Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1879-10-09
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Prom the Haltm"f" .'sFstiT
Mr.. Justice Miller, Of the Supreme
Court was reported a short while ago as
having said that "Mr. Tilden was elect.
ed in Louisiana-that he got eight or
ten thousand more actual votes than
President Hayes. The justice has since
declined TO be interviewed on the sub
icCt, but now one of his intimate
friends, who understands his feelings
rises TO make an explanation. In effect
il is that the mere matter OF fact stated
was true and that neither John sherman
nor any Of the other visiting statesmen
ventured to deny it. Whether how.
ever this result, would have been dif.
fcrent had there been no intimidation
is question this able person does not
enter into. The State of Louisiana had
created Il returning board which had
the power to declare what votes should
be received and what rejected aud in so
doing reduced the popular vote. He
then goes on TO lay down the extreme
State sovereignty doctrine which the
counsel of the fraudulent President laid
before the electoral commission. That
such authority, they said, should he
conferred upon r board of FIVE men,
alone concerns the State of Louisiana.
II might by its legislative enactment
have given il to two or TO one man, aud
such on act would have remained un.
challenged under the Constitution and
the laws. Having given it to n return.
ing board their decision was as final "a
any act limited in the rights OF State.
/ Whether the trust was honestly or dis.
honestly discharged, from their dcci.
sion there was no appeal, and neither
under the Constitution nor under the
laws of the State of Louisiana was there
any remedy for alleged venality. The
act of the Louisiana returning board
was states right act in its supreme
sense. The decisions of the electoral
commission we're based upon the soyer.
eign right Of State to legislate 50 it
chooses on all matters expressly declar.
ed by the Constitution. Mr.. Conkiing
has not denied that he said to Mr..
Mines, referring TO the steal Of the
Louisiana vote 81 believe that when
the whole truth is known IL will sink
this administration, President and all, to
the lowest depths of intamy." and yet
Conkling voted for the Louisiana steal
ON State sovereignty grounds. He
couldn't 60 behind the returns. Now
all the Republican conventions are lay
ing down tho doctrine that "this is .
nation and not league Of States" and
rejecting "the damnable hcresy Of State
rights" II. B. Hayes, John sherman,
Garfield and other benefciaries of the
steal are now going about campaigning
against State rights. These WORTHLESS
should be frequently reminded that
the de facto administration owes it's ex.
istence to the assertion of the EXTREMIST
State sovereignty doctrine. In the Flo.
rida case a fraudulent electoral certifi.
cate was returned. This was made in
violation of the order of the court of
appeals of the State the exact nature
of the fraud was exposed and the court
of appeals ordered q new certificate
correcting the fraHd and casting the
true vote of the State Of Florida. IL
was held by the electoral commission
that the State OF Florida was sovereign.
and that no power existed in Congress
to correct even nm acknowledged fraud
in its proceedings as to the electoral
vote. The vote was counted for Hayes,
and now he and the visiting statesmen
who were paid with offices the fees Of
fraud are going about the country de.
nouncing "the damnable heresy of
States rights,N