Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1879-09-13

STATES, expressly reserVeu 10 tne states,
absolutely and Internationally.
Now believe there is not q lawyer of
fair standing in Ohio who will risk his
reputation on an opinion that the federal
government has any power to thus pre-
vent an elector from voting, or to in any
supervise. control or direct or
meddle with the state election officers
while conducting congressional elec-
ton under this state law. Such inter-
ference is organized anarchy No Off
Ger of state government can lawfully
be directed or controlled by n federal
officer in the performance OF his duties
under valid state laws. for each govern
ment is supreme in its sphere rs defined
by the constitution of the United States.
This federal election law is. therefore,
utterly and obviously unconstitutional.
Mr.. Sher nan makes a faint attempt
to justify the republican party in enact
ing this law by claiming that there were
10000 ill gal votes cast In the city OF
New York in 1868; but he does not pre-
tend that experience has proved the law
to have been wise one, tor he knows
that wherever its power has been invok-
ed the deputies employed and paid out
OF the public treasury have been largely
poor democrats, bribed to desert their
party for So a day. and still more large
ly the most despicable scoundrels that
could be raked from the hells of the big
cities The law has demonstrated itself
everywhere to be the basest and cor
ruptest instrument of partisanship ever
seized upon to stay the downfall Of a
party in power.
Dodging the question of the constitu-
tionallty and expediency of the law. Mr..
Sherman arralgns Gen. Rice and myself
for having refused appropriations OF
money to hire these spies and marshals
to intermeddle with state elections. He
says the withholding oil public money
for this purpose is a more dangerous op--
position than the attempted notification
of the tariff laws by South Carolina, put
down by Gen. jackson, or even the at
tempted secession put down by civil
war. BY this doctrine notification and
secession are made easy by refusal of
the majority of either house to obey the
law He seems particularly sorry to
find Gen. Rice and myself, after our
honorable record during the war; in
this terrible attltudeof notification and
rebellion. If they were right during
the war, they are wrong now. have
no disposition to criticise them or arraign
them, but prefer to follow the old re-
publican flag that was hoisted in 1856. :
Stop there, Mr.. Sherman! I want, in
the midst of your patriotic peroration. to
call your attention to the TACT that in fol-
lowing the republican flag in 1856 you,
yourself. offered an amendment to the
army appropriation bill to the effect that
mo part of the military force of the Uni
ted States herein provided for shall be
employed in aid OF the enforcement Of
the enactments Of the alleged legislative
assembly of the territory ct Kansas
and, further, that your amendment was
adopted; and further, because the senate
refused to concur in your amendment
you 6llibustered and forced the ad-
ljoufnment of the first session of the
thirty-fourth congress, leaving the army
without dollar OF appropriations; and
further, that when the president called
congress together again you voted to
adhere to your amendment and UNDER
tt ok to force an adjournment OF the sec
ond session without permitting the pas
sage of the army appropriation bill, but
were overruled by few OF your con-
servative republican colleagues joining
the democrats and saving the army from
J disbandment for want of an appropria-
ton.
i. As you seem TO have forgotten this
J striking page in your political histo-
~. refer you to the Congressional
J Globe, tl,irty-fourth congress, part
second, 1855 Sc, pages 1,790, 1874 and
2.240, and page 18 of the appendix.
You will find the references handy,
as they are all in one volume.
The difference between your posi-
, ton then aud now is this: Then you
were struggling against bad use OF
federal troops in territory, over
3 which the federal governm ut had
/, supreme control; and now you are
} struggling tor 4 bad use Of federal
. troops and Inarshais to control state
g elections, with which the federal gov.
n erument has nothing whatever to do
! You We're willing tn disband the
4 | whole army then rather than suffer
, the federal government TO exercise its
undoubted pow r.; aud row yon de
: ununce as rebeis and uullifiers meI
s who served through the war for the
: Union, While you prospered in peace
r aid comfort al home, for GisbandIns
;. your hordes of partisans, paid from
e the common treasury of the people
n to wrest from them the control o
Q their ballot-box.
e lam not disposed, my fellow-clti
i Zens, to claim that in the Ordinary
exercise of its powers congress is a
= liberty to withhold appropriation
s for purposes prescribed by law. W.
8 did not withhold any appropriation
o the failure of which is at all likely t,
l. Interfere with any Of the department
l. of the government in the exercise o
If their ordinary and acknowledged
IS powers. We merely forbade the us
IS of any money appropriated for tn
l. army to transport or maintain troop
,r at the polls and we withheld no ap
Is preparations, except for the fees Q
D. marshals and their deputies. w
% knew that all the marshals would b
,r patriotic enough to hold on to thei
8. Offices aud draw their regular salaries
,e and perform all their ordinary an
es useful duties, trusting to congress
q. pay their fees for legitimate servic,
ut We merely resolved that the publ
se treasure should not be wasted, nc
70 the control of our state elections il
8. terfered with by hiring bummers an
Is shoulder-hitters, or bribing need
" men out of the common treasure Z
the people. Aud we now appeal frol
ar the advocates of federal interference
o. tc the lovers of home rule to sustai
.h our action. We will let the ballo
he box itself declare whether it is safe
ke in the hands and under the control {
to the officers of the election preeint
or Of enisssries hired by the admin
O. istratlOn and backed by bayonet
H. This is not revolution nor nullific,
of tion nor secession; but only an O
Mt derly, honest and patriotic apes
he from Cesar to the people
or ENGLISH LADIES TATTOOING.
he From the Philadelphia Record.I
;; The custom is said to have latel
grown up among young ladies
70 good social position in England ,
~ ~ having various devices tattooed il
90 delibly on one or other of their leg
oe Ehis peculiar freak of the aristocrac
~ of Great Britsin has been made pul
:, lie through all advertisement al
sa nouncing the mysterious disappea
So ance Of Well-cOnnected Young lad