Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1866-09-21
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President, Is now made to cover all acts
done by any officer on person, undeEa any or
| der, written Or'verbal made by the Preei-
dent or the Secretary of War, on By any mill
tdry officer Of the United States holding The com
Tapnd Of any district or place, Though for
| the benefit OF the new President and his
isIibordinates, no such order shall excuse
any act done after the passage of the pres
! ent act. .1.tiW ;fE-t HGf,t.rgN
/ They undertook further to provide that
| it. should be sufficient defense in all such
leases to produce the original or certified
copy of It, or even a telegram, purporting
TO bean order, should. be p1fnsa Jdcie eVi-'
.dence of its authenticity. That suits
| might be removed from Statt courts even
after issue joined--and that If State courts
! should proceed in such cases their judge I.
i ments should be void, and all judges and
| parties liable to action for damages to the
Epersons against whom recovery should be-
l'had.
H. The proper bounds of this letter will not
| permit an examination of all the unlawful
acts of Congress; by which they have at,
tempted tolegislate on matters which be-.
long to the States alone.
| Instead of exercising the power given to
| provide Tor calling forth the militia to sup-
press insurrection they used a power not
given them, by enrolling the National forces
and taking men by CONSUMPTION to serve In
the armies. Older laws-laws as old as the o
| GOVernment-had designated the very same
men as the militia Of the States, as they tru-
| ly are and must be, unless taken from it by
voluntary enlistment. fl
They have Attempted to charter railroads
Tor common purposes of trade, in competl-
tion with existing roads, and to regulate
their fare. r.r.,i' ft
They have attempted to regulate the fare
Of railroads in cities, and to regulate the
aaln nf nd hn T,la WI
shall be sold. T->
|. They have sought TO tax railroad compa-
nes ON their receipts, and to authorize them
| TO Gifarge The same TO the passengers In face
of the limitations of State laws.
| They have sought to tax gas companies
on the amount OF their receipts, aud 10 add p,
| the tax to the price of the gas to consum-
ers, even when the gas companies may be RI
limited by their charters in the prices they
may demand.
| They have attempted to tax suits in State
! Courts, which they clearly cannot do, any
more than States can tax suits in the Fed
eral Courts.
! They have sought to forbid State Record
ers from recording in their offices deeds of
| conveyance made in conformity with State
| laws, which can alone regulate the convey
ance of lard-and have attempted to de-
clare void such deeds and records as evil
,dence in State Courts.
| L cannot in this letter remark in detail 4
upon the tax laws of Congress as they
-wOuld merit, though the arbitrary, unjust
and oppressive burdens laid on one part of
| tile country for the benefit of the other.
| parts, demands it; while seeming to lay
taxes upon capital and production, the
charges imposed operate as direct and in
evitable tax upon consumption, without
regard. to the consumers means or his
earnings, and in these particulars the laws
call loudly for redress. .-.#l
/ These inequalities and irregularities
would be greatly lessened in the West, if
| Congress wereduly composed of represent
fatiVes from all the States. In common with
| tie States of the West, the excluded States
are interested in agriculture, and in pro- q
ductiOns, which the West chiefly furnish.
| In this view alone we have direct and pc B
cuniary interest in the full representation
of all the States But higher than this,.you
Unjust look with alarm upon the attempts of
| Congress to coerce the States to the adOp-,
| tion Of measures dictated to them by 9TH
| erS. "'"7
J. During awhole session of Congress, the
Senators and Representatives of eleven
States have been excluded from their seats,
| when present and ready with evidence Of
their election. This exclusion is persisted q
| in, on the pretense shat the United States
are bound to guarantee to every State a
republican form of government. 10 this
pretense it is enough to say that when they
| have once acted on the admission OF a State,
their power. over 1t is exhausted; and tits
enough to answer chat the Governments of Il
these States are precisely the same they
| have been from the beginning of the Gov
ernment and therefore must be htl repHb-
| licah and that with just such Constitutions. q.
State after State has been admitted. 1t
| is. done under the further pretense, that
each House isto judge of the qualification
| of its members. The word qualification is q,
used twice in the Constitution, once in re-
lation to those who may vote for Repre-
sentatives in Congress, and again in re-
lation to the persons who may be chosen-
and in both cases it means the qualifications
defined by law. The Constitution itself de-
fines the qualifcaions-which are, that the
persons chosen must be of certain age, and ,
be citizens of the United States and that
they must live within the States that"
elect them. The word has no relation to I
| their talents, their opinions or their morals
| these are questions for their constituents
| only. In Republican Government the
| people choose their own representatives,
| and they must be left free to do ii, or it is B,
no Republic. If this exclusion of mem-
bers and of States be persisted in, it must
endin disaster to our common veal and if
| it do not end in strife and blOodshed, it u
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have forbearance beyond the example of
those who freed the Colonies from a like
oppression, and made us the Government
Under which we have hitherto lived and
pfospered. The decision of the moment
Gus issue lies with the people. Theirpeace- Z
full ballots may end the struggle, with .
peaceful future, or'l leave us a prey to wild r.,
uncertainty and confusion. ,i,r.3
| In another letter | will address you ',A
further about Government expenses and g
taxation. 0- Yours, respectfully y.4uV
| JOIN II. JAMES. q,
The IndianaP oils Outrage Pre-. 4
rs-n.al meditated. adj ffn,i.fps
| The Indianapolis correspondent of the,
Neto York Herald an eyewitness of the /.
riot on Monday night upon the occasion Of ''
the Presidents arrival, says. f.hi u 4 YHN
"a few additional facts, concerning theem
dlsggaeeful riotilast night were obtained
this morning. On learning OF the Presi- .
dents probable visit to the city the Radi- Z
Gals ealleda tmeetBgo OF prevention tofas- 70
semble for political purposes, yesterday, ~
With the secret If not ayowed understand
ing Of being In such force In the city as
would alrahle them to overawe his friends, ~
and, If necessary to accomplish their puT-.,l
pose, TO break up, the procession and pre- !,
vent public speaking. - ~ -. = ~ ''i
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