The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1871-04-11

pfddedure, It only guaranteed imparti-
atty OF trial. BY Operating on States
only. Nothing can be talen2in q giant
81 any kind not tssiven ID It. The second
section Of Article III Of the Constitution
- g limitation Of slie grant as,to Federal
judicial functiors.. Take alli the powers
granted in every article, and even
esretnh your construction. like the
Tyrian bulls hide in Dido's grant, and
narrow all the reservations or claims for
self-government; go to the verge Of loose
construction, and then presume to cay il
there be any grant to the Federal Go.
vernment for internal police or trial of
crimes in districts not under exclusive
Federal Jurisdiction. as in this District or
in the Territories. The judicial power
OF the Federal Government is limited to
certain parties with certain relations. It
does not touch cases of murder,
mayhem, &c., provided in this bill. AS
to the military power-only when tho
States call can the Executive intervene
to suppress 'domeatic violence" All
else is usnrpation and despotism. Who.
ever lnvades State rights and constitu.
tional limitations, is responsible for vio
lence and anarchy, whethor secret or
open. II you assume power for the
Federal Government not given-may not
the State also intrench on the given
powers? When you 60 outside of the
limitations, you may have order, but it
is temporary, and it is that of Warsaw
peace; but it is that of the tomb. The
very Ku Kluxes will become respectable
beside you; for they do not pretend to
abide by law. Is there to be no hnlting
in your vindiotive legislative artillery
against the South? Do you wnnt to
renew your power out Of tho ashes and
blood of the South? You can never
have union by such legislation. The
common feeling which is the essence of
patriotism will benr no more relation to
North and South in such case than
Spain bears to Flanders or Aquitaine to
England after centuries of separation.
II will be introducing an nnarchic Mexi-
co within our borders-a perpetual
weakness and menace. BY Nil the les
sons have culled from history; by the
graces which have pacificd nations here
tofore; by the perils of smothercd re-
venge and secret circles which I de-
nounce; by our hopes and institutions;
by nll that is ennobiing in thought and
ignoblc in mere force, I ask you not to
tempt the coming party by suoh excuses
of power. Do not tench us bloody in
You perceive that your shroud aud grave
are making. You need not put your ear
to tho Garth to hear the tramp-tramp of
the coming Democracy, for you must
have felt that the constant neglect of
urgent dulles here, as to taxation, COM
merce and amnesty, arc demoralizipg
and destructive. I pray you to pause on
the brink. This legislation will re-
bound. Save us the horrors which fol-
low such inconsiderate tnmpering with
our traditional and written liberties.
Save yourselves, if not your country
You have in your ranks mon Of splendid
reputation and ability. Many have left
and arc leaving you whom you were
once proud to claim. In their honor, do
not cut your blossoms OF the past of
from the parent stem. Save the country
~ band of States, not ns bnnditti Of
rowing mercenaries or Paris Reds. I
mako my prayer to God for that mercy
which wo shall all need in that hour
when the execution of such a vindictivc
law as this is executed by tho will Of On
absolute Dictator at the behest Of q
party. make my appeal to you for
that Constitution we all arc sworn to
support. It may DO that our Constitu-
ton is like what some ono says of the
| sword OF the Black Princo, too heavy to
be welded by the pigmies Of our time;
but if it is only relic in the sanctuary,
let it be M object of reverence for what
| it was, if not n term for what it is
honorable in its rust. if not in its edge.
WHY CoSSEcTIcuT IS BoUSD TO HAVE
A REPUBLICAN LEGISLATURE. The New
York IV0rld makes allusion to an anoma-
ly in the representative system of Con-
necticnt that is not generally known. It
offers o satisfactory explanation of the
difficulties of tho Democrats in TINT
State. who, though they might be in n
majority of $4,000 on the popular vote,
the Republicans, under the present un-
republican arrangement, could control
the lower branch Of the Legislature.
Representatives nre not apportioned
| among the towns on the basis Of popula-
tion. TO show how wrongfully this in
equality works, one instance will suffice.
The Republican town OF Simsbury polls
but 33i votes and has two Representa-
tives in tho Legislature, while tho De-
mocrato town Of New Haven polls
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