Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1862-04-15
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The Constitution guarantees 10 everv ma. I.
triai by due process of law, and In ne qtsts
where The crime Is committed. No mar csn
10 tried under this Consultation for lressnr
without jury, nor can he be convicted unisaa
upon Ine testimony of two Witnoasos 10 Inc
ss%y overt act, andno conviction can operate a
o~n 1Sa OF hisproPerty beyond the term Of bis
These are not objections raised by ma. ,hs, 2.
ase tne solemn provisions Of the CobstitnlioSn
l.ssli, anu WI pc claimed In the face Of tbsse
PROVISIONS tnes tne act OF treason itseIfv i,a6j
wofk an gpsotuae forfeiture Of the elave or
oIne. piopestys ana that, too, before triaI and
convlction2 Certainly no man at IN sscra.isS ~,
ed with the subject could wish an sflrmssIvs
answer. Congress cannot try the .ra,tor' .,
pronounce sentence upon him. The ExemtSa
cannot do 30. Only the courts estabIIshad m,
oer and BY virtue OF the Constitution- can do
this' and they can only do 60 In the manner
provided Tor by the Consultation ItaeiE NO
Dill n o. atIainder can be passed By ConRfess.-
net Is, Congress by special act cannot declare
man guilty OF treason or other crime, and dei
cree me punishment. II can only Within lts CON
Stisutionai power confer upon the courto the
power Dy due process Of law, to tfy all cases
provided for under the Constitution, r 3
l may be asked, why cannot Congress- thus
punieh treason by Its own action7 I anawe,.
simply because our fathers did not put apy such
power in the Constitution. | am not nov con.
sidering what power. should be or should not b.
conferred upon Congress by the Constitution. >
put simply what power is go conferred. The
Constitution then clearly defines what shall con
stitute treason, how 1t shall be proved, where
tried, and upon conviction what forfeiture IL
shall work.
say, sir, that by this instrument 60 made and
established by the fathers of the revolution. we
are to be controlled and governed, or else We
are to abandon this old Constitution Of our faith
ers, and let anarchy take the place Of ired and
established law and order. 7
Our only safety is In Adberipg faithfully to
this Consultation, and amid the aurgiDg aud
angry waves OF eectonalism, both from the reb-
els OF the South, and the mad fanaticism Of the
Aboltionists of the North, stand with upfaiser
ing frmness by the pillars Of the Consultation,
and it will survive the storm. Il win stand
like the firm rock in mid ocean, against whose
bold crest the angry waves in vain roll their
mighty waters. tssFs
That Congress has no power to interfere with
slavery in the States, consider settled, not only
BY the Constitution itself, but by the repeated
declarations OF Congress, the decisions Of the
Supreme Court of the United States, and BY
the general and uniform understanding OF the
people. l..t.
As early as March 1880, the House of Repre-
sentatves OF the United States, declared by
resolution, "thst Congress have no authority 10
Interfere in the emancipation of slavee, or ia
the treatment of them in any Of the States, 10
remaining with the several States alone to pro.
vide rules and regulations therein which humsD-
ity and true policy may require Mr. Webster,
in referring to this resolution, In bis celebrated
reply to Mr. Hayne in the Senate of the United
States, in 1880, says:
"The House agreed to insert these reeOlu-
lions on its journal, aud from that day to this it
has never been maintained or oontended that
Congress had any authority 10 regulate OF To-
terfere with the condition Of slaves 10 the seve.
raj States. No Northern gentleman to ny
knowledge has moved any such question In
either House of Congress-" ..5.-
IL would be great consolation If at this day
We could say, as truthfully as Mr.. Webster did
10 1880, that no gentleman had moved to inter-
fere with the condition Of the slaves In the
several States, in either House of Congress.
But again: Not to refer to other cases, on
the llth day of February, 1861, the House of
Representatives of the Congress Of the United
States, without one dissenting voice, passed the
following resolution:
"Inat neither the Congress Of the ooiteo
States nor the people Or governments OF the
non-slaveholding States, have the constitution
al right TO leglslate upon or Interfere Win
slavery IN any oil the slavebolding States 10 the
iInon. non
Inis Language seems plain and explicit AND
asSet's an absolute denial oil power on me patI
ot c Coneresss or tne people or the governments
tns nee e;a1Ss, 20 iesslase upon OF n.sile.' %
win slavery In the States. Ana not single
vose was given against the adoption Oh 'nS res
oiuuGni nut some OF the very gentlemen Wno
htIie over oriet year ago voted LOT tne
AuopsIon OF tnis resoiunon' are now urging
upon Congress their schemes OF emancipstloo.
bat farther, the President OF the unitea states
On the an OF Msron, iooi, Wnen ABOUT % enseI
upon tne discnarge Oh MS ~ust' declared IN n's
inaugural
y nave no purpose directly or inolreesiy .
intefiere WIN tue institution OF slavery 10 Iae
states where II exists selieve ! nave nC
awial right TO DO so' and have no inciinatiol
20 40 So
ALew Gays ego large meeting, maae up .
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