Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1883-09-14

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MR.. PRESIDENT AND GENTLEMEN
had not, and have not now. any in
'eutiun 10 argue this ca.e. | neveI
he"rd the objections hor knew wha,
they were until they were read in youI
presence this morning. 1t would be
. presumption in ne To attempt al
argument before tribunal like tli.
on such case as this. having had ne
I previous opportunity to consider il
whIch might put me in "a condition
better than the Judges themselves
l0u have heard as much # this case
and know as much about it as do.
Ny idea Of tie duty which co,Iu.
seIor owes TO IA court or TO any Other
tribunal, judicial or quasi iudicial. is
That he should never open his mouth
except Tor tie purpose Of assisting the
t'hdses III coming to correct CoLclu
sion and II he is not In a situation tC
40 that he ought TO keep silence.
Besides that, | aa, | suppose, I'll,
Very last man III this Whole nation
"ho should be called upon to speak
here and now. Everybody has suf
Tered more or less by events and pro.
ceedIugs Of the recent ras'. some bS
wear ahd tear Of conscience and some
+ " o,ep sense Of oppression aud
"Eong Hut perhaps !, more than
nest others, have felt the conscious.
/ ness that have lost the Giuuitv or an
American citizen. |, III common with
The rest, am degraded and humiliat,d.
ihls nation has got her great big foot
IN trap. IL l. vain 10 struggle goT
heF exgrlcailor.
am so fallen from the proud'tstate
u q Tree citizen, you have 80 AFFECTED
me, that ! ain tit lor nothing on earth
but to .yeprcseut the POOR, defraudsd.
broken hearted Democracy. And be.
cause ! suffer more, they think me
mofe GO q iyr nothing tlau the rest.
ana conclude 10 seud ne cut on this
iorioFn hore, Judging, 10 doubt truly.
that II matters nothing " hat b, comes
.oi M. | ought 10 20 gladly if any
thing which can 10 or kay might
nasc TIE eiItct a. mitigating the hor-
f!bie calamity with wtlch the country
IS threatened; President deriving hIs
tlt.r ltgm shameless swludlt. not
merely ui fraud, lu, i fraud detected
aAu ext os,d | Auuw ret how would
feel 1. called uy,u 10 suller death .or
NY county / am nat tie stuff thst
martyrs ave madv a.. tul Il ny lie
could nde.m THIS LAT. from the
gui.uiy With Which ,i.e i cl,th, d,
ought io 10 tie grave as freely as
.ts,r v,rt go my led. ! s,e, however,
~ practical Z Cd that car do, and it
: mere wvakross tu complain.
We hayr certain objections TO the
counting a.! this Hayes vote from
South Carolina which look TO me
lusurerablr, but cannot hope that
they will wear that al rpeafance in
9th, meu ,le>. Perhaps the feeling
which !, Ia common Win millions oi
Others, entertain uu thIs subject pre-
vents us from seeing this thing IN its
true hight, Blu; you aTu wise, You axe
calm. 1Cu CaH look all Through this
awful business with learned spirit
10 passionate hatred of this great
fraud can cloud tCUr entail Njs.ou OF
shake the even blanc Of lCur JUDI
meLi. You 90 not think u any wioug
,hat nation should Ia cheat, bl
ia'se election returns. On the con
traiy, It IS rather blessing MbicI.
Heaven has sent Us IN thls strange
disguise. When the omnIlo1vut lie
shall le throned and scvp,rtd anu
crowned you think We ought all Of Ia
10 fall down and worship ii as the
here Of our political salvation. You
will teach us, and perhaps We will
learn lpcrhaps noD that under such II
Iuie We are better off than if Truth
had prevailed and justice been
triumphant.
Give, then, your cool consideration
TO these objections, and try them by
the siaL GaId Of the law-I mean the
law as II was before The organization
OF tbs Con mission. | admit that
Sii &C tltna great revolution las taken
place ia tie law. 1t is not now What
ut used TO lie. All our notions oi
IuIItc l.Alt and public wrong have
suffered "a complete JOulererSemeHt.
i lie question submitted to YOU is
shetier the persons who gave these
votes Nele duly appointed" Duly.
| OF Ctune, means according to law.
VI hat law: The Constitution of th,
United States, the acts of Conersk
passed IN pursuance thereof, the Con
sulutIcn Of South Carolina and TIL,
authorized acts of her Legislature
these, taken altogether, constitute the
law Of he case before you.
by ILese laws the right, duty, and
power OF appointing electors is given
to The people of South Can aolina-ihat
is to say, the citizens Of the State
qualified to vote at general elections.
" ho are they? BY the Constitution
OF the State, IN order to qualify them
as voters they must be registered.
The registry OF native citizen is a
sne qua non to his right of voting as
much us the naturalization of a for.
! elgner.
Now, the Legislature never passed
any law Tor the registration of voters
and 10 registration of them was ever
made. No doubt has been or can b,
entertained that the object and pur.
pose OF this omission was fraudulent
ana dishonest; for the Legislature a,
well as the executive department O
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