New-York tribune., 1877-01-03

Iu nave seen iil' bolit St'.tc
va,.rrs f. j.icatmg CANVASS n ilkt ol'o ,' nee ana
cpucup oi the supreme Court baNl Jurisdiction ana
tnr rgut final .sInent; We have seen 'drral SOL
drry tk,. possession tue Cdplo al The siae, ana
corporal tue door determining VINO were te 1o'' ut
people and VINO we're To De pcFullt'u 70 ~ @
theu as LEGISLATORS. Notwithstanding some oi thrNc acs
have been Iisayowed by me Federal LAe'"tN, no mar
oi dsapprObaou has been put uron the I'ao.' oi ne
Outrdgcs; the Oihcer III CohI'hN 80 So "a ~ ri.,,
aAd wnen the Returning Board were cOihteu % r,isol
for contempt. by the highest court III llt 9htc ldSc
Inc United states Dstilc' osiIt J" S'I' V" ~ 'i
Carolina, and without jurisdiction III the ce'' LlLts
These proceedings the more extraordinary ana alarm
M wien We consider that such NOiaio!S oI ia" ahd
ol right nave been resOrted To 10 oVSurn elections All
tuc officers conducting hch were Of the same poiltd
arty with candidates Ia whose Iloi these "cis nave
rIriuc OF troops of tho United states, without ANY
constitutional warrant Tor uitf presence ana '"' tiT
uia decisions sci at naLght cauUt be- suspected
l any parisan Das for they were rendered both ia Flor
liza ana SOuth Carolina bS judges ah ol Whnm were Oi
the same pOlitIcu. party with tnc RciirninE Beard
MILITARY INTERFERENCG \ VIOLATION OF LAW.
These int,If,reLces military power haN been conn
tted u syrant violation OF the Constitution ana laws
They were not provoked by domestic violencc; they
wore not invited in the only way that would have made
them constitutional, by tue Legislature of the state; aud
tbcy were continued after the election was over and
,, III the ,ibsruuent proceedings OF the tanyas,ing
boar Their tendency Was To ONchWc the voters uuUcr
t prct,,c of keeping the peace. though Dl he!Sit,
-, ,s,,,. iuI,W mi and 10 deliver .lOuc,t oIlci
from the uajua sciisc Of responsibility ana t' hatutu
timil,y iu regard 20 The consequences oi lleH Hcs'
which alc pTOvidcntia Limitations TO Heh cOhc'ptiOhS
of tnr crimes upon Which tiri may venture
Whiie these tainss were eoinS on Ia te soui aiei-
thc cabinet al Mdshn-lon wts t'IlS as cL' man
of partisan National Committee ana WIN tAt cool u.
tou of sonc colleagues IN the Chbihct cOuhscS
and systematically stimulating thes" desperate measures
Tho result wnch these PROCEEDINGS seem u'SiShtu U"
ocpmpsh cannot DE secured without one further step ia
the of usuratOn. The fabrication Ol electoral
votes amounts To nothing unless ttJ can be counted w
rho tibiu whose constitutional duty IL Is 20 Yetiy ana
Them. That ncAurlbc necessity mas gwen
hirth to n new device counting tho votes, not Only
unknown 20 the Constitution, Ddt ia cOhilic WIN Tue
SnstnctIon hitherto always accepted gnd with the i'll
variable practice aud prccodenis lhn device Is Tor the
Prrslrnt of the senate usurp The power Oi drtcInn'
n what votes shall be counted aud what shall not be
counted and exercise that power III disregard oI the
ori,rs OF the wo IL woud not Ia credible ina!
s nonst rus "a claim this could be- scrlousy Hsso lSi
If leading Senators had not publicly aNOwCdU
No 'ug could be more abhOrrrnt 10 the spirit ot our
s,sru ot government thun such man power 1He
icsin OF tho senate Is elected by the SENATOR'S ana
ine, i'm Earn are elected by the state legislators lie is
theeiorc three removes from the people. II such Il
| powcr were to have been vested Ia single man a
| drpository would have been chosen not 50 nlr
| removed from popular accountability. But tht
| people OF this country Will never vest sueh I
| power In any man, however selected Ihty VII
never consent construction OF tie Constitution
and laws that bears such fruit They will stand firmly
In ancient ways anu insist that the electoral votes