Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1879-05-12

u1lmpaisal. Ga every occasion pbe1 the
supremacy Cflh9 C2osti,u!-n ha@ hccn resisted,
ard ihc reip.iui'y Ct cTc !G.;iiG:i9cs in.
pc!i;!;d. the p5iGei;e q iiii statute, enacted
ty tho fathers, has cpati.d the Government Of
the u1!gu 10 GIairtsu it authority az 10 PIC.
s..vc tie i1l!cr!tY {! the r2!I3r.
A.lsa uasst c:i,ica' ro;i4ta {! 2ar history
uy predecessors 10 the t;scecti5e cfico have
relied 60 Ills sEca. p:tcc pie. l. veg Or this
!rncipic that psts;iens Washington SUI
pressed Tho Nhi;kcg reheI!ica IN Pennsylvania
10 1874 La 1905. OF the same piociple, Pes
idtpt Jefferson broke up the Barr Conspiracy by
issuing orders Ter tito tmpoymcot oil such
force. either Of the regulars or OF tie militia,
aud b7 such proceedings Ct the civil authcri.
| Ii,s IS nigh. cuablo tacm to sup.
press f:ctually the !urEh:r nregress ti the
enterprise" And it Was under the same
authority that President JccksCn crushed rulii
| li,ation 10 South Csroliba, and that President
l;nca!o issued his call f0r troo.s 10 save he
| Utioa 10 lTGl. Ol tum>rtus o.hcr occasions
OF less significance, under probably every al
niuisraliou, aud certainly under the present,
this power has beer use!ully excited % cciarco
The laws, without q ac!irn ty sly iasiy ia The
county, and amos, vi HUI. st.tse ing public
| attention.
The great Elementary constitutional principal
which was The iGuui.tlon 81 the oIis!aa! sat-
ute ol 1872, ard which has i'cen ~ e!scGcc &c
the Va!vu, ferns il has assumed :icco ii4 first
adop,ioa l., that the Gsv9ron:eo; oitte Ualted
States pssscssca ucder ias Constitution,
10 full n!sssuEo the poser. {; S:l''
procclion 10 lis osn agencies, alto
gcther independent of State authority, and, ii
need be, agaiss tic hcs,lily OF S!Gtu ae7e!L'
mtuls. Ii should remain embldiGd Ic our
statutes, uainraired, as it has t"ru !2:D the
very origin OF the Government. l. should &c
regarded as hardly ie:s valuable CT i,ss sacred
thar provision CT tue Constitution i!scH.
TStro arc laary oiEeT Important statutes coz
TAXING ir3sl3:Ous Ina. SIC ii.bI1 10 b. Fus
pended Or n1gul!cd nt tho TINES sud
places Of holding cccticrs. il the oil! be-
fore me shculi hacoMe a laR. do not
undertake 10 furnish li;t Of them. Many OF
them-perhsps the m 5st OF theIn--hsyo been set
forth in the debates on this measure. They re.
lsto to ey!radiLion, 10 crimes agaias! tho election
laws, to quarantine regulations, to neutrality, 10
Indian reservations, 50 the ci7i! rights OF citizens
and 10 other subjects. In regs;d TO them a!l |:
may he safely said tha! the mesnlng s;d ctecL
CT this bill is TO take from The General Govern
me,t Ell important part o! lis pcWort, enforce
the laws.
AT other grave objection 50 tho bill is IT,; dis.
elimination in favor Of tho state an! :gain:. TIC
national authority. The ptcScEc0 or employ
nent Of tho Army or Navy OF thn Initial S!stes
is lawful under tho terms Ci This bill AZ TIE
place %heTo al eleGIl9h 10 pGin& Ee,I
a Slate government then and thcro in
necd Of such military intervention, but III '|'
fal 10 uphold tho authority OF TIC Government
OF tho United States then sud there IL need OF
such military intervention. Under this bill tho
| presence and empl ymeat OF tho Army or Navy
| ri I'D
BIO necessary TO maintSin tho coaduct OF = Stste
election against tee domestic y!o!oECo that would
overthrow il, ba! would be- un!"wlul 20 inE;H!s!rl
the conGuct OF natio.al election a:s.lEs. the
ssmo local violence that wCu.d overthrow l..
This discrimination has never been alter" itcG IL
any previous legislation by Congress, and is no
moro compatible with sound principles CT the
Constitution or tho necessary max;Ins aid meth
eds Of our system OF government on cc2a:!ons OF
elections than at otner times. IN tEo early log
i;stion Of 1892 and Of 1875 by which tbs militia
Of The Stato3 was the only mlli.sry rowa. rcscrt.
cd 70 for the execution OF the constitutional pow
els in support OF SLsto or national authority,
both functions Of the government were put upon
the aamo footing. By tho act Of 1857 tho Gun
ploymcrt Of tho Army and Navy was authorized
in the sano terms.
In all later statutes on The sace sable tnel.or
tho samo measure Of authority 10 tho Govern
ment has been accorded iOT tho Performance III
UOlQ lQCsC uuLie. no tTtCSUSHl Hrs Cccl iOGutl
| in any previous legislation, and 10 sutl Gent
reason has been given for the Discrimination in
| favor OF the State and against tho Eaioasl au'
thoriLy which this bill colts
Under thesWoepins terms oil The bill tI0nalioa.!
government s flo tn. Ally shut on! from exercise Of
tho right, and from The discharge Of the inpe!a-
liva duty TO uso its whole Executive power when
| ever and wherever required Tor tbs enforcement
OF its laws at tho places and timts whore
| and when its elections arc held The employ
ment OF lis organized armed forces for any
euch purpose would DO an oiionc3 pEaEst
the law unless called for by. ard therefore upon
permission of, the authorities Of thu state in
| which tho occasion arises. Wha. IS This but TIC
substitution CT tho discretion OF tho State gov
| ernments for the discretion OF tho Government
Of the United Stetes ~ to the performance OF It's
own dutica2 Ia my Judgment this IA FL aban-
doannDt CT lis obligations oy tGo National Gov
| ernmeit-a subordnntio1 OF natinnsl authority,
and an intrusion Of State supervision over na-
ti6nG! duties. which amounts. il enifis and tend
| oncy, 10 State supremacy.
Though believe lhst the ey2tlnc s.a.!tItcs 40
abundsnt'y adequate to co!ni.icte!? prnvcn!
military inference with The elections in The sense
in which tho phrase 10 used in thu title Of this
bill III ID is EN- p!oycl ty tho people Of this conn
try, shall find no difficulty in concUrring il
any additional legislation limited TO that OF :ct
| which docs not interfere y 18th tho Indispensable
| exercise ct tho powers or the Government under
! the Constitution ind Laws.
| KU1HERF0RD il. HAYES
Executive Mansion, Msy l.? $50.
Politics In Fairfax.
| ICarrs Sp0ndcncc OF the AleZa 1d!a G.2;;tc. |
| FAIRFAX, g. H., May l2-At The primary