Orangeburg news and times. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1875-1877, 1877-03-03

his horn III the door Of the Executive
Mansion and summon his Legislature.
but it would not do for the great State
Of Oregon.
Mr.. Mcrrick rose to close The argu
mcnt. He said in his own mind lie
held the same views that he did when
he opened the argument in the case Of
Florida, but he owed it to his clients
and to The tribunal to conf 'rn his
argument to the decisions which had
been made, and he should contnc
himself to asking that the decisions
in the cases Of Flurid, and Louisiana
shoul,lb lie applied to Oregon. II, hid
in the cases Of Florida asked that
they go behind the certificate oi'the
Governor. and ha,! asked that TIC
voice Of Florida, which had been
stimulated, might b. heard through
her legislative AMI judicial depart
mcnts.
The other side hal taken issue and
claimed that there could b. no goin
behind the certificate Of tn. Cover
nor, based Oh the canvass. bat he was
at loss to know where it had been
shawn that there ever was !, canvas;
OF The votes Of Florida, except that
one IN which the certificate Of the
Tildcn electors was based We're thry
TO assume that there Was ANYTHING 8,
sacrt,! in the act OF the Returning
Boards as prevent an inquiry into
their acts? No lhc answer was
that when these acts were confirmed
i'll accordance with The law; Of the
state the inquiry was checked. In
Louisiana and Florida they hal pass
ell beyond the certificate ofthc C,ovai
nor and reached the certificates OF
the Returning Board. They stopped
there, not through Il snncli,y otlhc
Returning Board or the vriu. Of
Wells and CaSanavc, but brcal<c
they reached tile great seal oiih.
State To fix lie line between the
states Of the Federal Governments.
had been one Of the mos. t:i!!i.ut
tasks Of the Fathers, :.u;l ;!,.y hal
fixed them 50 that ihcrc could be nD
intern ccine .trilc ii each adhered II
the line, he Fathers la;l draws. The
decision q! til; tribunal mus, rest III
the conilcnce of the people Iiil
rested in their confidence III III! on
somcgrrat principle Of State ,i.h,sas
compared with Federal authority. II
it rested upon technical grounds the
people would not receive it in con
iidencc, and the wound which his
Commission was organized to heal
would continue to bleed for Tie next
four years. Mr.. Mcrricli said The law
required tho Secretary Of State to pre-
pare two lists Of the electors, not those
who had received The highest nuu,bcr
Of votes, but those elected, who were
10 determine who were elect ID. Who
but the parties engaged in the trans
action. They must decide who were
elected. In the Florida case i, was
claimed that the power 70 determine
rested in the Returning Board. III
Oregon he claimed the power to issue
the certificate carried with it he pre-
ro.ative Of deciding TO whom they
should he issued. TO Withhold the
certificate from party deemed 10 be
disqualified, was, he submitted, the
legitimate execution Of an executive
trust. In the other eases it was claim
ed that the only time when IN error
could be corrected was between The
counting Of the votes and the time
when The electors enter upon their
duties. It WAS precisely AT this time
that This much abused Governor at
tempt 10 rescue the State from The
odium Of IL charge Of having violated
the Constitution OF the United States.
Referring to Mr.. Mathews nllusion to
conspiracy and tie cyphcr elcgrams
tclwccn Gramcr Clark and Oregon,
Ncrr!ck said Of such evidences was
offered, and had il been offered they
would moi have objected. They want
cd the truth and nothing but the