The Cadiz sentinel. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 1864-1911, 1866-03-07

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The Meeting In W HashInglon city
10 Sustatn fhe Presidents Veto
speech Of Hon. s. ,. Cox.
RESOLUTIONS.
The following resolutions passed show the
tenor of the whole:
Resoircd, That ours is Government Of
law; that punishment for offeBses, however
heinous. can not be rictsted by arbitrary
vengeance; that no &c post tdcfO law can be
| rightly established either by statutory enact
mCnt or by Constitutional amendment, no
more as against community than as against
an individual; that as no punishment had
ever been provided against State for at
tempting to secede from the Union, none
can now be legitimatrly inflicted, either by
enforcing disabilities or otherwise; that
| therefore any delinquent State, from the
moment 1t returns to its allegiance and re-
sumes its rightful position as member of
the Federal Government, becomes entitled
to the exercise of all its rights under the
Constitution, including that of being repre-
Sented in each branch Of Congress, which it
enjoyed before the commission Of its otfenSe.
1t is better that wrong should 20 unpursh-
ed than that it should be redresScd through
] violation of the law. :
Resolred, That the only lawful ground on
which any member of either House eff Con
! gress can be prevented from taking his at
on an equal footing with any 9th rmember,
must be that his election, or the returns
| thereto, have not been in accordance with
Ia ,, or that he does not possess the re
quisite qualifications for his position, and
that in deciding upon such QUALIFICATIONS
none other can be considered than those
prescribed in the Constitution of the Unit -
| States.
SPEECH OF HON. s. S. cox.
After tho remarks of Mr. Kinney, fron
Utah, on motion Mr.. s. S. Cox was called
On to address the meeting. He was greeted
with cheers, aud began by referring tb the
fact that the delegate from Utah, who had
begun this disorder, would no doubt wish a
resolution reported against foolygdmy'-
Laughter. The one relic SLAYER" -
having been abolished, polygamy comes
nsxt; aud he hoped the barbarous institution
was intended to be abolished. Cheers.
Mr.. Cox, further continuing, said that
the Hon. Mr. Stevens, whose age and brains
entitled him TO respect, incidentally " remark
ed the other day i'll his scat that there were
Earthquakes about!' Laughter. In
volcanic regions these terrible phenomena
are preceded by strange rumblings and
eruptions OF fire. ashes and smoke! Laugh
ter. The worst crime enacted on this star
was accompanied with violent quakings Of
the earth. st Matthew tells us "the vail
of the temple was rent in twain from top to
bottom, and the earth did quake, and the
rocks were rent, and the graves were open
ed, and many bodies of saints which slept
arose and came out of their graves after the
resurrection, and went into the holy city and
appeared unto niany" Without wishing
to arrogate any saintship, it seems cheerful
to see so many brother Democratic saints
| [laughter coming forth from their graves
and appearing unto many this day Laugh
ter. Salvation, We learn. came out of the
very agonies OF nature. Cheers flour
crucifed land shall see salvation, it will be
through the reading Of party walls and par
ty rocks, cheers; the separation ofthe good
from the bad, the conservative from the rev.
olutionary. The signs in the sky. after the
strange cemmotion, betoken united,
peaceful and happy land agalnl Cheers.
What has done all this? Simply the at
tempt of the President TO see that the" laws
be executed" He would cxecuta the su-
prene law, the Constitution. He had ex-
erciSed The power given him in the Constit-
ution, and as part Of the Legislature dis
approved of one OF its revolutionary inca
sures. The veto power was placed in the
Constitution Tor wise purposes. 1t is a
I check IRON the President of the people upon
the Representatives of the States AMI peo
pie He was b .und as an honest officer t.,
veto what he thnught was inronxiirrate and
hasty, unwisc and unconstitutional. 1t he
has done this with respect to one of the
least objectionable measures Of the Radicals.
i what will haeln, and what sort of quakes will
follow his future yAtocs? IF this be done
III the green tree, what will be done i'll the
dry? 4
The Radicals would Seem to have been a
little ncglli ent in this matterof amendments
to the Constitution. | They have only pro-
posed some thirty seven; but notwiihstand-
ing all the premouitury sN,uptotis IF veto.
no onc proposed to abolish that. Wonder
full want of sagacity Terrible lack Of fore
thought 1t remains, and whil, it remains
and johnson lives, there will be hope! Let
the Quak:ng go on-lct the dry bones in the
valley shakelet the fFait teiiements trem-
bic; we ghosts of departed Democracy now
come forth and appear unto many, and
while we pay our taxes are privileged to
SPEAK Laughter anu cheGrs
Union! 1t scenes to me that the very sky
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