The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1866-04-26

0OWu Qy OaI 4dtuSkD, ttu0 WHICH lTcl Uu6L
, Hearts, was that there should be no tax
Iation without representation. How then
does the matter stand9 Who has been
Iusurbing power9 Who has been defeating
the. operation Of the Constitution? VIVA;
now remains to ebe done to complete thu
restoration of these Statss to all their. for
mer relations under the Federal Govern
ment, and to finish the great ordeal through
(which We have been passing 1t is to ad
!, say admit representation, what do vi
mean. We simply mean represen
tation in the constitutional and the
law abiding sense which was understood
ats the beginning of the government
The Constitution declares in express terms
that the Senate and House Of Representa-.
4 tiyes, each acting for itself, shall be the
Judge of the returns of elections and the
i qualifications of it's own members. It is
for each House to settle that question under
the Constitution and under the solemn
sanction of an oath. Can we believe that
either house would admit any member into
hts body to participate in the legislation of
the country, who has not been qualified.
They have the power, not the two houses,
i but end house fef itself The Constitution
i further declares that no State email be de-
priyed Of Its Anal suffrage in the Senate of
i the United Estates without its con-
sent. Wheret do we stand All
that We have need of. to finish the great
work of restoration is for the two Houses,
respectively, to decide the question. Oh,
but say some, q traitor might come in.
/ The answer to that is that each House must
be the judge of it, and it a. traitor presents
himself Icannot help it. The House will know
that he is traitor (applause) and if he is
| a traitor, can they not keep him out of
doors and send him back, saying to the
people who sent him, you must send us a
loyal man? (Cheers.) Is there any difficult
| ty about that (No, no, and cheers.) If a
traitor presents himself to either House,
| cannot that House say to him, no you can't
be admitted into this body; 90 back, we
will not deny your people the right of rep
resantation, but they must send loyal rep
resentative. (Cheers.) And when the States
do send loyal representatives, can
you :. have any better fidelity to
the Constitution and laws. There is
no one learned in the Cons titution
and laws who will say that if a traitor hap
/ pens to get into Congress, that that body
cannot expel him after he gets in. That
makes assurance doubly sure, and confirms
the action of the Government to the Con-
stitutiOn of our fathers. Hence say. let
us stand by that Constitution, and in stand
ing by it, the covenant will be preserved.
While have been contending against trail
tors and treason, and the dissolution of the
| L nave DcCu at the
same time against the consolidation of
power here. l think consolidation of
here equally dangerous with separation.
[Cheers.] s+"F.it @''i. ..- F
The one would run into anarchy while
the other would concentrate and eventu-
ally end in monarchy; but there is an
idea abroad that one man can be a usuper. |
Mr.. Jefferson, the apostle of liberty, tells I
us, and so does common sense, that tyran- |
ny and despotism can be exercised by |
many more vigorously and more tyran- /
nically than by one-what power has |
your President to attain-what can he J
do-what can he originate? Why, they /
say he exercises the veto power Laugh |
teri, what is theveto power [ A voice, to |!
put down the Niger Laughter.l Who is
your President? [Several voices, Andy |
johnson. Is he not elected by the people /
The President is the tribune of the people.
In olden times when tribunes were first |
elected in the Roman Republic, the
people chose tribune and placed him at
the doors of the Senate so that when that
body ventured an oppressive act, he was
clothed with the power to say, veto and
forbid-your President now is the tribune
of the people. THANK God am and in
tend to assert the power which the people
have placed in me. (Cheers. Your Pres
ident standing here day after day, dis
charging his duty is like horse on a
tread-Wheel, and because he dares differ
in opinion in regard to public measures,
he must be denounced as an llsurper and |
a tryant. Can he originate anything un-
der the veto power? l think the veto
power conservative in its character and
affirmation. All that can be done by the
veto power is to say when legislation"is
improper, hasty, unWise and uneonstitu-
al, stop action and wait till this can besub-
TOD TO f11ar 10 loA ~, Il |
er whether it is right or wrong, Applausef
that is all there is it. Hence, / say that
tyranny and power can be exercised some
where else than by the Executive; he is
pOwerless; all that he can do is to check
to hold it in a state of
allegiance until the people can consider
and understand what is being done. Then
what has been done? / have done what
conscience believed required me to do.
tion, relying on the judgment and the in
teligence of the people-thc soldiers and
sailors expressly. [Cheers. Then for my
life 1 cannot see where there is any tyran-
ny. It is very easy to impugn motives,
and suspect the purest and best acts of a
a mans life. II Ii you come forward and IA
propose a certain thing, your motives
are suspected and condemned; and i'll
you withhold your opinion, you are re-
garded as being opposed to the matter, so r
that it is very hard to move one way or the j
other, SO far as certain positions are con- ;
eerned. In the American people is my 1
hope for the salvation of the country. I
am with you. soldiers, sailors and citizens.I
Who has sacrificed or periled more Il
Has not my all been put on it? NY
life, my property, everything saceed =
and dear to man has been II
staked upon it, and can now be suspect t
ed of ALTERING at the close of the third Z
ordeal of the nation. Where is he in pub 4
lie or private life, who has sacrificed more +
Or who has devoted more of his time and
energies to the accomplishment of the /
great end than L? have done it from j
5he promptings of nay own heart. l be- !
ieve it was right and with your hearts 9
and yonr countenances, and your encour-
agement / shall go through on that line. !
Cheers and laughter And when come
10 talk about sailors and soldiers, about !
his to be done and that to be done, all i !,
want is for you to wait and see. So far as I !
Vou are concerned, wait and see If [ don't
stand by you, although every other man I
nay faltef and fail. CHEERS / wait to J
zee measures of policy brought forward {
hat win advance the interest of the peO-
Die and of that portion of the people who :
constitute the gallant and brave men who | !
n both branches of the service have 9Jlf,-
lefd the national flag and sustained tie 81
country In the recent struggle / thank
vou, gentlemen, for the encOurageInent1I,
thank you for four countenanee on tIiis1 :
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