The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1878-06-21

E.r.frs1, That the two houses ot zoe tolt- q
fourth Congress having euuNlel tLt p s. -
far President and Vice Fresident "t tht tli-tf,'
efsfe< aad having declared huthertCra Is,
Efsyts aul 81. A. IS uculcr tp be oll3 t!cc-eu
i'm any subsequent Congress 40 reverse lhd'
declaration, nor can any Sucn p0Wet ne @ eAer-
,.5ecd hv the Courts Of the nited States or any
other tribunal. hat Congress can create Cii~tt
the Constitution.
The above resolution accompanying the
report If the Judiciary committee Of the
House of Representatives, on the subject OF
the eountof the electoral vote for President
and Vice President, was adopted by the
House on Friday last by q vote Of 234 yeas,
10 Il nays. The following extract from the
report Of the committee will indicate its
general character, as well as the reasons it
sets forth in support Of the resolution:
The forty fourth Cong Tess selected commits
Sion 10 count the votes EOr President ana ice
President reserviu TO itself tie right 90 ralliy 5
or reject such couut in tho way prescribed "a
the act creating Stg y tt't-l -, ,,
action Of the TWO houses II TGtheu fhe count
made uy the commission ana thus mage - thc
Durtments Of the Federal government, all inc
State governments in their relations 70 Federai
authority. foreign nations, the people OF Tue
United States, MI the matcriai interests anu IN.
dustries of the country have acquiesced IN ana
acted in accordance with the pfohotucyi @ lliiu-
ing OF Congress. In the opinion OF this COM
mittee the present. Congress has no power 10
undo the work Of its predecessor III couHtinS I a,
tra electoral vote. or 30 confer upon any Judi
cial tribunal the right TO pass upon ana perhaps
set aside the action Of its predecessor ia refer
cnce to n purely political question, the decision
of which Is conhded Ly the Constitution In
Congress,
The judiciary committee, from which
this report and resolution came, consists of
eleven members-seveR Democrats and
four Repubiicans-all of whom signed it
With the exception of Messrs. Knott, Of
Kentucky, and Bntler, of Massachusetts
It's prompt adoption by a Democratic
House ought to put 1T rest now and forever,
tho senseless cry that the Democratic party
intends to contest Hayes title to the Pres
idcncv and thus inaugurate strife, disorder
and revolution throughout the country.
The question before The committee was not
whether the election Of Hayes was brought
about by the commission of gross frauds
BY the election officers and returning boards
in Louisiana and Florida, nor was it a ques-
ton whether the Electoral Commission had
rendered a proper decision in the case Of
both these States, but whether Hayes had
been declared elected by the two Houses OF
Conyress-the tribunal of the constitution
for the settlement of the question, and from
whose decision there can be no appeal.
The conclusion arrived at by the committee
is in accordance with the judgment of the
-best1egal minds Of the country. As Judge
Black recently said in Philadelphia, Hayes
possession Of the Presidency under the cir
cumstances sis title to every legal intent
and purpose, and shat ''ho is President for
four years unless his term shall be abridg-
cd by impeachment, resignation or death" ="
This is the plain law of the case, and all
talk about ousting IIayes is vain and un-
profitable. There is no other way to de-
erive him of his Office than by impeach-
ment, and that could only be done by
bringing home to his door, by clear and
uudoubted testimony, guilty knowledge
Of the frauds upon which his title admit
teddy rests. IL evidence Of this character
should be developed before the Potter com
mitteo which is not very likely, it VIII
then be iiro enough to talk about the pro
cess Of impeachment.