The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1880-08-12
CARoNDELET PosroFEIcE, ST. LOUIS, !
Dncnufhef %. 1876.

NV Dear General: Your favor OF tue
4th instant reached me in New York on
the 9th, the day before I left for the West.
I intended to reply to it before seaying,
but the cares Incident to departure IN.
terfered. Then again, since my arrival
here, phase been so coupled with per.
!. sonai affairs of a business nature, that l
have deferred writing from day to day
until this moment, and now ind myself
in debt tdyo6 anpf6eE ssrin, scknowli
edgemait Of fyohrfay6r theft re-
ssiTss sss ss aass s.9asser 9sas's,
evening" so that I may be expected in
NeY- -YCrk on the 21xt inst. .s-----------------
It has been cold and dreary since my
arrival hste! II haFe worked like "a
Frxkn 6 6resdme thaemeansihard work.
in: the country in making fences, cutting
down trees, repairing buildings, &C.. &C.,
aud ansssasat Ableto ssy Ahat St Louis
is the etdl 3es ltfce IS wMtasM i is the
hot,ssl sn lsbn6aer, ,ssof ahyS tbas j have
I9conntered in temperate zone. have
Shown st. Louis in December to have
genial weather thr6nghoIt the month.
This December has been frigid and the
river has been frozen more solid than l
have ever known it. .SlTDQ14- 1G
o,slsa Mspa . ia ssafs sass
probably true. Considering the past dis
cussion on that subject possibilities
seemtd1nm9 To- point that way. Had
it beS6 lme lshohld OF course. have pre-!
sented rs complaint nor made resistance
of any kind. 1would have gone quickly
if not, prepared .to!go promptly. i GER
taiDly would have been relieved frorlthe
responsibility and anexieties concerning
Presidential matters which may fall to
those near. the throne or in authority
within thape1s,feyrsm smonthS as' well as
from other incidents OF matters which l.
could not control lfand action concerning
which might not approve. l was not
exactly prepared to 20 to the Pacific,
however, and Therefore felt relieved
3 when I received your note informing me
that there :Mas no truth in the rumors.
Then I did not wish tosappear to be es-
Gaping from responsibilities and possible
dangers which may cluster around mill
tary commanders in the East, especially
in the -itical period fast approaching.
ALPS weIlltdat ebfls ;xsll.} u 9c;
The whole matter of the Presidency
seems to me to be simple and to admit of
a peaceful solution. The machinery for
sent sent itself ha5 Sse1 ID carefully pfsspared'
use. e e.ais M sta.y should Lodi 1ass koii;sg to ID
aoith the election or inauguration Of .Grcsi-
dents. .lr,he people elect the President,
Congress declares in joint session: who he
is me dftbe army ihaye only'to obey his
mandates, and are protected in 80 doing
only SO fsr as Msg: n,eYt be IegtA s0ur-
commissions express that.
JErrERsss,5 AsSor as1ud9Ear1oSs 4 i
It suits s our system. He rode alone on
horseback to the Capitol.) l fear it was
the aold capitol, ~ tied his horse to the
rail fenco entered and was sworn then
rode to the executive mansion and took
possession. He inaugurated himself SIM
ply by taking the oath of Office. There
is no legal inaugurationein. our system.
The people or politicians may institute
parades 10, honor Of the, eyept, and public
officials may add Go Tie pageant by as.
sembling troops and banners, but all that
ONLY comes properly after inauguration,
not before, and it is not part of it. Our
system. does not, provide. that; one Pfesi.
dentshpuld ipauguratei another. There
might he danger in that, and it was stY-
diousty left ont Of the charter.
But :yop are placed in an exceptiopal-
copfog eaenfas ahes Capitals sSins my
Jurisdiction also, but ! am subordinate
and noe on the spobsapd if Iawerea SO
also would be my superior IN author
ity, for there is the station of the
general chief. On the principle that
q regularly elected Presidents term of
Office expires with the Ord of March, (of
which 4 have not the slightest doubt, and
which the laws bearing on the subject
uniformity recognize, andin consideration
of the possibility that the lawfully elected
President may not appear until the 9th
of March and q great deal Of responsible
ity may necessarily fall upon you, you
hold over. You will have power and
prestige to support you. The secretary
Of war, too, probably holds orer, but if no
President appears he may not be able to
exercise functions in the name of Presi.
dent, for his proper acts are those of a
known superior, alawful President. You
actoryuur-uwn-responsibihty and by
virtue uf commission only restricted by
the HM.S sThS.aesntsry Of war is the
moptRp:Scss btshs Presidents sYoa are.
not.
IF neither candidate has constitution.
al majority of the Electora. College, or
the Senate and house on the occasion
of the count, do not unite in declaring
some person legally elected by the peo-
pie, S2sSSi: :
THERE Is A LAWFUL M1cHISERY
already provided to meet that contingen.
cy and decide the question peacefully.
Il has not been recently used, 70 occa.
sion presenting itself, but our forefathers
provided it. It .has been exercised
ard has been recognized and sub.
mitted to as lawful on every hand.
That machinery would probably
elect Mr.. Tiden President~ and Mr..
Wheeler NicePresidents That would be
right enough, for the law provides that
in the failure to elect duly by the people
the House shall Immediately elect the
President and the Senate the Vice.Pres-
ident. Some tribunal must decide
whether the people have duly elected a
President. presume. of course, that
It is the joint affirmative action of the
Senate and the House, or why are they
nresent to witness the count if not to see
that it is fair and just If a failure to
agree arises between two bodies there can
he no lawful affirmative decision that the
neople have elected President, and the
Honse must then proceed to act, not the
Senate. The Senate elects ice.Presi-
dents, not Presidents. Doubtless in case
Of failure by the House to elect Presi-
Sart hv she 4th of March, the President