Show MOTHER VETO clayes SQUELCHES mill TAKY BILL full text vl the may 12 following i tho linkage of alio president of the unita d states returning to the house of lie bill an act to military interference at election si to ie house or alter con of the bair entitled an net to prohibit military interference nt decisions deci ions I return it to the laoue ot in it originated with the bollow iii ily to its approval in 11 communication ant to the the of last returning to alie jlou e without my approval app rovil the bill entitled an net making tiona for the s of the army for the fawal year ending anne and tor purpose endeavored to abow by from the of the united now air force and by abreut in regard to alic recent elections mi several states tant no additional ti prevent with h the iry or naval forces of aln united iiii iu ii the fial iffla tedi n the tune ollio ats of the act june lia in relation to the employment tinny ai a posse or c it was by its that it would A vital an fundamental principle which wo d secure to alio people protection ap list army the fact wn also referred tu eliat since the pa ge of this act Conre ional ata and municipal elections have bee held throughout alio tha in no instance has complaint bee incle of tho predence pretence pre tence of united stath soldiers at alie poll hold ini d alie opinion eliat any interference at the polli ii cont itry of our ton jand would tend to destroy the of elections and desiring to concur iviah in 11 ll of it ineil ure if ii with very rat that f am forced to the that lie bill before 1110 h hot only minette sury to prevent lucli interference but aai a dan jerou from long aal ini constitutional principle the true rule aa to alie employment of military force at elections ii not doubtful no or coercion iw permitted to control or influence citi sens in alie exercise of their right to voto whether it appears in alio llio ot combinations of evil disposed per kona or enned t ol 01 a military force of the united statta alic elections should be freo from nil nd s far as practical bl froin all ut lucli arentie eren tie no oldies of union le at alie cioll i to lake place or to abe dulias of alio ardi nry civil pol kei torce there has b and will be no violation by this but be of tho ional in employ na torce on anny day and at tiby in cise lucli id abary th and lawa t ut alie Sti iw tiie bill ino is un tc it shall not b ty bring to or employ at place aher or i tle cion is being held in a any part of the army or nivy of alie united soitos Sti tos only foree as shall be nece bairy 10 lepul of the united or to auction bur ii four of alie ofalie united and the lawa made in tholof on ot tho le ur of the talo giuili lorcenia to bo med aind ba of fth laws as ia incon ti tent gurewith lure with is repeated I twill be eliat the bill hom h om j eberil en eril a im of fort at the poll in two specified ni cs thye e recognize aind concede the sound ut lie that a kiili tiry dorco ariy iro irly aal con bd aud tit the place of when abeli is eMry to enforce alte and laws but if the caes ca es a prohibition hibi tion o extensive aud far reaching iti adoption will seriously impair the of tle executive department part ment of abo government the brut act which ftp realy an alif ue of alie military to execute tho laws waa parsed almost im faai ly as alio organization of alic under the constitution and WAS approved bv president washington may HJ 1792 it is as follows rie ution and bo it further enacted that the lawa of the united shall bo opposed or alie execution thereof ob in anny y combination too powerful to be by tho ordinary course of judicial or by the powers vested in uia ihal by chii act tho bame being certified to the president of the united stamoti by an associate justice r juda it friall bo lawful for alto president of the statia to call for alie militia of bush stale to sup lucli combination a and to tho laiwa to be duly exe cutwa and if alio militia ef u state tuch my pen or bo to sti the fame it eliell bo lawful for the if llie legislature legisla turo biotin tie wion to call and employ such numbers of the militia of any oilier state or staica ino it convenient thereto aa may be and alie uso of the io i o to bo called may bo continued until the cx punition pini tion of dayn ui bertle ler tle corn mcw ton Y 1795 alun t tally roena cled in A law which te alio net of 1792 in the hollowing lol lowing act mccamo alie law by alid approval of Pr ilent that in all basoa of ion or obstruction olst ruction to tho laws oilier the united or of anny individual state or where it is lawful for lio of alia united Stat ert to call forth hie militia for alie pur ioie of the ision of such insurrection M of caithin the lawa to bo duly executed it be lawful for him to employ for alie faino purpose i uch pirt of the and naval force of the united states us ahall bo judged cary leaving first all alio pre atea of the law in that by ahm act it will be that tho scope was extended eo li to allorie au lorie iho national govern faient to uie not only the militia liucc the army and navy of the united stated in caming tue awa to bo duly executed alie important ij f alio acta of and 1807 in iti lenin n liuio to kiino ond apt it geicy remained n ori un ewt by president lincoln july dutli estil it WAS re f in laug nue ui ii now found in atau atuu vui tec avs whenever by ii i ii i i ii i i ft iii 11 L j T of unlawful or assemblages of persons or rebellion alio authority of the government of ho united slates it become impracticable in the judgment of ibe dont to enforce by ordinary judicial proceeding sj alio laws of ali e united stales within any or territory it shall be lawful for the president to call forth tho militia mili of any or all the states and employ such parts of alie luid and naval united Stale sas he may deem to enforce the faith ful t of the laws of