The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1877-01-18
VOL. VI.
THE BOTTOM FACTS.

ci4rcs that both houses must partic.-
. pate equally in counting the yo.cs for
Il.aea and Hayes, and 10 vote shall
D. counted without the concurrence Of
both houses. Each house is asserted
10 be vested with the right to inquire
INTO the qualifications OF electors and
the manner Of their appointment y
fair and honest counting Of the votes
( Is all that the Democracy Of Illinois
demand. Etch house Is vested with
the right to determine when it may
act separately from the other, ana for
this reason, that the right to dctermiuc
when this contingency has happened
rests nowhere else. /. was further
agreed By the Illinois Democracy that
| IN case the two houses could not a9rcc
upon the votes to be rejected or TO be
| counted, that it becomes at once the
| duty of the House to elect president,
| and Of the Senate TO elect vice pres
ident, and all forciJIe opposition to
such action by the two houses would
be treason. L. ia then stated substau-
! TALLY that the concerted assertions by
the leading Republican newspapers on
! the morning after the election that
South Carolina, FLORIDA and y L.pi~jaGa
had gone for Hayes, before any def
mite information could possibly haze
been received from those States, fol
| lowed by the orders to the army Of the
/ United States to see that the boards
Of cauvassers are uumolcsted in the
performance of their duties, issued
before the canvassing boards had
asst Cmbled and without any Ica-
son to suppose that such boards would
duty, together with the knowledge
that the result Of the presidential cleo
ton, AS declared by the people at the
polls, could be changed by fl ely
counting the votes Of South Clrolina,
Florida and Louisiana for Hayes, and
that the returning board of Louisiana,
composed of the same persons rs now,
had arbitrarily and illegally changed tic
rcsu!ts Of II former election, could only
| have been intended rs an assurance to
the canvassing officers in those States
IN advance that they would be sus,
tanned in any canvass they might maxi ,
however iniquitous, and especially the
canvassiug officers OF Louisiana, that
thsy would be sustained in repeating
The arbitrary and illegal action 10y
which they had continued themselves
and their party in power two years be
fore. That the subs,q action OF
the canvasslng officers in two of the
S.gtCs mentioned, in opened disregard
Of the highest Judicial tribunals il
their respective States; and the actio,
Df the Louisiana returning board, by
aHich mHi 'rity of 5000 votes foI
samuel J. Tl.dcn WAS frauiulcRtly and
illegally changed into Il majority OF
aclIlY 1000 for Ru hcrford Z. Hayes, IL
connection with Judge Buuu's u,Ur.
patton in overriding the 5 ate courts,
the action of the army in setting up an
illegal Legislature IN South CAro.ina,
the concentration of troops and muui-
tions Of war mt convenient points else.
where, and threats in the partisan
press that members of the House q
Representatives will be arrested ano
imprisoned if the House exercises it!
constitutional pgcroGatives i'll regard tC
tbs count of the electoral votes, estab
lish the existence of conspiracy 10y
force and fraud to proclaim and lnau
gurltc president and vice president o
the United States contrary to the con
stitutionally expressed will of the
American people.
The Illinois Democracy finally de
clare that "it is the duty of the IioUs,
of Representatives, the grand inquest
of the nation, to inquire into the saIC
conspiracy, and if officers of the gov
crnment have been engaged in the con
spiracy and have committed overt
acts in fdrtherance OF the plot, by the
illegal use OF the army or otherwise,
to take immediate action to dGfeat the
conspiracy and to bring the conspira
tors to trial at the 5Lr of the Senate. y
We infer that the Democratic party in
Illinois would approve even now The
impeachment of the President. The
guilt OF the administration is palpable
but can only be demonstrated by giving
the investigating committee access tC
telegraphic dispatches and Orton rebels
and the original papers will be destroy
Cd. The scheme of impeachment
therefore fails, and it only remains for
the House to make Tilden president,
and then, siace the Constitution does
not permit the president and vice
president to come from the same State
the Senate must elect vice-presidcnt
other than Wheeler.
But these plans do not at last reach
the true source of this violent conil c;
Of party leaders. Cameron and Nor
ton, when they declared Hayes elected
in November, cared little for Hayes OF
Wheeler. They only proposed tc
retain the country's offices. Iii,
these, and not Hayes or I'll.
den that the country's masters
would fight aboat. Senator Sherman
Is not frantic in his devotion To Hayes,
or Gordon in his admiration or .ove fol
Tilden. As the two candidates them
selves may be affected by it, au adjust.
Ueut of questions of difficulty would
be easy. But behind them are the
eighty thousand offices and three hun.
dreG millions Of dollars of annually ste.
len. Suppose the party leaders rni
the congressman go To the bottom OF
the quarrel and make an agreement,
even now, about the spollS and theil
equitable distribution, and the diff
Guilty ends instantly. All this twaddlt
about Joint rules" and modes OF
counting the votes before the two
Z n -uSts and all fba lyr,,,r,. d.. ,f r,.,,r,