Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1879-04-10
MEMPHIS APPEAL
THURSDAY, APRIL 10, 1879
uAWMLE.s GAsCONADE.

In the midst of an engagement the Chi
nese beat their gongs, aud hope 10y racket,
uproar and general flourish Of trumpets, to
iuhmidate the enemy. The Republicans in
congress have adopted a similar strategy IN
their desperation. They ind a Democratic ma
iority in both houses Of congress, determined
to repeal the test.oath, and 70 exclude mar.
shals, supervisors and troops troa tue polls,
where they have so long arrested aud over
awed citizens IN the exercise Of the elective
franchise. The Republicans feel and see
and know that they have no hope OF carry
ing the next Presidential election without
the aid OF their hired partisan marshals, su-
pervisors and troops 10 usnrp the ballot,box,
and hence they seek 70 brighten the Demo.
Gratis from the discharge OF their duty by rant
and buster, The song which they are con-
tinually beating is the threat of n veto by tho
fraudulent President They tell the Democrats
that the President, so-oaled, viii veto the APP
preparation bill with these evolutionary
amendments, aud that the majority in both
houses viii be compelled 10 recede or the
whole machinery ct the government VIII be
stopped aud anarchy aud confusion Will follow,
Such factoring gaScoaade will not fnghten the
Democrats from their purpose, as they know
that Hayes dare not veto n bill containing
amendments right in themselves, and which
Garfield himself says ought to be repealed,
and for the repeal Of which he will vote for
On = separate proposition, Andrew johnson
was impeaehcd because % his exercise OF the
vos0, and Hayes, as = member OF congress,
voted to sustain tAiS impeachment The
bogus President Will learn that he
cannot, by his vApCying threats OF
a veto, eoSroe Congress % PASS balls lost as
ne may dictate. Oae Of the obnoxious laws
winch the Democrats propose 10 repeal is
and they Intend to JcpIsl IL in the
same way, We predict that the
us0rper ct the White House dare not
ve,O the Appropriation bil when II passes the
senate, AS it wi, do at az early day, He can
not say such legislation Is unconstitutional,
as he Is On record as having voted while
member OF congress for similar amendments
% the appropriation bin, Ii he vetocs it be-
cause it CONTAINS these amendments, he VIII
Dc arrogating the power Q, legislation and
put himself in the attitude Of debating rules
by which congress shall transact It's business.
When a bsll passes both houses OF congress,
he has no right to inquire INTO the details by
which it was passed. He should simply
ask is the bill eoustitutioaalp and
It 50, he aftxss his signature. To
veto the appropriation bill simply because it
contained amendments which Garfield and
the President both admit ought to be ne
pealed, simply to crafty party leaders, would
Justly arouse y storm OF pOr plar indignation.
The Democrats OF both houses are engaged
IN legitimate and constitutional methods OF
legislation. raey have not tvaascended any
Of their rights or made any innovations upon
the usual course OF legislation, and the ccua-
try will see that the man who IS 6lGng the
office to which he never was elected dare
net DO what he is urged to DO, and which it
is claimed he wall do. The supervisors and
and marshal's law, One OF the very laws /
which the Democrats propose to repeal or
mostly, was appended as an amendment to
the sundry civil appropriation bill in 1872,
aud forced through congress by Mr., Garfield
as part OF the appropriation bin, aud be
even refused to let the measure be
considered separately or its own merits, rs
desired by those who opposed it, but was I'M
movable in his demand that 1t must De con-
sldered as a part OF the bill. And now We
are told that 1t is revolutionary, and that the |
President, so-oalled, Will veto the appropria- !
hon bill because 1t contains an amendment re. |
pealing law which passed in the same way. |
In other words, a law cannot be repealed by |
the same methods by which Il was adopted. |
The occupant OF the White House cannot |
take such an absurd position. In 1867, by |
the vote and Endorsement Of Hayes in con- |
gress, the Republicans mot only tackled Do. |
htcal legislation 10 an army appropriation |
bill, but passed it and sent it to the Presi- |
dent in the last days OF a session, with the |
distinct and openly declared threat that if |
he did not sign the bill they would adjourn |
and the appropriation should fail; and the |
President, thus ooerced in way Mr.. Gar
field and other Republicans now furiously |
denounce as revolutionary instead OF |
vetoing the bill thus forced on him, as the |
Republicans now demand that Mr.. HAYES |
shall do, signed 1t under protest, Test by |
withholding his signature the necessary APP
be defeated The country viii |
discover during the next few days that, not
outstanding all this rant and fustiau, the
Presidential fraud will not veto the uppro-
priation bill. The Republican leaders are
patting Hayes ON the back, trying to infuse
pluck and nerve into HIM 10y extoling him,
but the sequel will show that he dare not |
commit an act condemned by his own vote |
and the prevailing u,ages OF the Republican |
party.
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