The Vinton record. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1866-1891, 1866-02-22
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think proper, and from these arbitrary tri-
blmals there lies no appeal, no writ Oferror
to any Ofthe courts hi which the Constitu--
! tiOn of the United States vests exclusively
the judicial power of the country, while the
territory and the class of actions and of
| fcnses that are made subjects to this measure
are so extensive, the bill ITSELF should itbe-
come law, will have no limitation In point
OF time but will form part OF the perma-
nent legislation of the country. 10 p l
| can not reconcile system of military in Il
| risdiction of this kind with the words of the :
Constitution, which declare that "that no
person shall be held to answer for capital
or rotlIerwise infamous coime, unless on q [,
preSentmcnt or Indictment of grand Jury,
except in cases arising. IN the land and ma
val forces, or In the militia when In actual,
service in time of warOr public dangeni
and that lin all criminal prosecutions the
accused shall enjoy the right to speedy
and public trial by an impartial jury ofthe
State or district wherein the crime shall
have been committed"
The safeguards which the wisdom
and experience of ages taught our
fathers to establish as securities for
the protection of the innocent, the
punishment Of the guilty, and the
equal administration of justice, are
to be set aside, and for the sake of
a more vigorous interposition in
behalf Ofjustice, we are to take the
trisk Of the many acts of injustice
that would of necessity follow from
an almost countless numbers of
agents established in every parish 1
or county in nearly third Estates
of the Union, over whose decision, :.
there is to be no supervision, or
control by the Federal courts. The
power that would be thus placed
in the hands of the President is,
such, as in time of peace, certainly
ought never to, be intrusted to any
one man, ...e ,I.., a,t,.t.,,,,,l,,;,l.
lift be asked whether the creation !,
OF such n tribunal within O State,
is warranted as measure of war,
the question Immediately presents
itself, whether we still engagedTiny1
war. Let us not unnecssarily,dis7 II
turb the commerce and credit and
industry of the country,rbyl deelarfr
ing tothe American people and theo-
world that the United States are
still in condition ofciyil war. At
present, there is no part of our
country in which the authoritynoft
the United States is disputed. of, II
fenses that may be committed by
individuals should not work a for
feiture of rights Of the same conn
munities. IT,. , 20 o,na. ~.
The country has entered or is en-!
tering to a state of peace and in
dustry, and the rebellion is in fact
at an end. The measure, therefore
seems to be as inconsistent with
the actual condition of the country
as it is at variance with the CONSTR
tuition of the United States. If, pas o
sing from general considerations we
examine the bill in detail, tits OPEN.
to weighty objections. In time Of,
war twas eminently proper that we o
should provide for those who were q
passing suddenly from a condition 2!
of bondage to a state of freedom. o
But this bill proposes to make the
Freedmen's Bureau, established by
the act of 1865, as one of many d,
great and extraordinary military o,
measures to suppress formidable
rebellion, a permanent branch Of
the public administration withits
power greatly enlarged. ,oI VII 1901
| have no reason to suppose, and .
[ do not understand tito be alleged, o.
that the act of March, 1856, has 4,
proved deficient for the purpose for o
whichit was passed, although at 4
that time, and for a considerable I,
period thereafter, the Government
of the United States remained un- o.
acknowledged in most of thee!
States whose inhabitants had been
involved in the rebellion. The in
stitutinn of slavery for the military
destruc ton ofwhich tbe Freedmen's
Bureau was called into existence
as an auxiliary, for it has been al.
ready efectually and finally abro.
gated throughout the whole country
by an amendment of the Constitu-
tiOn of the United States and mao.
tically its eradication has received d
the assent and concurrence of
most of those States in which it at
any time had existed. | am not,
therefore, able to discern in the
country any thing to justify an aps5 1
prehension that the powers and
agencies of the Freedmen's Bureau
which were effective for the protec- &,
ton offreedmen and refugees during
the actual continuation of hostilities, =,