tho united stales or to suppress such rebellion in whatever slate or territory thereof tajo laws of the united states may be forcibly obstructed this ancient and fundamental law hi been in force from the tho government it is now proposed to abrogate it on certain days and at certain places in judgment no baci has been produced which tends to show that it ought to be repealed or suspended sui lor n single leour at any in any of tha stales or territories of alio union all tho teachings of experience in alio course of our history are in favor of sustaining its efficiency unimpaired on every occasion occa siou blieu thy supremacy of the constitution lias been resisted and the perpetuity of our institutions imperiled statute enacted by alie fathers has enabled the govern union to maintain it authority and to preserve alio integral Inte graj ty of alie nation at the most critics periods igors in alie executive office have relied on tins great principle it was on this principle that president wali bugton suppressed the whisky rebellion in pennsylvania in 1791 in ibuos on the t amft principle president broke up the burr conspiracy by issuing orders for the employment of such dorco either of or the militia and by such proceedings of the city authorities us might enault them to suppress alt tactually the further progress of alio enterprise it was under the same authority that president jackson crushed nullification in south carolina that president lincoln is aued liis call for troops to save alie union in 1801 hi numerous other of less significance under probably every and certainly under the pies this power has been usefully to enforce alie without by any party in the county aind almost attracting public attention cleman mry principle which was lie foundation of tha original statute of 1792 and which has been its essence in alie various form it has assumed since its tirs adoption is that th government of alie united states possesses under the constitution in full measure the power of self protection by its own agencies altogether independent of state authority and if nc ed bo against alie hostility of governments it should romain embodied in our statutes unimpaired is ft lias been from the very drigin of alie government lie hardly leas valuable or less than a provision of alie constitution itself there are ammy important containing provi Mons that are liable to be suspended or annulled at iho times and places holdin of elections elec tiona if therill before me should become liaw I do not undertake to t a list of them many of them perhaps most of have been bet ibeth in the debates on this measure they relate to extradition to election laws to to neutrality to induisi reservations to the civil rights citizens an atu other subjects in ichird to them all it may bo safely edid that the meaning and effect of this bill n to take from the general government an important part of its power to enforce the laws another grave objection to alio bill is its discrimination in favor of the sante and national authority the pres ienco or of alie arnay or nivy of the united shiites is lanful under tho terms of this fiill at alie place an election is being jirld in to uphold the authority af a state under tins bill pic sence aud employ merit of alio army or navy of the Un itil kaites would be lawful and might bu necessity necess iry to m binum he conduct election against the domestic violence that overthrow it but would bo unlawful to maintain the conduct ul election against the saidie local violence thuoc would overthrow it this discrimination has never been at tempted in previous legislation by ii no anoro compatible with the bolind principles of the constitution on tha maxims and methods of our system of government on alie of elections then at other time in the arly legislation of 1792 and of 1795 by which the militia mili of the stales was tho only military power resorted to for the execution of the constitutional powers in dumport of the or national authority both functions of were put upon the samo footing by an the employment of the army and navy was authorized for the performance of both coition dional duties in the aanie terms in all the later statutes on the subject matter the aado measure of authority to ho government hs been accorded for the performance for mance of both these autis no precedent had been found in any previous legislation and no sufficient has been given for the di in lavor of the and against tie national authority which thi bill COB bains unda alfe twerp ing terms of this bill the national is effectually shut out the of right and from the discharge of an imperative duty to use ilo executive power whenever and wherever required for alio enforcement of its laws in places and at times where and when its elections lira leold the employment of its organized armed force lor any such bo an against tho law niiles culled for by and therefore upon par misi oti of the authorities of the in which alie oc arises what it aliis but the substitution of tho discretion of the governments for the discretion of the fl of the United states us to alie performance of its own duties in my judgment this is im abandonment of its obligations by alio national government a of national authority aud an intrusion of state supervision over national duties which in spirit find tendency to slate supremacy although I believe hat tho exiting statutes are abundantly adequate to completely prevent military interference with the elections in ho gehue in abc ia used in tho litlo of this bill and w employed by the people of this country I shall find no diHl culty in in alie additional nl legislation to that object which docs not interfere with the excrete of the powers of and ho constitution and laws signed rutherford lUrAy executive mansion midy etli 79 Fitt cin arm nc parma acon by aland slip |