Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1869-03-13
riicles Of impeachment, and con,empla.

articles Of impeachment, and contempla-
Jung before hearing or trial tina, he should
De placed in arrest, held in DURANGO, and
when II became their pleasure TO drive
him from place and power in disgrace.
They have in time OF peace increased
the national debt by q reckless expendl.
ture OF the public money, and thus added
to the burdens which already weigh upon
the people. They have permitted The ma
ton to suffer the evils Of a derangod cur.
rency, 10 the enhancement, in price Of the
necessaries oflile. They have maintain.
ed large standing army for the enforce
ment OF their measures Of oppression.
They have engaged in class legislation,
and built up and encouraged monopolies,
that the few nigh, be enriched at the ex-
pense oil The many. They have failed 10
act upon lmpor,sn. treaties, thereby en-.
dangering our present peaceful relations
with foreign powers.
by unconstitutional and oppressive en-.
ecIfnents, The people OF len States of The
Union have been reduced TO a condition
more intolersble than that from which the
patriots Of the re oluilon rebelled. Mil
lions OF American citizens can now say OF
their oppressors, with more truth than our
fathers did of British tyranls, that they
have "torbldden the governors 10 pass
laws OF immediate and pressing impor.
lance, unless suspended until their assem-,
should be ob,ained;" that they have ere.
fused 10 pass other laws for the sccommo-
dalton OF large districts of people. unless
those people would relinquish the right
of representation in the Legislslure-a
RICH, ineslimsble 10 them and formidable
10 iyrsnts only :" tina, they have "made
judges dependen, upon their will alone
for the tenure Of their offices and the a.
mount and payment Of their salaries -
that they have "erecled a multitude Of
new offices, and sent hiiher swarms Of Of
fcers to hsrass our people and ca, GU,
their substance - that they have "affec-
ted 10 render the military Independent, OF
and superior 10 the civil power" "con-
bined with others 10 subject US TO juris-
dicIion foreign to our Constitution and &C.
knowledged BY our laws "qusrlered
large bodies Of armed troops among US"
protected them by mock trial from pun
ishment for any murders which they
should commit on the Inhabitants Of these
States" imposed taxes upon us without.
our consent" taken away our charters,
excited domestic instruction amongst US.
abolished our mos, valuable laws, altered
fundamentally the forms Of our Govern
men,, suspended our own Legislatures,
and declared themselves invested with
power TO legislsle for US in all cases what
| soeves."
This catalogue Of crimes. long as ii is,
is not ye, complete. The Constitution
vests the Judicial power of the United
States .'in one Supreme Court" whose
Jurisdiction "shslI extend to all cases aris-
of the United States" Encouraged by
this promise of refuge from tyranny. a
citizen of the United States who by tue
order Of a military commander, given un-
der the sanction Of cruel and deliberate
edict OF Congress. had been denied The
cons ,ilutional rights OF liberty of con.
science, freedom Of the press and of
speech, personal freedom from military
arrest, Of being held 10 answer for crime
unly upon presenlnent and indictment, of
trial by jury, of the writ Of hsbess COR
pus, and the protection of civil and consti.
lutionsI government-a citizen, thus deep
" wronged. appeals 10 The Suprem
! Cour, for the protection guaranteed to
him by The organic law Of The land. At
once a fierce and excited majority, by th e
ruthless hand OF legislative power, strip
! ped The ermine from the judges, trans
ferred the sword of justice 10 the general,
and remanded the oppressed citizen TO q
DEGRADATION and bondage worse than
deah.
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