, 1879-04-24
"9AnLArp AND LIBERTY"

iof whofn congress nfa peon comrels'' ~
p1o'mo n'ou''ieo ontn u "''co VI. ""'a
o'hats some n'nttcfs whlch aro fec''.t III wv
gohefal oaih OF o'hco requifea o. c't'"eos VI
tue United states' The modthcationa nFo
not tho omission OF my reci1a1 OF special
iaboFs III tiie csSll or military sofv'co ot 'ne
United atatea. IN LII flaco III tae oonate
OH I1aesu"y senator GARLAND saiu, "n'le
tao Dill inaRl"B hppfops'at'oiS tot 'ae SUP
p't. " '4o "t''4y "'7 uu''e' so',aNsI" s.,l,.
aoto amo M s. .eas ors. a. ~ =, s"r to
peacs @ at t'o ro1,s Should be rcncaed; secon,l II
70, was It right and proper to secure their repeal
TN an approximation btli' Such qnehtsons could
os hase oeeh long acpatea ~ ~. Inc ltonss o' San'
.,t'n, sn"ud @ In ,net Win n"r repressntsttyeso
free teoplc to TIM a.roga,ion OF cuact,,cats hos.
tic to perfect liberty. liz alluded to Mr. i'tAtNEs
enumeration OF tue consequences o. failure ~, 10
'rc,arc % =" r,,cr s thnn zee tno bere, Of tbe n,. m
bicst citizen longer abridged hy law whcl, it wat
In tho power of Congress to rel,oa' he would SEQ
tho caplo eI'nele to p'eee', Inc 'hps a .. CON.
t.nnr. % nf,ork. mfr efors ha won,d W YelJ ono tot or
| little Of tho liberties Of The peupIe."
Making nil due allowance for tho inevitable
hyporbolo Of the avorago Southern orator, tl.o
Arkansas gentleman ou1y cnyo cxprossion to
.,o s'pt'''lo,'a o.. u ms peol',o ~ uoe'"s'na
th"s ~ "oeo oos'ol ~ a'a'So ano oo'ef"u''n'
o''' ~ eA's,'n9o .,',i W .u",'4 ~. o"o NV
n'cn1 'n"1 'no un''ou o:"'e' '"sa 1'o y po"os
~ en'oreo ''o ,'s'' " S''nE''so ~ 'o''i-
olgh sos"'o "'1ofo 'sie 'e's'" ea't1a 1'''o
trom .'hae ,'nfho'noftM f'''oa tno'F human
c1l"t1e's W 1oEce'
Tho question pending IL to make tho nl'-
preparations for tho support Of oven our skol-
eton nr1ny dependons.o on tue repeal OF that
part Of tho Electiou1 law which authorizes
tlls uso Of tho United states troops
in the vicinity ofh elections Ito kscp
tho pence Mt tho 'po]ls.' and tho issnc
which this gentleman IF tho modified oath
presents IL that the, Government mstst be
starved out If oxistoncc, tho nr'uy liabaudea,
| tho nnyy stluk, tho commerce. Of the country
destroyed, tho couFtsSanfrockcd, and tic
Capitol crun,hlel to pieces, or tloso words
"to kocr tlla peace tit tho polls +" must 10
!! repealed. What IL tito objection 10 Keeping
the peace at tho pol1H3 If tho whole army
Ut thu United Stntes, were employed on
eleot'ol,,lay, .thqr9 wqpl3 ta.qt Rp more tlan
one soldier for each 3Rs'l00 stlunro nlisoa Of
totritory. The ssato'oof New York would
require ono-half Tho army, giving only ono
go'sior to each po'linH'p1aco. Tho stnte OF
Illinois would, at TIM INTO Of ono soldier 10
encls voting-placo, t"ks up one.tifth OF the
whole arny. Tho Possibility, thorefore,
Of tho American PGeplo being ovornsetl
and intimnildatcd .A,by Tho military
ut tho polls in ,rso utterly remote
nn1 impossible TINT this seeming outbreak Of
Indignation on tho part Of the Solator from
Arkansas becomes sotlsolcss 1riyol, unworthy
tllu llauo 1t was uttered; md not redeemed in
auy way because tho real motive for tho re.
l,eal il to protect cowartl!co and brutality
larl1y cqualosl an'ong gayago people.
Thu Constitution u. f.tlo United Statoa re-
quires tho President, npon tl.u request OF tho
s1"to authorities to furnish s''c' nid Ms will