Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1870-01-26

LIE DllAc lnNA0OANO0 III OOhSAOooY
and Others said to be in preparation,
designed to enforce the XIVth and
! XVIII Amendments, are indicative Of
renewed encroachments on the so
called rights Of the States. Under
those amendments the Radicals claim
complete control over State legisla-
ton, holding that Congress is the sole
Judge of what kind of a government
is Republican in form. And, under
the XIVth Amendment, it is pro-
posed to subject to heavy penalties all
persons subject to Congressional pro-
scriptiOn, who shall accept office un-
der any State Government; wholly
ignoring the effect of all amnesty
proclamatiOns, as well as the legal
presumption of innocence before con-
viction. The Washington correspond
ent of the Baltimore Gazette thus re-
fers to this matter:
"This legislation is aimed at Mary
land, Delaware and Kentucky-these
/ Deillk Tic uLAN obdlCO NLlC4g dl LllLS
moment, are practicallynOn-prOScrip-
tive. 1t is further in contemplation to
declare negroes competent to hold ex-
ecutive, legislative and judicial Of
fees in all the States, and pronouncing
all discriminating State legislation in
| this respect null and void. The ha-
| tired and malice of the Buffers, the
| Schencks, the Summers and the brakes
will never abate until the fifteen slave
holding States, at the breaking out of
the civil war, are subject to negro and
carpetbag control. They think, with
full negro suffrage, at least portions of
even Maryland would be now in their
power. 1t would highly crafty the
malignants if but a s%prinkling of
rich black blood could be Infused
into the two branches of your Legis-
ture. They know well enough that
under no system they could adopt
! would the negro ever gain a footing
in Northern State Assemblies. The
hypOcrites are at this moment at fever
heat in devi5ing excuses for keeping
SambO from West Point and the An
napolis Naval Academy. But L hear
that this matter will shortly be pre-
! scented IN q form Uhich tCiU admit Of
no pOStpOneBleHt. If the entire South
Including States which did not Join
in the secession mOvement) is to have
the negro forced upon it as an equal,
the epauletted upstairs, on sea and
land, cannot complain if compelled to
take them into their meSSeS upon So
cial equality with their wives, daugh-
tiers and sisters. Admission to the
public military schools would infal-
libby accomplish this end"
The discussion of the Virginia bill
has brought out a confession of faith"
| on the part of Radical Senators, not
only ~iustifying the above remarks, but
suggestive of further tyranny. Even
those who favored the admission of
the State without express conditions,
did so upon the ground that the States
generally, in or out of the Union, are
subject to the paramount power of
Congress. The latter claims the au-
thOrity, under the clause guarantee
ing a republican form of govern
ment" to the States, the right to reg
ulate their legislation in all respects
under that conferred upon each House
the power to judge etthe qualifications
| of its members, the right capriciOusly
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Governor Thomas), or to expel las in
the case of Mr.. StOcktOn); and now,
under the clause empowering the
House of Representatives to count
the votes" for President and Vice
President, the right is insisted upon of
going behind the State seal, and judg-
ing of the legality of the elections and
the qualifications of the electors. In
short, as things now stand, Congress
has usurped the power of designating
who shall and who shall not vote at
all State elections. 1t can make or
unmake its own members, and, while
annihilating the conservative power of
thejudiciary bya simple act of its own,
set aside an election of a President by
the people, if such a thing could ever
be necessary, under the himsiest pre-
texts, and without deigning to sug-
gest a why or a wherefore. Besides
all this, " the party" has an absolute
reserve of ten (perhaps eleven) States,
bound and pledged to "vote" the
Radical ticket, upon pain of having
their votes thrown out, as given in
" bad faith" and their people again
put under martial law, administered
by some harpy like Butler or Bullock,
or some ambitious pedagogue like
Reynolds or Ames.