Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1867-07-22
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HRSpuII,i ii " IS IS VIII tHe- pllt ehsitieA IA
1eCseP Ppienehtaty 20 an act entftieo an &C
70 proxiue 1ofu s1e more ef1e1ent govern
ment OF ytne JeOel states, passed on The 2
oI March, lSl5s and The act supplementary
thereeoi passed en- the. 2,t day Of March
1857, ana VIII ssgate as bffeiiy as possibf
some of the reasons W hich prevent me from
giving ,it my approval .s1saofsq9 5Hs ~
dhis g one OF series OF measures passet
by GUuRresE turing me last four month
on the suD]ecC OF sReconstruction. INT
message yerurplpG tue act OF the ~ o
March last states at length my objections
to t,,es pRssSkf of. .thhe bili.O They apply
tqg&llFzw well TO the bill now before me, ant
am content merely to refer to them, anC
20 sFeiterate, IRyScQREietiOn that stheys are
sound and qdQpansweFable.i basd 70 qssE b1i
There are some points peculiar to thil
bill which Twill proceed &C once to consid-
the true intent and meaning in some par,
tieulars of thetwo sprior,acts.S Upon this
subject it. fs declared that the intent oi
these acts was first, that the existing Gov
legal State Governments. and that thereaf-
Ter said Governments to be Continued were
tosbe eontitSuefl subject In aIIr Pespects To
the u1ilitarg com Iaafiiiers of the respective
districts. and, to- the, paramount authority
of Congress. vfW6h-9ss sG
Congress may, -bysa declaratory act, fix
upon prior act construction altogether
atvariahce with its apparent meaning, and
from the time at least when said lconstruc=
tfon is fixed, the original act will be con-
strued and mean exactly what IL Is stated
GO mean by the 'declafatory statute. There
Wili De tnenIrom the time THIS OH may pc
come a1aw' no doubt, no question, as TO the
n q
N those States called sin the, original act
the provisional governments, stand toward
the . onisea states as sShese reiations stood @
before Fne ueclafalory ACT: Tnese govern
menus lt, Is tFuessWere mace sunJect 70 ao-
solute " many resp peees
hos .. ali tue tan : oi snS ac. De
ng,saplee5y 70 ilhe nilllearys a,ilhorisy. oi
see On1teo olases; as. hefeinaItsr Prescilo,
eu. Dy tne siAna seet.on ol s5e ollR',iai N, ID
acC, Inese goyerhmenes 1l were maoe 10 an re-
a. Sas sNrrv S,,;s Jee,.r
2 pHtSS. y! 1tt9 s ~ ~
atory act, it appears that Congress did not
by the efiginai act intend to limit the
military authority 20 any partlcular OF
subjects therein prescri6ed but meant 10
make 10 university ~ ~. 49, a, = -.
Inus' over an tnese zen Statesf IBIS n1lfI-
sa1y SoysrnMsnt t; - r9v aecla5eo 20 nave
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Gfia ame-ican e;tizens are yad,,ced hv N .
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G,li oraration N'-' - 1s"-, af' - ~
SIt III tna ,,oo,,las tho-e :, os,,o,,,a
,,ro,aa, ,la,,, ot INV ers San;aa n,,e,
~ re saars5 n .g,,erant..ss Of yyb u
svei, xviII it ias TO anv one of tbase so,,tIae
d,, ,,eoIie xvben sa;yaS NV a f;la of rnIj;ers.
ei ~ tLa oo,,sa - rros+ a. +Ha ,ss1s., 7,
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+od1 ivbia6 tnosvs no 7s,ch h thinn q: ba;i S
Csyhat e,,a;i ~, Ja,,e.sd +.;afh % 80, 80.
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greater privilege. the writ ofAabeas corDasS
The veto ofthe original bill OF I'd OF March
was based on two distinct grounds: the in
terference OF Congress IN duties strictly
pertaining to the reserved powers of the
States, and the establishment of military
tribunals for the trial of citizens in time OF
peaee.s The impartial Ieaderlo of that mes
sage will understand all it contains with re-
has reference especially to the power con-
ferredson the district Commanders to dis
place the criminal courts and assume juris-
diction to try and punish by military
boards. Most potentially the suspension of
hdbeGs corpus was martial law and military
despOtism. The act now before me not only
declares that the iBteHtwas to confer such
military authority, but to confer unlimited
authority over all the other courts of the
State and oyer all the officers of The State
Legislature, executive and judicial.
SssNot ecortent with the general grant,
Congress, in the second section of this bill,
specifically gives, to each military COM
mander power to suspend or relieve from
office. or from the performance of official
dufiesJ and the exercise of official nowers
anyleff;cers or person holding or5professin9
70 hold ~, : e,,srSiss o,,,, -
tioa T., euiF, a;str;et; ,ofsa, s,on
ton ar, % nnoi nfment Gieriyed from or
Srrontod st,l o. in,.J ,,s da, q so'nsllod
S.ota - y Ss.,,, - - tt,sJf a.aJ %
nsnT;ss ~, otS az \; viS;on tbe,osf ), ssA'
80. ~ :, o.ASa t'soA s, -
"a poMerthse, hieleTSo. ~ an etne depart-
:il nelss % tne ne ceeeIal SoverhnehG acGihg
II Sol.ceI! OF sepaIaleiy,l nave n"t oafeo 70
exercise. is here attempted to be Conferred
On llliIicasy 9neer. Q hlm'
t !; =; ~
neno m 10 slseu eue powsI, tsupporGeu ny a
selnciests hitttary Iofee 10 remove every
cNi1 o.nce y. ot ehG S,,.I H.iiSeu states.
annat qiSIIlc!M s.til commaoaeE
WIG mas tnss y. eis sns oinceIs, Is
autnerizsn Us V ~ Spe ,vacalcy py tne, oetall
oI an oncer,sor ngsololeE1 Oh tne army. or
Ge Gne 'apPoihetnene y. oi ssohie otHer person.
1shis lhIlleary oihcef, WneIner an. emcer or
a,solaIer, rs TO perform the duties OF such
0ncer, or person SO superseded, or removed.
IN olner Woros, an oLneeE or seioier o. tne
army IS tfahsiof neoa lheo CIVIL loHcer.
ne may be maze governor, legisiator,
Or yuoSe. HowsNsr nnnC, ne W may aeems
nimseil lot sucha clVti uueies, ne must oDey