Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1866-04-19

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vened az Montgomery and undertake. TO
take the State Of Alabama out Of the Union,
and set up government in hostility thereto,
ought 1t not to have been done? Was not
that a consniracv against this Governmente,
When the Legislature assembled Of Mont
gomery in 1861 and resolved that the con-
nec,ior between Alabama and the U0ited
States was dissolved, and fhen It's members
took steps to maintain that declaration;
when the same thing was done 10 south
Carslina, and courts were organized tecsrry
out the scheme, will anybody tell me II
would not have been competent, had il been
practicable, for the United States courts In
those States TO have issued process for the
arrest OF every, one Of those Legislators. Gov
ernors. judges and all And. sir, ghad this
been done, aud it turned ont upon trial that
any Of the parties arrested hsd been engag-
ed in armed hostility against the United
States. az some Of them had been when
with arms in their hands they seized the ar
eenals and other pubic property Of ths
United States, would they have been found
guilty of treason and hung for treasoDR--
And would the fact that they had acted
under color Of law, have affordsd them any
prntec'ionp
Sir, it Is com petent, and always comps.
tent. 10 do through the judicial tribunals all
tf at is necessary TO prevent or suppress q
rebellion. and 1t Is only when the resistance
] g. al, tp ha hy the
ordinary course of judicial proceedings that
a resort to arms lis justfahle. A nation has
no right to 60 to war with another nation
until it 6rst exhausts all means of peacss-
BILE solution Of tho difficulty. IF it can
accomplish the end through peaceful means,
it not only has the right, but il is its boubd-
en- duty to do so. . -. ... ..sf.f
! snail be rar1oned, / trust, for reading
in this connection sentence from the proc
lamation of Andrew Jackson hurled against
the notification ordinance OF South Carolina.
which undertook to annui the laws Of Con-
press and swear allegiance to Carolina and
ahiure their allegiance to the United States.
/ After reciting the illegal action of South
Carolina. stating what her ordinance was,
wiat it proposed to do, and what the citizens
I of Carolins were proposing to do under color
/ OF that authority, General. y ackson said:
| "T consider. then. tn 10 annul law OF the
United, states. assumed by one State, incomPaiible
with the existence Of the Union radio ted expressly
b. IN. letter Pf The C9ns'tajon nnauihonzei by il.
spirit, lconaitnut with every principle which II
fsunded aud destructive Of the great Object for which
/ was founed -
The right to punish persons who violate
the laws Of the United States 'cannot be
questioned. and the .act that in doing 50
they acted under color Of law or usage in
any locality affords no protection, because
by tha Constitution that instrument and the
laws passed in pursuance thereof are the
sunreme law Of the land. and every Judge,
not only OF the United States. but of every
State court is bound thereby. f
Bnt. SAYS the PreSidr mt, . de not sp-
prehend that the confieting legislation which
the bill seems to contemplate is so likely TO
occur as to render ii necessary at this time
to adopt a measure of such doubtful corsti-
tutionality. That statement makes it ne
cessary that should advert to the facts and
show whether there is any likelyhoed Of such
conflicting legislation /: and my testimony
} comes from the President himself, or those
t acting under his authority. s.-
I | hold in nv hand a communication from
] Colonel De Grass. addressed 10 General
8 Howard. and dated at Houston, Texas, De
) cember Is, 1865, in which he ssys:
have tn. honor to respectfully report that in some
& portions OF this Slate the negroes not vet tree ha
Inc nass system still in or and when freedman
found large without pass he Is tnsen mp and whip
9 ped - if 0'nIf .lt rfa ts..
I3ieutenant Eldridge, writing to The sam
. officer. from Wick sburg. Mississippi, on tb
2Sth of Novembar, 1865, sayst l1
Iha - the honor ineloss hNFswid. for your cor
: .ideration the ir-ednsns h which has Jus, become
tantiarr to The followinE points therein
!" Section prohibits the holding leasing or r,hn,
! seeiioi four exclude. freedsnen from ies,iiyng i
cases of whites ~
section i've authorizes mayors and boaris Of pcac
J. by their sole eiict prevent any freedmen from dom
any independent business ard 10 coNps them 10 isbo
y as emp'o 'oyees with appeal from such decision. y 8
l. Section gives the power 10 any white cltze
over the person OF freedman unknown 10 any etiie
law and denies The right OF appeal beyond the Count
o court y snF1
,r Major General Terry, in an order issue
ID at Richmond, Virginia, January "a. 1866
n referring to statute passed at the presen
T. session of the Legislature Of Virginia er
r titled " A bill providing for the punishmer
te of vagrants, says &2t att
G. "Fhe ultimate ease1 OF the statute will be reduc
as the free dmen 10 condition OF seFilde worse shs
Ia that from which they havs been emancpated-H cbd
~ ton which will be slavery in all bat its name"
q Now, sir, what becomes Of this declar,
y tion that there is no necessity for any mea,
Ss ur, of this kind? Here are the laws {
q Texas, of Mississippi, of Virginia. to whic
have referred; and laws equally oppre
10 sive exist in some OF the other States.
'e there no necessity to protect freedma
- when he is liable to be whipped II caugl
= away from home ? No necessity to prote
T. a freedmao in. his rights, when he is NJ
" permitted 70 hold or lease piece Of grour
ns as in StateP Ne necessity to protect free
a' man in his rights, who viii be reduced to
slavery Sorso than that from which he b
Gu Gu been emancipa,ed if a law ia permitted
ns be carried inte effect Sir, these orae
laai sa emauate and this information comes fro
@ @eo officers acting by presidential authority; Al
'es yet the President tells US there is no dang
'ns of conflicting legislation. -ag lc
rsa He says: g! ..t7. sl,... ....sT..
n sIa the ne II place. this provision Of the ball seems
ny be unnecessary adequate Judicial remedies could
lief adopted TO secure desired end without invading
trv imniunies of legislaiors.n 8t .eteIayF
on. Let us see if they could. If sdequs
The judicial means could be provided withe
lad invading these immHnities. Why, let me y
tho did he NOT adopt them2 Let mo read
,;th you, sir, what was done by authority OF /