The union Democrat., 1869-05-22
frem the Constitutional Union
The New Government Of the ss.cailed Uni
scd States aad it's Etrss Edies:.

States is one unknown to the Constitution
and never designed by the People. II is a
Government created during ana siaee the nar
by the Rddicdi Leaders. II consists subStan-
ticliy ofa closed Capcus cont, oiled By those
Leaders. 1t Is. consequently, a real Oligdrchy.
The so-calied president of the new concern,
by signing the tenure-af-of6ce act, The re-
suit of conspiracy between the two Houses
of Congress TO test his feslty 10 them, has
! virtually abandoned the office described in
the Constitution as q ep-ardinate and inde-
pendent department of the Government ot
the United States, and surrendered to the
oligarchs the executive powers lodged in his
hands by the People.
And the Supreme court, by dismissing the
appeal in the McArde case, has also sub
servieutly placed itself at the feet Of the
usurpers. Itcannor be denied that this court,
the chief tribunal of the Judiciary Depart
ment. heretofore always surpnstd to be a
| separate. distinct, and independent cO-ordin-
a'e department of the Government, fagitous-
ly surrendered its independent powers on e
question of jurisdiction to the "Thrty Ty-
rants"
From these facts, we repeat that the Gov
| ernment of the country is nGw without con-
! stitutional limitations or meaning. and is an
arbitrary exposition of the whims. passions.
aud mercenary impulses of certain men,
standing "a an oligarchv in contrnl of affairs.
The People. thus betrayed by the Presi-
ident and the Supreme Court, seem incapable
of reacting from the verge of perls that
threaten the extermination of al. their hber-
| ties. nem"ralized by the follies and brutal
tiles into which they have cen seduced, taint-
ed with cnrruptnn, mad with mammon wrr-
snip. and accustomed TO hurra at the polls
and to imagine they were really controlling
and governing when in fact they were the
merest tools of those conspiriny against their
best interests and most precious rights. they
appear at length utterly unable to take the
necessary steps for their future protection
anil safety. Inc people themselves have be-
come cowardlv and conscience stricken, and
are afraid to resort to their physical force t.
rescne their rights and liberties preterriag
to calculate the price Of Liberty IN dollars and
cents, and pretering to sell IL for the pleas
ares Of peace, sensudlity. and the tempo
rary possession Of bestial eyoyments.
Under these circumstances the so-called
United States are fast becoming moral spec
tacle for the drrision uf the world, AMI are
gradually drifting to the ruin and degradation
| which have heretofore overtaken so many
q
depravitv, and blasphemous concet.
We affirm that the new Government of the
so-called United States is false pretense ;
that 1t is equally fraud and a tyranny.
The deluded people imagine they have a
| President, administering certain affairs sup
pnspd to be entrusted to him by the require
ments of the Fundamental Laws before their
subversion. Instead of this executive officer.
as thus imagined, there is poor creature
wearing upnu bis neck in the White House
the collar of the Radical olgarchs in the Con-
gress, and the uniform Of the Thirty Ty-
rants"
The deluded people also have an impress
ion that there is an independent Judiciary
But here they are equally mistaken through
their imaginative natures. The Supreme
Conrt. instead of constituting necessary
part # our once grand political system, has
become political courtier, Congressional
Jester, the instrument of the Oiigarchy, a
mere exponent Of petty matters Of contract.
After the first spasmodc demonstration
made by our so-called President and Chief
Magistrate and Commander in Chief against
his Radical masters in the Congress, and its
ludicrous. denouement. having excited the
contemptu ,us wonder of the Oligarchs, and
like some truculent schoolbny perceiving no
escape from the masters birch except by
fawni"g. he FASTENED to make amends, and,
as evidence of bis complete submission, he
proceeded to appoint to office the hasest and
most offensive men and women, and to sign
acay his rights as President. to ignore and
tdksify his commission as Chief Magistrate
and to abuse the trust Of his country as its er-
ecntire officer by affriny has signature to let
ter Of abdication IN the shape of the tenure OF
office bill. Having thus fully submitted and
delivered up to their opponents that faction
in the Radical party he especially represented.
he was graciously informed that the oligarchs
were now prepared to allow him to eni y a
semblance Of official responsibility. and tha,
they would receive with a show of courtesy
any message from him that they beforehand
approved. Accordingly. as though he were
a real influence in the Government, he sends
in brief message 10 Cnngress looking to the
carpet-bag and negro reconstruction of Vir.
ginia, Texas, and Mississippi. in mockery
of all constitutional ideas of republican
laws, liberties, and rights. Because this
message was not kicked out by the Oligarchs
hut on the contrary has been acted upon hy
them, some have been imposed on to talk OF
Grant as though he were really of official con.
sequence. His message only proposed meas.
urps thar hekn-w a majority Of the Ohgarchs
had already conceived and approved. II
oaly propnsed reconstruction in strict con.
farmitv with the reconstruction acts past nv
the O'igarchs. interjecfinq the fifteenth amend
menf By scay of coercing all the States, North
as ,ceR as South, rhether IN faror of or
against f"H negro social and political equal
n.y. II simply proposed reconstruction in
the interest of the carret-haggers and their
negro dunes. and to fasten uuan Virginia,
Texas. and Mississippi governments only to
be styled damndble.
We regret tn know that this infamous pro.
ceeding in the line nf the desnntism o the
rew Government of the so-called United
States is supnnrted hv any portion Of the peo-
| ME. either in the Southern States or Nnrtharn
States. stviing themselves ''Canservasives. y
We hone the example of poor Longstreet has
NOT become C ntaginus at the Snuth. Il would
he lamentahle indeed to witness men sighing
| tor the removal of their disabilities upon sneh
miserable personal terms-pliant for serr;ce
as plant tools ofa desptcabie faction. The
message Of Grant is nothing more than o
Congressional document signed officially for
tern, $ sake As Fcs GRANT, he IS PoIlr,-