Middletown transcript., 1868-02-08

judges in favor Of absolute military des-
potism, Of abolishing sllcivilslaw and civil |
government, even, in ten States of the |
Union, and among eight millions of'psopl6S |
The case of fMcArdle is that of civilian |
arraigned for trial by military commission |
1t is now beforejthe Supreme Court. on ,ap- |
peal from the United States Circtit Codrtfcf
Mississippi, on habeas corpus. Congress
proposes to enact that this man shall be
deprived of his liberty, and sentenced by
military court, to death it may be, although
FIVE Of the eight judges ofStheSmprehe
Court shall decide that such an outrage upon
constitutional liberty, in time of peace, is
forbidden by the express language of the
constitution! He shall not be,seti at Hbefty
if three of the judges of that court
shall be of the opinion that the constitution
of the United States is ssaspendediOr over
| thrown in the State where he resides.
This McArdle case is not ALL There
are several now in prison under the SEN
tence of death by these radical leenfts- mar
tial, awaiting death warrant from the
| President. AotA 40 tYIS11
By the strongest appeals to the senate
when the military despotisnr bill passed in
1867, the minority prevailed upon some of
the majority to vote with them, and pro-
vision was inserted that no sentence of
death should be executed without the ap-
proval of the President But for that this
terrible measure would; have been already
stained with blood The President, though
urged by the military comma ders 70 issue
the order for execution; has reffainsd lffom
doing So '''e .'soSi,i;s srsIssA IisG3,
In the defense Of the great, mass. of my
rights and liberties, as a citizen of Wiscon-
sin, must rely upon upon the gqyyergninensG rI Of
First Of all, the, State defends ad T. my life;
Congress has nothing TO do, with that.
The State defends my person from assault:
Congress has nothing to- DO With that
The State defends my reputation; Congress
has nothing to do with that. The State
defends my wife and children ~ Congress
has nothing to do with that. ~ The State
, defends my home from trespass, from ar
son, from burglary, and all my property
from theft and from robberys, Congrassl has
nothing to do. with that.g lip all my dear
est rights, relations, interests family, per-
son, liberty and life, / am defended by the
laws Of Wisconsin, not BY the laws, Of Con
gress at all. ~, ,o,,,t ,i' -. ~ ''. '',..'s11
. Nothing is more clear therefore than
the necessity of guarding with "a njealods
D care against all eflcroachlients by The afea-
aral governmentupon the lust .Sig Of tie
State governments, for tits only under then
s authority that my most precieasi interests
. are secured. The Supreme Court il Or
ganized by the constitution for the purpose pu rls
E Of holding, pot n false ebalaaess3bqts just
and even balance between these rights
: which the State goyefnmehts siecd dhr-eeA naiiit
e certain other rights, just sas stefsd, ,aaif, no
IS so near and dear, secured to me JbYHth,
+ States, against insurreUtionL in ~the bStsite
+ against invasions from abroad, and in con
o troversies which may arise between ine an,
{. | the citizens of another State-all .ef,whiol
y it is the duty of Congress to ldefendher Sc
cura .9JiioG i1oit Is 1ab4a
Suppose Congress- u.s. andaer n5ae q M eu
}. eitement, pass a law enordaohihg ,npen, no
lie rights Of life, or iibei4y of pefs5n 6rpiotj
1t erty, which belong to the State to defend
st and that case arises in the Supreme Cour
,t to determine whcthert the Staha goNernnen
Of or the Federal government Ahasa usarpe
N power over the question shall the 'Sdpreni
1t Court hold an even balance between th
a States ,son the one hand, and Gongresspe
DC the other? Or shall that court Aolditssba
of ance with one side, already loaded down b
o law ofc0ngfess F4s Gtvoikbf it56@n usul
ne pations? .T2lTLaQ
III tons shah Congress- prevent h-hande
, justice, by placing Acknowledgment one
l. her handslai iuoalie balos1iEa dIssT I
in Justice hitherto represented as d inaiu
IT. tic woman, with eyes bandaged, holding
nv pair of even balances, must hereafter
MS represented with false balances in her ham
by with one eye uncovered, no longer fopkif
by straight forward III search Of truth, b
ee askant and obsequious, seeking apologi
a for the usurpation ofcentral power. ,1s'F
ls- In our system two forces are ever, stru,
't. Cling with each other-one tendingnt
to wards Capitalization, and the other towar,
de the States. Each, operating without II
ng other would destroy the system. .ei AS
les the solar system, there the centripet
M force. .lleftlto itself alone sWollld drhbTga q
the planets to the sun, and thus -destrt
as that system. y The cefitfifdg gal force left
he itself alone, would drive the planets in
n infinite space. and thus destroy that syste
a also. But the continued operation Of bot
nd forces, the one balancing the other, retail
en- all in their proper orbits -9i; ~, si ,, n y, p
he How long could that system last if u
're centripetal force should be doibled,IiVl
IN other force remaining the same could i
ed longer balance il; all would, igpto' d
+, centre. If the centrifugal force I'VE
he doubled, it could no longer be counte
re- balanced by the other, and Tie plane
ec- would leave their orbits and Wand
nat through. space..,Tb fsno1naotss M
u.s. So if the Supreme Court, which hol
10, the balance between these political nc
W yer in our system, is to- be SO chained 4,
er- @ manacled, that unless six-eighths of t