The Tiffin weekly tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1859-1868, 1866-04-05

he performance of the duty with
Which they are charged. ..
This extraordinary power 10 10
% conferred upon agents. irre-
ponsible to the government and
o the people, to whose number
he description NJ the commission.
,rs is the only limit, anil in Jhose
hands such authority might be
made a terrible engine of wrong,
and fraud The geno.
raj statutes regulating the land and
naval f,rces OF the United States,
the militia, and the execution Of
the laws, are believed to be ads.
1nato for every emergency whH.h
san occur in time OF peace. II it
prove otherwise. Congress can at
any time amend those laws in such
mann IA. while subscrving the
public welfare, not to jeopardize
the rights, interests and liberties
of the people. TIE section pro-
vides that n fec of $40 shan be paid
to each commissionerin every case
brought before him. aud q fee Of
81 to his deputy or deputies, for
each person he or they may arrest
and take before any such cnb~nis-
sioner, with such other tees as may
b deemed reas 'nahle by such com.
missioner, in general for perform
ing such other duties "s may be
lrcquired in the premises. All
these fees to be pad out Of the
Treasury of the United States,
whether there is a conviction or
not but in q case OF conviction
they to be recoverable trcm the
Idefcudaut. II seems 10 tne that
under suchremptatiors, bad men
might convert any low authority,
how vr be- e1cient, 'ntoaninstiu.
IN mt Vl persecution, and fraud.
BY the eighth section of the bill
the United States courts, Which sit
only in one place for white citizens,
must migrate with the Marshall
and District Attorney, aud necessa-
irilv with the clerk although he is
mot mentioned, to any part ot tho
district upon tile order Of the Pres-
Iident, and there hold a court for
tho purpose and tue more speedy
arrest and trial of persons charged
with q violation Of this act, and
there tho Judge and officers ofthe
court must rem il, upon tho
order of the President, for the time
. therein designated. "a ar.t..'H
The ninth section authorizes the
President or such person as he may
empower Tor that purpose, TO en-
plov such pant of the land and ma.
val forces OF the United States, or
ofthe militia, as shall he necessary
to prevent the violation and en-
force the due execution OF this net.
This language seems to imply q
permanent military force, that is to
he always at hand. and whose only
business is to be the enforcement
] of this measure over the vast re-
: gion where it is intended to ope-
u rate. main. .-.... ....-.t. -ttt..
G | do not propose to consider tho
!, policy Of this bill. To the d, tails
y ofthe bill are frought will evil
Is The white race and the black race
:, of the Sonth have hitherto lived
!. Itogy ther under the relation Of mas
I ter and slave-capi,al owning
, abor., Now that relat on is chanG-
, ed, and as to ownership capital and
e labor ARE divided they stand now
y each master of itself. In this new
y relation one being necessary to the
u other, there will be o new adjust
l. ment, Which both are deeply inter.
e rested in making Harmonious
y Each has equal power in settling
y the terms. and if left to the lave
J. that regulate capital and labor it's
! is confidently believed that they
i will satisfactorily work ont the
+ problem. Capital, it S true, has
c more intelligence, but labor is
!, never so ignorant as not to under
q stand its own interests, not to
a know its own value, and not tc
:, know that capital must pay tha
y value. This bill illustrates tha
Q adjustment it intervenes bet seen
u capital and labor and attempts to
E settle questions Of political econo'
10 my, through the agency OF numer
n ous officials, whose interest it vii
re be to frrment discord between tb'
le races, for as the breach widens
4, their employment will continue
T. and when it is closed their occupa
q tion will terminate. Our history
y in all our experience as a people,
n living under federal and State law
y no such system as that contemplat
q ed by the details of this bill, has
y ever before been proposed ar adopt
e ed. They establish for the secnri
ty Of the colored race safeguard
:, which is infinitely beyoad any tha
y the general government has eve
f provided for the white race, II
\ fact the distinction Of race ant
% color is by the bill made to operat
~ in favor of the colored, and agams
y the white race. They .interfer
s. with the municipal legislation o
is the States with relations existln!
/ exclusively betweena State and TIN
TO citizens or between inhabitants Q
+, the'saale State, and ah orption am
"a assumption Of power by the gepefa
u government, which, il acquiesce
on must stop and destroy our feds
n rative svsteln ofimited powers an
he break down the barriers which pr,
or serve the rights of the States.
to q another step or rather 0 strld