The daily gazette., 1879-04-30
What the Press Says of the Veto.

From the N Y. World.
The Prssident's veto opens the way,
wide and clear, TO popular Democratic
victory in 1880. Congress called upon
him TO accept the principle of free and
honest elections unclouded and uncoerc-
ed by the exhibition of Federal bay yonets
at the polls. This principle he refuses to
accept under the cover of formal ohjee-
tions for the most part captous, unsound
and irrelevant. Let Congress how strip
away the cover by its own conservative
action and leave the refusal naked in all
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people. The principle contended for by
Congress should be presented to the
President again at once In form which
shall leave him no choice between com
plete acceptance of it and fiat rejection
of it. The repeals contained in the Leg
isative Appropriation bill also should
now be presented at once to him sepa
rately.
Under no temptation under no provo
cation let Congress now adjourn without
making all the appropriations necessary
to carry On the Government. Represt Mt
ing the majority of the American people,
Congress must see to IL that the wheels of
the public administration are kept
smoothly and steadily in notion and If
the President of factieus and mischiev-
ous minority under the guidance of evil
counsellors, insist upon obstructing with
his veto legislative repeals in harmony
with all the great precedents of the his
tory of freedom, let the issues that he
makes be taken by the Democratic party
cllmly and fearlessly before the tri bunal
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| Union.
From the N. Y Sun.
FIRM AND STEADY
The Fraudulent President has vetoed
| the Army Appropriation bill, because
| Congress in granting money for the sup
| port of the army has provided that the
troops shall not he used at elections.
The provision which is thus vetoed is
| wise, necessary, Indispensable. 1t can
not safely be abandoned. 1t must be in
sisted upon. For Congress to retreat
from the position which it has assumed
| would be foolish, unpatrio lc, ridiculous
and pro bably fatal TO those RESPONSE BILE
for the retreat.
1t Is vain in this country for the mno
rity to attempt to rule the majority. The
many cannot be cOerced by the few. A
man holding tine Presidential authority
through fraud may offer veto; but the
proper reply to it is to re-enacL the law.
to which he objects, and to adjourH ,leav
ing to him to face the responsi bility ot
disbandin ng the army and disorganizinp
the public service, If he chooses so to dc
because TIE majority of Congress gram
appropriations on terms different from
those he would dictate.
This emergency seems likely to form
new crisis In the development and ap
. plication of the Constitution. Nohones
, | h.,I N ola al,
be found doing anything in the way o
terminating this crisis otherwise than il
i favor of the great republican doctr Il,
. that the majority must rule.
From the N. Y. Herald.
The Interpretation which the Prtsi
2 dent puts upon the posse comitatus sec
A ton of the Army appropriation act u
the last Congress IS veritable "sOckdo
D ager' to the shrieking and brainless de
t mocrats who have led the party into thi
slough. Mr.. Hayes frankly admits tina
y the posse comitatus provision is vail
: law (having been approved by himse
: how could he do otherwise?) and that
effectually prohibits the employment G
Il federal troops by United States ma
S shal in any possible contingency. Sue
being the clear intent of the law, what
I all this spasmodic fuss about? 1T strike
1t us that the sincere portion of the dem'
IL cratic party ought TO be entirely satiste
~ with President Hayes explicit statemei
l on this head. The following paragrap
10 OF the veto message exposes the "mare
nest" over which democratic wIseacr,
81 and maniacs have been making such
pt fussi-
- From this brief review of the bject
u sufficiently appears that under existiI
I'D laws there can be no military interfe
n ence with the elections. No case ofsuc
~ interference has in fact occurred sine
10 passage of the act last referred to. N
n officer of the United States has appear G
=, under orders at any place of election i
III any State. No complaint even of tn
OF presence of United States troops ha
of been made in any quarter. 1t may ther,
!, fore be confidently stated there is n
u. necessity for the enactment of section
le of the bill before me to prevent miIitar