The Vinton record. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1866-1891, 1866-04-12

nave Il ulVlne rlsnt TO govern the
other two-thirts now and fcre7erl
A splendid Republican govern.
ment truly, where only a fraction
of the people are loyal to it This
is the rule of a majority with VEN
geance! "A majority of the peo.
pie not loyal" is a phrase heard
every day. Ohl shades ofJeGerson
and Madison, come out of your
graves and write US some primers
on the elementary prlnci5les of
Republicanism Tor the big boya in
! CongresSl ,...- ...
But if this crowd of white Mig.
gers now at'W ashington is not a
congress of the United Ssateq,"
as it evidently is not, then it is ,ey-
ident that all it may do, is equally
as Illegal as itself. The siuIr!e
truth is, that laying aside the cues
ton as to g. whether the northern
States assembled in Washington,
during the time the southern Sta .es
were attempting to secede, were
"a Congress" in the true sense of
the word Or not, there can be. no
doubt that 1t ceased to be ga Con.
,gress of the United States" Just, as
soon as the Southern people relin-
pushed their attempted secession,
resolved to return to the Union,
and were denied representation in
it. The entire theory of the war
was, upon the ground that the peo-
| pie OF the South could, and ought
TO be compel led to, return to the
Union, and the moment they would
consent to do this, that moment
the Union was restored. This state.
ment was repeated and repeated
by scores and scores of the advo.
Gates OF the war, until it became a
stereotyped phrase. Now, howev-
er, all is changed ; the South is de-
MED all representation on the flocrs
of Congress, and q, few of the States
claim the sovereign, forcibie OF, di.
vine right, whichever it may be, to
rule over the entire American peo.
pie. ,s....f a.. a-3 ~
This is evidently nothing, less
than the grosest usurpation. va The
citizens Of Washington have Just
as much right TO drive Thad. Ste
vens and his crowd Of negro-mon.
grels out of the Capitol. as THEY
have to keep out the Southern rep
resentatiyes. There is not an act
that Congress passes that can be
constitutional, so long as itrefuses
the representatives of sovereign
and equal States admittance. If
this utterly reckless and irrespons-
ible body keeps on in its scoundrely
course, it will become a nuisance
that ougut to be abated, or have
health commission appointed over
it with extraordinary powers. Ey-
cry day it adds to the enormity of
its oGenses. lis utterly regard
less Of every Sentiment Of honor.
and ofevery compunction ofshame.
1t turns out Democrats of whose
election there can be no doubt, for
the sole purpose OF increasing its
numerical majority. and securing a
a fall tWo-thirds SO as to vote down
the Presidents vetoes, Thai. Ste
vens boldly and biuntiy urged that
one vote might be of inestimahle
Importance to them. Hence, Mr..
Baldwin, Of Mich, was unseQted,
although he was declared duly elec-
ted and votes allowed by Congress
which the Supreme Court of his
own State had declared were not
cast by competent electors. Mr..
| VOORHEES,, OF Ind, was euted, tho'
unquestionably elected, and now
Mr.. Brooks, of this city, is to. he
kicked out, and though it. is we'll
known thai he was as fairly elected
as ever member of Congress was,
and an Ajolitionist put in his place
to represent q district which can
give 1000 Democrats majority
easily, When only Y one Democrat is
run. But to cap the climax of,ras-
cality, the Senate of this so-called
Con sress has just ousted Senator
Stockton, of Nj, claiming that he
was not fairly elected because he
was returned by plurality and
not a majority . right, too in THE
face of the fact, that there was an
express rule Of the, Legislature of
that State that plurality should
elect II there is ANYTHING in he, anq3ls
'of human legislation sihEe the ilpJt tml3sn
beat The dongs ofthis Congress fsu called.
,h.nlsurey theYar' not On Gecordes Mr.
Stockton w 8 ousled Tor 20 other reason
than 10 weed out the DemperaIsjn ,hs, Sea,
ate SO as tj give the MOHg e'itss ! tw6.
thirds vote in that body in dfIer tol override
PresidentJ JohnsOu'sv ve,bes. iTflhis so.eaii.