The southern enterprise. [volume] (Greenville, S.C.) 1854-1870, 1867-07-25

Sue In damsges for every injury /; indict
for every crime. Be sure and include the
treasury agents who were lately stealing
your cotton or other things Sue or indict
In the county where the 'iajury was or may
be done, or the crime was or may be com.
m hted. whether defendants are present
or absent, get the true bills. Don't let lapse
Of time bsryou. Whenever you see me at
co urt understand I will aid you without fee
or reward The written Constitution is nv
client, and the representation of it's protection
the only fee / shall ask. The time for the
laws triumph rover passion will one day
come. IL our people will now, everywhere.
assert these rights, not by again abandon
ing the Constitutions, but by claiming its
remedies, that time will come Quickly;
and then we shall demand the criminals
wherever found and they ,oiH Be delivered
If.the President fiimseifshoula commit mur-
der iu the manner have indicated, do
not hesitate to say that would urge a true
bill against him and demand him for tria
when his term has expired. We owe it TO
ourselves, to our children, to free institu
tions. TO teach oil, however high or low
who take advantage Of degenerate times
like these, to violate the great guarantees OF
the law, and tiampls on the rights Of the
citizen, that when the political spasm is
over they can find no hiding Place from the
laws ayencer nor take shelter from lis pen.
alties anywhere in the Jurisdiction of the
Constitution. '..a-
Let this generation teach this Lesson now.
and teach it faithfully and well, and we
shall have no &turn Of such periods Of sor
row and crime for us, or for our chil,lren.-
II we do not teach this lesson, then sorrow
and crime will increase their coming and
prolong their stays, because rogues will
steal; tyrnnts will Cypress; little officers
"will cut fantastic tricks; :" and traitors
will use fraud and force to perpetuate their
power. just as often and long as they think
they can do so with impunity.
also earnestly hope the people of each
Of the ten States will go boldly forward,
and preserve and contfnae their existing
State governments. and hold all elections in
the manner and at the time prescribed by
existing State constitutions; will choose of.
fcers qualified according to existing State
constitutions and laws II any citizen or
officer shall be interfered with in exercising
his rights under these laws, or in discharp-
ing the duties Of office TO which he may be
chosen and make the issue fearlcssIy. 80 .
~ would have them continue this until,
and even after, pretended constitutions may
be formed by delided negroes and their d.
signing interiors Under these Military Bills;
and If an attempt were made 10 displace
existing constitutions and governments by
pretended constitutions so formed and Of
ficers chosen Hereunder, would indict
every officer so attempting TO subvert ex.
isting legal State governments, and would
then have our Governors or the Legislatures
(ifin SESSION. make implication to the Press
ident; under the Consultation, to protect
existing Slate governments " against domes.
tic Violence" and thus compel the President
to decide; whether he is bound to dispIace
by force what he admits to be existing legal
State constitutions and governments for
those he adm,,s 40 bs ui.o.,. wnoa..,;,'
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new government. TO become IeoaIIv ell
on ma by eur consent ws- can never 90, ria
of them. The mower will ma IN ,hs L.nd.
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