The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1871-09-05

| lanQlgham SAID anything upon Tue SuO)eCC,
the address Of the Democratic members o
| estly entreat our fellow-citiZeus IN all parts oil
the Union to spare no effort to maintain peace
and order-to carefully protect the rights oil
| every citizen-to preserve kindly relations
| among all men, and to discountenance and
discourage any violation of the rights of any
stitution or any of The amendments" AS tC
mr. Yallandigham, it might have been a new
| departure, but to the Democratic members oi
Congress, the leaders of the party, it was
NO NEW DEPARTURE.
How could the Democratic party disregard
| or set aside those amendments, If they would
| But three ways can be conceived or have ever
| been suggested:
First-By obtaining decision of the Su.
| preme Court, declaring them void. The pre-.
| sent constitution of that court makes the thing
| reconstruct the Supreme Court @reverse Its
| decision. They honor the judiciary too much
to do that. Besides it is almost certain that
| upon all such political questions, depending
| upon the result of elections. the Judiciary
| would feel bound to accept and follow the dec
| larations of the political power, Congress and
the Executive; that the Supreme Court could
| neither take judicial notice of events depend
| ing upon elections, except as they are de.
of fact, whether a constitutional amendment
has or has not been ratified by The Legisla-
| lures of three-lourths of all the States. after
| the same has been proclaimed duly ratified by
the proper officers under the forms OF law.
Secondly proposing new amendment to
set them aside directly. This would be le-
gitimate move, but is wholly impracticable.
Beyond question, more than one-fourth Of the
States would vote against Z, and three-fourths
are required to carry it. The attempt to do so
would renew the agitation of the negro ques.
tlon in another form, but could bring no prac-
tical result. Besides, all parties, North and
South, are unwilling to reopen that question.
The negro Is free, and none will enslave him;
and negro suffrage has become fixed fact-a
thing accomplished.
Third-The only other possible mode is the
military one-ot using the army to control
elections, and to change the constitution
Radicals, like Senator Morton, might consist
emily adopt this mode; for they do not hesitate
to put The army above the constitution and
civil law in order to control or set aside elec-
tions. But no man who still cherishes the
school of Jefferson and of Jackson would dare
to use the standing army for any such pur-
pose. [Applause.l
Besides, the attempt 10 take away negro sui
frage by force would lead to
BLOODY STRUGGLE,
probably to civil war, and without doing any
good, would involve greater evils than now
exist. should net have dwelt upon this SUBJ
ject 30 long but for the constant efforts of our
Radical opponents to place us In false posi-
tlon; and to charge US with the purpose of
dealing with the constitution, as they them
selves have done, viz: To reconstruct 1t by
the sword and to renew civil strife.
And now, gentlemen, let me Inquire what
are
THE ISSUES AND DUTIES OF THE PRESENT HOUR
First. In relation to those amendments. we
cannot expect decision OF the Supreme Court
to annul them-we do nc: propose new
amendment to set them aside-aud least of all
by the sword. But the question arises, how
now rest upon the Southern States, You
know the Acknowledgement OF hundreds of
thousands OF the most Intelligent whites, and
the universal suffrage Of the blacks, led by ad-
venturers, with the aid Of the standing army,
has subjected that people TO the worse form
OF government, and taxed, and robbed,
burdened and humillated them beyond de-
scriptlen. Will you ignore all that and leave
them without remedy' No, gentlemen. What
we propose is to cure, and not to aggrayate
the disease. To the language of the Demo-
cratic Congressional address: "Our hopes for
redress are In the calm, good sense Of the
sober, second thought of the American people.
We call upon them to be true to themselves
and to their past, and, disregarding party
name and minor differences, to insist upon a
decent equalization CT power, and the restric.
tion OF Federal power within Its just and
proper limits, leaving to the States that con-
trol Of their domestic affairs that Is essential
to their happiness and tranquility and good
government" We appeal to the reason and
returning sense of justice, magnanimity and
fraternal feeling of all the people. North and
South, In favor of amnesty. In this ap-
peal large numbers, thousands upon thou.
sands OF liberal Republicans. like Brown
and Schurz of Missouri, have already
joined. The negroes themselves at the
their late masters. The example of Missouri
cannot long be resisted. The Choctaws and
Cherokces, in their treaties of peace six years
ago, gave universal amnesty; and their exam
should shame Christian white men out OF o
policy resting on unforgiving hate or unmanly
fear. The sentiment must become nearly uni
versal for amnesty. and two thirds Ct Congress
will vote for the bill. Although late in coming
1t will tend to restore fraternal feeling 1t will
restore TO intelligence and character
at the South, voice once more in the man
agement OF its local affairs, and restore to
those States what they have not had for years,
q republican form OF government. Gentle
men, among the
OTHER IMPORTANT ISSUES
of the present the greatest is this, viz:
Whether our government Is to be In SUBJ
stance, II not In form, revOlutioniZed Wheth
er the Federal Government is to remain as
our fathers made 1t, based upon written
limiting and defining It's powers,
and reserVing the mass Of powers not delega-
ted, to the several States and to the people; Or
whether 1t Is to become government of un. |
limited and centralized power In word,
whether the United States shall continue TO |
be Union OF States under the constitution. or
become centralized despolism, at Washing |
ton, to be ruled by the secret resolves Of |
caucus, and by the President at the head OF |
The army. Our faithful representatives at |
Washington say: "Under prentence OF |
passing laws to enforce the fourteenth |
yress has framed and passed laws by |
which the liberties of the people are menaced |
md the sacred rights oflocal selt-government |
brown. Modelled by the sedition laws. 80
,dious In history, they are at variance with all
he sanctifed theories of our institutions, and |
he construction given by these Radical inter-
,reters to the fourteenth amendment Is, to |
lse the language of an eminent senator-Mr.
Of 1llinois-an 'annihilator of
states" Under the last enforcement bill, the |
xecutive may, in his discretion, thrust aside
he government ofany State; suspend the writ
# hdbeas corpus; arrest its governor; imprison
II disperse It's legislature; silence its judges,
md trample down its people. Under the arm
ID heel OF his troops. nothing Is left to the
itizens or State which can any longer be
alled right; all is changed into mere suffer-
.nce." AS certain as we live,
THI5 rs THE GREAT TsStTp