The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1879-04-29
The Veto.

HAYES has been worked up to the sticking
point, and will obey the orders of the stall
warts, by a prompt veto Of the Army bill.
The announcement Is made In n semi-oillcial
form from the White House, TO the effect
that the message is already written, and
will be sent TO the House to-day. Two mo-
lives have operated TO bring him over to
this course. The principal one Is personal
disappointment and revenge.
At the outset Of the Administration, he
started out to build up party for himself,
and travelled in all directions like BAR
NUNS circus, with members Of the Cabinet
and other stars as part Of the company.
Large mutitudes gathered at the show
from curiosity. lie considered these crowds
as proofs of his own popularity, and he conf
IDENTIFY expected the South to rally round
him with united support
1t has taken nearly two years TO dispel
these decisions, and to discover that the
Administration has no following, North or
South, East or West. 1t is tolerated. and
only exercises the power derived from
fraudulent possession OF the vast public
patronage and offices. In this condition OF
things. HAYES has been seeking to get recog-
milton inside the party, which he was de-
bounced for having deserted, and TO recover
his lost ground by accepting tho terms Of
its real leaders. The Republican man.
ayers who want TO use the patronage and
offices, as they have been accustomed to do,
were willing to receive him, In order to Oh
tain the desired control for 1880.
The evidence Of this bargain may be found,
first in the resignation OF Mr.. CHRIsTIANcY,
purchased by foreign mission, so as To
open the door for the return of ZACH CHAND-
LER to the Senate and secondly, in the
many local appointments since then, all
pointing in the direction Of CONTRACT to
which HAYES and all his concern are parties.
AS token of adhesion. most OF them. in
GLIDING Mr.. EvABTs. were conspicuous in
the audience at Mr.. COMBINES speech.
That was intended as sign Of reconcilia-
ton.
Members of the present Cabinet We're
among the foremost to denounce military
interference. When Gen. SHERIDAN seized
the Legislature Of Louisiana, and proposed
10 outlaw large part Of the population,
and to try them as banditti before u
drumhead court martial organized to CON
Wet, CARL ScHURz, then liberal minded
Senator, spoke as follows:
United States soldiers with fixed bayonets decided
the against them ami took the egsla.
tive hall by force. cannot therefore escape from
the deliberate convcton-a conviction consci, nuousy
formcdthat the deed done the attn Of January in the
State House OF louisiana by the military forces OF the
United states, constitutes gross and manifest violation
Of the Constitution and laws Of this republic II
this be done in Louisiana and If such things be
tanned by Congress how long will it be before It be
done In Massachusetts and IN Ohiof
lilo xgl, in mia lis ina
dnesa blow at the fundamental laws Of the land. MAKE,
himself the accomplish VI those who strike at the he
the republic, and at the liberties OF the people
Those fragrant outrages were sustained
by Gen. GRANT and the Republican party
In Congress, and Mr.. SCHURZ is now CO.
operating with them, 10 repeat other enor
mites against the freedom of elections, in
the desperate hope Of restoring the SAME
men 10 powerl
Before Mr. ScHURz had spoken, Mr.. EvARTs
had blazed the path in memorable protest
at Cooper Institute, against the military
usurpation in Louisiana. These are hi:
words:
when men vote and when their chosen officers meet
and when without violence and without demonstration
Of insurrecuon they undertake to conduct the affair
Of their political government ,ot,rs interfere.
There two very distinct firm lines Of Limitation
which observed, Will protect the machinery OF tue COY
ernmcnt tor the people to day that's that the o inter
re9 of the Federal power within state authority shall
be to suppress violence AMI that their Office alter tina
shall not assume 10 go further Dhs WheR inrei ~ N
0,pi.m, aatloriiy ofhs Sti,
what is 1t to give the purse and the sword to IN
House of Commons II the King the President by mill
tary power determine what shall be constitution
OF the House OF Commons the House OF Consressf An
that is what they fought for in England And for hi
reason the people OF the United States JUSTIFIED
assuming that the supreme civil power shall doninat
the military. and that no merging Of them or inte
ference with them shall be permitted"
The positions OF Mr.. EvARrs reprcsen
precisely the ground occupied by the major
ity in Congress on the Army bill 1t Is no
proposed in any way 10 interfere with tn
right Of the Executive 10 respond TO a propc
call of the Legislature or Governor Of
State to repel invasion or TO suppress dc
nestle violence; but only TO forbid th
presence Of troops at elections, under pre-
text Of preserving the peace.
Congress has now voted the full supple
for an army, more than double the size {
any needed, In every respect the apprC
priations are far more liberal than the
ought TO be. Exercising the power col
fcrrcd by the Constitution, Congress ha
merely repealed a single clause Of scctio
Of the Revised Statutes in regard to the Us
Ofthis army
Tho Executive assumes TO set himsc
above Congress representing the people an
the States, and he representing nothing bu
successful Fraud. lie says Congress sha
not regulate how the army shall be en-
poyed, and that he will dictate the exaC
form in which the public money shall be NJ
propriated. And il Congress will not conforI
20 his wishes, then the army may starl
and Congress may adjourn The America
ne"Dle arc asked TO sustain this monstrou