The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1878-08-21


the. United States does not aeonfe
) upon the President of the Senate th
/ power to examine and ascertain th'
votes to, be counted as the ELECTORS
votes for. President and Vice Presi
dent of the United States 4sas go
2. That the only power which th'
Constitution of the United States
confers upon the President of tht
/ Senate, in respect to the electora
votes for President and Vice Presi
/ dent of the United States, is to re
ceive the sealed lists submitted tc
him by the several electoral colleges
to keep the same safely. and to open
al the certificates, or those purport.
ing to be such. in the presence Of
the Senate and House Of Represen-
tative. 'S
8. That the Consultation of the
United States does confer upon the
Senate and the House of Represen-
tatives the power to examine and
ascertain the votes to be counted as
the electoral votes. ~ Ssza
4. That in execution of their pow.
er in respect to the counting of the
electoral vote, the House of Repre-
sentatives is at least equal with the
-
Senate. 80
5. That in the counting of the
electoral votes, no vote can be ceun-
ted against the judgment and deter
mination of the House of Represen-
tatlyes. .s @ 6as ,saaazasss
NO CONCESSIONS FORCE DEBATE
COMPEL VOTE.
It is no secret now that upon this
issue Mr.. Tilden counselled many of
his friends in the leadership of the
House, who visited him at New York,
during the Christmas holidays, not
only to stand, but to force the de.
bate. first in the House, then in the
Senate. He accepted all response
bility for the outcome. He assured
them that were their temper stiff and
resolute, the conspiracy would, break
down in process of execution; that
in any event it was for the interest
of popular elective government not
to yield to the mere menace of usur.
patton all that actual usurpation
could take for itself if completely
successful. He ferewarned them
that the conspiracy must therefore
never be allowed to gain anything
by the least concession or under any
deceptive guise, but should be fought
at the threshold and fought inch by
inch, and thus forced to make exhi-
bition before all mems eyes, of the.
real character of the revolutionary
violence in the aid Of the revolution
ary usurPation by which alone it
could advance single step towards
success.
sAGACITY OF TILDEN's PLAN. 81
Now. the simplicity of this plan
may have obscured its sagacity. But
the lapse of time and ample reiec.
tion can have left no further room
to doubt its penetrating foresight
and its sufficiency. It's unrelenting
pressure frst uniting the House,
must then have divided the Senate.
All the ablest Republican Senators
in debates on the 22d joint rule and
Morton's bill, had publicly commit
ted themselve over and over again
to the right OF the two houses (and
not of the Vice PresidenD to control
the count. Morton himself was com
mitted. All of them knew. and ma.
ny of them had Joined in making the
uniform preeedents. where chal.
lenge by either house had repeated
ly snfficed to exclude, from the true
electoral votes counted, any certia.
cate deemed by either house to be
not suoh true and lawfnlvote. But
were any one of all the nineteen con-
triVed aud false votes to be challeng.
ed by the House of Representatives
were not each and every fraudulent
and every disqualified vote to be
passed as true electoral vote by
the separate act and approval of tho
House end Senate too, the result
must have been the election of Mr..
Tilden by majority of all. or else
his choosing. according to the ex-
press mandate of the Constitution,
by the House of Representatives..
since therein the Democrats prevails
ed, whether voting by numbers or
voting by States.
For the House of Representatives.
by the Constitution. and according
to the uniform practice and proce>
dure hereunder, being eoncurrently
with the, Senate witness in the /
opening, and an actor in the count.
Ing of the votes. was made. by nee
oessary implication in the language
of the Constitution itself, the sole
exclusive judge whether or not the
contingency had happened which
called upon it to make a choosing of
President in default of an election by
q majority OF the whole. number. of