The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1871-01-12

"Flllct OF q fenny snake,
In the caldren boil and hake ..
Eye of newt and toe of frog,
Wool OF bat and tongue Of dog,
AddGr's fork and blind worms sting,
Lizard's leg and owlet's wing, .
For a charm Of powerful trouble,
Like hell-broth boil and bubble" o.
And if this feast should be accepted the
gentleman with true Hecate commenda-
ton, may exclaim to his fellows, ''black
spirits" and all:
20, well done commend your pains;
And every one shall share i the gains.
And now about the caldron sing.
Like elves and fairies in ring, rl.
Enchanting all that you put in"
Time is not allowed me, Mr. Speaker, TO
even sum up the provisions and condi-
tiens of this bill. 1t seems to give gener-
al license to all criminals and eVil4d0ers in
time of war, both friends and enemies, to
deny the right and admit the wrong to all
1t annihilates constitutional provisions in
regard to the jurisdiction of our courts
State and Federal. 1t removes suits from
the State Courts to the Federal Courts
against the express restrictions of the
Federal Constitution. 1t imposes penal
ties upon all men who attempt to enforce
their rights according to the Constitution
and laws of the United States and of the
States. 1t Furnishes the Clerks and Re-
cording Officers of the State Courts in
certain contingencies for doing their sworn
duty under existing laws, and tends and
contributes to consolidated government
| which was the fear of our fathers, anC
which we are already too nearly approach.
ing. 1t sets aside all the usual forms
| qualifications and legal restrictions known
to our tribunals of Justice. 1t exenpts
from its grace those who have IN many
instances least offended and simply did tht
bidding of their constituents, Legislatures
and people, and among other wrongs anC
iniquities it gives to the Government o
| the United States title, 'inalienable for
ever" to property not its own by any law
or right, human or divine, but which hal
| been wrongfully ceniscated or arbitrarily
seized or flched from women an children
Such are the more prominent features o
| this measure ostentatiously termed "a bll
for full and general grace amnesty ant
oblivion of all wrongful acts, doings. O.
omissions of all persons engaged IN. thu
war of the late rebellion; "a bill com
/ prising about three thousand words ant
many meaningless sentences. How mucl
/ better and more appropriate for all .pur
poses of amnesty is the amendment of tn
gentleman from Illinois, Mr.. FarnsMorthl
1 that "all political disabilities imposed b.
the third section of toe fourteenth amend
ment of the Constitution of the Unltet
States are hereby removed" :" just twenty
two words. This is all We want, MI
Speaker; t0ttl0s IN pGFeo, plain, aslly com
pretended and perfectly comprehensive.
have been panied, sir, to hear man,
opinions and expressions of gentlemen dn
ring the debate. They seem still to b
nursing the slumbering fires of the lat
unhappy war, which / had hoped wer
quenched forever. They seem to forge
that the foes with whom they Tough
descended from a common ancestry, an
IN many instances were "bone of thei
bone and flesh of their flesh" the childre
and followers of Washington, Marion an
Sumter-of Hancock, Putnam and War
renal contending for what they wer
taught and honestly believed their right.
1t was a conflict long dreaded, but inevi
table at last, between the disciples of JEFF
erson, Madison and Calhoun, and Hamil
ton, Adams and Webster. names all illus
trious in our history, and should be, a
they will be IN spite of ourselves, the com
mon heritage of our children ard their
forever.
Have you been opposed in this grea
interval strife for supremacy by crave
wretches whom you can denomlnate b
NO better names than traitors, rebels an
outlaws? T? Can, 1t be that the, son
| of the Puritans and Pilgrim. Father
shall feel and speak thus to the descend
ants of the Cavaliers and Huguenots
Have they not simply differed from yO
upon a question of political power alway
before in dispute, and never directly adju
dicated by any authoritative tribunal
Does your Constitution prohibit in direC
J terms a State to seeede from the Uniol
, although it does not admit the night
/ Was the power delegated to the FEEDERS
Government to coerce States7 WhI
, means the tenth amendment of the Cor
stitution: ri t.-5@- e
: s'The powers not delegated to the United Stat
by the Constitution, nor prohibited by It to Il
States are reserved 70 the Skates respectively.
: to the PeOPler -r ..-. -1'1.-..s ---
And whence emanated. that proclami
! ton of State rights? / beg leave to IL
E form YOU, gentlemen from Massachusett
+ that It was from the State you represer
3 When your fathers, sent their delegates
J the Convention to ratify the Constitutio
they instructed them not to ratlfy uni
that clause should be incorporated-the
own affirmation of reserved rights. We
r the States foIced into Unlon7. Cou
4 they not have come in or stayed out
their pleasure 2 And if Rhode Island al
North Caroline, which did dsnct Tatlty t