The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1867-09-17


their passage, however, the Democracy. by
Jerry Black and Charles O'Conner, their
preme Court of the 1ited States to Quash
all this legislation ta1 Foe 49,
1 know that they called it an application
for an injunction to restrain the Secretary
of War and the President from executing
acis, bat IL was In ensctRa motion to qnash
the acts of Congress, and the only wonder
Is that they did not include Congress in
the motion, and attempt to 1quash it TOO
peared to the motion and resisted the
granting thereof, not because he thought
these acts of Congress ought not to be
diction of the Supreme Court to grant
the motion. The motion was ,oyerruled
by the Court. and thereupon Mr.:
to quash these reconstruction acts him.
self, which he did by an opiuyop, in which
ed the veto messages OF the President We
II 6hio did produce fse' q rant and sherman,
and Ros Grams, Sheridan and Mcpherson,
Indiana hasthe compensation and conso-
lation that she did not produce Stansberry.
Had TIE o Attorney Ssnsrai been II the
OF your laws, he would never have pub
lished such an opinion The penalties de-
Sdeesney Would have HIM
The Attorney Generals opinion secured
a quorum in both Houses Of Congr ess at
wisely been made, and Congress overroled
Mr., stspberry's opinion IN a counter eptn-
Ion an the ,; shape or deeianafofy ACT,
Mr.. Stanberry can understand lit; but II
his assistant. Buckley, shoqid. be stdrned
the duty of snppressine'stne sexpEanatory
h iss rot be sdaaito the emergency.
Seem to indicate that the acting President
Is Unwilling to. trust either Stanberry
or I sinsk, ,S an she he business s, t Of
obstructing the'lexerniiori of GheC aeis
of Congress on 81 the Tsubject ol recon-
tivss procIamafions' seam TO presage an IN
tenti0ns to abahdon; the motion to quash
practice and instead thereof to groadnaate
was intended to obstfoSf the execution of
manifest from thefaes that the Proelafna-
ton OF September 30. 1857: is eaningless,
unfess u II Intended to admonish the mil
itary sub0TGinates of the President that his
comm nds are law whether they conflict
-wf1b The iavs Of Congress or not, and from
the fact that Ia The procla =, OF Septem,
and effect of the preytms amnesty. procla-
mailon OF May 20, 1855. as 10 a restoration
+ Bysihe proclaraationaofM Ma 20. 1865, was
granted .7amnesty and pa rdon, wit h resto-
ration OF the rights Cd property, except
The proc.anaation OF September 7.,ls6z,
asst o be
opened and exten dedr to- all persons who
directly or Indirectly participated in the 4
sIate r. bel honn with the restora ion of all
privileges, snlaAu,ities, and rights .ef; prop
erty, except property with regard 70 slave,
But the las, like all preceding plans to
thwart the well considered and piaiply
ex pressed viii pfthe mai ION must will
constructed on, a loyal basis. on the terms
prescribed by Congress, despite of all the
efforts of the President and the Democratic
party to again place the power of the
Government In the hands of the men who
peniled every thing 10 destroy A.
Rqrns .es 1y tine
democratic members of Congress affect d
g be IL favor1 Of the The triumph
beilion in order to retain power, intending
when power Was attained to do the expe-
dens BY ahs RsSsli ooe 10 tri
during the war, they were so much
in favor OF it that they proposed to
twenty dollars per month, payable in gold, 4
wffen . o took more than two dollars in |
greenbacks to buy one n gold. of course
the thing proposed to oe Impossible of
performance, and knew that Congress !
apitaI&isinf he soldiers and their friends
out of the fact that a Republican Congress I
should refuse to increase the soldiers wag
their friends were, however, too well in |
fornaed, both as to the practieability of
who made 1t to be deceived by any such Il
false pre- enSeS.
Now, again, the leaders of the Democracy
the people are too honest and 100 patriotic /
to sanction Reputation IL boldly presented |
must be disguised; or, TO make use of the |
language of the distinguished light of De- |
-mocracy.- .Brick -Pomeroy," it must be |
= Hence Mr.. Pendleton and others propose |
to pay OF midre than a Thousand millions |
& ass se e isa9s fss bsd
to take Them IN payment or course this, !
a. as these men vel know T9nld re. result In
eminent at home and abroad, and ulti- |
smatsy a. e rssesses5 fePasiatisnfwh is
During the war, when the Democratic |
a fo e. ess asSne s tS die ihe
s sfS ~ sas S5ses auF assSl
Asahn we sao%d thing nn a re
ton to Mr.. Pendleton's sugar-coated re-
pudiation. A
pe sGs ne test e9aay ioya on a ind
Reputation of the National Bank
Better now than after we have paid, taxes
eoI dSssa as iaes
sugar-coated to relieve the bitterness. 1t
is the tlnder or the tender" a !
ing greenbacks for them, dollar for dollar. |
AS Interest accrues, issue scrip and scrip
upon scrip, till those who want paper
money can buy trunk fun tor a dollar.
"Call II what you will, suger coat it as
you may, it is repudi atiop, etc. etc.
If the system of taxation adopted, or the
National Bank system or anything else
connected with the finances ofthe Govern
meDt, needs reforming, there Is wisdom
enough, virtue enough. and patriotism l.
enough in the party that saved the Union
and the GoyerrIpent, 70 work out the