The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1879-09-17

mas proposed any measure in Congress I
impair any settlements of the war. The
have over and over again declared that the
and their people accept those settlements a
final and never to be disturbed.
What more is demanded Nothing TIL
republican party has not asked for more
| L ne cutlery against the Southern people 70
sending TO Congress men who fought in tn
| Confederate army in senseless and shameful
They have no other men of large experienc
and capacity to send. Would you fore
them to send only negroes and carpet-bag
gers Would you undo the work of pacifi
cation which the President has done
Would you revoke the trade consummate-
by Mr.. Foster, by which Packard. who 90
more votes in Louisiana for Governor tha
| Hayes got for President, was counted GU
ana Hayes counted in , Recollect, gentle
men OF the Republican party, that tn
south has not the same large choice of non
combatants 10 select for high offices whicl
the Republican party has. All her mel
and boys had to go into the Confederat
army to meet our Overwhelming numbers
while the North did not send half of he
men. In this respect the Republican part
| has the South at big disadvantage. The
| can select such men as MeSsrs Sherman an,
| Foster, who quietly stayed at home whi
| the unfortunate South had no non-combat
ants 10 prefer over her soldiers for higl
| public honors.
NJ Updegraf and Mr. Garfield said il
! effect at the soldiers reunion ut Steuben
vile the other day that when the Soutl
| should consent that the government shal
/ be conducted on the accepted fact that th,
| North was right and the South was wron,
on the great issue OF the war, then section
| al strife should cease. The Southern Rep
resentatiyes have admitted it. They do no
| admit, and we have no right 70 expect then
| to admit that they were false to their convic
! tons of duty in asserting and maintaining
| the alleged right of secession. But | assert
| that there IS not one man from the South
/ in either house of Congress who does moi
| accept the decision of the war As the iina
| settlement of that question: or who does moi
agree that all the amendments Of the Con
stitution made to give permanent effect t.
that settlement shall be respected and
obeyed and executed by appropriate legis
latiOu. In view of this il is mean and un-
patriotic III the Republican leaders to keep
up the senseles7 clamor against the South
and prevent the restoration of harmony
and good will, without which the sacrifices
Of the war were all in vain.
FREE ELECTIONS.
Neither Mr.. Schurz nor Mr. Sherman has
a word to say iustifying the use of troops at
the polls, for which they and the admins
tratIOn fought 50 vigorously. They know
that 1t Is power that is an alien and a foe
to our republican system of government.
and that the determination of the admins
tratiOn to retain that power will meet the
disapprobation of the people.
But Mr.. Schurz attempts to ridicule the
stern demand OF the Democracy to have
that odious power wiped from our statute
books He says: 'Does any sane man
think this administration capable of send
ing the federal soldiers to the baIlot-box to
oyerawe the freedom of the electors?
The President withdrew the fed
eral soldiers from the Legislative halls of the
Southern States"
Yes, sir, that was when the President
was playing the role of Conservative; that
was when he had just been put into power
by a truck and dicker arrangement, got up
by Mr.. Foster; that was when both of them
were crying out against federal interference
with State Legislatures and State elections.
and were anxious for "the flag to float over
States, not provinces" But a change has
come over the spirit of their dreams Mr..
Foster pleads the "baby act" and the
President has taken up all low fellows in
the Southern States whom he tramped down
in getting to power, and given them high
stations and good salaries He is stalwart
now has made up with all whom he often
ded by withdrawing federal soldiers from
the legislative halls of the Southern States -
and is as liOn-mettled as Zach Chandler
But whether he would or would not abuse
the power, as Grant did, is not the question
The question is whether any President can
constitutionally be given, or should have,
the power to send troops to keep the peace
at the polls, or to, in any way, inter-meddle
with State elections?
Mr. Sherman does not attempt to Justify
marshals and supervisors law as either con
| stitutiOnal or expedient. Its unconstitu-
| tionality is demOnstrable to any man OF
| common intelligence, whether lawyer OF
! lavman. When the Constitution was framed
! the whole control of elections of members
of Congress was reserved to the States but
! Congress was given power to alter the
State regulations as to the time, places and
manner of holding such elections, because
it was thought probable that it might be
| important to the general government to
have those elections all on one day, or to
have them held in single districts. Then il
was suggested, at the very close of the de
bate, that possibly some States might refuse
altogether to elect members of Congress
and in such event Congress ought to hav,
power to make all necessary provisions foI
electiug members of Congress in such States
Solely to provide for this contingency, a
Mr. Madison says, the clause was finally
amended so as to read as follows:
Section 1. The times, places and man
ner of holding elections for Senators anC
Representative shall be prescribed in eacl
State by the Legislature thereof but the Con
gress may at any time by law make or al
ter such regulations except As to the place:
of choosing Senators"
Now here Is the Constitution of Ohio
1t provides that every white male either
of the United States of the age of twenty
one years, who shall have been a residen
of the State one year next preceding TIL,
election and of the county, township o
ward in which he resides such time as may
+ be provided by law, shall have the quaifi
cations of an elector and be entitled to VOTE
at all elections"
Here il the election law of the State pro
| viding for the election of members of Con
gress and other officers. 1t provides HOY
long person must reside of the county
township and ward prior to the election t
have the right To vote; it provides hoy
, persons may gain or lose n residence, an
, what facts shall determine a residence;
, provides for dividing the State into electio
= districts for furnishing ballot boxes, fixini
! places of election, selecting judges from re;
, idents of election precincts and providin
the whole manner of conducting the ele'
} tiOns, and of making returns and proclaim
ing results. All the officers so authorize,
to conduct elections are State officers. The
: derive their authority under and are swor
: to obey the State Constitution and Law
= No one disputes the authority of the Stat
: to conduct these elections, or denies ths
: this whole election machinery, thus col
Quoted and managed by State officers,
/ valid and in full force and operation.
' But the Republican party, by its feeders
. election law, has provided that two FEEDER:
i supervisors may be appointed at each one {
}. | these election precincts, with power to in
: spect the ballots of electors and determin
0 what votes Shall be received and what vott
: rejected and if any State election Office
5 refuses to submit his judgment to that
: the federal supervisors, the supervisors ma
a seize such election officer and drag hi
S from the ballot-box to a federal prisol
e to be indicted and tried for the felony
i disobedience to these federal interloper
e fla mans vote be challenged, and the Sta
!, iudoes in obedience to the State law, dete