The New York herald., 1879-10-09

used TO combat sickness in the South and under
powers aud discretion such act OF Congress
| Loud clamor has been made against carpet-bas-
gers. they are called. Men who carried knapsacks
into Southern states tarred and made homes there
some good men and some adventurous What OF 1t.
Was il the fault OF the government or of the nation
If there was fault in the migration or in the action
of these comers are you. are the Northern people.
arc the national administrations since the war
guilty OF its 1t is lawful for all men.
York and stay here. If they democrats
they sometimes run for office. but for men OF
Northern sentiments to go to the South is intru-
sion. and the blade. the bullet and the torch too
often resent it,
| But, in any view how can the government of the
United States be- the jaler arrest i'll this land
and prevent their going North South. East or west!
There is. or there was, another complaint Ia dis-
tributng and detailing our scanty army, hanuIuis
of soldiers wero stationed i'll Southern States as tney
were in Northern States. This was made cause use OF
ceaseless outcry. National soldiers never, that
have heard. interfered with the public peace nor
with an election.
FEDERAL BAYoNErs AT THE
The election of 1876 shows how false is the pre-
tence that national bayonets have influenced the
there i'll the South II they controlled elections.
how shall explain the result? Who does not
know that mobs and violence had free course? Who
does not know that in four States in which demo-
cratic victories claimed. but for shameless in
tlmdation and fraud the results would have been
overwhelmingly the other way? But the sight
and presence of the national uniform was
irritating to Southern sensibilites. When
the present administration in. the
national garrisons oruered away from the
South. Many other marked acts OF cancellation
were done. Two State governments were over
thrown. ut least suffered 10 fall. Democrats,
selected by democrats. were put in places OF high
public trust Was not all this enough? Was 1t not
enough 20 placate even unreasonable spirit? How
was this extraordinary confidence and concession
ceived-how has 1t been repaid? Murder has gone
unpunishcd and unabated. Oppression has eclipscd
the barbarity and ferocity OF slaveholding days.
Elections have been sorry farce suhocatod i'll
violence and wrong Life and property have been
the spoil of night riders and uupunshed des-
peradoes. Tissue ballots and force have decided,
when i democratic majority could not otherwise be
obtained The blacks by thousands have fed in
terror from the homes OF their childhood and from
the graves OF their murdered dead. This wicked
horrid policy has not been pursued from
cruelty or love of wrong. There has been method
in it all. by such means the South has been made
solid. By these iniquites political party has
gained possession of both houses OF Congress-irst
of the House Of Representatives, ana ut last OF the
Senate also.
RESISTING THE APPROPRIATION BILL.
In the language of their acts and their votes. their
purpose was to wipe much besides They sought
to prostrate some OF the Oldest provisions on the
statute book An act signed by George Washington
declares how certain provisions OF the constitution
shall be executed 1t empowers the President. not
in places and on some days. but in all places
ard on all days. including election days. to
enforce national law and order. and il need
be to employ soldiers to do it. In 1907
an act was passed adding to these powers
These laws stood through all seasons uncha-
lengcd. Near the end OF the rebellion in 1865, on
the motion democratic Senator. aided by the vote
of every democrat who voted ill both houses IN act
passed declaring that it should not be lawful
the peace. These the much talked of laws
about the army and elections and all of
ntruded upon voters on election day. But
because OF these laws. and laws OF two
other kinds to be mentioned hereafter. the
democratic House OF Representatives refused to
make appropriations to carry on the routine busi-
of the government appropriations which the
same House and its committee had again and again
voted be right in amount and necessary, unless
the Senate and the President would consent to the
overthrow of such statutes as democrats chose to
riEa he n mr.
session expired and while the Senate was still repub-
ican The constitution forbids all this. The consti-
tuition commands needed appropriations to be voted.
1t leaves discretion to Congress on this point.
Congress has discretion to ascertain and judge of the
amounts needed item by item; but when tho
amount has been ascertained. the duty becomes ab-
solute No power but usurpation and revolution
can say that the peoples money shall not go to the
s;itution, such plot was contrived and executed
last February for the first time in our history. The
session ended on the 4th of March. and the govern
ment was left to become helpless the 30th Of
June, the end of the fiscal year.
THE EXTRA SESSION.
Tie President promptly called the new Congress
in extra session Then the democrats took posses
sion of both houses They changed the rules the
| Senate. i The committees made and n
majority of them put into the hands of the South.
III the Senate and III the House majority OF the
| democrats came from the South and had been lead
ing tors in rebellion. Every question OF moment
decided by the democratic caucus. and here the
majority composed OF late Confederates. In the
Senate there forty-tw democrats-this is ma
jority of the Senateand of this forty-two. twenty
|
ocrats control the Senate and tho Southern
Senators majority of the democrats.
In the House like conditions exist. Appro-
priations were again refused unless laws
blocking the way to lawcssness and violence
overthrown. The bills were contrived and finished
in the caucus and we were not allowed to amend
them by correcting bad grammar. After weeks
and months of weary struggle the plot succeeded in
part. ana failed in part. Jury laws. some Of them
their stead provisions were put Introducing tor the
first time politics into the jury box. The army
o..ta1a pf fh. riQf Qfinn
lett to die by final adjournment. carried by demo-
cratic votes. No appropriation was made to pay
serving the processes or executing the judgments
OF the national courts.
sruFFING BALLOT BOXES.
In this State early 1888 the Judiciary Com
mittee OF the Assembly investigated and reported
upon the hagrant frauds on the ballot box common
in the city of New York. The committee declared
the abuses then prevailing too great to be
dured. HepeatiDg. ballot box stufing and false
counting. the report said. had come to control re-
suits. These practices till. in 1865 they
eliminated in installing a Governor and State OFF,
GERS and a large body of Legislators who had not
been elected a Congressional investigation proved
that in New York and Kings counties the count had
been iasihed by adding about thirty thousand To the
actual democratic vote. In some OF the districts OF
New York the certified vote was greater than the
whole population. including women and children
In the Southern States the ballot box had become
passed an act providing safeguards against these
wrongs. Supervisors OF election, to be appointed
by the court were aathorAeo 10 see thal tne regis,
tration. the vote and the count were far and
Two supervisors. one OF each party. for each
voting district in the large cities were authorized
to lair play. Deputy marshals were en-
powered to arrest lawbreakers who would not
desst. Under this Election law the first fair.
peaceful election New York had for many
years took place. ana elections ever since have ap
preached fairness Look ut the scuffc now
10 change the Police Board in New York to get
control of the officials who register. receive and
count the votes. II il u national election and
act OF Congress enforced there would be no such
struggle for neither side could gain by 1t. In 1860
the democrats had lost tho House OF Repre-
sentatives. After struggle and disorganiza-
sey, republican,. was made Speaker But
the Senate still democratic. and Nhen and
there tho Southern leaders made their capital blum
der--a blundcr they have learned and will never
repeat. They "went OUT AZ they called it-they
deserted aud vacated their soats. The Senators
whom they left sufficient i'll number to make
a quorum and reorganizc. This they did, and
th. scnate tbus purped. could pass and did