Year: 1879

From the Woriu.
Isa7 The Veto and what IL Means. Z
|. ~ a rhat there may be no misunderstood
,spe of the issue put before the people OF
th{s country by the veto which resident
Hsves Yesterday sent into Congress Of
the bill to secure flee electio's' We ,h


yite our readers to consider quie'iy t'ie
/ : "Whereas the presence of troops at the
nolls ia contrary to the spirit of our In
st,tntions and the traditions OF our peo-
i ME and tends to destroy the freedom of
elections H


0Therefore be it enacted,


UThaf il shall not be lawful to bring
or TO employ at any place where a gem.
eral or special election is being held in a
/. State any part OF the army or navy OF
the United States, unless Q) such force
be necessary to repel the armed enemies
e of the United States, or. (2) to enforce
section 4. article 4, of the Constitution of
the limited States and the laws made in
pursuapce thereof, on application OF the
Ieoslature or the Executive OF the State
where such force Is to be used, and so
much of all laws as Is inconsistent here
. with is hereby repealed" .e.,.


The exact historical and political truth
Of the preamble no student OF English
and American history. or in other words
of the birth and growth of 'our institi-
tions," can deny. As little can any one
deny that the text of the bill carefully
reserves to the President of the United
States all the power which Congress has
given him to protect the State as well as
the Federal Government of the Union
against foreign foes, to guarantee to eacll
State under the Constitution republi-
can form of government and to protect
each State against invasion and against
domestic violence. Asto all these things
no time need be wasted.


What the bill was meant to forbid i.
1.-The bringing to or employing at any place
where an election Is holding ''any part ol
the army or navy" unless for the pur.
poses specified in the exception which VIZ
have already rected, and The bill repeal.
all laws or parts of laws which now tol
crate such bringing or employing. 1t i.
perfectly clear, and it is astounding tha
President Hayes should assume it to b,
even questionable, that under this bill i'll
case Of disorder or alray or riot of an,
sort in New York on an election dal
which New York by her own State fore,
could not quell and master, whether a
an assault on Federal buildings in tn,
city or on State buildings, on Fedora
officials or State officials or city official
the Governor could call upon the Presi
dent to order, and the President coul,
order General Hancock to aid the cit,
police or the State authorities in re-es
tablishing the public peace. 1t is impol
tant TO bear this steadily in mind, as tn
obvious purpose Of the message is to be
fog this. Everything necessary "to Ell
force the Constitution and the laws of til
United States" can be done under th
bill on voting day as well as any othe
day, and the Federal Custom-House an
Post-Office and Sub Treasury building
In this city could be protected under


by the Federal forces on that day as we
as on any other day. The stalwart bui
dozers OF MIR. Hayes are constrained [
admit this to one another, but they hay
made the President veto the bill on I'll
pretext that the bill prevents him fro
using the army on voting day at vo
1rg place TO execute Federal laws unle
the State asks it or unless in the presen
OF foreign foe. This is true, and Co
gress insists that during the hours of /,
tual voting and at the places of actu
voting where voters deposit their ballt
The law should do this. Precisely this
the pinch Of the controversy,