The Oxford falcon. [volume] (Oxford, Miss.) 1865-18??, 1867-10-12

Carolina, Go1rgiA, Mississippi, AL.
ALBANIA, Louisiana, Florida, Texas,
And Arkansas; and whereas it is
necessary that P@cc and good or.
dor should be cnfoFecd in said
States untilSloyal and republican
state governments can be legally,
established, gherefOrS be it enact
cd, &c" A pfoanfble b usually en-
ployed to disclose th0.reasons and
purposes OF the set, and ought to
u key tosthes Legislative will,
but this isdOuhdedsin false as
sumption and abeunas in danger
us sigPificabce ;dho provisions Of
the ack prove it 10 bea raerc pre-
tcnce; b mask " cdaceal the de-
fbrmities Of tho Congressional
monster. Ii. the -frsfplaee it was
not true that-nO Illegal state gov
ernment exletedo in Ahe estate of
Mississippi.=It Il u cardinal pFin-
ciple in Our.AmUFican syptemthat
the right to sstablish governincnt
tests with the peuplO1it mustem-
inate from .fheiF. authority. I'm
! Iced this is q uniyerSal principle,
: thcoreticallyr acknowledged even
IN monarchies, and perverted only
by the fiction Of the divine night
bf kings, q fiction which Congress-
Aas practical b employed us appli.
cable to itself
In 1868 the peoplesof Missisaip-
pi assembled iuS SsolVmn conven-
ton and remodeled their conSEtu-
.tiOn 40 as torcstore the relations
of the state with the Federal eov-
-ernment, tho amended conStitu-
5tiOn being sfar more republican
than that oF1917=which had been
fecognizcd by Congress us repub-
-iican in form when the statcsvas
admitted intV the Union. Under
Tho constitution Of 1865 all the
Lstato officers were elected andSthc
state gOvernhcnt put in completes
operation tic state was recogniE-
cd AZ such By alEthe departments
of government, even by Congress
itself, by the appointment of the
various Fedcrat officers in tho
state, and 9Rdeed BY ihe acts un-
der consideration. The state gov
ernmcnt had originated from the
pr0perrAoufce, tlatpeoplR. who
were oaly aided by=tllo President
in restpsing-their PttpcF relations
with the R0vernHtnt, that being
all thatlvas heccs@Fy. The con-
stitution declares that nThe Uni
ted Stslss shall guakantee to each
state a repdblican tSEm Vi govern
ncnt, Stn the URi0n Of course ;
that is7kjd the people in establish
ing ssEh 'BOvernWcnt, 1t does
not sag the I'reSident shall do
this, on that Congress shall dOit,
inst such power then Exercised
by Gig er cdeparthe bit ,:as may be
hecpss agy, will a9somplish the
gu5raprSc.l CongHa$ could do
1othir1S more legirii riinately. than
give sSh aid. Tha. govcenment
50 6stiI Ibtjshed doriReg no validity,
aOne Of itS, powers from the aid
given to tic people either by the
President or y Congress- but il
deriSsB all itSepowers from the
consent Of thOfpeOple. TSupposC
the people hRd assembled hscon-
-venticA and estsbltslied a govern.
ment without Snlch 6id, Mill it be
pretGRAed that tStheyS had not &
righkf0 do so?S<If nor then there
Fmvstbe SSime koSEer shove thcm
and FUpr thsOby 6f govern ment il
falscsS Them 1 repeat Iitwas not
truo That MissiS sppi had no illegal
State goveFnmsat is 1estopbed by
various acts H9m denying thai
bsho haa. - Ga
In the-next7elacc was The state
goverlmept 60 established ade
Quate For the pg6tcction Of Hfe anC
properly? IfhQt, then she stat,
government in the Union was so
PNF0 might we'll eliAllchgei q com
parison 6EtI1e GEtaI6gu6s ofcrimei
committed by %Ilitc persons. will
! Anssaehusctts Or amy dth9rEnorth
erRatats0aD aIAs1IOHW
A very largaa majority OF tn,
cE.imear com mifted an MissiasiVao
lkeo ltRa q 10 WI Nav,
boon ,1pertie ettntSd - iadividual
ofrhHEIfaSbtpdeiAss Of population
which. haa) BEEN tllp especisl oh
icct .rnf eaagresstonRl dDlioitude
tIfbRt many murders, rapes, bur
I tlarie lEfconies, &C., have bcel
committed by the blacks is la
greffsblN tfppTa1d sitI y TN1ull,
truc that they were instigated I,
the couamissiNH oetjWsOCrimes b,
the marks Of favoritism and in
diligence '6CsU0R6d 6d AupOn them
Nor need we expect an. abatem0n
.atnRfk eHo sio 3 s. eRsfl Sb00t
as tho Same causes exist Still
our gO+erkslle.st ahd ANS, whe
permitted q. take their course, ar
babundantl 4 to for Yeur rpFc
J te6ti6h.u Our crimihaf laws hav
!. .bl6onr mada.. mora rig016tslEoisdi
emergencies; wo have the sam
Atom 6l ,cstil under wAic
I'VE had ii&ed N in the u njoIl
J and our LAVE bot CIV and erin
} inal, were faithfully administers
by such pm0h asr6 avshy8 8 !,
Indeed there is no complaint TIA
ttK51 aSs Nee not Wei dtlinil
AS. Com is tha d