The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1869-03-09


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tabee HuItes s0hf pended anita their a.
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refused d pas 1ther lsps 81 tie &c
csIu fsisiig q - g. districts Il PEG
plv su ess those y pls wDulj reiin-
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they have made Jadgea dependent upon
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ofiiecs and TIC sauant abd paymeu; u
their salt.ies ,hat they hAfs erected a
multitude 8! nfw Offices aud sent hiil
e. swarns y officers 10 harass ON PEG
piv and eat out their substauce, THAT
they hare cap, eied - reader tie m..l
tsry lndepeu,leut and superior 70 the
ciFl power. combined With others 10
subject ~ 10 a Jurisl3ption foreign To
oar Constitution aud unseknowledged
by our laws guartefed large bodies 81
arInsd troops among US, protecting
them Nv mock trial from punishment
tor any murders which they should
commit 90 the Inhabitants II these
States imposed taxes upon as without
our consent, deprived. as IN many cases
81 the benefit 81 trial by jury, taken
away our charters, melted domestic IN
hurrectioa amongst ~; abolished oar
most valuable laws, altered iundament-
ali, the forms Of our government, sus-
pended CA, Own legislatures and de-
elsred themselves Invested With power
to legislale foT US IN ali cases whassoes-
err
Tis catalogue Of crimes, long as il is,
il not yet complete. The constitution
rests upon the Judicial power OF the
United States IN our Supreme Court.
whose jurisdiction shall extend to all
all cases, arising under the Constitu-
tion and laws OF the United States, Err
eouraged by this promise Of a refuge
from tyranny, citizen Of the United
States, who, by order Of a military com
mander gwen under the sanction Of il
cruel and deliberate edict Of Congress.
has been denied the constitutional
right OF liberty, Of conscience, of free
dom II the press. and Of such personal
freedom from military arrest, OF beng
held 80 answer for crime oaly upon the
presentment Of an Indictment, Of trial
hy Jury, Of the Nrit 81 habeas corpus
and the protection of civil and constr
tnticual government A citizen thus
deeply wronged appeals 70 the supreme
Court for the protection guaranteed
him hy the organic law Of the land Al
once a fierce aud ruthless majority, by
the ruthless hand Of legislative power
stripped the ermine from the Judges
transferred the sword Of justice to the
the General. and remaudea the oppres-
sed citizen To degradation aud bond,
age worse than death.
II will also be recorded as one OF the
mar,els Of the times that party claim
ing for itself a monopoly Of consistency
and atriotiam, and Boosting Of its nm.
limited sway, endeavored by cost,
aud deliberate trial to lmpeach one who
defended the constitution aud the I'm.
ion, not ouly throughout the war Of the
rebellion, bat during the whole term
office as chief magistrate, blt at til,
same 'iae could find no warrant o.
means at their command TO bring t
trial otsa the chief Of the rebellion In
/ deed the remarkable features III this
case were 10 often repeated that. fol
lropriety sake II for no other reason
It became at last necessary TO extend e
I him an unconditional pardon.
Whe, more plainly than this illus
trates the extremity Of party manage
I mehi aud the Inconsistency on on,
hand.and of fractional undietiaeness ans
+ intolerance ca tie otherS Patriotism
/ will hardly be encouraged when IN sucl
record il sees that its instant HwafC
NAV be the most virulent party abus'
aud obloquy, ifnot attempted disgrace
Instead OF seeking TO make treasoa obi
Gus it would, in truth seem 10 hay'
been their purpose rather to make th'
defense Of the constitution and Union {
crime, and to publish fidelity toan oail
Of office, II counter 70 party diciation
by al the means at their command
Happily fof the peace Of the county
+ the war has Determined against the as
sumcd power II the States to WITHDRAW
at pleasures from the Union / BE in
I siitution Of slavery found its lestruc
ton ID q rebellion commenced IA IL
interest IL should be horue IN mind
however, that the war neither impsire,
nor destroyed the constitution, bat OF
the contrary. preserved its exisianel
and made apparent It's real strengtl
ard enduring power All the right
granted 10 tue States OF reserred 10 til,
people are therefore intact
Among tose rights is that Of the PEG
pie of each State to declare the qnalifi
cation % their own State electors. ]
il nos assumed tint Congress can con
troll this vital right, which can never b
taken away from the States without i'm
pairing the principle of the government
itself IL i necessary 10 examine tn
e1lstance Of tue States. a. well as TO th
protection Of the liberiiesof the people
lot tho right to select tie elsctor il
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