The Vicksburg weekly herald. [volume] (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1864-1867, 1866-06-02
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pointed Prob le Jddge or M6bnc
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GEOsqE RMDMAE
MAJ. Gen U.s :. goAimmhding.
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y! May12th, 1866.
BY Telegraph nom Washington,
f. &ACrGSSsEaf61 N. Thomas,
sonnaadlag Military Division
Your leic rAph respecting Iaph-
acl W, Semnes, hiss been present-
cd to the III sident, who directs
tllWt Semmos be- not permitted TO
hold or exettise tbe functions Of
Probate Judge IN the city Of No.
bile, or any other ciYil or political
Office Of trust while lie remains un-
Bardoned by the President. If At
any time pardon shall be Issued to
him, you win be notified thereof.
The same Instructions viii be serV-
ed by you IN respect to any other
unpardoncd rebels in your CON-
mand.
EDWIN NJ. STANTON.
Secretary of War.
BY order Of Major General Geo.
II. Thomas.
WIN. d. WHIPPLR, Brig Gen.
Now, It is Just such q course,
rs the President permits in this
case, which is destroying all the
good effects of his better policy
He is furnishing bis enemies in the
North with their strongest argu-
mrnts. Hear the Chicago Tribune /:
PRESIDENT AN SEMMEs.-H is sta
ted that the President is about to
Issue q Proclamation explanatory
Ofhis Peace proclamation, dcclar-
Ing that the latter did in fact suspend
martial law aud restore the civil law
throughout the South. If martial
law does not exist al the South. il
would be Interesting 10 learn by
what authority the President or
ders Major General Woods 10 for
hid Raphael Semmes from acting IN
the Office of Probate Judge at Mo-
bile, to which the ardent support
ers Of the Presidents policy elected
him.
Semmcs has been convicted of no
crime, and under the Presidents
reign he can be convicted Of nome
Every man until convicted of crime
is presumed to be innocent. More
over, on tho Presidents theory, the
members elect of Congress from
Alabama have tie same right to sit
in Congress 10 the members from
illinois, Why, then, has not the
President tho sanp right upon his
own theory, to. forbid u Mayor Of
Chicago from entering upon his Of
iiCc Us o Probate Judge Of Mobile
Tie truth Is, the President has
shown no more regard for State
laws, or the "rights' Of the SOCIAL
cd states which he has created,
than Congress would show ii they
abolished them altogether. His
within is their law.
Eyevy word stated by this RAdi-
cal organ is true. If the President
has no rcgard for thorights Of these
[rceonstructedl States, how can he
expect Congress to do It? In the
expressive language Of the Tribune,
in mother article, if the Southern
States have been restored, the Pres
ident has lie moro right to In orfere
In their elections, than he has to III
terfere In the Northern StatOJ, and
il the people Of Chicago were to
elect q donkey or II monkey TO Of.
Ace, Il would be none Of the Presi-
dents business,
Iii is notorious, that ifthp enemies
of the President in COhgrGss,
we're to undertake to impeaoh him
for arbitrary exercise Of power, the
Democratic members and his South.
ern friends, could not deny the
charge, with such acts as the above
staring them ip the face.