The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1866-05-02

The Constitution further declar es that no
State snail bs deprived ofils .qnaI su ffrags
10 the Senate OF the United States without
ts consent. Then where do we stand !
All that l. needed to finish this great wsrk
Of restoration is for tho two houses respec.
lively 10 deieruins these questions. "Oh!7
but some will say, IN traitor might come
in" The answer to thu, is: Each no use
must br he Judge; End if a raitor presents
himself. rann"t either house know tina, he
is n 'rai,or taPplause,] aud If he is n trai.
Tor, ran they not kick him ont Of the door
and send him buck, saying to the. people
rh0 sent linn, "GOu must send us n loyal
man" Cheers, and II voice, '.That's the
togic."l Is there any difficulty about that !
[ ries .f mo. MOI
III n traitor presents himself to either
House, cannot that l1ous" sdy to him. mo,
y OIL canno' he admitted into this oody Go
bnck We will not deny vonr people Of
the right OF representations, bat they must
send loyal repre,wn'ati Cheers
And when the States do send loyal repre-.
Sc ntaiive", can you have any better evidence
oftheir fidelity To the Constitution and la.s
There is no one learned iD constitutional
law who will nay that il II traitor happens
10 get into Coagres. the body cannot sxpel
him after 70 gets in That makes assurance
doubly sure and conforms the acii n OF the
government t" the Constitution Of our
fathers. Henre I say let us stand bv that
Constitution, -anj in stnnding by it the
covenant Hill be preserved.
While have been c"nt-ndine agairst
traitors aud treason and Sere-sion, aud the
diss"lution ofthe Union have been con
tendiny al III: same tire against the c"n
s"'idatio" Of p""er mere 'tiv- of good I
thGk 'he con. .olidat"n Il pow er hero -
equally dangeron> with The separation of
shc States. Cheers The one w"uid
weaken us and nigh: run into anarchy,
whiir the ether >v"uld concentrate a"d run
inc monarchy ttEee~ and cries o,"Cant
DO u. u. hui there is an IDEA abroad that
one nIan can lie despo hat one MAJ can
be nsurper. but that II hundred or two hun
dred men cannot
Mr. Jefrr-on. the apostle OF libertv, tells
Us, SO d"e> common sense, that " ranny IA d
desp"tsm can be exercised b. many mere
vigorously aud more t,rannic,.l. than by
one. What power has Your President To
he a tvrant ? What can he do! What ca,
he originate Why, they SAY, he -r-rcis~s
the veto power! langH,er What is
the veto power? q voir--"To put down
the nrggcr"; Laughtrr.]
" hos your President? Several voices
Andy JOhns"a!l l. he not elected bv
Ito people through the elect"ral cole yrs
The President is nothing more than u.
tribune Of the people. ais office is tribu
nal ia its character.
In ellen time. when tribnrcs were irst
elected in The r mas RepnbIr.. they stood
n the door Of the Rsu,as Senate, which
was then "verresching on the popular rights
aud pnting '',e heel OF p"w-r on ihe seek.
Of the people. The people chose "A tribune
and placed him at the door Of the Senate.
=" that when that body vsntured nm op
pressi>e act he Wa clothed with the pow.r
/" say "vrto"-I forbid. Your President
- now the tribune Of tn, p,opis, aud.
thank God. am, ard I inteud to assert tie
tower which the people have laced in me
lCh.ers,
w. President stn-dirR here day after
day. and dischnrging his duty. is like "A hor.e
on the freud whe-l; and because he dnr.s
to differ in opinion in regard 10 public ara.
sures. he mun. be denounced aa a us.rper
and tyrsst Can he origisate asvthing ~
der the veto power think the veto DOW
er 10 conservative 10 its character. All TINT
ras be done b. the veto pow Or is to ,av, ,
when Legislation is impropsr, h ,sty, unwise.
unconstitutional, "stav, stop action. Wait
till this car be Submitted o tn. propl. n.d
let them "snsid.r neither il is right or
wrong" Applause.
That IS all there is 10 ii. Hence | say
that I, r"nnv and power can be exercised
somewhere else than by the Executive u.
is poweris's. All that no can do is to
check l"gislarion-,o hold It In n state Of
allowance tIl the people can consider and
"ndsrstasd what is being done Tbcn,
what has been dOsei I have done what
BELIEVED the Constitution required me to
do. Applaree have don. what be.
'lev' d duty and conscience required me to
do Cherr'. SO believing, I intend to
stick to my position. relying on the judy
ment, 'h- integrity asd the Intelligence OF
'he masses Of the Am -rican peope-.the
soldiers and sailors exp e,sly. Cneers.l
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