The daily gazette., 1879-04-29
From the N. Y. World.

THE ISSUE Uf the ARMY BIII..-The
President before 1861 and after 1851 was
bound TO use call his power" to enforce
the laws of the United States. No one
so far Is We know, denies that. But
what "power" over the army should be
placed IN his hands for that purpose and
under what restrictions? We have not
seen an iot& Of evidence that any repre-
sentative Democrat proposes to deprive
the President Of the power to employ the
army as the Constitution prescribes. In
deed the House, and In the pending
Army bill, carefully preserved and pro-
tected that power as defined In the fif-
teenth clause Of The eight section Of the
first article Of the Constitution, and In
the fourth section Of the fourth article.
The militia, under that ii ,use amend
meIt, is to be called forth "to execute
the laws Of the Union, suppress insurrec-
tions and repel itvasiOns" and s'the Uni
ted States" must also, uIid, that amend
ment, protect each State against INVASION
and against domestic violence, on appli-
ca lou by the State. All that the rider
Gas it is falsely cAlled) TO the Army bill,
as presented to the President, does, or
att mpts 10 do, Is 10 prevent every per-
son from using Federal bayonets at the
polls on all election day unless The CON-
monwealth calls on the President for
such use in order TO p. otect itself against
domestic violence. As TO any and every
other day except all elect ion day, and as
to any and every other place except =
voting place, the rider (sO-called) Is 81
lent. In all her particulars the law as
to the use of the army Is left just as it is
to-day. Whatever power the President
has to-day TO use Federal bay onets to Ell
force Federal laws or protect q State he
will have If Mr.. Hayes signs the bill now
before him, excepting as TO election days
and as 10 pOlling-places. Democrats
have not sou. hit, nor has this Congress
attempted to restrict the Presidents use
Of bayonets on any ether Than voting days
or in any other places than voting places
On every other day in the year and OIL
every other spot IN the Union the Com
mander-in-Cniefc can manGuvre the Fed
errl troops as freely after he signs tn,
pending Army bill as he can at this mo
| ,aant nI ayak, ~, alact ion Aays a
should be more sacred in free govern
ments than any other secular days cal
be, the President can display the FEEDER
al bayonets, after he signs tbs bill, Al
every place but a voting place. 1t IL
only around the polls, and nowhere else
that Democrats draw the sacred circle o
the law and shut out the brutality O
force. In every other place the Presi
dent may squeak the fife and beat tn,
drum" just as freely after he signs til,
bill which is before him as he could wheI
the extra session assembled. Why d.
the Republicans object to this exclusion
The President, after he signs the bill
can even surround the voting place wit
troops under sections 5,297 and 5,29S @
tile SO of the Revised Statutes, if a Stat
asks him to. Why Is IL that Republican
are so anxious TO use Federal bayonet
to keep the peace Of New York and Ell
force New York laws without waitiD
FIR New York 10 ask for such aid -? Dul
ing the civil war, from 1851 TO 1856
there might have been reason or excus
for the exercise of this Federal power
= the border States. What reason or g,
cuse is thera to-day and here unles
: forsooth, we have another civil war
sight