, 1877-01-05

10, FRIDAY. JANUARY s
committee Of the two Houses, by joint action
II IL eohnect'on viii the Chtefi Ju,tiee Ok
tho Supreme Court, or other person or
Persons, By the Judges Of tho Supreme
Court ~ = 1'oarl (not @ court},
language, J" and tho votes al,a1l then bc COUNT
3D." does not, In my Judgment, conine the
Congress to .-
AIT SPECIAL OR EXCLUSIVE METHOD
Of counting tho vote; and Jet I agree that II vas
undoubtedly primarily In tho minds Of the
trainers Of tic Constitution that this duty,
ministerial merely, VIVA 10 bc anil would Be per-
f. Y M p1s1s 'nc,, sasr n tue sn
might bc safely intruhecd 10 him.
i1s argued that tho makers Of tho Const!tu.
tfon contemplated and intended that tho will Or
Of Tho Senate, shouleI BE- asccrtaincd by looking
At these certificates, and declaring the result.
IL probably never entered their minds that any
body Aliould or could, 1t the Federal Capital,
iudc @ trbunsi, % qae.tion t ths fxt q IL stste
10 select any person It might see lit, II not con-
additionally Ineligible, anil In It's own manner,
to cast hs sote tor tlle first and second OIL
ssl sas no '' essnco n 81 4 Sds,. ~ powss ssss
o. Of power In Congrcas to inquire Into how
these Electors were chosen, or whether they
should haFc voted Tor ono pefson NJ, rather ti'an
exlst!ug In the President Of Lie Senate, who
wAs to orcn tho certificates, or fn tic tHo
Hotacs, who wcro to be present to Witness such
opening and counting, would have been At war
and the powers Of tic State. and thu Federal
Government: They intended that the two
HOUSES should bc present as witnesses, not
aetorst to the end that the counting ahouil 20
H.. ff,aD nf
President OF tho Ecnate Or other private place.
BONE one xusr DETERMINE
that It ts the vote Of tsc State. What that vote
nurposes Of the count, Is 81! end Of Il. There
tho wlute fn1tlry cca.es. 1t ia b0th Illogical
and practically Impossible to conceive that the
two bottles, with practically equal powers attl
beron'c In any sense usurpers or arblters upon
possibly eontrpyertcd quotations. As good ati-
zens. w ought not, upon an emergency, seek TO
overthrow ~elI-cstablshcd prrccdcntsor usagca,
' as"serou. " s' 81. 'S4 ws sss1s'Sis perSsps
tn ~ nn a step further, and thst ia: suppose
dretton made BY tl,ls officer. Il 1t !'nalf From
Il Is there no appealt Upon tlia subject con
faTur of tllu prcro9atlyct Ut tho two Houses act
Ing scparatc1y auI III entire harmony, with tic
IDEA that thc President VI tl'c senata is but
prcst'iing officer, lcavine out Of yiew for tho
pEC6c1lk lllC ult'j4tk l4Eh LnA< tHC Rk4lto kt
chronicle their viii {zmost pivotal and MOTTO
he-overlookrd e1cmelt, grauD, Jet l say In
cline to the opinion that
An AprEAi. MAT NE TAKEN.
and that tie two Houscs. acting separately,
that il to saY, il the President 81 tho senatc
shall determine that particular paper 9s :cr-
Houses, upon an appeal saken,. may, acting
scparately, and BY Concurrent action, determine
otherwise. So, il h. detcrnllnes that i shuuld
not,-tlat, for ccrta!n reasonst tho certificate is
not sufficiently authGntic,-thett again. upon
appeal II like mant'cr, he nay be oscrrued.
1Ie decides, III other words, whether, prina
facfc, this vote shall or shall not be
counted. The two Houses, asttng upon
competent authority, must bc accepted as at
least prina fare correct, tnay oyertlflc It. But,
as In Ease Of the preaIdltlg officer, rs to thu
two Houses. They must hnyc regard to md
ihu State has voted, AMI what Il is. Thlt, to
my Mind, preserves sufficiently the harmony OF
tho systcif'. aud .upholds the powers anu prs.
rogatiycs OF tue twD Houses.
portzlne compromises. There can 10 no com
promise With wrong and error. It il q tati
| aud
MOST fALLAc1ous Nlsu4E Or LANGUAGE
| to talk of compromise between truth and
falsehood, vlrr md virtue. and tho task Is IS
| fru!t!ess an the talk !s hllc. The nation TO
| more than An individual can, afford TO give up
| principle or surrender tile tight n auswer to
| bati cl,pug!, to l!ave fraud, aud corruption, and
| vlufencc, uNd Intimidation, but 1t Is worse to
| supplement them by the usurpntton Of powers
| not warranted by The Consultation. There IS
enough Of danger In the bare attempt to carry d
great clecttun by artl!lce mud resort to meana
| Tho most questionable, without tnc1irring tho
t,azaEl nill striking u blow at tht ycTy vita's uf
The t;orern1ncnt lV abandoning the safeguards
II fF}rs. IL
ary lcmasoguea WIN would threaten intcrne-
/ cltc war with the ruin Antl dcsalatlon 10 tho
| cluntry which would f0llnw. 1t would hs
great wrung and misfortune to dc:lasc 4ny one
| elected President Who wAA not no; but better
thls, even. tllan that Congrras MIL the ca,untry
should be diverted from tfs l!ne of duty by
| \ NAfkNoUs CROWD OF P1.AcE-nuNTkhs
mud scis,atl,aaltsts. who care i',ott for their
uwn prrtul!al gain hy nlcans tho tntss vlolctIt
and uwless, than for tho *clfarc, qulct, and per
prtuity VI tis great country. One days rcsort t0
violence, or uf annrchy, would bc Wusac for tho
psSo 1 ass S,n9 &
the esteem OF all good nlc,l, irrespective Of
party. than four years of adtnnstratton headed
| bY either Hayes or Tillen. Ne eau stand, ind
soany ea c.Ss ivs ea ~ at Sgs I p'itgS '2s
u the ordeal which al3 1aw-as,i1lnG citizens
would itprecate, anl to arrest Which thoy must,
AMI know will, stand together.
II conslason s t''ose u ts people o, iowa
with wrong, but they would sacrifice 1ccllng,
llupcs, treasures, aud all, for the right.
| KEENAN,.
he CoAnArs rnx VIEWS or SENATOR WRIGHT
WASHINGTON. D. c., Jan. Ain the Senate,
this morning, Mr. Herman, in reply to the aFgu'
n,ent Of Mr.. Wright Oh the Electoral question,
said he did not expect that Congress could pon,
by legislation or by constitutional amendment,
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