Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1867-04-12

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preme Court from Judge Sharkey
and Others, of Mississippi.
NEw YORK, April 4.--The Heruld'S Lit
| tie Rock (Arkansas) special of yesterday
says: THE State Union Convention has
been in session all day and evening.
platform, with resolutions was adopted, OF
an ultra radical character. approving the
! Congressional plan OF reconstruction and
re-admission TO the Union.
Resolutions condemnirg and oppo-
sing the President, opposing coniisca-
ton, and recommending a concillatOry
course toward the rebels, were tabled. y
State Central Committee was appointed
and instructed TO establish State Union
| organization. The committee to wait on
General Ord reported that he heartily APP
proved of the object ofthe Convention, and
was DESTROYS of cooperating with them
The Convention will doubtless adjourn to-
morrow.
Pending the Convention, large number
! of freedmen held meeting in the State
House square. Several delegates and col
ored speakers addressed them. Great en-
thusiasm prevailed, and no disturbance
was created.
General Sheridan contemplates the re-
mOval of all disloyal persons from office in
his district The Worlds special says the
President is Of the opinion that General
| Sheridan had no right to make the removals
he has made, and has called upon the At
tOrney General for an opinion on the sub
icct. General Sheridan has autographed
for instructions on the same point before
making further removals.
Attorney General Stanberry has written
an opinion that the military commanders
have no right, under the reconstruction
act, to remove municipal and State officers
elected by the people. 1t is not likely that
the President will interfere, nOlwithstsnd
ing the opinion
PETERsBURG Va. March 4.-Senator
Wilson addressed a large assembly in front
Of Jarrotts Hotel, tonight The colored
element largely predominated and enthu-
siastic manifestations were INDUCED in.
The Senator spoke upwards OF an hour,
proclaiming himself radical and entirely
committed to radical principles. In refer
ring to the late war, he said neither the
South nor North were guiltless in the con
flict. He said the negro was now as much
a citizen of the United States as the PreSi-
ident, and entitled to all the privileges of
a white man. He disclaimed all intention
on the part of Congress and the North to
degrade or humiliate the South by measures
of Reconstruction, but they rather aimed 10
elevate the lOwly and oppressed.
FORTRESS Monroe, April 1.-The color
ed population of Yorktown and vicinity
celebrated the passage of the Reconstruc
ton Bill on Saturday by a procession
Two soldiers of the fifth artillery, while
intoxicated, came in contact with some
colored men not in the procession. \
melee occurred, and the soldiers discharged
their revolvers into the procession. They
were attacked. and in taking away the re-
volvers one was discharged and n negro
killed. whether the shot was acct lental or
not is unknown. The soldiers were ar
rested for examination on a charge of muir
der.
\ bill is to be filed by Judge Sharkey
and Robert J. Walker in the Supreme
Court of the United States tomorrow, who
complain that the State of Mississippi in
behalf of herself, and such other States as
may be interested in the premises, who
shall by consent of the Court, promptly
make themselves parties hereto, against
Andrew Johnson, citizen of Tennessee,
and President OF the United States, and
also against General E. o. c. Ord. The
petition sets forth at length the history of
I tuC ItotN vi EiioclSSipli, NidlhiihS thdt bt-
sides the protection of the constitutional
rights of State, there are compacts, fun
damental, irrevocable and unalterable. Sc
curing forever 10 the State of Mississippi
her rights as State in the Union by such
cOmpacts and the rights required under
them. The petitioners believe the Court
will regard ii as its duty to maintain in the
/ same manner at least as it would enforce
between individuals, by injunction or 9TH
erwise, the specific performance of con-
/ tracts. An averment is made that the Con-
gress of The United States cannot consiitu-
tionally expel Mississippi from the Union,
and that any attempt which practically
does so is a nuliity, and that there is no
provision in the Constitution of the United
States which subjects her as a State to any
/ pains, penalties or forfeitures as a conse
quence Ofsuch void attempt of a portion of
| her people to withdraw her from the
| Union, all powers TO punish State by ex
pulsiOn or otherwise for any cause having
been expressly refused in the Convention
which framed tie Federal Constitution
She AYERS that her citizens lost none OF their
political rights nor incurre,. any penalties,
except what might be imposed o. them as
individuals by due process Of law after
trial by jury. She AYERS that she has ex
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Constitution by electing Senators and Rep |
resentatives to Congress, and complains |
that they have been wrongfully excluded, |
and that her people have been compelled 10 |
pay taxes and bear the burdens ofthe Gov |
eminent without representation.
The act TO provide for the more efficient |
government of the rebel States. and the |
act supplementary thereof utterly annihi- |
late the State and Government, by asSum- |
ing that Congress has power To control, |
modify, and even abolish Its government |
in short, 10 exert sovereign power over il, /
and the utter destruction of the State must |
be the consequence of their execution
The scope of power vested in military |
commanders, So broad and so comprehen- |
sive, was never before vested in military |
commander. in any government which |
guards the rights of its citizens or subjects |
by laws.
The bill OF complaint concludes as fol- |
lows: "Now the complainant expressly |
charges that, from information and belief, |
the said Andrew Johnson, President, in
violation of the Constitution, and in viola
ton of the sacred rights of the States, Will
proceed, notwithstanding his veto, to the
execution Of said acts, rs though they were
the law of the land, which the vetoes prove |
be would not do if he had any discretion,
o. that in so.doing he performed anything