The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1877-03-09

cessity IN the terms identical in their spe-
cfc import with those have here employed,
| must be accepted as a conclusive argument in
behalf of these measures. 1t must be accepted
as the expression of the united voice and will
Of the whole country upon this subject, and both
political parties are virtually pledged to give it
| their unreserved support. The President Of the
United States, of necessity owes his election to
office to the suffrage and jealous labors of po-
litical pstty, the members of which cherish with
ardor and regard as of essential importance he
principles of their party organization; but he
should strive to be mindful of the fact that he
serves his party best who serves his country best
In furherance of the reform we seek, ani in
other important respests, change of great inn
por,ance, recommend an amendment to the
Constitution, prescribing n term of six years for
the Presidential office, and forbding n reelection.
x X
Feow.ctizcns, we have reached the close of a
political contest marked by the excit tement which
attends the contest between great parties whose
| members espouse and advocate with earnest
faith their respective crecds The circumstances
were perhaps in no respect extraordinary save in
| the closeness and the consequent uncertainty of
the result For the first time in the history of the
| Country il has been deemed best, in view of the
peculiar circumstances of the case, that the OBJ
jcctions and questions in dispute with reference
| to the counting of the electoral votes, should be
referred TO the decision of tribunal appointed
for this purpose. That tribunal established by
law for this sole purpose its members, all ofthcm
men Of integrity, Intelligence and, with, the cx-
| cepion OF those, who are also mcmbers of the
| supreme Judiciary, chosen equally from both
| p 'litical parties, its deliberations enlightened
! by the research and the arguments of able coun-
sci, entitled to the fullest confidence of the
American people. Its decree has been patiently
awaited aud accepted rs conclusive by the gen
| eral Judgment of the public. For the present
opinion will widely vary as to the wisdom of the
several conclusions announced by that tribunal
This is to DC anticipated in every instance where
matters of dispute are made the subject of ar
biira'ion under the forms of law. Human judg-
mcnt is never unerring, and is rarely regarded as
otherwise than wrong by the successful party in
| the contest. The fact that two great political
parties have in this way settled II dispute in re.
gard to which good men differ as to the fact, and
the law no less than as TO the proper course
to he pursued in solving the question
| III controversy, is an occasion for general
rejoicing, Upon one point there is entire una
| nimlty IN pubic sentimcnt-that conflicting
claims to the Presidency must be amicably and
rcaccably adjusted, and that, when so adjusted,
the general acquiesccncc Of the nation, surely
onght to follow.
Ii las been reserved for Il Government of the
people where the rights of suffrage is universal,
to give 10 the world the first example in his
tory, Of great nation, in the midst of n strug-
gle of opposite parties for power, hushng its
parties tumults 10 yield the issue of the contest
to adjustment according to the forms Of law
Looking for the guidance of that Divine hand
by which the desiinies of Nations and in
dividuals are shaped, l CALL upon you, SEN
ators, Representatives, Judges, fcllow-citizcns
here and everywhere, TO unite with me in
an earnest effort to secure to nor country, the
blessings not only of material prosperity but of
justice, peace and unon-a union dependinr,
not upon the construction of force, but upon
the loving devotion of n free people, that all
| thin lie ordered and Spttlcl IN
best and surcst foundation, that peace and hap
pncss, truth and justice, religion and picty
may be established among us for all generations.
TIE TnUru SouARELY SrArEp.-NTr. Hayes
has not been elected President ut all, either law
fully or according to the forms of law The
lawful election in Florida gave the fcui clccto-
raj votes Of that Commonwealth for Mr.. Tilden.
Thelawtul election III Louisiana gave the eight
el!See!terIal Y2itSS 2f That Commonwealth for Mr.
fully chosen. The lawful election by the special
electors gave for Mr. Tiden 1856 electoral votes,
and Tor Mr.. Hayes 1I2 electoral votes, while
upon the popular vote Mr.. Tldcn's majority
was nearly 100000. MIR. Hayes has not been
elected by a lawful maj ority Of the popular votes
Mr. Hayes has not been elected by lawful
majority OF the electoral votes. Mr. HAYES has
not been elected b. II Lawful! majority of any
lawful votes whatever.
The bradley Tribunal, in its inccption. its
|
II lawcss, unconstitutional, invalid fraud and
| farce. When Chief Justice Church character
ized That fraudulent device OF Congressional
cowarulce as the greatest farce of modern times
he told ;he whole story and the whole truth
a more atrocous burlesque upon the Constitu-
ton, more tagiious fraud and outrage upon
| the American people, political demagogism new
er could have devised. Not one act decision,
| expression, or dclverancc of any kind by that
| illegal cabal of political humbuggery has the
least sanction of legality The votes of Florida,
Of Louisiana, and of Oregon were never asccr-
tanned i'll any legal way to be such votes as the
Constitution authorizes Congress to count They
were unlawfully counted The counting of
! thom was an act of fraud.
The installation of the prctcnder, Hayes, in
! The PRESIDENTIAL office without Il legal election
| without any law form of law to warrant the
proceeding, but wholly upon u basis of fraud
and corruption, would he nothing more or less
than nullihcaion of Tie Constitution - CHI
cayo Times.
| ALARM OF THE GARRETT j. ,GGgIs-W Wosh;og-
| ton, Ftdra0/y 2I.--The carpct-baggcrs of Vir-
ginia and other southern States have taken The
alarm nj the indications of radical change of
| Southern policy with change of administration.
| IL Is understood that IN ovcments are on foot with
a view to secure the rcsuscitation Of the dciunct
| Washington Chronicle rs an advocate for the con-
tinuancc of the Grant policy in the South and
to uphold the claims of the carpet Jaggers to
| the Federal patronage The rpet-baggers
| think they need n newspaper organ here since
the Nahondt Rcpubkcdn, which has always been
their staunch ally, has forsakcn them and gone
| in for the proposed new policy of modcration
| IL is said that private circulars have been sent
aroun calling for meeting Of the carpet bag
gers at Richmond Tomorrow 10 consult on the
situation and take such means ms they may
think necessary to save to them few crumbs