The weekly North-Carolina standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 186?-1869, 1868-09-23
NO. 3S.

There il, NV fr;anas /, ,rr,, ,,,.,,o. mo-, a.,
Accomplish tiis desirable oh;sct Tha ho,,of ~,
at the next election will br;ner ahcnt Ills ob;er
peaceably and without the hs,srS of w,r .n
much sooner then Il can he arcomn,isbed nv III.
bayonet, - : - ~ i'' ~ y '-'
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roou,a, INV, ny u,enus, ies me ask now are the
and isnSer"us ~ .x,,ar;ny. uy uiIs iasa' lmpoiitir
iiherotc iud%sms. SVun ~ vWm reason ana your de
,oss;nn. nat.o III hoS y9uI ieei'nss uno your
o He,ore you iazara al ior 30 ittle GAIN
am no rad;n,r N ,,a ,a m 'uc aywn-nil OF e.
sire on,n ~, Sp..s',n pwSa. n . MY" hyseu 1e-
member what tnl5 vny oH oHnm, ~ 'nas , maser. ne
s;om ho,. '.o soiu you aoout peaceaoie seces-
uV~ waIncu you IN tiie most earnest man
~, no' " " ucceivea' tnat our glorious Union
,! eou9 not oe broken up could not be dissolved:
eUd no,oe nos oe aestsoyed without more awful
Gu
"a ! say rememoer tnls. l now, as your friend,
alu s1l ~ .over ot my whoe country and Its peo-
ir1a 81, 1y 4u aein pause pause my coun-
,, nymoa nemec.. aseeI! make not this fearful
We are ali % roineS GoS 10 ~. .or you do
a,a1I aaan cannot cannot aoide this Democratic
u..l uoctrise. cannot consent TO see my country
aSs'n ,. uicueneu ~ lraterpai plood ana alto put
trot s.' ~ olnceIs anG 70 put 10 anotner; and
snonsihie fr .naI M same th pmocraiic who are re-
op"ns,uie sr, lor a., lne troubles under which the
Ss".y SSvsun.ly nom laoos ana Ior sll the heavy and
d T.s ,aAes WITH wnicn eaie now oppress-
to;s -. DeuioSi'ic icaoeis tei you, as they
plu you oeiorc, tnat al shis object OF the over
u.r sarow Oh our new constitutions and OF our new
ply ana without bloodshed-that there yil be no
nSu.,s .m ..as tucsc newly organized State gov
H'uulonts win SURRENDER witnout struggle, ana
y tney snouio resist, they Will be whipped out
s;, once, out 'Sil you as toid about peacea6le
oyarthron onsie ss;th Ste governments WIZ never ne
ns;e. WI. wunnoas ., connict Oh arns-ano sucn
ASUnniG. T.a Es 40 wiz VIII rum us all
caa' i.O speakels tcll tne pe0Pie tnat
Sonsress Lss ueciareo tne reconstrucuon acts
,,rs,,a To,,,t asV sssert tnat tne su-
ksrdia csse hos dso;aaa ~ Do.oS, III no NJ
and ,hos "; % t sc.s
pie that if the decentralization acts are u uneoU. eoU
stitu;ional, then as a matter OF course. the new
State governments Organized under these acts
are also unconstitutional, null and void But I
tell you that neither Congress- nor the Supreme
Court have made any such decision. and / tell
you that all lawyers know, or they ought to
know, that the Supreme Court of the United
States has long since decided, the very question
now attempted to be agitated in our State, as to
the Constifutionality Of our new State goyern-
ment: and that this is not now n debathbie oues.
ton. assert without tho ,aar of successful con.
tradicion that this idcdcntica question in the case
OF Luther against Borden, IHoward's Supreme
Court Reports, page II has been expressly de-
cided, and that after the most thorough, learned
and deliberate investigation. that any case ever
received in that Court. In that case Chief Jus.
tice fancy, in delivering the opinion of the
Court, says at page 10 Of the report.
'sThe fourth section of the fourth article of the
"COnstitution of the United States provides that
ssthe United States shall guarantee to every State
sin the Union q Republican, form of goycrnment.
s.apd shall urotect each OF them apaiDst nyason'
ssand on application of lie Lerisiature or of the
"Executiye when the 1,eyjslature cannot he
ssconyened. against domestic violence
uIJnder this article of the Constitution n rests
ssw;th CONGRESS to der;de what government ia
ssthe estahiished one In State For as the
eIJnited State, cnarantee In each State n Rennh.
ulican cnvernmsnt Concress mnst nccessaariIv
sdecide what government ia estoblished in the
estate before r can determine whether a Ia Re.
RaSiIsaa Z. n.:'S1 Sndeofs anu
nepresen.atives .,tp OF state arc aamitted into
eue councls VI Tue Union, the autnorty OF !ne
goyehmens un9er wnicn they are appointed, as
weil as its Republican character, Is recognized
py tne proper CONSTITUTIONAL authority. And lis
'declsl0nl ls binding on every other department OF
"the government and cannot be questioned in
judicial tribunal. 1t is true that the contest In
tnls case dld mol last long enough 70 bring the
matter TO this issue and as no Senators or Rep
resentatives were elected under the authority
"of the government OF wE.eh this Dorr was the
mead, congress was not called upon TO decide
tnc controversy. fet thc right 10 decide Is
placed tncre ana not IN the coutrs.
Now, fellow-citizens, hope we shall hear no
more said aOOut the Supreme Court OF the UNI