The Oxford falcon. [volume] (Oxford, Miss.) 1865-18??, 1867-10-12

lHrsinst oppression, is adopted, Whist
aIlaraflfce can Ne have that Will
afford, protection2.. A partial pledge
Tins been given by sO1tlc, fcptdlate,l
byoalnsh4. 4 But how cOuld sou rely
oIl the most sacred pledge Of q party
which has 40 shamelesslx xidisrcg cgArslest
their obligation 70 preserve the prln~
leiples Of the COnstitutiOM tnvl0latc.
VA people who viii display nlglnp less
in resisting OppERHslDa, llatYe . mnclt
IsbetteF chance TO escape It In the eIld
than those who bow tllei neck at It's
first approach and take the yoke
willingly. In truth the sure and
only way to escape 1t II toErcsist It,
by. all Constitutional means. Nbat
| was Il that secured our English atI-
cestory the Benefits OF MIJA1 Cg.dgva.
A proper and unyiclding spirit of rt'-
sistance. They did not SAY To King
john at hunnymede, we will submit
to what you lave done II. you Will gs
no further: they knew that would
10 to invite additional iOppFesAloA-
pThey demanded that he ,klOVld re-
truce his steps and restore their an
cient rights And what was TINT
Compelled Charles /, wllOshAd Viola
ted Mama: C7.artd, to approve and
sign the Petition of right or secured
Charter Of Liberty! ~ determined
spirit of resistance To oppression.
What induced our fathers OF the
Revolution TO raise the standard OF
/, herty; and struggle. until they
no. 'iievcd their freedom? 1t was the
sna it q of resistance to oppression
Will, h should always characterig0
fhair descendants. II the maxim lie
fr,Te - llatrfOr a people 10. .hav-fFeeeis
hut to u ill it, it Is certainly true
that for people to be slaves it Ii
onIvffSIr /, ieInI to consent to it. 1.-Two
accent thrs measures as "pcace of
Herin,r. ~ " e may rest assured the
opnressOrs II. MI will not be- raised
until his grasA Is hrmly nxel Stti. upon
us. do not nl an lorcIoie Ierisl,'neV s
of course, which Is always hazardOus'
often foolish. i IN can yfE1t We shOulol
in "a. proper mai oherta asSoTC anu
maintain our rights. aN I9ssst .Ha , never
consent to our wrOn. .. nSb ooutn
could now exert more 1nOI1i uto[ HOSer 1A,
than she had physical power, y tho
people were united. On Meak4lesps
consists in our divisions. GuL 4n,.lsafst unsAest
remOnstrance expressedss. rurougn
Convention aof the .pcopl dsIfOl hie
Southern; States, would no Houpt' HlIS!'
meet o favorable response. J. VI ul'
vided as we are, nothing can y SC
c0mpliShed. a431l.f,u aegr, 4Fs.t
BY some it is said, OH, Conv> an
tionaawiIl, be called, aud we. had w
well vote. for it. The man who
willing co. inflict u wOunds on the
Constitution of his country because
Others willsdo so, but trities with the
right of suffrage, and proves that 10
may be unwisely bestowed, Even
the freedmen, if theyi consult their
true interest, should oppose Con-
vention. They hold their freedom
by Constitutional guarantees, first
by the Constitution of the StAteiand
secondly by the Constitution Of the
United States. These reconstruction
acts are founded on the idea that tho
State Constitution IL void, and Of
course the act of the Legislature
which ratified the amendment to the
Constitution OF the United States IL
also void, and they are not legally =
free. But if this were not. so, by
voting for a Convention they hut
invest Congress with power To abol-
ish all Constitutions Ut pleasure and
then what guarantee have they for
their freedom? ?. If they givc their
sanction that Congres may do what
ever it pleascs, regardless of the Com
stltutiOh, 1t may deem IL proper to
declare them slaves again, or it may
drive them from the country. THOR
policy, therefore, Is to hold on 70
what they have got, The right of
suffrage viii soon be conferred on
thOsc of them who may acquire prop
erty, By the voluntary, act of, the
people with whom they live.
Chief in the catalogue Of evils most
dreaded, it would seem, 1t confisca-
tion of property. And has ii come
to this that a portion OF the Ameri-
can people, living under the COnstl-
tuition Ofthe United States, are afraid
OF having their property cOhtiscatcd
by act of. Congress for acts done be-
| fore the act passed? Well, let it
come let usurpAtions be Rccumula-
ted until their united enOrmities
| shall shock the sense of the Amerl-
can people and awaken them to tho
dangers that surround them. Ex-
tremes always bring cOunteraction.
and gfeat reforms in government
spring from great abuses of power.
! Such q reform we now much need
to restore the Constitution TO it's
purity. Mr.. Stevens, no doubt, IN
| troduced his confiscatiOn scheme to
alarm the South into acqulescence
4 in measures which he knew to DO
unconstitutional. He well knew
that the salvation of his party de-
! pended on converting tho strength
OF the South to his party ApuFposes
through the fears Of the people, and
he did not fnisjudge human nature
in appealing to,avarice rather than
1 to patriotism. But will the South
save property by yielding all its po-
liticalIrigllts? Surely lie who thinks
80 must, have taken !. q superficial
4 view of passing events; place the
I .ignorart misguided negro In power,
1 With :, vicious degraded radicals
7 to control him, hnd cOnfiscation by
State actiOnris inevitable!I The freed
men ore daily taught that the land
belongs to them secret associations
have beenh formed thrOug0Nt tho
South to illculcat this doctrine. An
act OF confiscatf0n lacked but one
vote in the last Tennessee Legislature
! to become law, and it Is now con-
tideltly expected that it will he pAss-
ed at the next session. It is much
safer, therefore, to risk COngressi0Tl-
81 contiscatiOn, since the process will
be found far more difiictIlt; the judi
cialbarTieF, though an uncertain one,
may still afford us some protection.
Ii, however, this G6ngressioal sys-
tenn efgDvRrnmentl Il to prevail, We
need not dread confiscatiOIl much ia
such a State gov SernInent as we shalt
haye; thOselwh0 areinlp posing itUpOn
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