The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1868-10-24


loins, from that INSTITUTION, which was the only
drawback OF her own greatness and prosperity:
States is to-day in shame; she and her people have
been enslaved; the descendants Of her illustrOus
the ag @
to-day enslaved upon her soil. And who has riveted
the chainsf Whose work is III The Senators
Senator's and representatives from Indiana did their
part the Senators and representatives from Ohio.
States did their share aso as did likewise the Sena
tors from the negro States that sprang from the
My fellow-ctizens, shall 1t be recorded In history
that the children had strangied the mother2 That
ySu q Mnh n0 o. OHIO o. INDIANA Of wscon
@ S that as oa SSu up az those
sranged herr Ssver Her sons spf tod dsg ane s
PROSTATE in disgrace. The chains are upon their
and Of all these other States It is the act OF the
parrlcde; You, who have received everything-the
sol! on which you live and from which your entire
turned upon the noble gyer Of all these bountes and
insulted her sons upon their own soil and subjected
ana semibarbarous race Of negroes. Do 30 " You
te nk ps ess a tss done m gess Ssn
sir.'Y 1 tell you that the retribution viii
come na swift hand and sure Your in
you. 1t is impossible, in the nature Of things for
living man to go about and still live with q dead
corpse fastened to his body; and Illinois cannot pros
the states OF this Union prosper II they have tied
to them the dead corpse which despotism had made
people are sure to bring reribution back upon your
selves. The despotism which you have established
ton e % % desr ass voSr
prosperity. Y0u have made slaves Of them, and
they. IN turn, win aid IN making slaves 9f you.
wide throughout the country by all the orators great
and small, that belong to the republican party, and
country as q man disposed to renew this rebellion
and have been detained against as great revo-
to destroy its prosperity and to renew those dread.
full scenes Of calamity which took place during the
w smps : as IN n7 uss ns
ances, and in . deliberate letter which
tion and that the President having sworn to
maintain the constitution, should keep his oath in
-Qaughter)-t Is undeniable that they have
violated the constitution. They do not themselves
Their ablest leaders and their abest advocates boast
that they have acted outside OF the constitution.
ton that allows them to supersede the civil Govern.
ments In one-third Of the States OF the Union and
s eo Where " their s s0e clause military 81 e s Sss
stllution that authorizes its CNowhere")
Tne constitution says, in 50 many words, that
dinate to the civil authorities That the language
OF the constitution. HOW can Congress find power
ernments at the South and in their places erect five
| military districts, authorizing the commander OF
each district to put their out Of olce and put
other in their places, to try al cases by mill
tary commissions and court martial; to suspend the
na6eas corpus act against the provisions Of the CON
country shall be brought to trial by jury, according
to JUDICIAL lormss Yet nobody denies that they have
done all these things. They do not point to single
provision OF the constitution; they do not make the
slightest argument to prove that they have not in all
Again, the constitution prohibits any attempt on
the part OF Congress or The State legislatures to pass
them to try and convict man, or punish him by
legislative enactments (Which is bill OF attainderj,
against any ndiyidua to try him mpos the charaes
according 70 the laws that existed at the time the
jury i Now THIS cOngrss ne a ssTalcs
tried condemned and punished three hundred thou
sand white men at the South by depriving them OF
them the inestmable character OF the American cit
yea, and this, too In violation not only OF that pro-
VISION Of the constitution. but Of the decision OF the
Supreme Court declaring that such legislation
amounted to bill OF attainder and was unconstitu.
on nndss d sss a n 81 ne I Usd ss
three hundred thousa ID white fnen thus attanted,
thus tried and punis ed BY legislative enactment
| OF the South-as electors. They do not deny
4. They say IN their Chicago platform that
the constitutional right to choose their electors
How can those other States be deprived Of it,
whole chapter In order to carry out and enforce
these repeated violations OF the constitution 1t has
neen ioGnd 70 ssrp inc executive OF all the
tuition. lie Is no longer the Commander-in-Cnief OF
our army and navy, although by the express Ian
guaSe OF the constitution he ~ made Commander
in-Chief lie has been deposed by act OF Congress
from that high prerogatve, and 1t has been con-
mated candidate for the Presidency, who stands at
tins moment with bis bayonet ct the throats OF
to the earth and Competing them To- SUBMIT to she
dominancy OF this race Of blacks. tCheers.l Nor
s s a es nave i from the Of
gwen him by the express language OF the constitu
ton. They have usurped that authority to them.
sn.s rump rasmentsry party known as Congress s
to. "a yoice-"Joe Brown.n) 1 knew that those
words would spring to the mouth OF every demo-
Vile prison pardoned because he Is ready to vote
the radical ticket: II Jer Davis himself was mean
doned by twot thirds vote OF both branches Of this
EEcoSsrsUcrioN-SEGRo SUFFRAGE.
General BLAIR-Now, 4 say, in addition, that the
leading principles-the vital prlncples-the only
principles that give vitality to the Reconstruction
Supreme Court OF the Uniled states. refer 10 the
case OF Miigan and Bowles, which originated In
where several men were arrested in that state. in
which the courts were OPEN charged with treason
able practices against the government. They were
tried by military commission and condemned TO
de- their case was appealed TO the Supreme Court
OF the United states and that court held unanimous
ly-every Judge concurring-that the courts in
Indiana were open that the constitution prohibited
the Trial OF civilians by military commission, and
that the decision OF the military commission was
null and void; and Mligan and Bowles live to-day
and nope they WIZ live long enough to see those
who prescribed and prosecuted them put under
foot. t"Ihey will" and applause)
Is not TINS one OF the vital principles upon which
the reconstruction act standss Have they not by
these acts authorized the military commanders In
the districts OF the South to try men by military
commission and court martial Notwithstanding
the fact that there is no enemy there, and
that the courts are open throughout that entire
c0untry-United states courts and Judges and
state courts aud judgesS Did not the Supreme Court
decide then that tnat part OF the Reconstruction
net was unconstitutional In the case of MilliVan
and BowlesG IL did. t"Surratt.rD Yes my fellow
citizens, and O case arose In vicksburg In the
Slate OF MISsissinnl the case OF McArdle whn ,xna