The States and Union. [volume] (Ashland, Ohio) 1868-1872, 1870-06-08

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provide against, and then you, propose :
to take away from the state courts the
fright to punish offenses and vest that.
power solely in the district courts Of
the United States. Task YOU, asl a
practical matter, which system is most
likely to enforce the laws, that of
indictments inc the state cemtssh
courts sitting in every county in every
state with grand iuries in every coun1fi
ty familiar with the facts. or this, sys. I
tenn of punishment in the district
courts of the United States, when in 3
. most of the states there is but one
district court sitting in one place; afrd
in only one Of them are there three. ~
and in the other states there are but"
1 two? 4'iia2Fs19 ,i'"
Does not every one sec that whefri
you want to enforce this fifteenth
amendment your safest way is to1eavez,
it to the state law? Do youvnot see l.
that for one Indictment that would be- :
found under this bill in the United
States district court. there would be
likely to be twenty in the state courts?
Do you not see that in the district y
courts of the! United States there
scarcely ever would be an Indictment
unless it were to crafty some malice
or to extort blackmail from the party
who was prosecuted That, is the, eff
ect of it.. Y our, law will give rise too
prosecution; it will give riserto. the lei!
Wy of black mail; it will subject Off
fcers of election intolerBble presecuot
ton. All that it will do It will tendlI
to drive decent respectable, and re1x,
lsponsible men from accepting the uf-aii
flee of judge of election. All that it,
will do; but SO far as enforcing the
rights of voters is concerned. it is not:
worth one pinch. of snuff compared to
the state laws which are administered q
in every county in the States and BY
the courts of every county IN the, J.
State. '.ie ~1 ii'''l 2tt - h3-'''l %
AS practical measure, then, 10th
ing could be worse than this iy As u
measure of persecution off lexBing .
blaekmaii, of giving $500 to thein-fh
former, as a measure of pains, penal-b'
ties and persecution, nothing could be. d.
conceived more effective.
= EOR SON
OR NUELIFYING ELECTIONS. y =
Then, sir, comes section seven /, and
section seven is beautiful section. /
too! AS if conscious that this bill
might not have effect if left to the
people, knowing that obnoxious Laws /
defeat themselves, because, the people
will not execute them, here is a seventh,
section, that makes it the direct inter-
est, as well as the duty, of a whole.
host of federal officials, to arrest peo
pie who may violate the law, arrest
| Judges of election, arrest registrars
Why, sir, under this you may defeat
a registry in any state you please. i'
Let us see what is necessary to be-
done. Here is registration law in a.
state; a registrar is taking the regisi
tration he refuses to register A b 20
his decision may be as honest as one
ever was in the world, the most honest.
in the world. Under this act, if that
man or some Of these federal officers.
made common informers, shall go be-
fore commissioner of the Unitedt'
States and swear out q warrant against
him, that man is to- be taken awayl
from his office of registration; and be-
committed to the common prison uni
less he be able to give bail. He is to-
be sent to the place OF trial, which
may be one or two hundred miles dis
tant, and the whole registration kof his
county may be broken up by the provis-
ion Of this act Any one cansee at once
what handle that would give if YooTnao
wanted to defeat registration in d
countywhere your opponents are large2 }
ly III the majority, and thereby ,pres
vent a valid election in That county, .
All you have to do is to get up some
charge like this, arrest the registrar, I.
and take him away to prison, and send
him off one or two hundred miles forlr
trial. ..,. --.-., ,fsot
That is not all. You may stop an !.
election; right in the midst of the cleo,
ton you may seize under their order the
Judges of election and send them to-.
prison and stop the election altogether. 4.
: That is this bill that is this. carefully
considered bill which tae senator, hay-..,
ing it In charge wants us to pass be-,
fore the sun shall set The sun Will
Iu2ver have set. on worse piece of
Legislation if it sets on the passage Of.
this bill. .-,r-, al
! MORE REWARDS FOR PERJURY;
Then comes section eight:9io9 Ha3!-spd
That it shall be the duty of all marie
shals and deputy marshals ito obey
and execute all warrants and preceptss.
issued under the provisions Of this -
act, when to them directed; nd1shonldd
4 any. marshal or deputy marshal receiyesI
such warrant or other process when,
rendered, or to use all proper means
diligently to execute the same, he
shall, on conviction thereof, be fined
in the sum of $1,000, to the use of the
persons deprived of the rights conferza
red by this act. ,4...t;.,..c Ia
! Here again the man is to get $500
from the registrar, or $500 from tho
fudge of election, and then if he can .
make out a case against the marshale,
he is to get $1,000 more. The man is.
to get $500 for being good swear.
er, and swearing case against there
gistrar, the judge of election, or the d
marshal of the United States. want
to know where in the world is the ne
cessity of these penalties to be receiv-r
ed by the voter Why not leave him
to his common law remedy? That is
sufficient. Ii any man is'deprived of
his right to vote he has his remedy by.
action, and the jury render such dam
noes as are RIGHT and proper. How