The Daily empire. (Dayton, Ohio) 1865-1867, 1867-04-05
A Declaration of Congressional
Outragcs.

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Outragcs,
The Hartford Times thus sums up the in
Equities Of Congress, in contrast with the
Declaration Of Rights promulgated by our
fathers against imperial wrongs inflicted
upon a Colonial people;
The conspirators of the party Of Congress
are guilty ofacts sufficient to consign them
10 lasting ignominy and rcproach. What a
series of usurpotions, tyranny, prosecutions
wrongs and expressions on the southern
States are they guilty Of!
In the words Of the Declaration of indie
pcndcncc, when a long train Of abuses and
usurpations, pursuing invariably the same
object, cyiuccs a design to reduce the states
aud people under absolute despotism,i II Is
their right, it Is their duty to throw of
such %usurpotion, and reject such false rep
rtscntatives. The history Of the Thirty
Ninth Congress is "a history of repeated in
iurics and usurpations, tending 10 subyert
the Governments, destroy the Union, and
the establishment Of tyranny over the
States. To prove this, let facts be submitted
to q candid world. ..
Congress has, ia violation Of the Constitu-
ton. excluded ten States from all particle
patton in the Government by Which they
are governed.
Eongress has taxed the people Of ten
States while denying them all representa-
ton.
Congress has enacted laws conforming.
prescribing and DISTINGUISHING "A large por-
ton of the white inhabitants without trial
or conviction.
Congress has by arbitrary cnactments de-
clarcd that the late slaves aud negroes shall
bc voters in those States, in total disregard
ofthc Constitutions Of those States.
Congress has deprived the people ofthose
States of the Governors of their wi cleo
tioh, and placed military Generals over
them.
Congress has dccrced the destruction OF
the governments of those States, under
which the inhabitants were born and have
lived, and has substituted Martial Law
Congress has deprived the people of those
States of the inherent right of sclf-goyern-
mcut and required them to submit TO the
mandates of impcrious masters from Massa-
chusclts, and other States, alien to them, in
feelings and principles.
Congress has erected a multitude OF OIL
ccs, aud sent ,warms Of Bureau officers
and taX-gathcrcrS among them, to harrass
their people. belle their character. and eat
out their substance.
Congress has affected to render the mill
tnry independent of the civil power.
Congress has combined to subject those
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stitutions, and unacknowlcdged by their
laws.
Congress has quartcrcd large bodies of
troops among them. q
Congress has imposed taxes upon them
without their consent.
Congress has deprived them, in many
cases, of the trial by jury, and enacted cx-
press laws to Cypress them.
Congress has abolished our system of free
government, which guarantees the volun.
tary formation of constitutions by tn,
people themselves, and has established Over
those States arbitrary governments, so n
to render them at once cXa&blcs and iii
instruments for Il Radical party majority
of that body to introduce the same abSo'
lute rule oyer all these States.
Congress has taken away their Constitu-
tions, abolished their laws. and altered fun.
damentally the powers of their govern,
ments.
Congress has suspended their Legisla,
lures and declared itself invested viii
power to lcgislate and to dictate to them il
regard to their laws.
Congress is now entertaining n propo.
sition TO coutiscate their property and i
is adopting measures which tend to cNcit
negro hostility against the white inhabi
tants.
In every stage of these expressions tn
southern people have besought Congress t
respect their rights, and have appealed t
their fellcw countrymen in the Norther
States to prevent this tyranny and injus
tice.
ACongress, whose Hsurpations and powC
are thus marked by every act which ma
define tyrants, is unworthy of the conf
dence of a free people; and whenever on
of their number comes before his constitr
ents for reelection, they should not onl
refuse him their support, but visit him wit
their seycrest condemnation.