The weekly Panola star. [volume] (Panola, Miss.) 1857-1881, 1866-04-07

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w dc eighth section of tho blll,
The United States Courts, which sct
ouly In one place, for which clitens
must migrate, with ihe Marshal aud
/ District Attorney, aud necessarily
wi'h the clerk, although he Is not
mentioned, 10 any part of the Dis
trct, upon the order Of the President,
and there hold courts for the purpose
Of q more speedy arrest and trial ol
persons charged with u violation oI
The act, and the judges and officers oI
the court must remain, upon the order
President, the time therein designa-
ted.
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President or such persons Us he may
empower for that purpose, TO employ
such part OF the land or naval forces
or of the militia, as shall bencccssary
10 prevent the violation, and enforce
the due execution of the act. Thii
language seems to imply permanent
military force, that is to be always a
hand, and whose only business is q
be enforcement of this measure owe
! the vast region where il Is intcndc,
to operate.
| do not propose to consider tn
! policy Of this bill; 10 me the detail
: of the bill are fraught with evil. TIL
! white race and the black race Of th
South have heretofore lived togethc
n under the relation Of master an
n slave, capital owning labor. No,
3 that that relation is changed, and, q
:, to ownership, capital and labor ar
$ divorced, they stand now each mastc
r of itself. In the new relation, on
# being necessary TO the other, ther
It will be an adjustment, which bot
= are deeply interested in making han
&c monious. Each has equal power !
d settling the terms; and, if left to ii
! laws that regulate capital and labo
IS il is confidently believed they wi
: satisfactorily work out the problem
/ Capital, il is true, has more INTEL
&C gence, but labor is never so ignoral
N as not to understand its own interes
g. not to know its own value, or not
le see that capital must pay the valu
y This bill prostrates this adjustmcr
c. and intervenes between capital al
s. labor, and attempts to settle II que
IN tion of political economy. I'll
ID agency of numerous officials will
ne interested in fomcnting discord b
p tween the two races, for, as the brca'
as widcns, their employment will CO
ne tinue, and, when it is cleared, the
at occupation will end. In all our b
er tory, in all our experience as n poop
u living under Federal and State lav
ce no such system as that contemplat
lie by the details Of this bill has cy
n before been proposed or adoptt
n They establish laws for the securi
ty of the colored and against the VIII
lst race. They interfere with the m
ny nicipal legislation of the States, vi
II relations existing exclusively betwc
cd a State and its citizens, and betwc
mt the inhabitants of the same Sta
N, and absorption and assumption
'or power by the general goycrnme
ch which, If acquiesced in, must nee
en- sarily stop and ultimately destroy {
re Federal system Of limited pow
he and break down the barriers VIII
IN, preserve the rights Of the States.
at is another step or another stride
Of Capitalization and the conccntrat
lch of all legislative powers in the
me tioHal Government. The tender
nnt of the bill must be to rcsuscitatc
W. progress Of those influences vii
ain are more closely drawing around
the States the bonds of union and pei
Nv lamented predecessor, in
no proclamation of January !, II
the ordered and declared that all pers
wv held a. slaves, within certain Sta
her or parts Of States, therein designa
ned were, and thcnceforth should be +
| Of and, further, that the ExecutiveG g
Izes ernmcnt Of the United States, incl
ltes ing the military and naval auth
ito ties thereof, would recognize
ION, maintain the freedom of such
the sons. This guarantee has been
ing, dcred especially obligatory
rom sacred by the amendments to
and Constitution abolishing sla'
bill. throughout tho United States.
rnts therefore, fully recognize the obi
lice, tion to protect and defend that
are of people, whenever and whercy
'ita- shall become necessary, and to
'uch full extent compatible with the
'rces slitution Of the United States.
itia, tertaining these sentiments, il
,rm- remains for me 10 say | will ri