The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1877-01-21

certificate was drawn into question. Tho bin
did not take from the President OF the Senate
or rom the House OF Representatives. any power
which the C1Dstiiution had vested in them. and
tereioIe was not unCons itutional.
In conclusion. he slii he hoped that Senators
would carefully consider whether 1t was wi Q by
stimulating doubts Ia their own minds To send
TINS republic. like the mountains which the poet
whether. In the fair course Of equal law, the dts
puto should be Justly settled.
TrB DEBATR IN TUE HOUSE,.
Tho House resumed the consideration NJ the
resolutions reported by the Committee on
IN counting the electoral vote, md was al.
dressed by Mr. willis Dem, N. " lie said
mat bcf)re the election no man would have bo-
lieved tn Il even Grantisn could have Mexlcan-
nd freedom. No man would have believed that
had in i7,s asserted their inJependence, had be-.
come so poisoned and Injected by bad govern
ment as to unlearn all its past and forget all its
memories. After the election the newspapers
all announced the election " Slnuel j. rilden-
the Democratic newspapers with Joy aud rrase,
the Republic u with acquiescencc and submis-
sion. hut when the unprincinled Republican
parry leaders had recovered from the shock
OF their defeat they set to work and hatchei
a conspiracy to capture enough votes In the
Sou'hern ST tes TO elect III yes. The men
known to he strangers to honor but they would
soon tecoYuze that thrro was public before
whom ihcr plots would fall to the ground. The
Republican committee witch had gone down
South at the instance OF Pr sident Grant hrd
encouraged the conspiraors In their work of In
men, and had given them tu understand that tho
army of the United states Gov ernmont would
sustain them In any wrong tIev might onmt
on bleeding people. But he declared IN {
the American people would never submit to II.
A Conspiracy under the ausp ces Of u Cp r or
Napoleon might be borne, but submission To
conspiracy under the auspices OF n turning
Board composed Of scalaw "a and oricehoiders
impelled degradation to which Auglo- saxon
III uhood would never fLll.
He criticised severely tho action Of tho Prcsi-
dent In scndiug troops to the southern states,
OeplDTtuy tho lot of the Rnuublfg when ifs O.
f,ndcrs should become its opnressors. lie also
criticised the Returning BOard Of Louisiana,
declaring that all its acts were Illegal. inasmuch
as Il bad not Llled vacancy which occurred
IN 1t. Hc ar1uei In favor uf the power Of the
thonght th,t no one could successfully
deny the right and power Of the House
In q certsin emergency the Constitution pro-
vides that the Hpuso should elect Pre-ident,
should arse tne pr sent House would elect
majority candidate. ho majority OF the House
was n ,rmony with more than go 900 OF the
people elected. He did not want to see any one
elec ed by a legal quoole. In the case Of Ore
gon Watts was undonntedl, Ineligible, aud Cr,-
min might tie legally elected. nlt where
was the man that would claim that
that vote should DO counted for Tilden1
| unworthy OF a scat 10 Congress should he pro-
claim such as his purpose. The people were
tier w ce Tor Hayes an wheeler; nut when
there was iraud In an election. VINO would deny
| but those who dcsuised re- and mated las
| tice with q bitter hate. The conspiracy which
| party managers Matched IN the South thre teued
a f'ariul crime aganet the free institutions of
the country 1t involved the destruction of
hope aud confidence In free eo>ernmsnt II
| psrtv could perpetuete itself FOR four years. be
| asked why not for forty; why not iOr all timer
I,. nhe ,9nn,ry was egnfron''nf, nr,nciple which
| resort To- force or revolution. In counting the
elec OF Votes oa'hs would he regarded. tradl-
| would be increased by a rrsult which would
| exemptfy tue excellence OF The Constitution
| and the wisdom Of the fathers ~ the republic.
MIR. Ia ne (Dem. Ohic) gave notice that be
would on TUESDAY next call up for considera-
tion the bill reported from the joint committee
| on the electoral vote. the debate to continue
| Tuesday and Wednesday and that he would call
| the previous question on Wednesday night.
Mr.. 1afbOx (Dem.. Mass) said that II ever
| spirit Of moderation should prevail among the
people and In the public council such a time
"who had been elected Fresiden;i" and there
was no power under heaven to revise the 7eroict
| which the American people had given at the
| ballot-box. The institutions OF the country
| could endure even corrupt and licentious Ad.
| That had teen shown. But the induction into
ONCE OF rulers VINO were not entitled to II 10y a
| a. OF irce government. Inc constitutional
right OF duly elected Presidents to rule was In
| nnites gre ter than the divine right of kings.
The conscience anu the sentiment oftthe;peope
| reYolsei at any attempt Mt COZ promise on this
| question. or the settlement or by the Execu-
i've. ~ tlit were pernssbe for the Executive to
dete mine ito VINO h had bean elected President.
| Mr Chittenden Qtep.. y. W sad the country
| had been scOurged by war aii dent, had been
| sunk INTO the deepest pit Of commercial and
| political decentralization, ana the people were
| cTyitg out for wise counsels and for patriotic
state smsnship to INT the nation to "a better
| life. The people th nAed God for the report Of
| the concurrent CON mmittte, ana would conform
| TO 1t with a unanimity scarcely matched since
| the hecti1n Of Washington IN 1883. Ine people
| wero not 10 be misled by such nonsense "a MS
| colleague (Mr Willis had INDUCED In TO day
| They had had buildozng enough, and they pro-
| posed to at. and immediately, In accordance
| With eternal justice. He ,Joiced to believe
| thai the people were on the edge OF new rcye-
| lati NJ, that the dayhreak OF better times had
| core. and that the Intelligent anu patriotism
| Of he people would rule the hour, md that
| eve ~ member who dared to speak and act AS
| artisan would DE put GOWN ana cast away.