The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1879-06-13
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1 .~~a WV g W. PLoSo0t III oue ivOtiu
IN the large ciiisssoe NJ ~. ."-Tb
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CosoQsry Jfrsk7 81 Sq)ll 6it II. .Jo6
Smith gets drunk 81 An el( kinS Mort
Garoiina aud punches 8 r bead. b
Immediately, BY .Preaidepfi = become
the State Of North Cavoli q 2odied !,
the flesh, and he. or Il. discyt ~ aoains
the said negro within. the ps q Of tka
s9pstlsa'ioo' fat 81 asao AM and shsa sassaSs eslIes
70 c6roRary sec second ds@.asffi1 ,sss & s,.,
whose head Is punched 81 SEo3issS
State; John: :Smiths NaEf& az & a q I
discrimination all che same, provided th.
said white man was about 70 vote or hnJ
voted the Republican ticket, that being the
true meaning and Interpretation of the
words race, color or previous conditioh of
CoroNary hirW.-It follows necessarily
that If New York repeater vote the Demo.
cratic ticket five times in one day he be-.
comes Likewise the great State of New York
Qncluding the Sen&tor), or, o conuerso. the
great State Of New York becomes the re-.
peater, and by so Nsing he discriminates
(the Lord knows hqs) against the right of
somebody Ghe Lord knows yho) to vote
on account of race, color or pSevious coudi.
ton OF servitude; and the 'only ayenne
opened up by which this guaranteo can be-
enforced is to send in the army and johnny
Daveuport. Laughter1 - ''
iSehotiuns The previous condition" re-
ferred to in the foregoing is that of Repub-
oanism, and implies also present condition;
that is, being Republican.
Schotiunr second.-Enforcing the. right
to vote by soldiers is not an ''interference
with elections" .i- 's -
iScholiun Mird.-This doctrine of eds.
crimination" does not apply to the State of
Rhode Island, where white mans right
to vote may be freely abridged on account
OF his present condition Of impecuniosity.
Proposition third (: 7heoren,. -"The
practice of tackiug to appropriation bills
measures not pertinent to such bills did not
prevail until more that forty years after
the adoption of the constitution. 1t has
become common practice. All parties
when in power haves adopted 1t. The
public welfare will be promoted in many
ways by return to the early practice Of
the governnsnt and tho true principles of
legislation. The President.
Hence the practice of tacking legisla.
tion to appropriation bills having been
practiced by all parties for more than fifty
years, it should be Immediately abandoned
when disagreeable to the President or in.
venient to the party, its antiquity not be.
ing sufficient to justify. it, Though greater
than the period of its non-use. ,,7
Coroliary jfrst-It follows, therefore,
that tho practice Of using troops at the polls.
which did not prevail for more than seventy.
five years after the adoption of the cousti.
tuition, should now become of general and
indispensable use fourteen years being
amply sufficient time to legalize it, and it
being now absolutely necessary for the pre-.
seryation Of the Republican party.
IScholium.-7For the purposes of the next
Presidential election fourteen years Of mill.
tary interference are equal 70 seyenty.fye
years of free and ,unrestraiued elections, on
the weli.established pfinciple "that cir.
cumstances alter cases." (The LAWYERS
Bull us. Farmers Ok, 1sWebster's El.
Spell) '' "''!"f .." sa'
N BE is said oD high authority that
the Secretary Of War aud the Secretary Of
State once held this problem unsouud, but
were coerced into asserting to it by party
necessity. But qaien sabel Laughter
So much, for the absurd deductions
which may To logically drawn from the
premises contained in the veto messages and
the arguments Of Senators.
Now, Mf. President, why should not the
peace at the polls and the purity of cleo
tions be intrusted to the authority, the vir-
tue and the patriotism of the States, where
aiSfia lnhr ssthefs rsSssss y Ia .. i.--.;..
the States are unable with their civil ma
chinefy to preserve the peace They have
Invariably proven ablSr riu the past, except
in cases Of such unusual violence as is con.
templated in the constitution n-Aarticle 4, sec
ton A. Are they unwilling Surely they
are willing TO preserve their autonomy
and perpetdate their own existence. Are
they corruptf Surely, if their Inhabitants,
as citizens Of the States, are too corrupt for
self government, it Is not possible that, their
virtue should be improved and their cor
ruptions cease the moment thoy are invested
with authority by the United States On
the contrary, there is always found less o!
responsibility and more Of corrup.ion in
aggregated THANH is separate communities
How can oorrapt State officer become on
incorruptibls Federal ofiSsrf AZ
TO suppose that the States are eithe,
unable, unwilling or. too corrupt to holi
peaceful and honest elections il TO de
clare Enthusiastically that the people there