Clarksville chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 186?-1872, 1868-10-30

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The Lnfhyetts, In ,iss.na, Cotrier, Of
Saturday last, publ shes the! pllow-'
ing from Genoral Fr,4tk p. Bl lr TO a.
citizen Of Lafayette Af IN
To James IIowes, Esq.. l'.bsayorse. 5illana !.
DEAR SIR--I fiaws rscci veil your
letter in which you s4&rse yf u tyouli
endeavor to have ths e,onstlsuRit,nali-
ty of tho reconstruction wctsjteldsd by
the Supreme Court before ffoSe oSed,ding
to treat them AZ null and kola iii
answer, say that the vital tiAnnlsA
of the reconstruction acts has ,ll' ady
been decided to be ui,constttrii nal, \
null and. void, by the aupremc1l Nirt, I
the wlroie bench coHgNrring III sthoe
case Of Milligan and sowleS n ichN
went up from tho Statiof lnciSn olE
a writ of habeas corpuf lI
lnthat case IL was tlycited, In I, NO 4
plain language Of tho AConstif .tttr,a
that the Government ts1,ld iriA .slAlpe 4
lish martial law In tinits OF Ethie.Nrt
try citizen by militars.coniMlit tsit4l 4
or court-martial. The w.const raN'tisSs
acts, soNcalled, stend ena anartiWs lSa1fa
and nothing else. 1t istg,e esslttlNL :,
these acts. They weres prcparEG, ast(
put in execution in time f pr,tf VIZ
peace, in defiance OF tho sinnnInh off
decision of the SuprenaNai Court, ilyl
which have referred, and they auh
all that has been dOno tlntAcr thcm,
are null AID void. INV
A case WIS made ufl6crthase a,sts--
the case of .fcCardle, of Nis4issippS--l
and brought before tho Vupr4n,st
Court; and N is well known that tNNl
Court was Yeatdy to declare these tAytst
unconstitutio,, val, when Gongrkas Hyal.
ed another act TO deprive thE SupseiSNs |
Court Of its jurisdiction, and openly
attempted to iItimldatc tho IudgE
by threats ofrciNodeling the Court.
The Suprem& Court, in another
case-that Of Cummings Of Missoari!
decided that the disfrancliscmcnt of
the white people of the Southcrq
States by an act Cf Congress, was a
bill OF attainder and c1 post jdcfo
law, both Of which were forbidden i'm
express terms by tho Constitutlon,---
Even the Radicals admit, iri their
Chicago platform. that the States
dloile have the right To decide who
shall be entitled to suffrage within the
States; and yet Congress- has assumed
to take the right from the white peo-
pie and give 1t to the negroes within
the Southern States. Nm
The reconstruction acts violate tAV
Constitution in all these pNrticularss
and 1t has been already ~ decided by
the Supreme Court. The Cvnstitu
tion says the military shall always be
subordinate to the civil authority, but
these acts have superseded ally civil
authority; and erected military t&ov-
crnments at the South. Doyou want
a decision of the Supreme Courk TO
show that this IL unconstitutional T--
Are those Who say that the military
is subordinate to the civil authority
rcvolptiofiists7 Are those who dc-N
thand the restoration of the trial ly
jury which has been s,islrcssed hi tho
6Odth by the reconstruction acts, rev.
olutiohists? Arc those who claim
the benefit of the grent writ Of right,
the habeas corpus, which Is denied by
Infamous reconstruction acts, to be
hraudcd as rtvolutionists?
because. we proclaim, 'tiidrvtsts
language Of the Constitution, that
Congress shall pass no bill Of attain
der or CT post fdcfo law? or Bhall We
be thus branded for claiming what
the Constitution comedies In express
words, the that States shall regulate
suffrage for themselves Do wcwant
more decisions of the Supreme Court
on these points? The truth Is that tho
Radicals are the real rcvolptIonists,
and have subverted the fundamental
principles of our Government, aud
converted 1t into mean md malig-
naht oligarchy, sure to lapsc into
military dcspotism.
To restore the Government and tho
great guarantees Of freedom, con-
tained In the Constitution, and inhcr-
tied from our ancestors, IL ''evolu-
tion." To execute tho will of the
people, whom the fragfiientary Rump
Congress has put at defiance, is "rev~
olution," To carry out the decisions
of the Supreme Cotrt Is revolution
This revolution is at hand. Tho peo-
plc's will, the Judgment Of the court
Of the highest Jurisdiction, will be en-
forced against u usurping Rump Con-
gress.
am, most respectfully, your obcdi-
cnt servafit, FRANK +. BLAIR.