in the next Presidential
election? The Electors elected in the
State of Louisiana next November have
to be certified by the Governor of the
State. What Governor are you going to
recognize as certifying to that fact?
would like my friends to tell me now,
are you going to recognize the certificate
of McEnery, the revolutionary Governor
that has been driven out with his mob,
and has failed to compete for the Cover.
norshipP Are you going to recognize the
Legislature that has been abandoned by
its friends and disbanded so far AS they
are concerned themselves? Is that what
yon are going to do? Are you going to
alton The nert Presidential election to turn
upon this Uery question u1ldtCided here in the
Senate on the certificates that are given TO the
EI,ctorS IN the 81 te of LOui8ipndP If that
certificate Of Kellogg IS mol good enough to
give a Senator a seat prtmG tacie, it is NOT
GOOD ENOUGH TO GIVE AN ELEC.
TOR THE RIGHT TO VOTE FOR
PRESIDENT. The principle is the same
and | asked Senators the other day to
think at least on what they are doing be.
fore they act. l remember very well
when under the joint rules of the Senate
and the House States were excluded by
ConLress from having vote in the cleo
toral college. Arkansas was excluded on
account of the alleged infOrmality of
seal, because no debate was allowed in
the Senate, the examination could not be
made so as to satisfy the Senate whether
it was the proper seal of the State or not,
and the vote was excluded. Much greater
is The reason for ercLuding this case if the
theories Of the Senators are to obtain in this
body that the certificate of the Governor
of Louisiana is of no avail whatever, be-
cause he is not Governor.
This is strange condition of things: it
is an anomalous condition of things. It
reminds me a good deal of the story
once heard of the Indian and white man
who went hunting and killed turkey
and buzzard. They came back and
wanted to divide. The white man said
to the Indian, "You may take buzzard
and | will take the turkey, or will take
the turkey and you may take the buz
zard." That is tie condition now. The
Indian said: "That is all right, but you
never say turkey to me once" Laugh
teri 10 is all right TO count The electoral
cote neat fall, provided il helps you to elect
your candidatej but it is all wrong to
count the certificate now, because it puts
Colored man in the Senate. That is the
point exactly, Bnert fall the people should
elect a man yOu do not like, | suppose yOu
aO0uld S,Uear there WaS no Government there
at all, and, therefore would not count the
electoral vote; but if they happen to elect
a man you want, You will say there is Gov.
e,nnaent enough to count the Uotes.