Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1869-04-21

I III AIAluCA COIuNg AcEA eaA
not ss fast as some, but you will find N
mighty constant"
BILLY HAS TAKEN CARE OF THE CON
sTITUTION.
Have we not taken care Of the Con
| titutiOn? Have you not got q Presl
dent, and, in my opinion, better on
! than johnson was? 1 think our enc
mics will before long fad such to be tn
| lact. You have got your COngress-al
the machinery is running. The Consi
tuition, in every part aud every word, re
| mains as stesdfast as your fathers hand
! ed il down to you, with the exception o
| the amendment which has been adopt
ed recently; snd yet that man comes
round and attempts to fssten upon yoG
! the idea that your Constitution is de
stroyed and whiJtled away by Congress
BILLY EXPLAINS TIE POWERS OF THE
THREE DEPARTMENTS OF THE GOV
ERNMEST.
Mr.. Johnson goes on to cay that th'
! Constitution divides the Government
into the three ments-legislativ
Judiciary and executive. In that n
spoke justly aud truly. Thess three de
paTtmeuts have certain powers and 6rt
bound TO keep within their spheTeP
Congress is the law making power Of tbs
nation, and outside Of Congress there srt
40 laws made. The people elect theil
officers for 8 term Of two years; thst is
while il is called the legislative depart
ment Of the Government. Then there
is no other power that can make laws
repeal laws, amend laws. We passed
lsws sce3iiDg to the Constitution (; but
before they bscOme Is w5 the Constitution
provides that they shall be sent to the
President of the United States FOR his
approval. If he signs and approves
them, the Constitution declares them
the laws Of the land ; and if he does not
approve them, the Constitution allows
him the privilege Of returning them.
That same instrument provides that the
message is to be read in the House in
which the bill originated. Then the
Nply thing TO be done is for the clerk to
Al the roll; and if tWO-thirds vote for
it in that House it is drifted to the other,
and if two-thirds OF that House vote for
It, the Constitution declares It the law Of
the land, the veto of the President not
Withstand ng. You have as much right
in preserving your bFanch-the legisla-
tive depsrtmsnt-ss be hiss in preserving
the executive department. Il is not in
his scope TO declare the laws Of the Con-
stitu.iOn unconstitutional. He swears
that he will see the laws faithfully exc
cUtsd. Then we come to the judiciary
They sit there to look az
ter the rigNs OF citizens and of the
State. They pre- the only Ones who can
declare sa scsnull and vOid, and uncOn-
and not the President. Then
I deny that Opgress usuTped sDy power
delegated to them 0y the Constitution.
II We have failed to do cur duty, the
President OF the United States is not the
man TO come forward and test the con-
Of the laws. That duty be-
longs 70 the courts Of the United States.
recOnsfUctiOn sets were passed. 1
caunOt stop TO entsT into the details OF
the rebellion. Hcu had the wsr, and the
Southern people were defeated by force
OF arms, and surrendered. They de-
strOyed sil connection with the Federal
They had set aside sli
laws that hsd bound them 10 their Gov
ernmeut; AMI when they surrendered
they stood in the position of a State in
the Union, but without the lave OF q
to control them. The Pres
ident undertook, after the suFreRder, TO
the different States. He had
the right as President 70 send q provis-
Ional or military Governor TO those
States. Andrew Johnson said to Gov.
Marvin aud other provisional Govern
Ors, Your government is only provis-
ionsl, and will remain as such, u1til re-
organized by COngress." The Supreme
Court, which has charge Of such ques
lions, some years ago, in what is known
ss the Dow case in Rhode Island, decided
that the court had no jurisdiction as to
whether the states were provisional
or not. Then We, the Con-
Zress, had 81 the power of rec0nstrue-
ion. He cOG.d send his provisional or
Governors there,
SILLY SAYS JOHNSON IS A WHITE SUI
FRAGE MAN.
apseal to you, as see some p-ofss- |
ioUai men here who understand ths
avs better than do but there ara some |
Lings that I know something about; aud |
want ycu to hear me and see whether |
em right or not. Where did he get the |
,uthority under the Constitution to de-
.lare who should vote and who should ]
lot. snd WhO should bold Office. II had |
10 more right to say man should vote /
han an humble citizen standing in this 1
audience. The authority was not given /
lim by toe Congress Of the United I
, ates. He violsted the Constitution |
ghen he began to prssOrihs the qusli6 |
,stions OF voters. l wish to say few /
Fords to the colored men right here. he |
avs that be is your best fris d that be |
3 your Moses; bus when he prescribed |
qualification Of voters IN thsse States he /
.pplied his test wholly to the white men. /
Nhtre is the place IN the Constitution |
has would justify Andrew Johnson in |
Dlacing power in white men and not IN /
olored men. The Corgress amended |
he Constitution Of the United States, !
nd the people ratified it. Four long |
ears passed, aud great issue sprang |
Ip last November.
BILLY ON DECEPTION.
He said in his Knoxville speech that !
le freed the negroes ia Tennessee; that |
is himself proclsimed them free from |
be steps OF the capitol. Where did he /
ret the authority to take my negroes and
ct them free. He old not sat you free.
The Federal Government set on free
The Republican party placed the ballot
q your hands in spite OF Andrew john
on and his cohorts Mr.. Johnson says
hst liberty means work. Then why are
'Ou going through the State, speaking
o the rebels, telling them THAI they are
,Ound hand and foot? Is there any
ebel who hss not the right to work ne
las every privilege except TO uge the
'aliot. Lst me say TO you cOlored people
hat have never deceived a cOl0red OF
white man in my life. There is not s
nan living but what he has deceived.
ie is the most popular man in the
United Ststes, but in every Instant he
as never failed 10 deceive any man, hut
e hiss been wallOwing and swinging
round until be has found good wal
owing place at last where he viii prOba-
ly spend the remainder Of his days.
lilly GIVES THE ORIGIN OF DE-
MOCRACY.
have no doubt that a large number of
ou bslong to the leagues T; bat does that
eprive you Of your liberty? and ss
ohnsOn says liberty means work. If I
7ere IN his place I would quit talking
bout leagues. When did you first hesr
( Democracy Go back 10 history aud
on viii find that a man named Gen
EFT, from some foreign country, cane
yer 70 the U0ited States aud would not
shave himself, when George Washing
IN ordered him back TO his oWR coun-
y; but he did not GO, and commenced
rganizjng secret Democratic clubs.
ohnson Is one Of the rlnglesders 10 this