The Fremont weekly journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County, Ohio) 1867-1877, 1869-03-12

QelQ 70 answer lOr. SflLuo Ouiy upon
presentmsnt or an Indictment of trial
by jury, Of the writ Of heabeas corpus,
and the protection Of civil and con
stitUtional goYeFument;--s citizen thus
ldeeply wronged appeals to the Supreme
] Court for the protection guaranteed
him by the organic law Of the land
At once a fierce and excited majority
! by the ruthless hand of legislative pow
er stripped the srmine from the judges,
transferred the sword of Justice to the
general, and remanded the oppressed
! citizen to q degration and bondage
worse than death.
I Il will also be recorded Is one Of the
marvals Of the times, that party
claiming for itself a monopoly of con
sistency and patriotism, and boasting
of its unlimited sway, endeayored BY
q costly and deliberate trial to impeach
one who defended the Constitution and
the Urion not only throughout the
war Of the rebellion but during the
whole term of Office as Chief Magis-
trate, but at tie same time could find
no warrant or means at their command
to bring to trial even the chief Of the
rebellion. Indeed, the remarkable
failures in this case were so often re-
peated that for propriety's sake, if for
no other reason, it became at last nee
essaTy to extend to him an uncondition-
al pardon. What more plainly than
this illustrates the extremities Of party
management and inconsistency on the
one hand, and Of faction, yindictive-
ness, and intolerance on the other
Patriotism viii hardly be encouraged
when in such a record it sees that its
instant reward may be most virulent
party abuse and obloquY, if not at
tempted disgrace. Instead of seeking
to make treason odious It would in
truth seem to have been their purpose
rather to make the defence of the con
stitutiOn and Union 3 crime, and to
punish fidelity to an oath of Office, if
counter to party dictstion, by all the
means at their command.
Happily for the peace of the country,
the war has determined against the
assumed power of States to withdraw
at pleasure from the Union. The in
stitution Of slavery also found its de-
struction in a rebellion commenced in
its interest. It should be borne iu
mind, however, that the war neither
impaired nor destroyed the constitution,
but on the contrary preserved its exist
ence and made apparent its real power
and enduring strength. All the rights
granted to the States or reversed to the
peple are therefore intact Among
those rights is that of the people Of
each State to declare the qualification
of their own State electors. L is now
assumed that Congress can control this
vital right which can never be tax
en- away from the States without i'm
pairing the fundamental principles of
the government itself It is necessary |
to the existence of the States, as well |
as to the protection of the liberties Of |
the people, for the right to select the |
elector in whom the political power of
the State shall be lodged involves the
right Of the State to govern ITSELF
When deprived Of this prerogatiye the
States have no power worth retaining;
all viii be gone and they will be sub
jeeted to the arbitrary viii of Congress
The government viii then be centrailz-
sd-if not by the passage Of laws, s,then
by the adoption through partizan in
huence Of an amendment directly in
conflict with the original design Of the
constitution. This proves how neces-
sary it is that the people should require
the administration Of the three great
departments Of the government to be
strictly within the limits of the eonsti-
tuition. Their boundaries have been
accurately defined and neither should
be allowed to trespsss on the other; nor
above all, to encrOach upon the reserY-
I'd rights of the people and the States.
The troubles Of the past four years will
prove to the nation blessings if they
produce 80 desirable q result Upon
hose who became young men amid the
Iound Of cannon and the din of arms, 3,
md who quietly returned to the farms, !
he factories, and the schools of the
and, will principally deyolve the sol
INN duty Of perpetuating the Union
# the States, in defence Of which hun
lreds Of thousands Of their comrades S
xpired and hundreds of millions of 6
iational obligations were incurred G
l manly people win not neglect the
raining necessary to resist aggression, Q
iut they should be jealous lest the civil ;
% made subordinate to the military 0
lement We need to encourage in Z
very legitimate way a study Of the G
nnstitution for which the war was y
aged, a knowledge Of and reverence Is
u whose wise checks by those 50 soon s
occupy the places filed by their Ia
9niors will be the only hope of preserv- a
g the republic. The young men of
le nation not yet under the control of m
le party must resist the tendency to b
as an outgrowth of the s
reat rebellion, and be familiar with ~
le fact that the country consists of the ri
nited States, and that when the States n
lrFendeFed certain great rights for the or
Ike of more perfect union they re- Ia
ined rights as valuable and important m
those they relinquished for the COM At
on veal This sound old doctrine, n
: different from the teachings that ~
to the attempt to secede, and kin Al,
ed theory that the States were taken n
t Of the Union By the rash acts of a.
uspiratoFs that happened to dwell h
thin thir borders, must be received
d advocated with the enthusiasm of
rly manhood, or the people viii be seI
led by corrupt combinations Of the %
mmercial centers, which, pleGhorie pa
IN wealth, annually migrate to the vi
oital Of the nation to purchase spec sra
legislation Until the representa- - ~
es Of the people in Congress more M
ly exhibit the diverse views and in soc
ests Of the whole nation, and laws N
ise to be made without full discus no
D, at the behest Of some party lead me
there viii never be 3 proper respect aai
'Wn By the law making power either 10y
he Judicial or executive branch of lng
government The generation just Tee
fnning to use the ballot box, It is rag
ieved, only need that their attention ele'
uld be called to these considerations S
Indicate BY their votes that they wish sho
II representatives 70 observe sll the ,,ai