The union Democrat., 1869-03-13

tempted 10 place tue LEeSiuons e
power of bold. dehant, and treacherons
Cabine, officer. They have robbed the Ez.
ecntive of his pferogative OF pardons, and
have rendered null and void acts OF eiemency
granted TO thousands of persons under the
Constitution. They committed gross usurpa'
tions by legislative attempts to exercise this
power in favor of their adherents, ana have
conspred TO change the system Of government
by preferring charges against the President
in the form nf articles of impeachment, con-
tempating that before hearing or trial he
should be placed under arrest and held In
darance aud when il became their pleasure
to pronounce sentence 10 drive him from place
aud power in disgrace. They have, In time
of neace. increased the national debt by reek-
less exnendi,ures of the public moneys, and
have added to burdens which already weigh
upon the people. They have permitted the
nation 10 suffer the evils OF "a deranged cur
rency to the enhancement in price OF all the
necessaries of life. They have maintained a
large standing army for the enforcement of
measures of oppression of the people OF ten
States of the Union, who have been reduced
to g condition more iutclerable than that from
which the patriots of the Revolution rebelled.
Millions of American citizens can now say ot
their oppressors with more truth than our
fathers did of British tyranny: They have
| forbidden the Governments to pass laws OF I'M
mediate and pressing Importance unless sus-
pended until their assent should be obtalned.'
They have refused to pass other laws tor the
accommodation of large districts OF people
unless those people would reEnquish the right
to representation in the Legislature, right
inestimahle to them; formidable TO tyrants
only. They have erected a multitude OF new
,httbor nf ntlpnrs N
harrass the people and eat their subsistence
They have affected to render the military in
dependent of or superior to the civil power.
They have combined with others to subject
the United States to a jurisdiction foreign to
the Constitution and unac&nowIedged by tie
laws. They have quartered large bodies OF
armed troops among us, and protected them
by muck trial from punishment for murders
which they should commit on the inhabitants,
and have imposed taxes on the United States
without our consent, and have deprive us in
many cases of trial by jury, taken away our
| charters. excited domestic insurrectiou among
us, abolished our most valuable laws, altered
the fundamental forms of our Government,
suspended Legislatures, and declared them
selves invested with power to legislate for US
in all cases whatsoever.
The catalogue of crime, long as it is is not
complete. The Constitution vests the Judi
cial power of the United States in one Su-
preme Court. whose jurisdiction shall extend
to all cases arising under the Constitution and
laws of the United States, Encouraged by
this promise of refuge from tyranny, the citi
zen of the United States, by order of the mill
tary Commander, given under the sanction OF
a cruel and deliberate edict of Congress, has
been denied the Constitutional rights of liber-
! ,f Of and
speech, and personal freedom from military
arrest.
The citizen thus deeply wronged appeals to
the Supreme Court for protection guaranteed
him by the organic law of the land, and at
once fierce and excited ajority by the ruth
less hand Of legislation stripped the ermlne
! from the Judges and transferred the sword OF
Justice to a General, and remanded' oppressed
citizens to'a degradation and bondage worse
than death.
| 1t will be recorded as one of the marvels Of
the times that party claiming for itself the
monopoly of consistency and patriotism, and
boasting itself of unlimited sway, endeavored
by costly, deliberate trial to impeach one
who defended the Constitution and Union,
not only throughout the rebellion but during
the whole term of his Office as Chief Magis-
trate but ut the same time could find no
means at command to bring on the trial even
of the chief of the rebellion Indeed, the re-
markable failures in this case were SO often
repeated, that for propriety sake, II TOR no
other reason, it became at least necessary to
extend him an unconditional pardon. What
more plainly than this illustrates the extremes
of party management? Engineering on one
hand, and faction vindictveness and lntoler-
ence on the other. Instead of seeking to
I-o al - Nnl1 IN frIl
seem to have been their purpose rather To
make defence of the Constitution and the
Union crime, and punish fidelity to an oath
of Office, though counter to party dlctatlon,
by any means at their command.
One of the reserved rights of the States is
that each shall declare the qualifications OF
the electors but it is assumed that Congress
has control of a right which can never be
taken from the States without impairing the
principle of Government When deprived OF
this prerogative the States have no power
worth retaining, and will then be subjects TO
the arbitrary will of Congress. The Govern
ment will then be centralized. This proves
that the people should require these branches
of Government to act within the Consultation.
He looks forward to the young men upon
whom shall deyolve the duty of perpetuating
the Union and the Constitution, which should
be studied. Young men are not under the
control Of party. and resist Capitalization.
On reviewing calmly his administration, he
has nothing to regret. He has defrauded
none, oppressed none, received no brlbe; his
thoughts have been those of peace. Let US
return to the first principles of Government,
unfurl the banner of our country, and inscribe
thereon in infallible characters THE Con-
stitution and Unon-one, and inscparabe.'
Gel DORADO. We have received the first
number of this weekly paper published in
San Francisco. The Ev Dorado is genuine
woman's paper. Its editress announces that
it is conducted by women, and will be de-
voted to the social and business interests Of
the women of the Pacific coast that it will
not be an advocate of ''Woman's Rights" as
enunciated by certain strong minded and hot
headed DANES. We hope it is based on as