Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1871-11-22
"THE ONE MAN POWER y

aeffcted great indipnation at the now
er exercised by nOld Hickory in We.
toing the re charter of tho United
States Bank They termed the vote
the "One Man Power" and declared
its exercise dangeroust to the liberties of
the people. But, how pales the most
extreme use of tho veto power ever
witnessed in this country In compari.
son with the conduct of Kaiser ulys
ses in suspcnding the writ of habeas
corpus in one of the sovereign States of
this so called Union, in n time of
peace, and in the very teeth of the
Governor of that State, who declares
that the civil power of the State is
ample to suppress all insubordination
and enforce the laws ? Yet, why
complain of this? The people are
uoI'lian', 'nsei's'oie .s.! 70 r'gnts anu PRIV,
80 o,o'''u''onSD 'i,D Su"' au'evu, "''"
they and their children are freemen or
slaves. Now, we are aware that this
is bold position to assume. but If
the transpirations of the last ten wears
will not fully support it, then political
events have no significance. Yes, We
verify believe that the American peo.
pie, as a mass, are so infatuated, and
our leading public men are 80 selfish
and corrupt, that were President
Grant to declare himself King or En-.
poror. he would be sustained In so do.
ing. Generally. the N. Y Herald
has warmly SUMMARIZED the nrosent
National Administration but the de.
claration of martial law in South Caro-.
lima appears to have aroused the fears
of even the Herald: Here is what
that paper saws on the subject and
coming from that source we commend
the article ia tho serions attention of
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THE KU KLUx AND SUSPENSION OF THE
WRIT OF HABEAs CORPUS.
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f,Iiy anordod thoir civiI ri,L,s 90 o nro.
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ond hoUo ,aLoa aioru' ., aG ,Lo srst s i,o,, p~0,
70 denrivo than Of thoSc r;ahts m
writ IF GaLeas corn,s bas hecn rooard
cd,os tbo bnI,rort oc Ghor,r onJi, il
,Lfs which moro thon ony,linr oIsc
Iod 70 Tho freedom which we eS,ioy
Rnt fines horo cbongod 0rr Ioio
civil worond the dcmoroIization which
resulted from it have destroved in n
measure thc wotcbfnIncss of,be Ameri.
can noonle over their Iihor,;cs and
l;ealopsy of ,ha ercroocbment. of arbi,
trary power. 4NUw tne rrusruvnu u
the United States suspends the writ
of habeas corpus in section Of our
common country and little notice OF II
is taken, as if 1t were q matter OF ordl
nary occurrence or oil no importance
-as ~ IN iact, no great prihc'PIe
were 'nVolVeu' INC Rrocla'haI'oh oi
the rrcsIuent, uateu washington, Oc,
tooer . lo' y "h,Ch was puollsucu
IN our issue i'st wednesday places
.ne counties ol SparlahOurg' YORK,
Marion chester, Laurens, Newonry
falrheid, Lancaster ana Chesternelui
south carolina, under martial law,
on the ground mat combinations ana
cohspiraclcs exist TO oOstruct ana mn,
der the execution oil The elyll law, and
that inc federal government Is cal'eu
upon to suspend the writ ot AdOedS
corpus and to govern by military au'
:hority, IN accordance with the act ol
Congress passed last April. IL the
public mind were not so demorallzed
and so Indifferent to this exercise Of
military authority in time OF general
peace there would be n more search
ing inquiry as to the causes for ne
cessity Of this extraordinary action OF
the government.
Fortunately the indenendent prcss
of this country is free to discuss the
conduct of The Government and TO call
attention TO this important matter
The indenendent press as ,Iunius said
il the paliadium Of our civil and re-
lipious liberties. Let us sec, then
what foundation there was for pro.
claiming martial law and creating such
dangerous precedent for exercising
arbitrary power in this free republic.
The President tells us in his proca.
nation that combinations and conspi.
raeies exist in the counties placed an.
der martial law which cannot be
reached by tho civil law, and these he
calls rebeilious and insurrectionary
BY this he means what is generally
known as the Ku Klux. The changes
are rung on such expressions as con.
spiracies. organized and armed com
binations, violence, defiance of the con,
stituted authorities, and so on, but
there is no evidence of rebellion or in.
surreotion either in the sense generally
understood or of the constitution Of
the United States. Tho law of Con.
gress on which hc bases his action
may have given new Interpretation
10 rcbellion or insnrrection which was