The comet. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1877-1882, 1879-03-29
THE DrAOsLOd1.

The approaching conn'o' A. 8
,oo,s,ot;ve and executive branches Oh 'l0
ss,;ono1 Government will develop IN stslN'
inc manner, what appears to Engiish S'"'eS,
men to be contradiction to the 'nooiS '"
representative government .,,
In England the executive ofanen y'''1'
81 once There, no attempt is made 10
tbwart the deliberate will of the House Vi
Commons. The minority resigns the iho-
,uont If 10 voted down in that body, ana
the crown selects ministry in exact avs
cordance with the dominant ideas WHICH
prevail in it. u ho
r. is 70 be observed, however, that inc
1I,,,se of Commons is the true exponent Oh
the will of the nation. The Grown Is iio"-
trail in politics II is neither wing "oi
Tory Liberal nor Conservative. If douo'
arises as to whether the Commons repre-
sent the real feeling and judgment OF 'n'
nation. nm election is at once appeaieo u
IN determine the truth. The Grown haS
the power to dissolve Parliament hete'
there is no such power, and II the executive
hnonoh chances to believe that it has the
sppnort of MINORITY of the people, 1t puts
itself in opposition to the Congress, anu
where the parties are nearly balanced Inv
p,,si1o,t is in n position to neutralize the
majority.
It happens that on some vital questions
, the currency question for example, tn''
President may fairly claim that he has 'no
majority of the people with hlm' AZ
: respects the supervision of elections anu
the employment of troops in this so>calieo
,,,,,orvision. the nation is not with nm III
u his known opposition to the majority VI
Congress. There has BEEN however, al
= effort partially successful, to present 'ni'
s,,oo,.vision rs aa obstacle to Southern dolii>
nation Tn this light, the resistance by 'ne
20 President is made to wear the aPpe"i"Aloe
s. of Northern opposition to southern rus
T. ie to he confessed that the Democrael'
leaders have allowed themselves to be OUT
- managed in the presentation OF this Suo!ec
to the country. 1t is sheer clap-trap; Du
the Republicans have contrlved 10 MAKE
10 sectional issue. and to place the Hresioen
n an +hs Northern side-which is the stfohi
side, and in this way he is made to teel ina
en- he is backed by a majority
,ol There was time when the suspicion 0
anv tendency to control elections tnrou8
officers operated by the President "oui
'rs have overthrow the most popular aothlnif
yet tro+;on the country ever had, but now 1t
ma different: and when such interference
toned down to all effort to preventive Stal'
lately in rebellion from capturing l"
49, CaritoP it is excused by strong par
in the strong section. we LOOK II
deadlock at Washington. Inc Def
of ocratic majority needs leader VINO COZ
ern hines boldness with sagacity. we nope
will turn up. The conjuncture Is crlllc
in marty sense. and it should not be owe
est 1ooka5 that the issue is to be decided
ont Northern votes. We think it would be sa
OF to 90 before the people of any OF the Stat
on the simple issue OF the repe"l Vi ''i0
., odjous and dangerous laws If, howeV'
Al, "a, we couple with it the capture OF the "a
' 30 itol by the Confederacy, it IS toleraoly @
Ala tain the issue is more than doubtful III
does it happen that the question OF 81
re- tional supremacy is thrust upon us
81 venture to say that no Senator OF hep
sentative has the authority to threaten
North with Southern opposition and
acysn. It is an audacious assumption
=, which he should be held accountable by
cta. constituents. Let him appeal to the peo
Of the United States, and not to sectl
ror, Not one of those who have declared W
81 the South will do, or what the North
do. have any commission to speak Tor
, of North or the South. We adlnonlsh I'll
~, champions that sensible people eVerywh
VI" are weary of these superfluous combat
''' this fitting at the red flag. The sort
oratory to which the subject gives rise
actly, fits Gen. Foote'S 'sIubberdegulli'