The Vinton record. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1866-1891, 1866-08-02
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pired too soon line might extend it.; if
power were lacking here or there sectioB
would suffice. The object Of the bill is ex
planned by the eighth and ninth sections
They provide that to every case affecting
the negro the President shall extend mill
tary jurisdiction and protection; and that if
q State Ofiser shall enforce any law, Gus.
tom or police regulation discriminating be-
tween negro and white man, in the en-.
joSment Of civil rights, he may be tried and
punished by any officer of the Bureau--ALL
CASES, whether civil or criminal, whether
to punish Tor crime or to enforce contract,
whether between two negroes or between a
negro and white nian--MILITARY JURIsDIC-
TIoN AND PROTECTION What is that p
Ma Iiial law aid drum head courtmariial.
The Constitution provides that no man, ne
gro or white man, shall be arrested without
o warrant, held without an Indictment,
tried without jury, he llall have a speedy
and public trial, have counsel and witness
es, and be confronted with witnesses against
him. Yet this law proposes to do away
with all these salegards, and substitute the
short, sharp processes Of military courts,
where there is no indictments, no jury, and
no counsel or witnesses for the prisoner,
except by the grace and favor of court
Can any man believe this law was intended
for the benefit Of the negro! Was it not
intended rather 10 bring every citizen oil
the United States, and every State Of the
Union to the foot of the military authority,
as administered BY the most ignorant and
degra led servant Of the bureau who could
be hired at five hundred dollars year ?
lCheers.l Consider the Civil Rights bill,
il provides that all citizens shall be entitled
TO the same civil rights, and be punished
for offenses with the same measure of pen.
atty. Suppose in any State, the negro, by
reason OF his inferior intellect, is punished
less severely than the white man, can Con.
gress by this law increase his punishment
Can Congress increase the penalty7 If it
can in the case of the negro, go can i: also
in case of the white man. II it can increase
so can it also diminish. Ii it can increase
or diminish, it can create new and differ
ent punishment, or il can abolish all pun
ishment, and thus mag establish within the
State and without its consent an entire
criminal code, and thus bring all the citi-
zens within the control of Federal power,
and this was ;he main object of the bill.
4nd so The Educational Bureau bill, and
the Insurance Bureau bill, and the Railroad
laws have under various guises and pretens-
es but the single purpose o! breaking down
State authority and transferring all the af.
fairs of common life to the supervision Of
the Federal Government And thus on the
ruins Of our system of confederation viii
be built a strong centralized Government in
whose spendor and power the Liberties oi
the citizen, now SO veil protected, will be
swallowed up.
AS rode from Boston last night passed
through Massachusetts,, Rhode Island, Con.
necticut, New York and Pennsylvania. |
could not help remembering their history,
Massachusetts was so jealous OF federal
power that she, first OF all the States
asked for an amendment TO the Constitution
declaring that all powers not expressly
granted were reserved, lest there should be
an undue activity in the Administrations
Rhode Island would not enter the Union for
a year after Washington's Inauguration,
lest the powers Of the Federal Government
might be used to the injury of her CONNER
cial and shipping interests, New York ex.
pressly declared its opinion of the right OF
secession. What contrast now! How
strongly and constantly do those States
now insist on the process Of Capitalization,
Pennsylvania, alone. simply ratified the
Conuttution. BY her fidelity 10 the com.
mon veal, by her prOmptness, by her wis
dom and moderation, as well as by her ge.
ographical position, she acquired the title Of
the Keystone State.
Men Of Pennsylvania, be faithful to-day
10 your ancient history. Your State has
enjoyeda rare felicity. Her valleys and
plains are teeming with wealth, her noun.
tains are swollen with coal and iron, and
other minerals, her cities stugger beneath
the load of accumulated capital. They all
need peace, order, stability of government
and OF legislation for their proper develop.
ment. Her population is crowded, and in
dustrious, and libeny-loving. They need
contentment and leisure TO pursue their
own business. Her limits con lain Car
Ienter's Hail and Independence Hall. Her
sell was the birthplace Of the declasation,
and is sanctied by Brandywine and Ger
mantown and Valley Forge, hallowed by
the he.oism which endured defeat and sui.
icing. In her mids. the Constitution was
formed, and the capitol was, Tor many years
located. By these sacred memories, con.
lure you 10 be true TO your own great his.
tory BE faithful to your principles, and
deserve more glory for having in this dark
hour preserved our system OF free govern.
ment than your fathers obtained for having
through blood and suffering 70 unded it.
Mr.. Pendleton retired amid loud and con.
iinued cbaaYc