Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1866-04-18

ElfUe NJ. I'm lltENGtlNltfl VI tAN VI AAAN
States, and for the benefit Of whole
pear,ie tos,yhutn The courts Of the States
. were omen, bat which were curtailed IN
, their rightful jurisdiction by the inter
venti0n of Congress, which the army was
called on 20 carry into effect, by forcing
submission TO the Judgment of the head
tof each Bnreau--a judgment from which
there was no appeal 1 &
The law was simply an sgrarian law
t0plant the black race, to supplant the
white, and make new government,
with an-arIny TO enforce il over the py0s&
trate States. How much wiser and bet
ter would il be 10 provide homes and a
! country and a refuge on the vacant do
main OF the Government for the inferior
race, Where they might enjoy an actual
equality among henlsetves-estsbiish a
government f0r themselves, under the
( Instruction aud protection OF our great
I Republic; where they might assert sub
stantial independence, and be stimulated
! by the highest motives 70 cultivate the
! Rebler facilities Of man The vacuum
+ 1eft by these tfansplantations would, as
I Air. Jefferson contemplated on this event,
{ be supplied from the North and nom our
Northern kindred nations.
y No part OF the earth ismOre- inviting
Z 10 the white race than tlle sunny South
4 Al It's products egolden- and ofcheaper
acquisition than gold itself in the richest
n1iiIes, and nothing has prevented this
rich region from being fllled wlthsuch g.
population but the protection which has
been extended to the black race whilst
held as slaves by the strong arm Of the
white race. Such an exchange Of popu-
lation, whilst advantageous to both races,
would make our Government homo
geheOBs Hud secure in peace, by peaceful /
methods. This result Is Inevitable. Radi-
eal policy may hasten II by causing it to 4
'iOree itself Gn By that inhHman process /
which delivered theu0n- civilized portion
Of our continent from the barbarian 4
tribes, its original possessors. Built is I
altogether better that the wiser course [
pointed out by Mr.. Jefferson should be /
adopted.
The Civil Rights bill Is a scion of this /
more formidable predecessor. It pur-t
ports % grant civil rights 10 the blacks, /
70 place them as citizens on perfect equal I
ity with The whites. Its dictum IS that,
there shall be no discrimination between
the races in regard 10 civil rights, and .
yet the very first stepin the code takes
rom the=St8te courts their independence
is judicial tribunals, and breaks down
the authority of the people who create
them. IT, the judges of the State courts
decide against any Of the grants or i'm
mHnities= conferred. upon the freedmen
by the Civil Rights bin, the Judge Is to
be fined or imprisoned for it, no matter
how conscientious his decision, or
whether il be founded omhis views Of the
Constitution or the laws of Congress, or
the Constitution or the laws of the State,
which he is sworn % administer.
There is no such penalty affixed in case Z
of a Judgment against q white man,
whose person or property may be in
volved in the judges decision. In cHse
a white citizen of a State sues another,
ne is confined to seek justice in a State
court The negro is Briviledged to. pros-
ecute in the state court the District
Court Of the United States, or the Circuit
Court Of the United States. 50 he NAV
drag the white man through all the
tribunals Of the country. Is not this dis \
But there is another Of z
still more practical Importance. The
BID requires that commissioners be ap- +
throughout the States to become I
prosecutors of suits for freedmen liti-
gants. This neW tribe.Of pursuivants of
litigation are TO receive premium from 9
he Treasury of zen dollars for every suit >
hey can induce the freedmen TO permit q
% be brought iD has name, and five dol s.
ars additional is TO be paid ON the war !,
ant when issued.
