Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1879-09-20

endency. We have aroused the peo-
lie to sense of the threatened perils.
rhe issues have been made plain.
The republican leaders. with the
PRESIDENT, in his veto messages, are
III record, in writing.
Let us now briefly read the record
hus made, with reference to the first
clause of legislation demanded by us
n the army bill. The president states
his:
"These two sections (2,O02 and s.
j2S) we're enacted and approved by
Mr.. Lincoln, February rs, 1865, snd
in the revised statutes III
1874"
They are, therefore, clearly the ad-
mitted policy of the republican party.
In regard to the sixth section of the
army bill. he says:
s.It prohibits under heavy penalties,
any person engaged i'll the civil SER
vice of the U. S., from having any
force at the place of any election,
prepared to preserUe order. to mdEe
arrests, to Keep the peace, or i'll any |
manner to enforce the laws"
The republican party demands the
right and power to have troops, arm
ed men, ot elections prepared to make
arrests of freemev, 10tth or a0ithout
process of laW, and to execute all
orders Of partisan special deputy
marshals, and protect them in all
their acts.
In this veto of the legislative bill,
Nav 20, the president says:
"The sections of the revised stat
utes, which, the bill, if approved,
would repeal or amend. are parts OF
an act approved NAV 80. 1870, and
amended February %, 1871, entitled
sAu act to enforce the rights of citi-
zens of the United States to vote IN
the several states OF this union. and
for other purposes"
The people have generally believed
that this act was passed for the spe-
cial benefit of the colored voters in
the southern states. This is Il grave
error. Hear what the president says ::
eff it is urged that the United
States election laws are not necessa-
ry, an ample reply is furnished by
the history of their origin and OF
their, results. They were specially
prompted by the Investigation and
exposure of the frauds committed III
the city aud state of New York at
the elections of 1865" -
In giving his objections, he says
t'The duties of the supervisors will
be to remain at the polls, n but theg
aDiH haze no authority to make ar
| rests"
There can be no doubt as to the
position of the republican party. II
demands the supremacy of the mill
rary over the civil, to overawe the
voters and perpetuate its party IL
power.
1t declares the people incapable
of self-government, and not the equa
of federal officials, their agents ant
servants, aud that the government /:
above and over the people with pa
rental authority, and does not derive
it's Just powers from the consent o
the governed. That this is not gov
eminent of the people, by the people
for the people, but government o
officeholders, by the officeholders ant
for the officeholders, a government
of the republican party, by the re
publican party and for the republi Cal
F party. .r.. .-......... .....-.
Task you, if the people can not b
trusted with the government of them
, selves, can these same people, whel
holding federal offices, be trusted
with the government of others
Il Does man, as soon as elected o
appointed to u government office, be
come regenerated. purer, holier an
: better than all others
al A few words i'll regard to the We
= toes of the bill appropriating 81 500
> 600 for certain judicial expenses, an
the bill appropriating 100000 to pa
tees of United States III ,rshals all
their general deputies. These bill
, made specific appropriations tor spt
, cific purposes, and prohibited thei
. use for any other purposes. NJ,
Hayes bases his objections upon tw
assumptions, utterly false and witt
out constitutional sanction. The frs
, is, that the president, the head Of tn
executive department., can compel
coerce-congress to make appropr
ations for the execution of any ul
. repealed law, regardless of its ne
. cesslty, character, or importanc,
= And it congress should pass bi
making specific appropriations fo
specific objects, authorized by law
!, and necessary, and restricting thei
use to the objects named, and pre-
. hibiting their use for any other OF
:. jects. then he can refuse concurrence
can veto the bill and prevent any az
propriation, by congress for specfi
y purposes, law full, and essential to til
: existence and the exercise of the coz
stitutiOnal functions of the govern
. ment until congress shall have frs
made the appropriation he desire
off mt no ,l.,S trI INn L., ,,,I 4,
y of congress, with the right and powe
, to suggest amendments on appropri,
ton bills, and additional Legislation
and If the other two houses-the col
> gress-should not concur with hin
!, then he claims the right and powe
to defeatany and all appropiations,b 10
:, vetoes.
The second is that the officers {
/ the government have powers abov
, the will of the people, given to thel
q by the government, anu not derive
from the consent of the governed
q and can make contracts, and incu
y liabilities to execute any unrepeale
g law found i'll the statutes, regardles
E of the character or Importance of tn
. law, and the will of congress-, all
, without any appropriation by col
2 gress for such purpose having bee
= first made. These assumptions al
= not only false, and without shade
of constitutional sanction, but in Il
. rect conflict with sections 3,678 All
3,678, which require the specific al
II plication of each appropriation I
the objects named, and to no other
and prohibit tie expenditure, or tn
:; making OF any contract for the e,
~ penditure, of any sum in excess
o the specific appropriation for Tn
\ specific object named.
In short, they assert that the fede
al officers are not the agents and se
wants of the people. with only sue
authority and rights as have bee
/ granted to them in the constitution
C and laws made Ill pursuance thereo
g but arc guides, rulers and dignitari,
over the people, and general agent
: with discretionary powers, of I'll
national government, a strong, pa
entail authority - some mys,eriou
power above the will Of the peopI,
|. Hon. John Sherman, secretary of tn
J, treasury, in his recent speech at Por
d land, Maine, denouuces congress an
= its acts as qualification not nullif
J. cation by state officers as when Gel
i Jackson throttied it, but nulIiticatio
: by members Of congress-, the Swor
y agents of the general government.
r be further said