The Texas Republican. [volume] (Marshall, Tex.) 1849-1869, 1868-02-22


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Constitution uu-, be laid aside. that II
furnishes no snheicni guide for publse
action. J. /, assert that !; was ridiculou,
To- make il This il To assure the ua,ion
tina, llamiltoe, LAY, Madison all the
: great men uf the Constitution wore
driyell.r- and do,t- md this I. the
frcs'nt position Of the leaders II ,ac
majority ia Congress stevens has plain
" DO. Jared ihat III the Reconstruction
act. are made put.idc the Constitution
This ir SAYING that rightlully they have
no loFcc Congress, acting outsid. the
law that gi,ca II itr authority, Is no
iougcs Congress H. s;;.,sa..- sss .s.
law, and 1t is duty To The nation To
resist IL Where mus, III. resistance
hcsmi tungrc.. by this law puts
itself nui It. creatures ~ direct con
lict with the Constitution AMI the frss
lJent rs the Executive Of that oonstitu.
tou The same duty that required the
Executive tp defend tho Constitution ~
against Southern rebels requires him tn
assert It's supremacy shrn msnaeed
from other quarters II did not requiru
/ the intor,cnt,oa al tho Supreme Court
I to tell whit must lie done when For,
Sumlcr was fired on. This law pro
poses Ia nut General Grant ia command
Of the new district, deriving his author
| i,y directly FROM Congress General
Grant !. an oihcer OF the toited State.
army, of which the President i, the
Commander in Chief General Grant
can take no nf,lers from any source
save the Executive, and he VIII be ~.
crennt to his duts II h. doe. not sn Dc
clare III. President must 20 N in
the exercise OF his rshtiol executive
powers in the United States, North or
South and II tunyross, establishing It's
new reconstruction machine, forces
conflict, that conflict will BIO Of
Radical making, and the President viii
have behind him those maJoritie. Of the
Northern people that SO latsly made
themselves heard against radical en-
trcmity intaliioruNs, Connecticut, Ohio
Penn-y lysnia and our uwn grca, FIN
pirc State
Locking To the kump proposition In
make General Grant the absolute mill
tnry rule over the whole Of the ten ex
a'"ueu '."''' , Io"TJ''' ' ~, IL ,,sna
ssad ,in.l, wa,nin" r. ,hs i,oo,Is If ,hs I
North
Cesar grew 10 Uaul To such height
that Rome could bold him only as an
emperor Let the people ct the North
reflect on the onq"r"''o""hio 'aes that
,n, ul"s', VI '", ,, "a''e, =, ~" "an
n nv Ear ,hs son,l, !, 80 hso,s" dawn
how dat !, is out OF lor,sne's eoser
there is hardly a depth Of political dog
radiation ,ha, it's people have no, sound
cd undcr radical military rule, aud they
seem to feel that any change may pos
.pif Us ~, '"e letter ',, ne ~, Hanger Is
!. Tim, " ~" "roa da,Is In nn"ro J'"S,.
m,ssoycrnment of a Coogre.. ,hn, forge,
its plain dui, 10 the nation IN the pur
suit of partisan schemes, the people by
and BY may grow to envy even those
VINO I'VE under ne ,f"nla''''y OF 1e-
p".'m ~, @,' ~, may nan "% WV, '"'',ns
nn.,.L 10 l.en down ,hs soa,ha,n ,.'mi,
merriam. recruited Ia great e,i,u, in
The southern S,aie-) shalt suddenly
march to Washington, .cido the Capitol,
aud disper.e that chattering jshherinp,
III. such thought. "a. these that are
busy in tho mind. Of the Nation. These
DReohip ipols think thefa u " no 10 NOR
row, while a" ssrthqa.1s !. gathering
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