Abbeville press. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1860-1869, 1868-03-13

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I" n"'?s's,nnl The geneva scope nn.l r.n,ns and
spirit "f the i"s,ruiuvrt. foe it 10 ,nh,snt all
over With the light of liberty anil insice.-
Now We undertake to say tl.t this act of
cengrsSs is siaJsIon Of that ios, r u,nont.
ms.t rhipsbls and plain 70 TIE sense .r ev.,y
'na" who viii sisnrly compare III. two. ~
takes away from tie prtsid.nt power Tint il.
plainly his. and places II elsewhere. nunrs-
'srA 'he-j,dicisl authority from tho sour 9 10
'"e Objects oi The army. ii 10 not only un cx.
erci"c OF o'n"il'o'-ut power. hut It ia a seizure
of power Reserved TO the people themselves
a"i which Co, gess und over, body ~l.e is ex.
rress'y Forbidden TO usc And after taking them
'ot" ITS k..ping, it WELD. OF lmacts them to lie
welded in way that directly trnls to the
greatest danger to those very lives v hicl, the
'"nstitu"n was made On purpose to protect
IL there hs one n orisisn in that instrument
which Ills ac, Of eorgrvss does no, treat with
more or less Contempt. then l have happened
by s"rae aeri.lentto overlook IT.. A,d it treats
III tho same Way exactly a;l the am.,,l.n.n,s
10 tho C"la''t"tI"n-tvery one Of thsru, inrlud
that last spd NEWEST of them. made under the
| aqsrh~s II Ibis very Congress- Not mole ,han
eg'' year s'fore lisy mad. th- law. in viols-
ls.ion f1hc amendment, which declare. tim,
@hsssY q i.yo!uutnry s"rvituds .Lnll be abol
d:isd SISi2 w. limits Of III. UuueI States,
ohleas f!. crmee.- " hereof tho party shall have
?oFsn duh eohvic,cd. Will any man .,au up
snd gay Ah.t ie is-sot-gros,ly violated by n law
which "stkcrzssccnlissry officers to do. what
uss. is.t dSos here. in repeated INSTANCES,
n Strn s,,~
iS t&e.ur m-n, aud c""iue ,h.m II, hst.i
'"Ir-sS life. "r tnr yea,s, without any kind
IT r9ngEanr' hat auyholy wsslI say 10 /.
legal etd,e eo,~ie,i"n"
The Son!rs.ts bel wven tlv civil and military
rule wldcl. .pswnil>ir the different sec,.on. are
thu. visolov-y -y-frnwus -.
"ll-re ws'ha~s e e"vsrnmen. deriving it's
: powers from tho Constitution ca tn. Uni.ed
StA'.r; down ther. they have another aud .
different government, ~hie', hn. no found .,ion
except this act Of t'ongrss. Now, compare
the two ssgs'her aud see what The pr.clic al
rsaults Of them ors. say tho, h.trc.n theme
tw" governments 1here is not the fnin,sst re-
se'nblance. The Persian monarch aud tho de-
'n'cracy Of Athens would b. considered a.,
TINT tinie- I'm antrgon eng one another lolera-
bly we'll. hui thsre Is greater reycn.L;aacs
trtwseu ihoss TWO g"vs,n,n ,pts tnan there is
between the S.r,hcru government. aud these
down south. Here we m.nags our own If
fairs "cc'r,lnscte LAWS Of our "wu making, and
by mcnns Of agents w!icl, W. choose Ourselves:
there. oven tho local p"lius arc regulated u..l
'he'" h} re"rle VIII" live Thousand mile. off.
and al" nre not o ly strangers to them. Lu
avowrd enemies. Here, W. have elections
conducted in necordSn,e % with our Slate laws
for the Pnipoa Of clecting our local otli~.r.
and Rel resshtatires 10 Congress there they
have a esricniu:e of that ins' u,isn, but con
dnct"d entirely IN n different why. In th.
