The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1867-01-31

complete restoration of them It restores the recipients of
to the precise status they bore towards the United States before
the terminating acts were done
These citizens would not be- convcted BY the Courts
70 reach them by Bill of Attainder or post facto law
beyond the power Of Congress The problem yet unspved
whether they not be BY Amend
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Congress by majority Of two thirds each House, propo
to the State Legislatures Conventions
which when ratified by of the States become pa
The congress Representative Of the people
Each State regardless territory and population is entitled
amendment made in accordance with the letter and in
tendmen Of the Constituon must first the
thirds OF the people, represented House Of Repre-
sentiyes and the like number of States represented in the
Senate and must be ratified by threeurhs of the Legsla
lures or Conventions representing the people of States
Ii of the States kept compusory out Of the Senate
Or the people Of Of the States excluded from the
House, can not be said such States and people,
fsom Congress
Nor i be said that such passed By the
constitutional the excluded Stateand people
had no part in the vote not express
ed their assent thereto. 3sas s. -.
of the States voluntarily when this
fourteenth amendment was recommended the question might
and would be different. But snch is not the fact 81 .
towards the people the States was that they had
by military combinations and instruction forcby opposed
was prosecuted for the single purpose of reestabsn
the national authority and maintaining the Union The
eminent in all its departments uniformly insisted that the
and their people, citizens of the United States KsA
President Lincoln in his proclamation of the 18th April
1861 rectes That whereas the laws of the United States
have been for time past and opposed and the
execution thereof INSTRUCTED the states of South Carolina
Georgia. Alabama &e by combinations too powerful to be
suppressed by the ordinary of judicial proceedings
the power vested in the Marshals by law &c. &c. there
fore in virtue of the power in vested the Constitution
and laws do hereby call forth the militia, DC The first duty
OF the forces will be to repossess the forts places and proper
ty seized from the United States The utmost will be
served to avoid any devastation interference with property
peaceful citizens DC, DC
Congress convened in july 1861 Very early the session.
Representatives by an almost unanimous vote
passed resolution affirming in substance that the object in
carrying the the preservation of the Union with
all the dignity rights and equality of the States unmpaired
not spirit of oppression for purpose of conquest
or of subjugation."
passed separate resolution similar import
By act Of 18th july 1851 urher provide the coec
ton of duties imports &c. authority is given the Pres
dent to abolish ports of entry and to regulate trade with
country insurrecton whenever recited the
ton, sit SHALL the judgment of the President by of
unlawful combinations of persons in opposition to the laws of
the United States become mpractcabe the
nue. laws and collect the duties imports by the ordinary
MEANS and in the ordinary way" #se@
The I'd section empowers the President whenever he shall
have called militia under the act of 1895 and the in
surgents authority Of any State or
States to prohibit commercial intercourse with such people
altogether long as such condition of hostility shall
tinue. s@ssss.ae# Fa.@ sszsssa gag $500 ssa |
The preamble the of 22d july 1882 authorize the
employment of volunteers to aid in enforcing the laws
thus w describes the esgeney Tor Their employment
and navy yards have been seized &C., and other violations
he laws have been committed, and threatened &C. .s,5
The act of 9th of August 1861 to provide increased
nue. from imports to interest the public debt and for
other purposes in the 7h section imposes direct
hereby apporoned the States respectively
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20 the State of Virginia, s976, $500 @ s. sd 81. III
. South Carolina, $363,573. assss@s1 ssas<I
q" Georgia, 1854, 367@ Hs=.sls@ - @s.s +
Alabama, $5293134.
Mississippi, $413 084a. a
!" Louisiana, 385, 1854. ~ L
Enumerating the other States as# - ssitsA I
The SD section provides that should any the States be
actual rebellion against the authority of the Government
United States when the act into effect then the
m provisions of the act shall be enforced $50 the
ional authority is reestablshed.' s7assAs
volunteers declares that they to be epoye for the
protection of the national Constitution and the
By the act of July 1th 1863 in relation to the Postoce
Department. it is provided hat the time fixed for the nsu
ion ct suits against OF shall not be
whereof shall have been declared in state of
on during the time the insurrecon shall continue 4ea
The act of July 15h 1862 amend the judicial system Of
be United States among other things il the section
cts that the districts Of Maryland Delaware Virginia, and
forth Carolina shall constitute the fourth circuit the dis
rcts of South Carolina Georgia. Alabama and mississippi
hall constitute the fifth circuit rs - Id
The Sd section for the transfer Of suits from the
district Courts Texas and Florida the Circuit
The preamble to the of Sd Of March, 1853 enrolling
nd calling out the national forces thus describes the civil
Wsseas There now exist the United States an
on rebellion against the authority thereof and i i
the Constitution Of the United States the duty of the Gov
to suppress nsurrection and rebellion guarantee
sch State Republican form Of Government and 20
le public tranquility, DC. s..s9 i 8
The of the State Department with foreign
owers neutrality to the South
eoerents the that 1t domestic quarrel
il, insurrecon, which, when suppressed would leave the
atos M oe ,recselv as they were before Such esse
ally the tone Of the made to the French
mperor Is 49, 80 sss 81 81 s
he committee have gone into this review of the solemn
"a authoritative acts the National Government the
,se Of distinctly presenting the views and purposes Of
ted States towards the people and States OF the South
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