The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1867-07-10

ICES the boards OF reg's,ers composed OF white, black
voters and to refuse them reris,rai,on with
out any snbJecnn on the part of those
boards to federal officers Or any other aahor,y. Tho
fourth section struck At the govern ment Of the
Uniisd States In deprving Of all jurisdiction against
district commanders, or officers acting andsr their au
shortly on,y Of the State but the
| OF tie United States He knew not what the President
OF The United States would do: but he knew what be
himself woad do before sending this bill back TO Con-
gress He would send sheridan 20 Massachusetts, and
Maine and would send Sckes IN Warussa 10 teach the
sdan, ana 70 nut in his plaos the President Of the
Senate. Let t,em do So If he we're President john
son he would never allow CONGRESS u enforce upon him
law entirely subversfve or The constitution or tn
1 United States.
Nv GspvEln, trep, Of Ohio, sought to interrupt Mr..
qses but the SPEAKER stated that the
gentleman from New York had in the outset OF his
mtimaled that he desired not 10 he interrupted.
Mr. BROOKS continued his argument against the bin.
II there was ANYTHING that gricved him than any
thing these late times II the assent OF nwyors
on tho other side the Bill Rights and Mapna
! Chara overthrow. The semi barbaroas barons who
wrested Ma Charta from King John had stipulated,
IN 1876 that no freemen should be deprived OF he,
liberty property without due form OF aw but here,
in 1861 twelve millions Of people deprived Of all
rights Of trial by their peers and were subjected to the
will and caprice Of five military dtspos equo-
the Declaration Of Rights Of Massachusetts,,
Vermont and other states show that tho people Of tho
North jealous OF their rights and liberties.
Tne gentleman from Pennsylvania Mr. stevens) had at
first proposed only con6scaon tho South; but this
o plao,a no. only ,ne or, .ne % ~ r es
power Of military officers. The bin was m tho face and
Of an written history, IN utter violation Of every
natural and national law and its supporters would We
! MANY Of hem To deporc that thew had given II
sanction support Even tho Tar,ars whom they con-
Iuered Chira did not destroy the institutions OF China
| but assimlated them to their There
parallel in history for this act except in the inhuman
conduct of the Duke of Alba This
rule OF the Gar the Emperor Of Austria,
for when the Hnngarians were subrgated their civil
rights we're resnected The least intelligent of all the
races on this continent had been selected to go into
partnership with the white race in the Of this
country The Haytien and tho Iheran were wiser than
~ Nyft
to hold real tate take part IN the government
there. All history showed that such experiments as
| this OF commuglng races were disastrous In conoln
sion no declared that this the proudes hour in his
hfe when he could make his against the
outrageous and infamous principles OF this military
| tyrannica bill
Mr. GARrrELp. referring to Mr. Brooks illusions TO
| the ograrianism OF Senator Wade. reminded him ana
The House that that had dsclamed the sent-
| menfs imputed TO him.
| Mr. wooD. ldcm, of r., then took the floor IN op-
position TO the bill He reviewed tho history OF the
and Of tue action Of the Pre
dent, expressing doubt as to the constitutional
Of the President TO do what he had done In esab
fishing provisional governments in tho Southern States
at the close Of the but Calming that the President
had simply effort TO give those States
| ernments consonant with the constitution and to carry
out practically the intention Of Congress- so far as 1t
was then understood Conrrcss had waited for two
years before il had passed any law on the subject OF
reconstrucion; and the question then was. Stree
the passage Of the military act Of last ses.
sion, 10 what its proper construction was.
The military commanders Grated by the law differed
among themselves as to its c,psruciion. and General
with johnson what his duties
under the Law. General jackson would have given TO
those military commanders his view Of the law,
and would have required them to carry 1t out But
President johnson did such thing. He called upon
nitted tho law 10 him and transmitted TO the district
nmanders the opinion which that law officer had
gwen What was there wrong in thatf And vet
they told that this session called by the action
of Attorney General Stanbery, and dsrespecfu and
scurraus resolutions had been aimed =. the Attorney
General BY the gentleman from Ohio MI. Schenck) no
argued against the coustitutonaiy of the law In gene
raj and in detail When State officers removed, rs
provided In the second section and others appointed In
Their places by the military commanders they then be-
federal officers and the constitution placed In the
President alone the appointment Q, ieder omceis 80
imperial despo required the sum Of $500 600 to carry
ont the registration programme in the act and demanded
also that the navy OF the United States shall be subject
TO his orders Powers Nfe liberty, property,
and social relations reposed in that
designedf II no wanted 1t plainly stated in tbs
bill He did not want to have another constructive act
registration, he did not see why such roundabout
should be rssortsd TO- Whv not simply appoint
,sssr DC 81 sns
Just fair towards the people Of those States that
provided IN the section the fourth section places
laws No matter what crimes they might commit
murder robbery This fourth section declares that
civil court Of the United States or Of State should
have any Jurisdiction them. Was that 70 be de-
Tended As TO the nfth section which provides that
no district comman Ter shall be relieved from
msnd assigned TO him unless the Senate should have
Grst con.ored snd advised fhercfo he showed that
none NJ shosc oficcs mo matter what crime thew COM
yni,ted cond bc ramovcd nv The PresdenI They were
responsible only To Congress- and Congress was 10 ad
;onrn in few davs NOT 10 meet again ne hoped until
Docembcr Tn Conclusion he said tho people OF the
are entirely AZ 10 whether or not ven
allow them 10 vote They want bread they want Sc
cnr,,v N lfs liberty and nroper,v. thew want To he
sov,.d "a liz. An resca (,ive theu that security:
cvs tbem resi- C,rievou.lv have they erred admit.
S.t grsvoueiv n. Va thev suercd for IL You punished
them during the war; you punished them at the close
bonr since the close OF the war Your military saraps
sre among them the people have no rirhts the ne
r,oes CO.. hnfcnev the, and do butcher them White
ema,es are ion Al the mercy of the brutality of their
orer slaves. vhe n whte man inf the least per-
sonai nunisbment on a negro IL is sent abroad 10
tho country and used az an further oppes
sons and farther injures let ali this stop: lei this
n.one come bark into tho Union vhIch their fathers
fought to es.abish let Us be once more friends and