The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1877-07-12
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vol. XIT.A.NO. 52.s

sa.iia VOL. Xilse- NO. 81.
"! ssla 80 sk3G s.sssi. . -,
u j77yT T.rT-T7y fT1TyTTyIJ- :
may have cpnscjentieusly, hellHyed that
the Interest OF tiicir faction would ;6e'
Rci! served by Hayes election. They
indy have been prompted by h virtd5us-
admiration Of carpet bag government,
and we're sincerely anxious to save 1t
| from Iilden's reform. .,at "a ,.i,0a,i
ITS PETTIFOGGING.
| ih' But this decision III favor Of fraud,
which 80 shocked the ebmns0n sense and
common honesty of the nation yfaE not
| made without some attempt to, justify 10.
| The eight gave reasons SO many and so
plausibie that Kellogg and Wells must
have chuckled with delight when they
heard lthem;, One argplnent very soTi-
0ualy, urged lYns thnt il would be trouble
| some, aid required q great deal of time,
to 'astettain Who was duly appointed by
| the people. natwas much easier 70 accept
the false vote and say no more iabeht 1t.
To decide how many, aud what perspns
got certificates from tho returning board
| WAS O ehort and simple process; but to
push the inquiry behind thatin.tG itquire
whether the certificate was honest, to look
for the evidence which would show who
were duly appointed-htc iqbor hoe opus
eet. The seven reTilitided tha eight, but
reminded them in vain, that the due ap-
pointment, which, nobody III che world
except the people had the, least right to
make, was the very thing which they
were to find out; and they could mt be
excused from duty TO which they were
pledged and sworn by the mere fincon-
venience of performing it. Besides, the
eight knew very well tnat there was no
difficulty in it; it was but looking at the
record of the appointment rs the people
made it up they could read It as they
RAM the truth was palmer than the lie |;
the honeaty of the case jwgs as easily seen
as the fraud. But no persuasion could
| influence them to cast oven a GLANCE at
the actual appointment. What'ds' they
think this commission Yves made for ?
Why was this great combination of learn.
ing and statecraft set up !? According to
the eight its sole purpose was, not to
determine any matter in dispute between
tho parties, but merely toYdeclare that
4 the returning boards had certified for the
Hayes electors which everybody. knew
already, and nobody ever denied. If its
object was what the law said4to decide
who were duly appoihted--then the
eight succeeded in making It. merely q
| splendid aborti:a, becauas, among other
it anything else. f''.'i'i 0N TA'' i',.'%'' I.
But the commission, following the
lead of counsel for Mr.. Hayes, insisted
chat the certificate of the proper State
officer ought to be regarded as oonclu-
siye evidence of the appointment made
by the people. It is undoubtedly ,trhe
that the State has q right to speak on this
subject through her own organs, and
when she does soSspeak, her voice should
be regarded as true. But what officer IL
her propcr organ7 The Govelaorbeinr
her political chief, and his certificate
being required by act, Of Congress, il
would not have been unreasonable To
hold that 1t was conclusive unless tainted
With fraud. The Hayes electors had the
executive certificate in Louisiana ,aud
Florida, and this, in regard to those
States, gsya the: eight 81 Jgrsat legal nd
vantage. Euv they threw It away, aban,
doned the attestation of, the Governor q.
worthless, claimed no filth or credit fol
it, and pronounced itlopen TO cofitfadic
tion, no matter how honesty Il may haps
been given. What was the meaning o.
this phenomenal ruling which apparently
. opened Che door Of Investigation svef
:. wider than tho Democrats Haskedf II
, was understood by everybody. The com
J mission was hedging for Oregon. Tht
|. eight were reaching across to the Pacifi,
/ | for the one vote there, which was Just g.
/ important as the twelve on the Golf o.
1 Mexico. 1 But having gone behind thi
! Governors certificate for the sake Of cor
Z recting errors, could thereibe any possible
Q justification, for stopping before the trntl
q was reached? Iftthe head os sshei com
!. monwealth, whose attestation Is reGiiret
b by Federal Jaw, went for nothing when
6 lever it was contradicted, how could lthi
B oonclasiyeness be asserted of pape
4 made by subordinate officers unknnWi
I. outside of the State, and ;poWerless ever
7 by the local lazy To make 6 Certificate O
4 more t:ian prima facie validity? Yetth
3 elsctoral commission (eight 70 seven| de
/ cided that the Governors certifc8t
! might be set aside for mere mistake o
a law or fact, while that of the returnin.
: board wc.ildi stand, though known to b
. founded on falsehood and saturated al
/ through with corrnptioR.b 4 i.I e@ia,!aa
2 .gsyiSl EVIDENCE AIUNnE.-e IS i45fi'
The iunvarying preference Of the eigh
, commissioners for the false over the trti
/ When shSyl got behind the Governor
!. papersy they found lying asiustfe ty
= ether sets Of documents, one of whiel
5 Waste record oftthe1 actual appointment
= made by che people; the other wss q
I mere fabrication Of the returning boar
{ Without any semhlance ofutFath the
!. embraced tho latter With afi the ardos q
4 4 sincere affection, aud rejected the fofine
- with lalifnAesihla ln,aflSs of their dislikt