The Daily clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1866-1888, 1867-03-29
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Congress, that they have no reason to
believe that such action would restore
the State to her position of equality in
the Union, and as a necessary result,
give to her citizens the control Of
their own affairs. That such con-
dition is clearly expressed both in the
original and supplemental bills, does
not admit Of q doubt. The enact
ment of the latter measure providing
the necessary machinery for the ac-
complishment of this object, is proof
of the determination of Congress on
this subject
In rendering this plan, that body
doubtless responds to the prevalent
sentiment of the Northern people to
have the sectional difficulty perma-
nently adjusted; but at the same time,
if we are to Judge by the tone Of the
organs Of Northern opinion, whatever
we may think of the proposition, those
people hold it to be fair and just. II
the body Of the Southern people do
not accede to it, its originators will
follow it up with another scheme con-
ferring authority upon the newly en-
franchised people, and such Southern
Radicals as may be found willing to
cooperate with, or rather to lead them,
to organize State governments on the
Tennessee plan, which will be recog-
nized and admitted without hesitation.
Such a government being the creature
of Congress, will be recognized by il
as the "Republican form of govern
ment' which that body is required by
the Constitution to guarantee to each
State; and it will be upheld by the
strong arm of Federal power. This
proceeding was foreshadowed by Mr..
Sherman and other moderate Republi-
cans who, pending the Reconstruction
bills, resisted and defeated the agra
rian schemes of Sumner and his con
federates. With the great body OF
the present voters DISTINGUISHED the
State government in hostile hands,
and supported by the bayonets of a
power opposed to the excluded classes,
it would be vain to hope for relief for
generations to come.
While on the subject of Mr.. Sher-
mans bill, we copy the following par
agraph from the National Lntezligencer,
corroborative of the declaration made
by that Senator as to the purpose OF
Congress to carry out in good faith
the pledge contained in the Recon
struction bills:
RECONSTRUCTION IN SIGHT.-A significant
acknowledgement was made yesterday, even
by so determined an ultraist as Mr.. Bout
well, of Massachusetts,, which ought not to
escape the attention of the people of the
South. Replying to Mr.. Bingham's remind
en- that the constitution adopted by the
Southern people would still have to come
before Congress for acceptance, he declared
that Congress would be under the irresisti-
BILE pressure to accept any constitution SO
adopted as the work of the people of the
State" This was urged by Mr.. Boutwell, as
reason for having the preliminaries so ar
ranged that no needless question should be
raised in Congress subsequently about the
The Natchez Courier argues that the
decision of the Supreme Court in the
Rhode Island case, is not applicable
to the questions pending under the
Military Bill, because in the latter case,
there are not two rival governments as
in the former. But the Courier must
not overlook the fact that the Court
decided the whole question of the le-
gality of State government to be
one which belongs exclusively to Con-
gress. Thus, if there were half dozen
conflicting State governments or
three or two-as the case might be.
the Court has decided that it devolve
upon Congress to determine which is
the established government; or to re-
lect the whole, on the ground that
none of them are legal or have Re
publican form of government. The
lecision of Congress might be wrong
1T is decidedly so in the case of the
ate Confederate States-they have
egal governments, as they had when
President johnson deposed their Gov
'rnors, seut them into exile, broke I'D |
heir Legislatures and required the
.doption of the thirteenth amendment
o the Constitution. But though the
Iecision is wrong, there is no tribunal
by the Constitution with au-
hority to review it. This the Supreme
'ourt has itself decided. Justice
Woodbury. in the case referred to, said
here was but one tribunal before
'hich the issue could be tried, and
lat was the tribunal to which Wash
lgton and Hampden appealed.
So the decision of the Court is all
lie same whether there are one, or a
Oxen State governments; but if the
eople of the excluded States do not
ct upon the proposition which is now
efore them, it is not improbable
lat Congress will pass an enabling
It under which that precise condition !
affairs which existed in Rhode Is
nd, will be brought about. And this
what the worst enemies of our peo-
e desire. S
The Reconstruction bill.
Senator Sherman, of Ohio, has I
ritten the following letter to VIM. 7
Gro franraid Of CaOro.;o