The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1877-01-11
COWS. vAHcR AND ROBINSON.

upon tue BteVo cuafacter OF natsenfS AZ
fairn. tho inaugural address Of Gnveannr
Vance, Of Forth Carolina, and The epep.
ing message Of Gov. Robinson. of New
York, deserve especial prominence.
Gov. Vance was ioauguratrd iu ihr pIes.
encs Of iargs crowd, and his address
was appiaudea TO tue echo: lie referred
70 abe Political condition Of the country
as follovs:
I conceive oar situation % bS critical
in the extreme, Our only Ielispce row
Is upon the n6s:jFstioh snd patriotism of
Congress. II the representatives OF the
people aud Of the States ehall not be able
| 70 make pesceable and constitutional
solution Of the difficulty in which the
| country now fnds itself and there should
be en- attempt. ae Is threatened, to inaug.
| urate the candidates not fairly electsd,
one Of two things will happes, other the
majo1ity Of the American l>ppis will
quietly submit TO o great wFuny. iuvoly.
ing tho destruction Of the Constitution !;
| or, there will be resort to violence.
Let Us look things IN the faee. i
Tho circumstances Of North Csrolisa
as we'll ~ Of the Southern States geuerel-
| ly. imperatively demand that we should
| not be forward ip this matter. More
than all things else, except good govern.
ment. we nGaj peace In common With .ho
constitutional party ia the North We
think Ue have fairly elected our caudi-
date for P.eoIdeut. Upon that party,
and not upon ourselves devclves the pro.
priety and the duty Of taking the needed
steps towards securing the rights Of tho
majority. But let it not be supposed that
we are indifferent 70 their action or de-
cline to come to the from. because less
entitled to do so than Others. We have
been by the desolation of war purged of
revolution and sObered beth by public
calamity and p:.vate sorrow as we have
seen. We vet cherish the love Of liberty
in orr hearts 10 the mouthpiece of more
tha'! q million people.
| believe can, with propriety, say for
item that North Carolina may confident.
y be relied upon to sustain that portion
Of the people OF the United States which
[ shall convince us thai iti struggling for
the Constitution, the laws aud public
justice which arc the life aud soul of the
American Union. On the one hand, we
do not wish 1t to be understood that VIC
are ready or willing 70 embark in revo-
luton, or on the other hand that we are
/ "shb6 w HGtOtAy bQUhlt w Auy OuIEuRC
shat physical force, directed by party
zeal. may see 6t to impose. The one
course tending TO provoke violence and
the other to invite oppression. We wish
it understood that wo will follow the lead
of the constitutional men Of tho North.
Show us the law and it sufiicieth us.
Lucius Robinson, the recently elected
Governor. of New York, talks very plain
ly about the threats of the revolutienists,
and shows solid appreciation Of the
great outrages and wrongs imposed upon
the Southern States by returning boards
and military interference with local gov
c,nments. The following extracts from
his message to the Legislature clearly
demonstrate bis position. In discussing
nntioual affairs, be uses this language in
regard to Louisiana: AJ.. .it
II pause here to interpose in behalf Of
the people of this great commonwealth q
solemn protect agaiust tho power Of any
State government or of the Federal Gov
ernment to yest auch powers as are claimed
by the Louisiana returning board in any
canvassing board whatever" He also
refers to the action Of the Florida and
3outh Carolina boards, condemning the
, sourse Of both Of them, as also that Of the
Federal Government 10 regard to them.
he declares that the military interference
has been in violation Of the constitution
and lave. He ==ys: "WhiIe these
things we're going on in the South, a
member Of the Cabinet at Washington
was acting as chairu,an Of partisan
national committee, and with the coop
Grafton Of some Of his colleages in the
Cabinet ,ceunselling and systematically
stimulating these desperate measures. F"
With reference TO the President Of the
Senate determining what votes shalt be
counted he SAYS: "The President Of tho
Senate 10 three removes from the people.
II euch power were to hare been vested
in single man, depository would have
been chosen also far removed from popu.
lar accountability. But the people Of
this country will never vest such power
in any one map, however selected. They
will never consent TO new construction
Of the constitution and lave that 5ears
such fruit. They will atand firmly in the
ancient ways aud insist that the electoral
votes. in this emergency ohaii be counted
as they have elways been counted by the
two, HOUSES Of Congress and by nobody
els9. ~ eonclpsion he ssys: "Tha
| fSoEtS va INC lOQitcu obNbeS WILL GeVer
consent to have their. Representatives in
Congress atripped Of thoso powers, or
tolerate this usIrpation By o dsputy of
the Senate or by any ainglo person, and
still lAsa by an officer, who is frequently
interested a. G candidate IT,, the result Of
the count. In; this sentiment aud pur-
pose the, -:ute Of New, York cordially
eoncuFu, Foremost among ali our Amer.
Jean commonwealtha in population, in
the variety and extent Of her industries
aud interests, she has in every vicisaitudc
Of public aAhirn put forth all her strength,
moral and physical, 10 maiutsin the ex;
istsnce and the jqst authorities OF. The
Union, and she can never consent that
the time -consecrated methods ofconstitu-
tional government ahall be, ,eup planted or
ovelthroWn by revolutionary e4psdienss.'',
b The Washington correspondent of the
New York Enenins Pest gives state.
laeut, fegaIaei % 1iemi.omciai, touching
tho course acting Viee-Pfesident Ferry
will pursue on the aseond .Wedneiday in
February relative 10 connting the Elec-
toEal vases. Hfa, abatement ID % follows
"'.If the Senate ppA Hvtiss OF Repreaenta-
tiveb agree ay oiths cSurseS to be pursued,
Mr.. Ferry will got strictly in accer,daucs
with sueh agreoinent, heit.what is may,
If no agreement is reaehed by the second