I, Edmund J. Davis, am on the verge of making a decision whether to continue holding my office at the lower level of the Texas Government’s capitol building along with my radical supporters or to give up my office. The ethical dilemma I am facing currently is in terms of choosing between the confederate elections results of this year (1873) and the rule of the Texas Supreme court which has considered this election illegal. Also, the prime ethical confusion is whether to negate the decision of abandoning my office to democrat Richard Coke who has a clear majority vote and has defeated me by almost twice as votes. I am still holding my office in spite of threats and with no support from President Grant because after the inauguration of Coke as the governor, the democratic control in Texas will immediately end the reconstruction activities and the radical military rule in the state.
In terms of my personal values and ethics, the governor should abide by the constitutional laws to uphold the sanctity of the voting rights imparted to the confederates and it is utterly clear that people want me out of my office. Only a group of factionist republican supporters are still standing in my favor and even the president of United States has denied me of any federal support via military actions because he accords with the election results.
Further, I also acknowledge the fact that the ‘Semicolon court’ has ruled out the legal validity of conducted elections because the Texas Supreme Court is under Republican influence and support. However, in terms of my functionality as a governor of the state, I am about to lose the office and all my efforts to install a radical government with corrective actions for the state to reform all the government agencies along with reconstruction policies for the state.
As a possible solution to my current ethical dilemma, it is in the best interest of the law and order of the state to avoid any evacuating action imposed on my office and the consequent reaction by my radical supporters. So, holding my office for any further tenure seems rather unethical than caring for my reformative actions for the reconstruction of the state.
Bibliography
Douglas Joshua. “Procedural fairness in election contests. In Indiana Law journals,15-16. Kentucky: Indiana University, 2013.
