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preme court with General Grants
answer to Senator Randolph, who cit
ell that decision to him and was blunt
ly told by Grant that he cared Meth
ing for the decision of the court. In
deed, General Hancock's views of
public duty form the mostdecided con-
trast TO those of Grant. 'HOw can |,
a soldier, best sustain a government of
lawY always seemed to be Hancock's
inquiry. How can /. soldier, best
assert my military power, despite the
restraint of law? seemed to be the us
ual thought of Grant"
"What do you think of his allusion
to the proper mode of settling the
count of the electoral votes?"
Having given the constitutional
questions connected with the election
of President and Vice Presi lent and
the control of the two houses of con-
gress over the election much thought
and study, must freely confess that
General Hancock has emphasized i'll
his letter the true meaning of the
constitution in such way and with
such force as to give me new and
stronger light upon the subject. He
presents with great clearness the idea
of the representatives. and in the senate
in the case Of the inability of the two
houses in joint session. to unite in
declaration majority of the electoral
votes have beer delireie for any cam
didate. In that case the duty of choos-
ing a President Immediately devOlTes
on the house of representatives, voting
by States, while the duty of choosing
a Vice President devolves Oh the SEN
ate. This line of separate action is
continued in analogy by the separate
power given the senate alone to elect
as President its own presiding officer
il the event of the death of the Pres
ilent and Vice President. In that
election the house Of representatives
has no voice"
"You think, then, that is the best
part of his letter."
"No, will not say that. The gol>
den sentences in the letter, in my
judgment, are these: The army should
have nothing 70 do with the election
or Inauguration ola President The
people elect the President The con-
gress declares in joint session who he
is Our system does not provide that
one President should inaugurate an
other; there might be danger in that,
and it was studiously left out of the
charter Here is the KEY Iote of the
difference between Hancock aud
Grantism. If Grant had held the
doctrine of Hancock's letter there new
would have been an electoral commits
sion or any need for one 1t was the
threat of Grant that he would inaug>
urate as President the candidate who
he decided ought to be inaugurated
and that he would do by force. if nee
cessary, which made it requisite that
an unusual; device souh be adopted to
preserve the forms at least OF law i'll
filling the office, land to prevent storm
in which our system of government
would have been wrecked" Mr. Bay
ard spoke freely of his recent visit to
Gen. Hancock, and said that, though
he had met the general before, his
recent conversation had impressed him
more strongly than ever with his
knowledge and correct judgment Of
public, ,af;iirs. "Anyboody," be said,
"who imagines that Hancock will de-
pend on some one else for his ideas OF
civil administration will have to SUR
render that opinion on reading this
admirable letter. written out i'll Mis-
souri, where he had not even the aid
of Il clerk. furthermore" said the
senator, General Hancock has in
this letter presented the great issue
raised by the fraud of 1876 to the
American people with the force which
really belongs to it and divested ofall
that may have teHded to weaken or
obscure it. 1t is an issue We should
never lose sight of. For our country
cannot with safety endure repetition
of such grave wrongs as were success
fully perpetrated in 1877. Orr peO-
pie would either abandon all respect
for and interest in their elections or
they would take up aims to make
them respectable"
Mr.. Rayard concluded the inter-
view as toIlowz General Hancuck's
letter is in the highest sense state
paper, though not intended to be one.
1t is devoid of the formaliiies which
attach to official communications, but
it deals with most difficult problem
of constitutional powers with wonder
full clearneSs and force. The man who
shall hereafter deny to Hancock the
need of having ably dealt, and in a
high spirit Of patriotic statesmanship,
with the most serious and difficult cri-
sis in our recent history, will stultify
himself This letter puts an end to
the cry Of the mere soldier Mr..
Schurz will have TO make his CAM
paign speech over again, for Han