Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1867-04-12
Ihe 6ree Aress.
FRIDAY MORNING, April y. 1857.
Legal Resistance to the Reconstruction
Act.
C.. G. s B. L. BENEDICT,
EDITORS AsD PRoPRIEroRs.

anu INC lallu progress towards rccJnstruc
tion at the South, with Gov. Brown. Gov
or, Wade Hampton, Generals Boauregard
and Lonestroet, and other leading rebels
coming cut for acceptance Of the terms Of
Congress, has shown a strong probability
That the southern States would all y back
in Congress under the law. before final
decision as T. its c5nstituu5nality could lie
obtained. In this emergency, the resist
ing SoutLcrncrs have attempted to reach
tLcir end by the short cut OF 40 fr5mo.i0u.
On Friday last. before the supreme Court
O. t-c United States appeared William /.
SlarLcy and Robert j. Walker, ,n behalf
Of the State Of Mississippi. with their tIl
Of complaints and petition. praying per
pataal Injunction against Andrew johnson.
and others, restraining them from executing
the laws Of Congress recently enacted for
the rceon5Iucuon Of the rebel States. These
documents. together with the argument Of
the petitioners (Which has not yet been
formally made, Int viii ic on Friday next
appear at length in the y. Y. papers.
The petitioners contend that their State,
as such, is possessed Of certain ireyocable
State rights which the late rebellion has not
disturbed. They say d." The said State ad-
rnits thar by the wrongful acts Of part Of
her citizens, and tic neslec: OF tie federal
authorities to protect the loyal. ler govern
ment became temporarily dis1Tganizei in
reference 10 its relations with tie federal
government but she claims thar dis evil I
has been corrected in tie proper manner by /
the people Of the State. and that II IN the /.
premises her proceeding. have been some
what irregular, they are sill above the
reach 9i Congress, ia being the acts Of tie
sovereign people of Mississippi. She next
complains OF the acts I'd an unconstitutional
C9uzrss-, whereby -hc and nine other SOW
-.cisu States, waIi5 jcui,i approximation in
Cyasr,.s, -re faxed and subjected 10 q mile
,-ry Ig-Io,i-u. Aud as pao-ll.ut j .lls.1.
notwithstanding hi- y-toes, viii enforce
these aet, oi Causrcs- an..-s lr.taiueI iv
The Coalt. rrolucus ~atain %. irl.raralle
miscLief- ,lat nay not De cosrao,,d lr
years. +, i- urged uI9u he Court that
Sc public T..icy. the good order Of society
and the -l.s,y %. d., people cab l5aily for
sIeoly relr,s-.
The aIri caut- vl.c mst. s. The
Court, ly Ic Attorney Genera. u tic
United States. who announced thai was
prepared 90 re-i-i i.e granting d i,-ye 90
tie the bad. and tAe hearing oa 'he motion
tor leave, Is 20 be heard ne2, Friday f.c
ground taken oy the Attorney "enl, is said
% '. '1'' ne Court has 40 power TO enj'in
'ls i.,''1','' me general presumption 's
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! ''l-'''i' Oh gu, s'-"il o' N' jurisdiction
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-'-' i-' my 30" goes 'oI 'le I' lu'-
"a. '--'5 VI '- ~. MONS. ''
tAN4hI-ll ta4Ilt4 tAt LIA4llllAl cltt-lOu
Monday by majority Of 43SO-a gam Of over !
hroo thousand. In Dubueuc, Iowa. where &
ast year the Democrats had go majority.
low elects Republican Mayor tv 200 t
IuE RESULT IN CcNNFcTicUr is abundantly
zriained. The Albany Journal says that
ne cause oi the success OF the Democrats IN
'onnecticut was the return Of large num-
, es,,ro +bo 5-,e Tr.so.1.., g., 49,.
N Democrats The ..stootf-., s+,-s., .-e q
,erpbIic,ns
Ono or Tho ,,,.,,e, -,,o-y s.,,,. 80, .u.to
.,s,,s c,- ,lo J:.,st.. = ~,
t
he'' }. ,. L Abbott after describing his il
'ceht speech to Louis Napoleon at '' his /
"n hI'side' says The interview was '
roionsea Tor nearly an hour / saw no Vi i
loie indiea 'ionS OF III health. This is GER !
AMY extraordinary Tor WHAT MI Abbott 4
'id was enough 10 have made any man SICK.
lbe Democrats are ipbjlaDt all rouud the "
b, hoard No one bl,mcs them Their b
lceess in Connecticut IS their first victory t
81,
Inc delegation IN congress IRON Oonnec- &,