The southern enterprise. [volume] (Greenville, S.C.) 1854-1870, 1868-09-30

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of deposing him f;om his of}iee. aud
,nu,t;no in h;s MACE ), crea,nSs of, their
own. Who would trouble ,i,e,n with mo-
conscientious scnoles. The Supreme Q
Court. came, 70 the frescue,. they broke
do own j,s iiuisdictinny 'insnlted tliatbjob
tribunal and ,rampjed 81 ius authority
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\ Remember that This Il NOT a dispu,e
upon an abstrsct. ,opes ion of Of political
ethics. s.Tbey have. carried ont. their
hostility To the Constitution into the
fullest practical operation. And this
they did no, merely in a time of war.
when the passions eneenderel, by the
con,est might have afforded some feeble
excuse for their conduct. bn, in .. a.time
>of profound peace. when the United
States had for more than. two years
ceased to have an armed enemy in Tho
sworids sGongresss deliberately sat down
and plotted The total overthrow Of the
Constitution in len Of ihe States. for no
legal reason EXPRESSED or understood.
WHICH. w,uid5 NOT he appicabIe 10 all
The. other States They moi only de.
s,rored the State goyernmen,s Ni,I;p
those Ii,n;,s: u-tbey a,nib;laed. the
Federal rernmen,. al +, he san,e.ltime !.
,iiISy l.f not soo}Soe DIE ty;estiae of ether. and
supon ,he rnins of both sthev- crested n
ale. po,iSm as. ahsnIu,e as that of,,an
'ASfatic SULTAN. II vas not only =
usurpa;ion of .power not granted. and
.berefo,e fo,bi,iden. but j, Was exercised
In q way nfeciselvz mns, destructive 10
Ibose.pfes, rights which the Cons thu
zion was made on purpo,e 10 protect
Il, is undcniabIe thh, Ire rrcons,rnc
lion acts. so.callet, violate not only jhe
whole principles and ,sui,il of the Con
stitntio,i, .bus ihey abrocata every sera
rsie ptoyision in it and all The amend.
ments including their own. amendment
for the abolition Of slavery. d. That de
ctpe That slavery or involuntary seiyi
t,ide, shall not exist" excep' for crimt
whereof the party shall have been duly
couyiclSa.p But under these acis an,
person may be. and it's notorious thai
scores~and dred."f persons perfectly
tinnoceat OF crime hare been rednceIl &c
slavery or involuntary sersitude o
the worst kind--;'o hard labor Tor year.
and for, hfe whhoat the smallest pre-
btense of a due OF legal conviction, +. :
Good naiured persons may suppose
that these ontrages Were not "ilfnlly
done. admit we are bound 10 put OF
their eondue; .he k'bdest construction
we can consistently with reason iiu
i charity never wOve n mantle hTGat
enough to ceversreh crimes as theirs
There is dir Ct evidence, corroboratet
by a strong cHain OF circumstances
which proves dncontesn1iy 'bat lheeI
knew what hey were about: ongh
TO mentle5 al least some OF me ey'denc'
to which ] refer, and l WILL ieyasiiss I,
| In the first place.it is literally impos