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TED. HOW tuis ucccssUJ uiouC Ooutu uS'S
carried this clause also proves clearly that
the existence of that necessity refers to
the power of Congress to establish sys-
tenn of bankruptcy, the essence Of which
is to dischase debtors from the obligation
of pre- existing contracts. He declares the
arguments too fine for his perception by
which the indirect effect of new public
measure in depreciating the value Of lands,
stocks and bonds renders such a law in
valid. As to the taking of private prop
erty for public use or depriving the owner
Of It without due process Of law, those
laws have been received as valid with al
most universal acceptance and payment
has been made in legal tenders to the
amount of thousands of millions of dollars,
though gold was the only lawful tender
when the debt was contracted. The two
houses Of Congress, the President who
signed the bill, and fifteen State Courts Of
last resort (bcins all but one that have
passed upon the question: have expressed
belief in the consttutionality of these
laws. With all this great weight of au
thority and this strong concurrence of
opinion among those who have passed upon
tuC VucStipu DlCNlOus " Jul UCiuS CdiCu
upon to decide it, whose duty it was to
pass upon it, in the light of the Constitu-
ton, we arc nat to reverse their action, dis
turb contracts, and declare the law void,
because the necessity for its enactment does
not appear so strong to us now as 1t did
then to Congress. or so clear as it was to
other Courts. Such is not my idea of the
relative functions of Legislative and Judi
.cial Departments Of the Government.
Where there is Il choice of means the power
of selection is with Congress not with the
Court. If the act to be onsidercd is in
any sense essential to the execution of
acknowledged power that necessity is for
the Legislature, not for any Courts to de.
tormine.
PARIS Feb. S.-Thc following details
of disorder in northeastern ACCOMPLISHMENTS
are taken from the newspapers: Rochcfort
was arrested as he was on the point Of en-
tering the political meeting in Rue DE
Fladrc, coming from Bellvillc to Iavillettc.
Although there was great crowd of peo-
pie present, mainly his own partizans, they
made no resistance and no appeals to the
crowd Soon "a the arrest was made known
to the meeting the widest scene occurred.
Gustave Flourcns. who WAS President, rose
cxci'cdIy, drew his sword aud fired his re.
volvcr and declared instruction had begun.
The meeting broke up in disorder, and the
crowd, under leadership of Flourens, pro-
cecAed to barricadc the streets, which they
accomplished without loss of time by con
fiscation of omnbuscs and other vehicles
from stables in the ncighborhood. A CON-
missary of police accompanying guard
charged with the duty of arrestins Roche
fort was forced along with the crowd and
badly injured by them. Districts lying
between Rue du Fauborg du Temple and
the Publications at Davllctie, a distance of
about two miles, was in possession of the
rioters. At l o'clock body of police
charged the barricadcs in Rue du Fauborg
Du Temple and attempted to carry it, but
were rcpulscd. One of the commssarics
man killed. At other parts barrcadcs
had also been erected but not defended.
The military are now out in force. but thus
far have made no use of their firearms al
though the insurgents have. The latter
also having rillaycd armorics and obtained
their wearons Several policemen were
woundclin skirn,shc. early in the even
in, \ great Number Of arrests were
made. At ) o'clock this morning over
three hundred had been taken into custody
and imprisoned in barracks Of Prince Eu-
gene. M,ny were mere boys. All were
armed and most Of them under the infu.
ence of liquor. 1t is reported that Gus
tavc Flourcns, who is regarded as the leader
.,Vt Ia, h,c hnn,, ,rrnstnl hut - -
is not confirmed. He is said to have
announced to his mother before leaving
home for the meeting, that if Rochcfort
were ARE tel she would probably never see
him again. Atthis hour all is qaict:@
The Committee of Ways and Means
10 decided, by vote of five to four, to
maze the internal revenue a separate de-
partmcnt.
AUSTIN, Texas, Feb. 15.-The Four
tecn,A, amendment passed the House and
the Fifteenth amendment has been rat-
feel. .'..s" =. 5t' 81 .'.~|
The President Of the Senate has been
declared ineligible by Gen. Reynolds and
unscated. a-,'t -h ,t-e't'
New York, Feb. 16.-Havana dis
patches state that twenty-five Cubans and
Americans have been murdered in the
streets Of Havana since the funeral of
Ccstenon.,J ,o 81. ...,'1 s'Ha Nz.r-
The appointment of Gen. Jordan as
0pm;nander,rin-C Chief Of the Cuban armyia
fully confirmed. stsEeeesssss
CnIcAco, Feb. 16.-The Minnesota
House Of Representatives yesterday passed
bill for an amendment to the Constitu-
ton lcgalizing woman suffrage, by vote
ofBstol3. It will probably pass in the
Senate also. IL provides that the people
shall vote on the question at the next cleo.
ton. The women also are to vote, but at
separate boxes aais Eagsa @sT' ~ sY,
New York, Feb. 1G.--Judge Pratt, of
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