New-York tribune., 1868-10-21
OHIO
prIc,,L MAJoalrrEs IN THE TENTH DISTRICT.
FRANK BLAIRS POSITION.

THE BRODHEAD LETTER EXPLAINED AND
ELABORATED BY THE AUTHOR.
The following important letter, written by
Frank Blair Democrat Lafayette. Ind in answer
certain inquiries. appears in IAe Courier and Ia I'M
doubtsdly authentic: .....r .... ...f
TT SANDERS, wYosIso rrKRIroRr.,
August "a, 1868. )
To JAMES BowEs. rag, Lafayette. indiana.
DEAR sir: havorecei,e yonr letter In which you ask
me n would eDdcavor 10 the constutonaty OF the
tested by the supreme Court before
proceeding 10 treat them as nl aud void IN answer
already been decided 10 Unconstitutional null and
void by the supr,ne Court the whole bench concnrriDg
the Of Migan- aud Bowes. which went up from
the State Of Indiana writ ~ haoeds corps In that
was decided In tho plain language of the Constu.
Law In ins OF peace or try q citizen by military commis
sion or court martial. The Reconstrncfion acts 40
the essence Of these ac They We're prepared and put
In execution In time Of profound peace IN defiance OF the
have referred and they and ali that has been done
der them are nun aud void A case was made under
brought peforo the Supreme Conr and II Is wel Known
that the Court was ready 10 declare those acts unconst
tuona, when Congress passed another to deprive
the supreme Court OF It's jurisdiction, and openly AZ
tempted 20 intidate the Judges BY threats Of remodel
Of Cummings OF Missouri-decided that the dsfranehse
men Of the white people of the southern States by ac
law both Of which forbidden express terlps by
the Constitution Even the RadNah admit. IN their Chi
eide who shall be- entitled TO suffrage within the States
and yet Congress has ussuDed ~ take the right from the
white people aud give 10 the negroes within the South
ern StateA
The reconstruction acs'volate the Constitution In all
these partcuars and has been already decided by
the supreme Court The Constitution says the military
shall always be subordinate TO the civil authority, but
these acts have superseded nil civil authority. and
erected military Governments at the SOUTH Do
you want o decision of the Supreme Court 10 chew
that th,s t unconsttuonslt Arc those who say that
tho military subordinate TO the civil authority o
onists Are those who demand the restoration Of the
rial ny jury. which has been supp IN the South by
the decentralization acts, fevoluonsts Arc thoee who
claim the benen Of the great writ 0 Yebt the habaas
corpus which denied 10 100000 of people by the
INFAMOUS Reconstruction acts 10 be branded rovol-
tionis'st Shall We be called revautioa.ts hooause
proclaim III the very Language of tho Constitution, that
Congrcss aha pass bin of attsinder post octo
Awt or shall we be thus branded for elaming what the
Constitution conceAes In express words that the 6tates
shall regulate suffrage for themselves DO want
moro decistons OF the Supreme Court those pcnts
Tho truth IL that the Rsdses ere tho reel revolulouis
aud have subverted tho fundamental principles OF eur
Government and cosverted II into and
Olgarohy. sure 10 lapss nta military Aespotisin.
To restore the Government and the et guarantees Of
freedom contained the Constitution, and inherited
from ancestors "revoftion To ecute the WIN
Of tho people, whom tho fraamentary Rump Congress
has put at defiance, revoautian. To carry ont sho
decissons of tho Supreme Court u revolution" Ths
revolution In st hand. Tho peoples wln the judsne ns
Of tho court o the highest ursdcton win be enforced
sgainat . usurplng Ramp Congress-.
! am, nost respectfully, your oeedicnt servant,
- - Rt