The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1866-04-27
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| House agrees to the Senate amend
1nerlts to the h0beas corpus bill, passed
III the Senate yesterday. This mea-
sure originated and was passed by the
House on the Goth of last month.
The Senate has passed the same bill
with two amendments, which no
doubt the House will agree to, and
then comes the Presidents action.
which, as before stated, I expect to
result in n veto. The bill is at war
with the principle which Mr.. johnson
has over and over again avowed his
determination to uphold and main
tain. In the form the measure has
passed both houses, it is clearly un-
constitutional, and embodies, in the
form of legal enactment, the idea Of
centrallzatlon of power III the Ma
t1onal Government. 1t takes from
the States rights reserved to them
expressly in the Constitution.
This Is another instance of hastv
and passionate legislation. for which
the Thirty Congress has be
come notorious. 1t is of class of
legislation that, as expressed by Sc.
nator Edmunds on Thursday last.
will return, like the plague. upon the
heads of those who participate in it.
notwithstanding this new Senator
from Vermont (who is Of the radical
family, and sent here to vote with his
brethren,) warned the Senate of the
Ill effects of such legislation. he un-
acconntably voted for the bill upon
its passage
One of the ablcst arguments made
against this measure in the debate
, upon it was that Of Mr.. Edmunds.
upon an amendment offered by him
self. That amendment was rejected
and yet he voted for the bill finally
Such is radical consistency.
Adopting the argument of Senators
CoWan and Edmnnds, both sound
law, the President must veto the bill:
IN truth, he must do so to be consis-
tent with himself.
The bill as passed in the Senate
yesterday, provides, in brief, that any
search, seizure. arrest or imprison-
ment made, or other trespasses or
wrongs done or committed. or any
acts done or omitted to be done dnr-
ing the rebellion by any officer or
other person under and by virtue OF
any order. written or verbal. general
or special, by the President or any
officer. etc. shall he held as good for
all purposes Of defence in suits for
damages by persons claiming to have
been injured. But She order Of a
superior officer shall not be Il defence
for any act done with malice, cruelty
or unnecessary severity. If the suit
be commenced IN Il State court. it
may be removed by direction of the
defendant to a United States circuit
court at any time before or after
Judgment in the State court: and ii
the latter court proceeds .rincr in
the cause after certificate OF removal
is produced, the PROCEEDINGS of such
court are declared void. .'.All parties.
J,"fJ'S, officers and Other persons"
thenceforth proceeding shall be Ii.l,,,.
IN DAMAGES to the party aggrieved.
80 hat-1--::sslIlollnts to this: that if
n citizen of Ohio enters suit in Il State
court against another citizen of that
State for oppression III office whilst
executing an order of a military com
mander, this law wrests the ease from
the State Judge and takes it to The
Federal court. (which under the Con-
stitution has no jurisdiction of cases
arising between citizens Of the same
State, and the State Judge who dares
to proceed in the case, after he is
notified OF the unconstitutional re-
moval, shall be mulctcI III damages
for his judicial act Such is this law.
according to the radical Solons.
Cor. Richm2nd Times, 2iI.
The Presidents address to the sol
diers and sailors is very unpalatable
to the Republican majority in Con
gress. 1t is a direct appeal to the
people from the Judgment of Con-
gress, and places before the country
his own policy of restoration in a
very striking and favorable light.
The speech is hopeful, and will serve
to inspire the people with entire con-
tidence in the early solution of all our
remaining difficulties.
The objections which are made in
some quarters to the views Of Mr. \.
II. Stephens, as presented in his evil
dence before the committee of Con
gress, are founded entirely on the as
sumption that the extension OF suf-
frage to all the blacks is to be the
condition of restoration. Upon the
statements and avowals Of Mr.. Ste
phens, no Southern representation