The Tiffin weekly tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1859-1868, 1866-04-05

Si'o NAN RN"NN 'uNse lllO luctt
Ministerial office, OF bound TO dc. \
,ide according TO the will Of Con
swss 1t 10 clear that in States X
which deny t. persons whose rights I
lrN secured by tie frat section Of
.ho bill, any one oil these rights
IS criminal, and civil cases affect.
ing them will, 10y tue provisions of
he third section, come undor the
Executive cocnizlnee, of the Fed \
aral tribunal. 1t denies t. colnred
persons any ono OF all these rights.
That persons should commit crime
against TIE laws OF a State, mur.
Her, or guy other crime, all protec |
ton and punishment THROUGH tn /
Courts of n State are taken away, /
mud he can only be tricd anl pm. |
ish d in the Federal Courts. How I
is the criminal to b. tried, and the |
offence provided tor I Tho federal |
law, aud not the State law ia 70 /
govern 1t il only when the of' !
rtnsc does not happen to ho in the.
pro4incc OF federal law, that the
federal Courts are to try 10 punish
him. I'm Ter anv other law the r..
sort is to be hal to tho comm N
law, ns mo lifed and changed by
State legislation, So tar Us the same
I is MT inconsistent with the Cousti.
Intion and laws Of the United
States. So that ov,r this vast do
main of criminal inrispruienc,,
provided hy the exercise Of its own
citizens, and tor the punishment Of
all persons who violated its crlmi
nal lave, federal law, wherever it
can be made to apply, diaplaces
State law. The question here All.
ecs, from what source Congress dc.
rives The power totransftr to fcje.
raj tribunals certain classes of ca.
sos embraced in this section. The
constitution eXpressly Y declares that
the Judicial power Of the United
States shall cNtcnl to all cases in
law and equally arising under the
constitution the laws OF the United
States. an.l trcati = male or which
shall be made undor their authori.
Itv. All eases affecting embaesa'
dors or other public ministers and
cor suls to al cases of Admiralty
| and marutime jurisdiction to con.
troversies to which the United
shall be u party to controversies
between two or more States, be
tween state and citizens Of an
other State, between citiz,ns o
different st tcs, between citizens o
the amc Sta'e. claims land under
grants of diiltroHt States and be
tween d State orihe citiz1iisthere
of. an foreign States, ciii2t MS oI
subjects. Here the judicial powe'
OF the uuiied States il expressly
set forth and defined. and tue nc
Of September 2lth lIS9, and es
, tabli,hing the judicial courts ofth'
: United States on conicrrng upol
r the federal courts jurisdiction or ol
G cases originating in the State tri
bunals is careful to coutne thcr
/ to the classes enumerated in tn
i above clause of the constitution
this section Of the bill und6ultedl
g comprehendel cases and authorize
|, the exercise of powers that are no
8 hy the institution, within Jnri
20 dictiOn of courts OF tho Cnite
}. States 70 transfer them to thos
, courts would be well calculated t
. excite distru,t and alarm on tn
a part of all the States, for the bi
t applies alike to all OF them, as we
y to those that have as to those thi
" have not been engaged in rebellion
C 1t lEay be assumed that this is ii
ID power granted to Congress /
is the Constitution as recent
!, amended, to enforce, by apprC
: pirate le sislation, the article decl
It ring that neither slavery nor invo
If nntary servitude, except as a puI
J ishment fur crime whereof til
u party shall have heeu duly convi'
o ted, shall exist within the Unite
!. States or any place subject to the
jurisdiction. 1t cannot, howeve
g be Justly claimed that with a vie
1t 10 the enforcement OF this articI
l. of the constitution. there is
ID present any necessity for tho exc
D else of all the horrors which tn
Mt bill conlers, Slavery has bet
is abolished and at present nowhe
il exists within the Jurisdiction Of Il
r. United S'atcs, nor has there bee
4. nor is it likely thore will be ary a
+. tempts to prevent it by the peopI
% of the States However, If an
.. attempt shall be made, it will the
, become tho duty Of the gcner
'. government, to exercie any IN
it all incidental powers necessar
,r and proper to maintain invio'a'
" these governmental laws ofthe free
!. men. ,.st,
N Tho fourth section of this bl
n. provides that officers and agents
II the freedmen's bureau shall DO er
at powered to make arrest, and, al
o. that other officers may be especial
n. commissioned for that purpose
o. the Presi lent OF the United Statt
C 1t also authorizes the circuit COM
q. of the United States, and the 81
le perior courts of tho Territories
la appoint, without Limitation, con
'e n,issioners who are 10 be eharg'
a with the performance of quasi J
nd dicial duties. aas a.a
ngl The fifth section empowers col
ii. missioners to be selected by t
on court, to appoint in writing one one !
N nora en;table persons from time