Mexico weekly ledger., 1879-07-31

now hIgQ his pOsltiOu u pure LIS
character. Should he resist, the
bayonets of United States soldiers
cleaning around the polls, add the
terrors of a military dungeon, and
the Government of the whole Union
is arrayed against the dearest right
of a citizen-the right 10 cast his
free, unawed suffrage. Nor did the
outrage stop here. If pointed out
by a supervisor, and arrested by a
deputy marshal, the unfortunate vo-
ter was then taken before a United
States Commissioner, also a Repub-
lican, bound over for his appearance
before the Federal Court, and then
tried before u packed jury organized
to convict, and each CT whom was
first sworn that he had not directly
or indirectly given any assistance iii
money or any other thing to any per-
son who had joined Or Vas about TO
Join in rebellion or i~nsurrection.
In other words, the father, no mat
ter how loyal himself, who had given
A CRUST OF BREAD
Oh drink Of water to his son in the
Confederate service, Or a blanket to
warm his frozen limbs, was forever
disqualified from service as. q juror
in the Federal Courts.
The issue between the two parties
was distinctly made upon this legis-
lation. The Democratic party, with
a majority in both Houses Of Cen
gress, but without the power TO pass
any law over the Presidents veto,
put upon the Appropriation bill, pro-
vidjng mea to carry on the Gov
eminent, the repeal Of the laws au-
thorizing the presence of the army at
tb, polls, the ann"int'""'t C.poI-
,.sors and deputy Marshals to con-
troll elections, and the administra-
ton to jurors in the Federal Courts
of the infamous test oath.
In vain did we point the Republic
al party to the Constitution which
gives the general government power
to use the army ON the soil of a SOW
erign State only to suppress insur-
rection Or repel armed invasion, and
then at the call of the Legislature of
the State, or if the Legislature be
not in session, of the Governor.
In vain did we point to the other
clause of the Constitution providing
that the militia of the several states
may be called on to execute the laws,
that the time, place and manner of
holding elections for members Of Con-
gress are provided for by the States,
and that the qualifications for voters
for members Of Congress shall be
those fixed by the States for voters
for the most numerous branch of the
State Legislature. The only reply
vas that the Confederate Brigadiers
had taken possession of Congress,
and that jeff. Davis was about to
head another rebellion. They could
see the canebreaks in Mississippi be-
ginning to shake as he started to the
front, and the ragged rebels cleaning
their shot-guns for another war.
IN VAN
did We point to the outrages commit
ted by the Supervisors and Deputy
Marshals in the past, and insist that
what had been done heretofore would
be done again. We read to them
the evidence of MI. w. d. w. Bar
nard, well-known to the people of
Missouri, agentleman connected with
the family OF General Grant, and the
appointee of that distinguished Re-
publican whilst President to the office
of Examiner of National Banks for
this State. In his testimony whilst a
witness i'll the contested election case
Of Frost vs.. Mctcalfe for q seat in the
Forty-tifth Congress, Mr.. Barnard
testified that in 1876 it was deter
mined by the Republican leaders to
carry certain districts in Missouri for
the Republican party, so as TO put
the National House of Representa-
tives in accord with the Senate and
President. That he approached Mr..
Leflingwell, Marshal for the Eastern
District Of Missouri, and asked him
to appoint Deputy Marshals in St.
Louis TO act at the election, and that
Leffingwell refused, until he (Bar-
nard) told him that he had made him
Marshal, and would unmake him I'M
less he served the party. Letting
we'll still refused, but finally gave the
power of appointment to Barnard,
who appointed 1850 Deputy Mar
shals, many of them of the lowest and
most disreputablc character, ready to
do any work demanded of them. The
result is known to every Missourian.
Over 5000 voters were disfranchis-
cd, 5000 600 OF the peoples money
was expended, and three districts of
St. Louis returned Republican mem
bers to the Forty-tilth Congress.
MIR. BARNARD TEsTIFIEs
that he afterwards went to Washing
ton City with HenryT. Mudd to col
lect the pay for this infamy, and that
Mr.. Taft, Attorney General of the
United States, congratulated him
upon his success, and said, "You
have brought a good deal OF sugar
on your spade!" / do not propose,
my friends, to weary you longer with
this dismal and disgusting history.
JEFF DAVIS LEGACY