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

A, <--+<V "hch any Person, py sneir authority,
shsI' Interfere with right of property, or Of
/ person OF OF liberty.
therefore beg every citizen, black and
white, even the humblest of the ten millions
who inhabit these ten States, to remember;
never forget, that It is his right--his glorious,
anpunishable, unimpeachable nIeur, to resist
every inis3sronce, by any officer, high or low,
with his property, or his person, or his liberty,
under these military bills and that each citizen
owes II to every other Citizen aud to his State,
and to posterity aud to constitutional liberty,
to aasert the right boldly and fearlessly against
every such interference, Nor have military
officers in such cases one particle more of pro-
lection from such resistance than civil officers.
The fd,o Is superior to. all-is master OF all !;
and the strength, tho majesty and the merit of
the tar make the citizens panoply in this issue
Hear what a distinguished American writer
says on this subject; !. -, n.
, 1t is now settled in England and the Unit
ed States, that IN officer of the forces who ex-
seutes the unlawful crder remains personally
answcrable. III the highest in command, the
Brifish monarch hin,self, order, contrary TO
law, an officer to quarter his soldiers upon hs
citizens to annoy and Cypress them, as Charles
1. did, the officer. remains responsible, in the
fullest sense Of the term, to thc lao of tAe land.
All that bas beon gained by tho arduons and
protracted struggle which began to show It.
self most signally under Charles L, may be
summed up in the fow words hat the lao shau
be superior to all and epery one and erery branch
Of Government that there is nowhere q mys.
terious, supreme and unattainable power
which, despite Of the clearest law, may still
dispense with It or arrest its course This is
the SUM total of modern civil liberty. tho great
firm and solid oommon's liberty" -
Our Constitution--ours supreme law, which
no Congress, nor President nor other earthly
power can violate or authorize TO be violated
with impunity--is our rider, our only ruler,
and all the highest ofice-holders, civil and
military, are bat its ssrvaafs and bound, under
penalties, to obey its commands. r.s ..
Our Constitution declares .-7....... ...r
"The privilege of the writ Of ha6eas corpn.
shall NOT Be -suspendsd, unless when in cases
| OF rebellion or invasion tho public safety may
require it." y.ea.. .ra .r-s 90 sf-4..s .
" No bill of attaindor or &c post Jacto law
shall be passed." g.--.. p r.7r-- q. ,-,rr- .
n" The trial of all crimes, except in cases of
impeachment,ishaR be Iy jayy." s .r ..aDs
"No soldier shall, in time of peace, be omar.
tered in any house without the consent of the
owner" .-.... ..,ryts-- e- a.. r.--b 90, .
81" Congress shall mako no law abridging tho
freedom Of speech, or Of the press" ....
No citizen "shall be held to answer for
capital or otherwise infamous crime, unless on
,presentment or indictment of grand jury"
No warrant shall issue, but upon probable
cause, supported by oath or Affirmation"
These are the commands Of tho only imperi
al power in America--the Constellation. < They
ate so plain that wayfaring man, though
fool cannot err In reading them. They
cover every State, and territory, and pro-
tince, and foot Of soil over which the juris
distiou Of tho United States can possibly 20
Yet every ono Of thele positive commands, and
others besides, are, 70, be violated and ordered
TO be violated by these Military Bills They
arc, therefore, assaults--unmistakably traitor
Gus assaults upon the Constitution; and eve
~, man, woman or child or officer, civil or mil
itary, in the United States who.votes Cor these
Bills, or approves them, or accepts them, or
passiyely submits to them, is an enemy of the
Constitution and an enemy to every citizen
whose rights are protected by tho Constitu-
tion. i care not what excuses are made, nor
what pretenses are 4whined out abel the pow
er Of Congress and the progressive Radical
party. Such pretenses only show cowardice
or tho reasonable intent in those who use.
them. Tho only way to crush the Radical
party is TO bring down Upon It that power
which is greater than the Radical party-the
Constitution. If the President is slave and
bound to execute the orders Of traitors, the
people are frcetncn and entitled to resist. The
only question and, therefore the only danger
is, have they the courage to resist2 A freedman
should know no master but tine law, andbend
the knee to no earthly power, but tho constitu
ton. 3
As the, result Of reason and settled au.
thofity, affirm = .-.,.... ......'......,
o. That every officer, high or low who seizes
the property Of o citizen, under these mill.
tary bills, IL a,tre.passsr,, subject to indiet'
msnt and suits for damages as individuals.
That every, such offiesr who arrests
citizen under these 4bills is guilty of false
impsisonnent. and subject likewise rs an
individual; md isR amenabie to The writ of
Aabeas reorpas before any court, State or
Federal, having Jurisdictions TO Issue the
writ ssass ,a-oH =.-rl ~ sfHig gg. r.4,
tf,s That ~ q singis citizen, white or black, is
tfisdby military commissions and executed.
fba nffinat ordar;ys, ft,a as,,~, N,k. s..,tt. !.