The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1867-04-17

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The. Reconstruction Bill.
:y4 -, !: serIes: s41nD IN BEHALF OF THE
- S. STATE or MISSISSIPPI
sS5..s Ss.. WASHINGTON, April 4. :,
~ -tiba bfll TO be filed by Judge Sharkey
and Robert j. Walker, in the supreme
1sSorfrt. Of. the United States tomorrow, is
the complaint Of the State of Mississippi
:;;n sbabalf of herself and such. other States
- NAV he interested i'll the premises who
! ssbaIIS by consent of the Court, properly
: make themselves parties hereto, against
-ss.1IS.sra,y Johnson. q. citizen of the State OF
Tennessee, and President OF the Tinted
States; and also against Gen: =. .. =. Ord:
The petition sets forth at length the M ms
eor,r ,,f the formation Of the State OF Mas,
,.ss .ss;ssiSpois claiming beside the protectlon Oh
the Constitutional rights OF a State, that
F44sfbere are compacts. fundamental, lrrevoca-
sbleS ard unalterat,le, securing forever TO
Ssliie, State of Mississippi her rights as a
sStata.of the Union. Such compaets and
The rigllts acquired under them the. .petI-
it;oners; believe this Court will regard At as
e:::;ts .fspty TO naintain in the same manner
Al least, as it would enforce between 4ndl.
=,v;d,,als by injunction or otherwise the
Saneeific Performance of contracts. .the
: szaverment is made that the Congress OF the.
United States cannot consHtuts tsonaiiy eXpel,
Mississippi. from the Untoas and that any
"a satternipt which practically does SO, Is q
sn1llit5v: and that there is no provIslon..ln .ln
& the constitution Of the United States,
which subjects her as State to any pans,
.Snenaities:sor forfetures, as a consequence
8 Of. q such void attempt of . portion OF her
Meonle to withdraw from the Union. All
mowers 10 punish. .ayState by expulsion, or
! !; therWise. frona any cause, having been
axpressly refused in the Convention which
: : sframed The Federal Constitution, she ayers,
That her citizens lost none of their polirical
rights, norsincurred any penalties except
what might be- inflicted upon them as IN
SgliVidualseby due process of law, atter:a "a
trial ;by Jury IN courts having Jurisdiction.
other offences; and that disabilities at
Z ieempted to,be imposed. upon her or:upon
her. her citizens, otherwise than as AFORESAID,
S9,p. any body ct persons, are void ana :yio-
t5sfioinsS of the Constitution of the Unlted
States. as well as of the compact With
{eorGia in 1902, and with Virginia IN
1861. She, AYERS she has exhibited her
800 ,Ssyoto5a faiGh and adhesion to the ConsGitu-
: ton by electing Senators and Representa-
ss;fiyes to Congress, and complains that they
have been wrongfully excluded, and that
herpeople have been compelled to pay the
:saxes aud bear the burdens OF government
with out representation. The Act to pro-
vide Tor the more efficient government OF
The rebel States, and the Act supplement
stary, thereto, utterly annihilate the State
Ssand its government, by assuming Tor Cor
;Isress the power stoS control, modify and
even abolish its government {; IN short to
exert sovereign power over 1T, AID the
ntterS destruction Of the State must DC the
.conseunence of their execution. The
scope of powersyested in the military COM
;7nandeiss SO broad, SO comprehensive, was
!, never. before vested in the military com,
mcander in any Government which guards
the rights OF its citizens OF subjects oy
laws. The billeof complaint concludes as
follows.
: ow the complainant xpressly charges
that from information and belief, the SAID
Andrew johnson, President, in violation
ofthe. Constitution, and III violation. OF the
Z. sacred rights of the. States, will proceed,
Notwithstanding his yetoes, and as q
mere ministerial min duty to the execution OF
said acts as though. they were the law ot
the land, which the yetoes prove he would:
NOT. do Il: he: had any discretion, or that IN
doing so he performed anything more than
/: q ministerial duty, with aView to the exc
cnriion of, said acts, the said Andrew John
son has assigned military commanders to
the several districts to carry them into
complete and full execution, and Tor TINS
purpose has assigned Gen. E. y: Z. Ord,
81 citizen of the State of Maryland, to the
command of the States of Mississippi and
!: Arkansas whom complainant praYs may
! h. made defendant to this bill, and
served with all proper processes, DC; and
5c,o,mnlaiinant further AYERS that the said
Gen. E: o. C. Ord will speedily enter on
fbesssdischarges of said duties unless re
strained by this honorable Court; and
complainant would further show thatmany
lerai questions must arise under these
hills. ii the government contemplated by
them be carried out, which sooner or later
mpst come before this Courtfor final adju-
id;catio5n and it is believed that these bills
will ultimately be decided unconstitutional
in theiir, whole length and breadth, and as
a consequence all acts that may have been
done sunder them must be declared void,
eye,y aver to the constitution which may be
formed under them. The mischiefs that
must result from such q state OF things are