N"rth<in States. one rule is. :iat M organized
military force shonil dare TO. ecms even in
Sigh, of the 'o'l,. les, they ov.r.ws t.e ..ee
tors hy their rude presence. powE iher.. the
whole thing is in The hanls Of III. almv: mill.
'ary "fierrs drive n,rn u, to the polls, aul
drive ths'n away; n"L,aIy v"is. except by
rerInlss'on: they sups, in, end til. s,uring OF
The ball"t box. and if the result ,.ue. M, sui,
'hr'r PURPOSES. why thry just set it aside
i-f. We hHvr fIe- Prvss-'"' frae prrh.r--
which claim. as ln'gc ch 4r,rr as tn.
wind. to blow ON whom it please. there, 1t
the editor Of newspaper do. whs, this r-l,
Tor dht-at'-nI'.s TO expires. hiA "piuinn-hu
does II at tho peril Of being d,agg.a before a
military commission
"in the No, hsrn States the lneansst man IN
The country c"unsi is made 10 suifrr til. mild
est puni.lmsnt for 'i,s ruo.t trif.nx .ff.ncs M.
l"s. l,- has first Ind fair. open tr;. ,rcnrrny
10 tho mode "f tho c"i:i:non law l,wn there.
In all that country fem Tho Potomac to u, .
Guf. tn. b"s' man or I'll. urs.t woman ii. i,
may lie fn-'l. hni'ri.o,.sd, or hung without,
J"'ls:" OF jury. Onr system is III. Am. ric III
systen. with al thr mole improvements:
'heirs The old As:a,ic ;, rtsnI, without one TAR
iic!c of urrnw snsnt from the day. "f Nimr..l
1t h.JuSt such II svsirrn n"w ns il Was til. L."
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TnE EL,ck NuMINar,xG CaxvEx,Iax.-
this Convention. which n,e-ts in Charleston
'"ri"g the rre"e"t week. will b. s..ynrI the
duty Of making out us hats Of candidates for
office At the c"niug elections. lie ahuIe rro-
gr,ihne viii be arranged ~e suppose. bu,h a..
to local aud ST stv und Federal. of1i..s. The
"larkt will likely escheu Federal horers n,
PRESENT. 1t appearing Very e'-Ar that ,h.v are
" ye, i"sagihi". under ih. Constitution Of the
United State: hnt =. a.piran,s for local ofieu
th-ir nsmo will be legion.
For The rfiir~ uf Gaysrnor. Cen r. X. sce,t
and Col. T. J. Eo5"rts,n aro tho prominent
ean'lidates s-f'r Lieut. -Gov.,nor J. J. Wri:h,.
roi"red, Of Beaufort. and c. p. -L.slis,, white
"' orang'hnrg-iur State Tr-a.u,-I. n. II.
fa'ksr, Yankee from Observation-Disclosures
Secretary of State, T T.. CurIoz., xui.r.d
f'"'" chnrI's'on-f"r Aft aud Inspector Gen
'ra' F. ). Nurses. Of Sum'.r-f,r Cs,nptro,lcr
General. Dr. J II. N.ae'. Of Yuk k--i.r, al
tornty -Grnsra'. u. Il Chsmbpr)sip, a Ma...-.
ch"setts LavJ er--f"r u. &. &enS.srs. A. q.
NackeJ 'an1 J. II. Ruil.nd-Gc. k-.
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l1's 'htcrcst in tits e ,ns,i,u,, onal Coar.u-
ti"n Los bsen transferred to tho EcpuiLissu
Stale C"uventi"n. which met last nirht ,n nom,
'""f' Slate ofite.r. TIE delegate. TO both
Conventions are In greai nes.nre hIsnti,al-;u
both lsrgs n.j'ri.y being .ass,ess. TIL.
Nominating Coav.niioa sat win elos.i d..rs
excluding reporters. II has tr.psrir..l that
a.Lr stormy session, Gen. r. X. Scel,, A.