New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1879-08-21

adopted But Congress found necessary to use It's
p0wer to make alter" the regula for the elcc
iion Of members OF Congress. III fOund that u c"hu
no lv ON The state auf norities to prevent fraud and
~Uge ar the p0li4 Hence those election laws which
the Democratic Stite rights parry are Trying 10 r'ps'
laws Mich Congress had tic same right TO pass s lhy
Lave IN a laws for the assessment ana collection OF
taxes whi-sry In whtteyer sovereign STATE II MY
! ,ortant regulations Of its Congressional eee
! mons. and Il has many other duties, as we
! have seen, all Of which are 10 be pc formed
! IN the STATES aud Territories cf the Unlic1
states. In The performance OF these dniics II eact'
laws for the enforcement OF the lS9is OF ~ rs
whoever by force violates the rights OF eitze uhu"I
these laws. breaks the peace oi Tue GnteS 9I"'
clearly the robber breaks the peace OF INC st'ly
therefore great mistake aud confusion OF loeas
! when the state rights champions proclaim tna' INC
/ states only have authority 10 Keep ne peace.
Government tnat mas not the power py when 70 en-
eisciy the difficulty with the Old confederation Wcn
preceded constitutional Government tnat u c,hu
and therefore were respected Hence, The second
to the people; and heuce, the genera upHtI
Of the United states was formed under our present
Gentlemen, the United states Government is as SOW
creigu any Government on earth IL IS az nome ~
every STATE aud Territory and every foot Of ground
between the Atlantic and The Pacific. It's Jaws, maze
President u clothed with the power, ana T. charged
with duty TO enforce their execution Piesid,nt
HAYES viii sign act 10 dtyest hmsei OF MS
constitutional power 10 enforce the liw4'and Keep tho
peace OF the Uuited STATES ar inc pos' rs VIZ ms
where His messages nave placed tue who're mat
clearly aud strongly on the true ahl 0ny SrpVu.
And the Republican party WIZ stanu oy n' tFrt
to degrade great aud benign National Government
10 a miserable cOufcderdcy OF Wranglng states.
Gentlemen. let our department be- conelilalOry ana
Ini5bt be under like influences The civilization Of
slavery had its peculiarItIes It had its charms. II
gave great social az wei as pOlleal po%tr 10 to w
ing class But II the Government OF the United states
snail surrender Of ITS constitutional powers IN
order TO concate this peryerse sentiment In the hope
that these Southern champions OF so-caed state rights
win reent and waive some OF their political d0gmas,
it viii take the fearful responsibility OF leaving its own
For one / am glad that the Administration has be-
come satisfied wlih the experiment which Vt has re-;
Gently tried on that suJect, ana Is row sta,watt
enough insist retaining Its power 10 execute the
laws OF the United States Some OF US nave elt tha NO
justify the Abandonment OF Southern Republicans,
through whose efforts and sacrifices Republican success
bad been made posslDe7ih order 10 coneiha@ the
Democrats who had plotted Tor ITS defeat.
The fact that slavery had created an arisocracy.
which liked in comparative ease rendered THAT KIND OF
State rights and more dear TO the class who were
enjoying the luxury Of the situation But what sur
prses is that after mpractcable theories had been
overthrown, mad hoped forever, these men come
some respects they quite beyond their old masters.
Calhoun never thought OF taking away the
power the President 10 execute the laws Of the Union
This was left for the generation who survived the War
OF the Rebellion
the execution OF the National laws IL IL not difficult 10
understand why they insist upon deprving the Presl-
Navy and his power, when the laws OF the United
States are resisted by force 20 call them to assist me
civil power. We understand why blf carlisle
ana ponticlans OF MS schoo SHOULD ignore tne peace
OF the United States"
laws by military force under Presidents OF every school
of politics nor is 1t novelty that the United States
marsbals should embody the posse cOmtatus TO meet
snch ressance, or that the soldiers within their respec
tive districts should form u part OF sucu posse
HE VOTER SHOULD BE PROTECTED.
Narshals have frequently had occasion to call out
posse comitaus enforce the laws against resistance
to National authority. A noted that Of the
slave Burns, Boston, when the authority Of the mar
shall In returning Burns to his master resisted An
other similar occurred In Wisconsin, In which Mr..
nFsaI HfttgW Illn TIAp
cared that the call upon the military rs part or me
posse comitaus by the marshal was lawful. and that
the expenses should DC paid by the Government
There law sacred than that when protects
the the exercise OF his franchise. II such law
resisted by force there he no excuse FOR permitting
such resistance TO be successful but inability To pre-
vent IT,
But the Democrats, by what they call their act 10
prevent military interference at elecdOns. which was
vetoed. an exception OF election days. On ali
other days, week days, Sundays and holidays the Gov
eminent permitted to retain its legitimate power 10
keep peace and TO use adequate force 10 overcome
resistance TO the laws OF United States. But
election days. when the occasion for II. use is most
likely occur the power Is taken away from the Cen
eral Government, while the state Is lett III exclusive
possession.
Feowctizens 1t is an error to suppose that the ap
potment Of deputy marshals TO assist In tue enforce
increases the use OF military power Ii marshal or
sheriff meets with fOtcDle resistance he may emOody
posse. That Is not military proceeding 1t is civil
proceeding But his posse may include such persons
are within his jurisdiction, whether civilians or soldiers
This is not peculiar to masnals In keeping the peace at
CougrsiOna elections, but IS q necessary power OF
both rshals and snerfs as officers OF the peace.
tary being called upon proper occasions TO keep the
peace Is groundless and absurd We nave but handful
OF In peace establishment, compared with the
extent and population OF the country employed IN
overcoming resistance to the laws aud In keeping the
peace intermnabe frontiers, while our Navy Is
wanted TO police the ocean.
Gentlemen, the characteristics Of q Government as
distinguished from league confederation Of States
that the Government has power to enforce Its own
s Inv the use OF ali lts forces when necessary III the
laws are resisted with force, thai force must be
come, and Government such as the United States Is
has power to DO IT, even to the extent Of using the
~,
The attempt OF the present Congress, therefore, TO take
that power was blow aimed at the heart OF the
General Government
Since the State Governments of the South have passed
into the hands OF the minority, the enforcement OF the
Fourteenth and Fifteenth Amendments IN those States
has become for the present pecarous, and To certain
extent. impTacucabe. Nevertheless, we ready to
suffer the eeotlons to be made farce or tragedy
Are ready to permit IN silence the Republicans to DO
countryi say no. We are as much Interested In the
fairness Of the Congressional elections In Mississippi
or In Alabama, as In ONO The duty OF
the General Government Is not TO be measured by
the extent OF the wrong to the parties deprived
State where such frauds occur. II Is grievous wrong
to the people OF all those States who maintain the law
aud nod honest elections tbat all their vigilance shoud
he thwarted by the awless frauds OF minority In Mis-
Unde system Of General and State
the people bound together by constitutional law, In
and duties Z Purttus Cnum. II is a system of
laws, and depends Tor It's peIpetmty upon
ton. The Interpretation has been ntrusted TO
the Supreme Court, and their execution TO
the Bfehlutnt Az III Tue sOlai sJsteu Vi
creation the attracts every particle OF matter III
planet and holds the orb itself In lis orbit, in
our Federal system, the General Government reaches
every citizen, in every State, and holds the State ITSELF
In republican form and course. III the State rights
macOnents should succeed In taking from the General
Government either the power interpret 10 execute
4 laws would tue destruction OF our glOri
Gus Union surely the repeal OF the law Of grayta
ton would work the destruction OF the solar system
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