The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1866-03-03
STATE RIGHTS DEMOCRAT
HONE MILITARY TYRANNY.

We call the attention OF d 70 the
following extracts from the last Annual
Message of President johnson:
Tho latent conviction that our form of.
Government is the best ever known to the
world, has enabled as to emerge from civil
wa within four years, with . complete vim
aicakioa Of he Constitutional authority of
the General Government, and with our koedlI
Liberties and State institutions unimpaired.
Here tolaatioa is extended TO eue7y
opinion in the quiet certainty that truth
needs only q fair held 70 secure the victory.
Who will not join With me in the
PRAYER that the invisible hand which has led
Us through the clouds that eloomed around
our path will 80 guide s onward to q perfect
restoration Of fraternal affection, that we of
this day may be able to transmit u great
inheritance Of State Governments, in all their
uqhs, Of the General Government in its
rkoSe Constitutional riqoT, 10 our posterity,
and they % theirs through countless genera,
sdchsf
Nov, htitbe borne in mind that the
Constitution Of the United States guaran-
tees all agafnst any abridgement of the
right t free speech and : free press.
Ard, now, read this lazs srd5kffcm Gen.
Grant, as found in the dispatches of the
week:
New York. Feb. Is.-The Herald's Wash.
ington special says that the following circu-
lar letter to eommaad1rs of Military Depart.
ments was issued today by Gen. Grant:
Headquarters Armies United States,
Washington, Feb. II, 1866.-You will please
send 10 these headquarters as soon as prac-
tcable, from time to time hereafter, such
copies Of newspapers published in your De-
parments As contain sentiments Of disloyal-
and hostility 70 the Government In any Of
is branches, and state whether such paper
IL habltual In It's u~tEeranees Of such senti.
ments. Persistence in the publication Of
articles calculated 10 keep up hostility soi
feeling bet~een the people Of the different
sections of the country, 0nno be tolerated.
This Information Is called for with a view to
sfheH suppression, which will be done from
these headquarters only.
By virtue Of his authority a Com
mander-in-Chief of the army of the
United States, the President has the right
TO eountermand this tyrannical order Of
the Lieutenant Generals. IF the Presi.
dent was sincere in the expressions quoted
above from his Message-and he Ger.
tainly Is aware of the existence of the
provision of the Federal Constitution
which ne sIlude to-he win immed;ateI,
countermand this order of Gen. Grant.
IL he docs not countermand it, the fac
mnst Be patent that he intended 10 de
lude the people in his Message. and thaI
he not only permits. but encourages. tn,
asurpatiOn of despotic. manifestly uncOn.
satutional authority. in his subordinates
And non : word IS to the name in
which Gen. Grant proposes to use Of
ssaR this monssrous power he arrogates
The only victim 50 ar is the Richmond
Examiner, . Southern paper. OF the
ehareeter Of che article which caused it.
suppression by Gen. Grants orders, w
have 10 information. Gen. Grant,
order. above quoted. SAW newspaper
vh5zh Are n The habit Of Publishing
arielea 9~ealculased 10 keep up hOstilit,
Of eehng between the people of the diff
rxns sections of the country, cannot b,
tolerated, sna insimates that such papers
q any which shin contain sentiment
Of disIoyaIty and AOstzity to the Govern
ment il any of It's branehes,'' shall b
Impressed. This order Is to be enforee'