The Hickman courier., 1868-08-01

your heart with the enthusiasm whi
marked their noninatio Ut it be draw
from the contrasts whl--Osr country :
day presents. The Republican party n
been eight years in absolute possessi'
, of every department of the Federal go
erhment--it has had the executive, al
the legislative, and the judiciary, osed
ent to its behests. 1t has had posse
sion Of every State government in q
t Union, with very few exceptions; 80 fe
that they scarcely serve to illustrate Il
J rule. 1t has had every department.
governmental power, both State and Fet
. eral, entirely in its hands. If veto'
, have been interpose1, they have bee
overridden by two-third vote. If al
!, verse judicial decisions have been el
peeted, the court has been re organize
, by diminution of the Judges, or Il
case has been taken from its cognizans
!. by change of the law Of appeal.
States have interposed an obstacle, the
, agsurrssons have l-~-- possession
of the government during four years q!
the war y has also had possession Of il
more than three years OF profound peace
1t has had the enjoyment OF power, and
it is responsible for its use.
But in what condition do we find the
country to-dayr Where is the Coasti
tuition which they swore TO uphold
Where is the Union which they swore to
maintain? Where are the rights of the
States which are essential to the main
tenance Of that Constitution and Unionf
HOW THEY HAVE RESTORED" THE
UNION, ETC.
We have had three years of profound
peace not hostile arm has been raised
in opposition to the government, and yet
to-day ten States are held by the strong
arm of military power in acknowledged
subjugation, or else are compelled to
submit by the same pnYer to frames of
State constitutior governments
which they abhor, $50 soundation and
sole purpose is the enfranchisement OF
the white man. know they tell us that
the work of reconstruction goes brayely
on. 1t does, forsooth, but it is not the
restoration of the South not the resto-
ration of the Union; not the re-estab-
lishment Of civil government Read
your telegraphic dispatches to day, and
you will see that in Georgia men are be-
ing tried by military commission, upon
charges of murder. Read the telegra-
phic dispatches of yesterday, and you
will see that the military commander of
that State declines to recognize the va
lidity of the Legislature until the House
of Representatives shall turn out the
Democratic members.
PERIPArETIc coNGREssMES.
Read the dispatches Of the day before,
and you will see that one of the newly
elected Seustors from Louisiana was, six
months ago, citizens of Illinois, and
the other a citizen of Indiana ; that the
Governor of Florida was, a year ago, the
President of an Agricultural Society in
Iowa. If | am not mistaken, the State
of Virginia rejoices in the possession of
a Governor fresh from the soil Of Ohio;
daughter and if the newspapers do not
pssi5s lalza-s a. cirizeL af nIIr~ State.h has-de-
clined to be a candidate for Congress IN
the district in which he lives, for the
reason that he expects to be Senator
from A labama before the fall elections in
Ohio shall take place. Laughter and
applause.
CONGRESSIONAL UsURPATIoSs.
Congress has usurped to itself all pow
sr over the State governments of the
South. 1t has destroyed them. 1t has
made use of the Federal government to
destroy the States, and now, with the
spirit of revolution, it turns
upon the Federal government itself. 1t
has destroyed the independence Of the
udiciary; it has struck at the exist
ence of the Executive Our fathers
thought they had solved the problem
If free government III the creation of
he three departments. The Republican
Congress has destroyed ALL the divi-
lions which were thus created, and seeks
o collect in its own hands all the pow
rs which belong to the system, and by
% inexorable law of its existence, it
low stands ready, in case of party ne
essity, to transfer them to the grasp
f the military dictator. 1t is repro |
ucing in our country the old lessons |
f all history. 5s.6ssN
DE- -5i-HIsToRIcAL /
EXPERIENCE. /
The despotism of legislative assem- /
ly is the worst despotism in the world |
is the most selfish, the most cruel,
he most audacious and the most short
we'd; it ends in anarchy, and is speed
" followed by the calm repose of ty
amy under the sword. Recall the his
Dry of the Roman Senate and the En-
erors; recall the history of the Leg
'lative Assembly of France, and of the
and the Empire, and read in
lem the certain prophecy of the fate
f this government if Congressional
surpation shall run its course.
Our. OWN EXPERIENCE.
Have we not already part fulfllment
f these examples2 Congress has des-
oiled the Executive of the just powers
his Office, and has invested them in |.
he General of our armies. 1t has des-
oiled the States, and vested them, too,
, the same officer. 1t has given him
over over the military commanders,
nd to his decision it has referred every
uestion of Interpretation or execution
f the reconstruction laws. And this
ime ofhcer-wieldiig this enormous
ower-hacked by the army-sustained
y all the military organizations, by
hatever they may be known, appeal
lg to the favor which yet remains after
le struggles of terrible war-demandsl ,
lat he shall be elected President Of these
nited States. And the party which
lpports him, declares that if they can
ot do it by the votes of you, men Of
lie North, it will elect him by the votes
the negroes and carpet-baggers in the
States of the South !
4E pAeER ILL, Eon%ED AND THE ,
REMEDYGso.., SEsTED. II
Gentlemen, do you see no danger here ? ,
hen, years ago, we predicted this re-
1T, and warned against the first step in {
progress, the Republicans :
ughed at our fears-called US Copper i
,ads and traitors. Applause. When ]
apoleon was called on--young, un- q
,own to his countrymen, never having I
ID command even of regiment-to a
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