For similar service a state Justice re-
,eives twenty-five cents. A poor white
nan nowhere in the world has sach an
assistance in asserting his rights or re-
iressing bis wrongs He has to pay the
AK and fees when he appeals t8 the
.Ourts for Justice, and the lawyers as
.0unsel; but for the freedmen there is a .
lost OF commissioners provided, 10 in N
tigate and prosecute suits, prompted by /,
8es in advance, which alone would make "a
6 lucrative pursuit to say nothing Of 81
ghat might be Obtained from the plain- L
1T or eXtorted from the defendant
here seems to be some discrimination Of
aces where we find the purse Of the ma
ion opened to one race ana stimulating
untsmen TO hunt the ether as a sort Of -
rey
This must be meant as retaliation on II
be whites although paroled and prom
5ed peace st their own homes} for the
ge8les of Senator Mas0n's fugiuyel T
ave bid. The latter, however only i
cached a few individuals The hired 3l
eagle Of the Civil Rights bill wiz hunt n
be white man down at his home, or
rive him from it, and he is commits
.oned 70 drag State judges from their ~
JurJs 10 trial before the United States
1urts, ana thence 10 the punishments
ley adjudged, Tor error Of opinion.
IL Is obvious from the course of Con- W
ress, aS already manifested. .rhatit means ,
3-maintain its power now held over the Sc
.atiUual Government, and tyranny over sii
le South, by the new use to which the
fricam population is to be converted.
Mr.. Stevens made this evidentwhen he
sserted Ia fis speech that giving them th
We franchise would deTeat tae weight af
be South in the Government II is ID
early the design of the measures al go
sady Uruached ~ sUbUniinate the south n
The North, as Ireland is sGOonlinated as
England, by the distractions and hos
Titles that inevitably arise between two
stinct nations, brought toc0nfront each
her in the same Stfre eandC3overnment.
,serting- an association on terms Of an
quality which the nature, habits, preju-
ees, the very forms, complexion, as
ed as the education aBd status Of the e
ICES in the Government, from it's origin
this -beur, renderincompa3ble. Eng
nd has her orangemeu and irishmen
eternal strife and ar5itrates between
lem with the sword.
II is the policy of our ruulp parliament
produce the same relations between y
le two sections Of our country, instead y
heh2ppy Union which Lincoln and 81
]hhson have labored TO renew. 20
The Congress IS now a revolutionary ga
invention, The Presidents comment l,n1
l-the schemes X proposes is as Just as Of
IaL ~ which be Tebuked Davis and his .Hi
blowers when they abandoned the
snaie % bTOach the extinct rebellion. 8
s raised his warned voice then against
eir designs, in the speech which he
ade IN the presence Of the cunspirstofs. p,
. characterized their crime bv the -
inTe with which the whole world now
'ands it, u
The Johnson Club, now inaugurated, 4
edloates It's political action on the lie
-ineiples and policy avowed in his mes 10y
ges, and on his views OF the schemes Of M,
.e enemies Of the Government, dis III
nsed IN bis speech of the 22d Of Febru-
", trOm which we-quote the passages d,
hich may be considered prophecy. He
% The rebellion is pat down by the !
rORg arm OF the Government; but we
e hardly ont Of the rebellion before
2 are alnest in the midst Of another
belhon. There is an attempt 10 con- \
Btraje-the power Of the Government IN ~
e hands of few, and thereby bring
out a consolidation which is equally
and Objectionable with a sep q.
Htiou.
@ We find that the effect, by an ire .
onsible central directory, nearly an
Fers Of government are assumed,
thout ever cOnsultiug the legislative
executive departments Of the Govern
ent, by resolutions reported by the 80
mmiJtee upon whom al the legislative
wer Of the Government mas been con-
red. That principle ia the Constitly-
ln which authorizes and empowers Ar
ca branch Of the legislative depart-
ent 70 be Judge Of the election and .
aitiiearon q It's own members an
s hecn virtually taken away from {
ose departments and conferred upon a ! a
mmittee, who must report before thev
{ under the Constitution and ALLOW
embers, duly elected, to take their
ats. By this rule they assume that
ere must be laws Jl.ssei that there
lst be recognition in respect to the
ate iR the Union. with all It's practical
lAtions restored, before its representa-
'es are admitted.
g staHd to-day prepared, o-fas as I /
d, IN resist these enoFoachments upon /
e Constitution zGd Government
MlA 46ONERG BLAIR, President /
VICE PRESIDENTS,
ssins-H Hon. Blon Bradi,urv
sew Ham psnirc- El5n. Lewis ". Clarke
lsrmout-Ho- A, ]. Willard.
.iaasac cr.sAetls-Hon. James ". Whitney.
rosie tslnad-hog. Mtu. 3. lawrence
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