The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1867-02-28
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from Ire Chicago Times.
The vote en- Sherman's miitary bil!
shows That the Presidents promised veto
of It VIII be ovcrriden. The south has
nov to determine what viii be her action
in the premises. ii she concludes . y
ject the mcthcd Of settlement proposed by
the bill, she must look to TIE President
and the supreme Court to sustain hcI ia
e dCi2c: What can the President DO IN
ill the Court shall have passed upon the
C0nstitutiOnality Of the law? He vetoed
the freedmen's bureau bill and the civil
rights bill on the ground that they were
unconstitutional but he has nevertheless
enforced both when properly called upon
to do So He could and would Go much
more than he will do were he sustained By
the public sentiment Of the northern
States, but with Congress and the people
OF more than tWo>thi-dJ Of the States
against him, he can make but little head
way IL attempts 20 dam the flood OF l'anati-
cisn which has already swept aGay many
OF the most important barriers of Constitu~
.ional liberty and threatens to submerge
those to which 1t has not yet reached
His determined opposition to The bill an
to its enforcement will but lead to his own
impeachment and deposition from Office
The majority in Congress will disregard
al lawful obligations and all claims Of jus
tice to carry to completion its programme
ofrecorstruction II is destitute % prin-
ciple. The south cannot hope f9c protco>
ton from well>cstahlishel constitutional
principles. She IS in the hands Of an ir-
responsible body OF usurpers who are a
laT INTO themselves. She can accept the
tcIEs offered or wait and be compelled to
submit to harsher ones.
The question Of The cOnstitutionality Of
the bill cannot be brought before the Su>
preme Court before next winter, and prob>
ably could hot bo decided upon until late
Il the spring of 1868, Congress has al
ready asserted its intention to rcorganize
the court and enact such laws for its GOV
eminent IS viii efectually prevent that
tribunal from materially cbstructing the
advancement ot tic projects Of the ruling
party. and should the court decide tho
bill 10 be unoonstitutional-of which there
can be no doubt-all matters then relating
to tho admission Of the south would b
left precisely where they were at the date
Immediately preceding tie passage c. the
bill. The whole subject ofrcc0nstruction
would be again open and form the princi-
pa Issue in the next Presidential election.
It Gotractod nothing from the courage
Ok manhood CT the scattered and unarmcd
inhabitants on ahom Rob Roy levied
biack-'nail that they submitted to his ez-
actions. They gcte lefencalcss, and he
was backed " force Which they we're
poretlcS8 to resist. The majority in Con
grcss arc = contcmptuous Of law rs the
memorable cattle thief, Without the gcner-
erosity and sense Of justice which made
him narily respectable. The south should
consider, in DEBATING the question OF ac-
ccptance OF Sherm@n's bill, that she is
oeaiing With political highwaynen who
acknowledge 20 human authority superior
to themselves, ana she rlay without loss Of
honor consent to 4 partial instead Of an en-
tire spolation.
1t Is upon this ground ana this alone
that the acceptance Of the bill can be JUS
tiled. The most important need Of the
southern people is release from the grasp
Of the traitorous and vindictive majority
IL Congress. 1t is more ingenious in de-
yising schemes to degrade millions of peo-
pie in the south that they are patient to
bear the inAictions of its malevolence.-
The bill viii permit the reorganization of
the southern States within year, and af>
ter they have once been admitted they
will be free from congressional control and
the venom of the radical leaders
The bill is an abomnaton. 1t rests up
on a lie, its authors and those voting for it
being witnesses 1t is in open contempt
of the Constitution, which the men voting
for it had sworn to support. 1t was con-
cciyed in hatred and rotten partisanship,
and every line of it bristles with perjury.
Ii is such a bill as could only be passed by
a legislative body whose members were so
stuffed with partisanship, vanity pharl-
saism, Ignorance and cruelty that
they were inSensiblc to any emotions not
directly originating in those qualities and
yet, hideous as it is, and disgraceful to the
national character in It's effort to brand as
outlaws millions of American citizens. it is
in comparison with the loath-
some hell-brew which the Juggling thief
who will lead the iortieth Congress is
able to concoct for the further humiliation
of the south, and which his followers vill
GLADLY hold to their lips. She has probably
but one choice in the matter. She must
accept the position of Sherman or Butler.