Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1879-05-03


Delaware to read. Tho election thus NJ
tected was the fsirest, the frcest the mos,
| secure, generation had seen When ig.,
| year uf erwerd New York came % crsu,
Grant with her vote, his action IN protect.
ing her chief city in the ides of hovembcr
1870, was MT forgotten. w ben next New
| York has occasion to record her judgment
of the services of Grant, bis acLion iu 1870
! touching peace in the city Oi New York'
| viii not be hidden away by those who o..
pouse him wisely, Applause In the gal.
! leIies
Now, the election law is to DO cmaseu.
! lated; no National soldier must confront
rioters or mobs; no armed man By Ns.
tional authority, though not solder
! must stay the tide of brutality or force, q.
/ Deputy Marshal must be within call: u6
! Supervisor must have power 10 arrest any
man who in his view commits the most Ga.
! grant breech of the peace But the Dem.
! ocrats tell Us 1--WE have not abolished the
! Supervisors; we have ref them" Yes. the
! Legislative bill leavesthe Supervisors, two
! stool pigeons with their wings clipped
! [iaug hterl, two licensed witnesses to stand
around idle and look -, IA cat may look q.
| a kiBg'-but they must not touch buIItas
or w-breakets, not if they do murders
| right before their eyes.
! fla civil officer under the pending amcnG-
ment attempts to quiet riot by calling on
! the 0ystauders fthey have arms, be is pul-
ishable for that If a Marshal, the Marsha.
of the district in which the election occurs.
the NJ -rshal nominated 10 the Senate and
confirmed by the Senate do not mean
Deputy Marshal-should see an aIray or
not 1T the polls on election day and call
upon the bystaRders 10 quel it. If this bill
| becomes a law and one of those byStanders
has revolver in his pocket or another one
takes stick or cudgel in his hand, the
Marshal may be fined 5000 and punished
by FIVE years imprisonment
Such are the devices to belittle National
authority and National law, to turn the
idea Of the sovereignty Of the Nation into
a laughing stock and a byword.
Under what preteXt is this uprooting and
| oyerturning to be 2 Any officer who trans
crosses the law, be he civil or mili.s-r
! may be punished in the courts Of the a..a
or in the courts Of the Nation under eZ.-
| ing law. Is the Election Ac. unconsttu.
! tiOnal? The courts for ten years have
! been open to that question. The law has
been pounded with all the hammers Of the
lawyers, but it has stood the test; no cour.
has pronounced /! unconstitutional, u-
though many men have been prosecuted
and convicted under il. Judge Noodruu
and Judge Blatcuf1rd have vindicated as
constitutiOnalitv. But as l said before tho
constitutional TaGument has been Aban-
doaed. ThosupTeme political court-prac-
tically now above Congresses or even Ooh-
decided that the law is constitutional Tho
record Of the judgment Is IN the Leglsla-
tive Bill.
law. Yes, it costs money to enforce OIL.
laws; i. costs money to prosecute smugg.sfI
counteUlsiLers, mail robbers ana olAeT..
W have been informed that II has COS.
$500 600 TO execute the Election Act. l.
cost more than s. coo, 100000 in money
alone tn preserve our Institutions and our
laws in one war, and the Nation whI-a
bled and the Nation which paid Is not like
ly to give up its institutions and the birth.
right Of its citizens for 100000. LApplausa
in the galleries.
The Presiding officer (Mr. Cockrell 10
the chair)-The Senator will suspend mo-
ment. The Chair will announce TO the gal.
leries that there shall be no more applause
| if so, the galleries will be cleared lmme-"
ately.
Mr.. Conkling-Mr. President that inter.
! ruption reminds me, the present o.cupaH.
| the Chair haying been deeply intercrl
| in the bill, that the appropriations made
| and squandered for local ana unlawful I'M
provements in the last River and HarJor
! bill alone would pay for executing the cleo
ton law rs long rs grass grows UT water
runs. The interest on tho money WronS-
fnlIy suuandeTed in that bill would execute
il twice over peTpetually. The cost Of tbts
needless extra session brought about as
partisan contrIvahce would execute tue
election law for "A great while. a 6cller
law. is to obey it, Let white leagues sua
riff clubs disba9d; let your night-riders
dismOunt let your tissue ballot box sluu.f
desist; let repgaters, false counters, and
ruttians no longer be employed to carry
elections, and then the COS. OF executing
the law will disappear from the pubic
ledger. -.,,
are in danger from an army nomuaAy ui
5000 men, most OF them scattered beyond
the frontiers Cf civilized abode. Military
power ha- become an atlrighting spec,er.
Soldiers at the polls are dlsp cas- NJ U i.-
ltical party. What party That party
whose Administration ordered soldiers
who Obeyed, to shoot down and klli uh.i.
Tending citizens here in the streets oi
| Washington on election day; that party
which has arrested and dispersed Lngi-.a
lures at the point Of the bay Onoti that party
which has employed troops to carry cleo
tons to decide that State should DO save
and should not be free; that party Wllcl
hes corraled courts ofjustice with Nations.
bayonets, and hunted painting fugitive
slayCs in peaceful communities with af..'
lery and dragOons that party which VOL.
have to-day no maj Ority in either House
Congress except for elections dominate
and decided By violence and fraud; tua.
party under whose sway in several States
not only the right to vote, but the RICH! 10
be is now trampled under foot.
Such is the source Of an insulting s"'L
mons TO the Executive 70 become p'r'E
cops criminis in prostrating Wholesale lay
and this is the condition on when ~
money Of tho people, paid by the people
shall be permitted TO be used Tor inc p''.
pose for which the people paid IT.
Has the present National Adminlstral.Na
been officiOusly robust in checking the ca-
croachments and turbulence of Democrss
either by the use of troops or othcrwsa
l ask this question because the next cleo
ton is to occur during the term OF the pre-
ent Administration. What is the need u.
revolutionary measures now? What Is nu
this uproar and commotion, this daring
Yentureof pertisan experiment forf Why
not make our issue against these laws ana
carry your issue 10 the people! lty0uc'A
elect President and q Congress OF your
thinking. sea will have it all your Own
way.
Why now should there be az attemp. %
block the wheels Of government on ~.
eve OF an election at which this Wh".s
question is triable before the prIaIga.- .h+
masters of US all = The answer Is lhsF'.'-
bic. But one truthful explanation can
made of this daring enterprise. IL Dc
lilicsl, partisan maneuver. 1T Is D. ....
for pa ty advantage. With fair ee-.
and nn honest count, the Demo rate pm.
can not carry the country. These A"
exc. uLod, insuTe some approach {" .-