The Cadiz sentinel. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 1864-1911, 1867-03-13
MILITARY GOVERNMENT RlL
The President.s yeto.

| . The message OF the President of tn
United States returning to the House O
Representatives, a bill entitled An act +
provide for the more Efficient COVE, hmen
of the rebel States"' ~ '[.-+ ....
To the House Of Representatives: XIX
| have examined the bill to provide fol
the more efficient government Of the rel e
States with care and anxiety, which il
tran,ccndent importance ii is calcula
ted to awaken. / AMI uDahleto give ii M,
assent. for reasons 50 grave, that ] hort
the statentnt Of them may have some inhu
enec GU the minds Of the patriotic and en-.
liqhtened, Tilh whom the decision mus
Y ultimately rest a
The bill laees all the people of ten State,
therein named under the absolute dominion
oi' military rulers, and the preamble under
takes TO give the reasons upon which it i,
justified. 1t declares there exists in thOsa
States no legal. government an1 adequate
protection TO life and properly, and asserts
the NECESSITY Of enforcing peace and good
order within their limits. ..s 1s - ~
il is true a3-a5matter Of fact, and it is mt
denied that the States in question have
each Of them an actual government, with
| all the power xecutiye, judicial ard ltg-
! iSlatiye.-which properly belong to free
| State. III arr organized like the other
| Status at the Union, and like them they
mako, administer and execute the laws
which concern their domchtic affairs. An
existing 'e tdtto government, exerci,iug
| such !urctions as these, is itst If the law Fl
the States uptn all matters within lis juris-
diction. TO pronounce the Gupreme law
| making power of all established State llG
gal, il to say that law itself is unlawful.
| The provisions which these Governments
| have made ffrs the nrtservati0n Of order,
| the supFrr ssienei cine, and the redress ci
| private Injulles, are in substance ard pIiA-
| cjple the same as those which prevail in I lie
| Northern States ard in other Civilized cVnii-
! tritsl ih y'c' r,ainly havtnot succeed d ID
! pr, venting Tie oNm:s ion Of Ill ,r,n es
| nor has this been accGnplI Cd anywhere m
| the would. There. as w, Il as cleHhere. Of
I f1I.derJ sonnet .Di,s 6 ca for wat ci viger-
i Gus pros, cdtjcn. aind occasionally, u rhals,
| by the lutiticirucy Ut corrts, or the rrcjp,
|, dl;e o. j r)rs.' aa. .s5,..l
/ 1T is WNloul tcdly t uo that these e1 is have
! been nUth increased and aggravated the
Nurh and &Guth by the dunfni aigziIig iuiu-
euce oi civil War; aHI by the rancorous pas
Ilicns VII Oh j ~ contest ha engcndtre3; Lut
(h2 wee 'rNo,.!o are maintaining local goy
egnncus tor thGn$clyes which habit4aliy
dtf IL the ol jet IT all government, ard
their avn lives and property insecure is in
ttset' ut 4iEv inI ,iulah'e and The ayerlmoht
cf the bill TO that effect il not supported
by epy e>iie"tn which has cone to MY
knowledge, Al the information have on
the $n'jcct ccaYinrGs me that the mass Of
the Southern psGpe and those who control
lheir public acts,F where they cr;eltGin
diverse opinions on questions of Federal
policy, are con. .rlctely united in the. tfurt
to reorgpniae their s1aciy on the pa>is ol
peace, and restQce .ggpira! prQSperity as
rapidly ard as cdrplttefy as thcii cifcunl-
stances wiil5pefhrt. h8f8F StsBST #ts e
Thc bill, however, woud teem to show
upon its face that the establishment Of
uracc and got q order is not its real object,
The fifth section declares that the preced-
ing sections slsall cease to operate in any
State shcrc curiain events have happened
These are: uga II s i
]. Tie 5, election ofAdclcgates to a State
Conveniently an election at which negroes
shall he a lowed To vote. 's Y; &.
2. The formation Of State Constitution
by the convention 80 choSen, rs
8. Tie insertion into the State .Constitu-
tion Of provision which will secure the
right Of voting, at the elections, to tie
EeGFocS "iM uch "iIle (. lAehgas may hot be
yaiSirale'.i5eY iof fcpeli'0il or 'elQfy.. + II
y =, ne SUBMISSION OF i|Ile CntSttth }on loF
ratlhcation 10 negroes ana White men not
dlsfrunchiseu, ana lis actual ratiheadon by
the vote.
b. D. Inc submission OF Ntatc tensl.uj
ton to GongrtSs for eEa;mlnalcn and actual
approTMi Gs Il pE that bo4H' ,rE D.
d o. IAG adoption of 'eFlaln amendments
to Tue Federal CONSTITUTION pY vote OF IL e
is'aturrsrlyctea uhdef the new Constitution.
Z. headoptoh oI Sald amahdment ~
suhicieht nuinnef OF otnei Statcs to make
It a part Of the CHnstItutlon n the United
States. All these con!'tlons must be, tul-
.hited oetnre INC 'WoHe ofapy efthese States
can be relieved troi" bHn'iage and military
domination. ba wh.nA hey ale tlitl d the
the pans AMI penaities ot the flil are TO
ease, M matter ,weathPr. there be peace OF
order or not, without rcitrtEce to the Sc
cnrlty u HE and prurcJiy.
2" The. eEaugc given for thr'biH In the pre-
nlnblc, As adm ltted by the bill Itself not to
D. gcal. The military rule which it estab
ilshes pan'y 70 Gc used, pot fcr any rur.
pose of. order ard for the prevention Of
crime, but solely as means OF coerclng he
people into the adoption of prinripes and
measures to which tits known they are OPP.
ioscd, and upon which they have an unde-
lhaOle right TO exercise taftr own Judgment.
/ submit to Cor gtess whether this meas
urc Is not, IN ITS who!c scope and Object,
W thott precedent and s'thtut au hority, liz
apahle conf Ct with tll+ plalneSt provls-
IONS OF the Constitution, sud utterly de-
structive to those great PRINCIPLES Of liberty
and humanity for which our ancestors on
both sid,s Of the Atlaptic Shed so much
blood and EXPENDED 50, much trcgSure.
The ten States uamed in the bill are di-
vided INTO five dl,tricts, and for each dis
trict an ol;cor r n ,rurtyvt npt hplnxg tbo