The sun., 1871-09-14
THE AMENDMENTS WISE AND JUST
The Supreme Court Cannot
Touch Them.
THE PROGRESS OF DESroTIssl
Grants Wicked Admin.
iStrat atiOn.
THE PRESIDENT AN AUToCkAR
Speech of william =. Groe.beck OF O,nctr,,
mil. NJ sIemhenNlIlt. flhIn. Xc.Ierdnv "


natl, NJ stcubeuvlIi,, ohio, Yesterday.
Mr. GroesJeck, after few preliminary re-
marks, local to the OCCASION proceeded as follows
Important changes have been made In our pol,i-
cal condition during the last ten years, and not q
few OF our very De,t citizsus bseys we nave gona
downward. l don't wonder at this. Tue coudiiisu
OF our people, prior TO 1S6 ~as one OF eItra1rdt-
nary eontentmcnt ami quistness The ne tee OF ths
nation had never been broken, and the Constitution
had always commanded respect. Nome OF our "a.
cred rights, a. We call them, sucn liberty Of tic
person. freedom OF speech, and The ike nad been
Y ollted. | believe tho writ OF ha6edi corpus had
not been fuspCndcd puor to 1851 We sou lht to
| administer the Federal Government for gonorn
purposes, and the State Government Tor spec and
| home purposes, and neither had seriously inyidea
the jurisdic,ion Of the other AZ athers start
ed, so Ne lad gone on. peacefully md steadily, and
| not without snv noticeable dep r ure. Tho Gov.
ernments over us did not embarris' u,. They were
! in no stnse burden. aud taxation ELL ~ q. .huy
upon our homes Us gentle snow. 1t was II ost
| happy coalition for dtv who enj j)god tie uriyi-
| legcs snt immunitles OF ,itzsIs,p. But al did
| not enjoy these privileges and inmuniues. Thafo
~ss slavery ~ the land, ABOUT Que In every nine Of
| Its Inhabitants a slave. Tint was our danger,
troubling our fathers ia toe beginning. ami roah-
! ling US alNAys. anj more and more.
1ils urngS no.ie0 lne resou uuons OF onr
| recent ctate iOuNtnuOn ana tfe Changes tnNt have
AIKEN place in political condition during the lasa
| ten years.
| They arc OF two kinds:
FIDt-Ciango in the Constitution OF the Utitod
| States.
| SeeOnd-ohsngos IN the manner OF administering
| the Government
| What nro the changes ,nat have beco nqis In lhs
Constiutoni TnsJ sre three In number. rho arst
| is this:
No slavery shah cSsi IN the United states.
SLAVERY CLEARED AWAY.
When the Constitution was adopted slavery waa
ever where. In tie North a. well as IN tbs South.
| and therefore the Constitution did not forbid IL.
Very soon, however, and from tine to time. tie
States Themselves. netting seoiriielg abolished t
| within their respective jurlslicti MS tl II was 10
| be found nowhere but In the Souta aud at last II
was dstur ed ana threatened tuere. rno south
rebelled at this. War cane. long, BLOODY. costly,
| civil war. and tie rebellion was overwhelmed and
| 81, verY destroyed.
Tiis result Is now declared IA the ConsitItlon.
Such dec ration was be cxp.ctei. Tue results
OF successidi aiwa,s AIRED In so'no bind.
| inc form. i 1t lie a war Oetween nllions, the 70.
suits rpreat in tho GnsI treatv n It be civil war
! 'rtr asuals gptaar in soge lai.iilcAtiuu % tho
fundamental law coniIrmin' II 10 the ne con lhion
Of n, Government. such is our case. The recent
Constitutional Anendmstts tt.nl for tio nul
treaty OF our civil wSr.
Look at the question IN another ssoect How 10
the States now regard saver OHIO has declared
here shah be no slavery within ucr jurisdiction
New York has declared It in Ter c Institution;
Pennsyyanla hls dcemol it. Every stat. In the
East and ip the West and tas NJHh has deoNcd
IT, Not onlv this. Every Safe in the sonth has
declared It, ana remembering past II Is wise
sri proper shat Federal Constitution shollj
al uoc'hfs It. Let THIS uod lls he pO! away ffon
US, 80 hat it may never come asan.
rue OTHER AMENDMENTS.
What is the second chinre' In substance, INST
An ,sr,on' born or .,,nr,lHd T. me ua Ied .lstas
tney rt..d,. 20 stare shall abrd c th@ pryile1esoI
{, any person tne eaaM protection OF 10 laws
1here is also IN this ansudmeut cause dis
qualifying cerisin citizens tor holhg any oaes
under the United States, or under any Sat-, and
another clause affirming toe yli1ib OF our public
debt, and the invAliGty OF oil rebel debts. What ID
tie tniri'
The right OF citizens OF the Unted stses 70 yota
mall not be dsaiel q .or,,set oa .'eOant OF race
color. or prevou. cOGntiJh Of serttid.
These are tAe changes made in our Con 't.tution
during the last ten years-the famous amend nents
, Of which we have heard 30 much, ami whie are 80
o'en referred IT, svce now.
The Thirteenth Amendment. aboiishing slvsrJ
throughout the United sldtes, Is aeeep,ei by all,
ant in the South rs unanimously Ms IN he North
ihe dcuni ana ncsraton heve pern about the rcyr'
icenth and Fipeenth Amen acn'-. terius) Of the
means nsed 10 procure their io1i ion. AMI b9O rn'e
Of Tie Change they make ~ ~ reltuons winch had
wlys existed between tie Federal Goyerumelt
ana the State governments
In the language o, our recent st,te Convention.
tho means used 20 procure tie do 3pn these twa
amendments were extra ir.iinlry. vio en- ana un-
sltis actOTy. There a no tM1k'n-, rightminJ cd
man no desires tnat single otner iendment NAV
be m,de 10 tae Constitution Ms these were made (;
oI It IS upossbls to preserve Its sacredness un1es
sucn treatment
rHE SUPREME COURT CANNOT SET THEN AlIDE
| The Constitutions shouli never he Nd tly de0N
! with nor should IL be altered for mere party %.
, yHnlage. aud uny Amerdmeuts proposei a oui be
| airj submitted To a tree Und untarea. euei judg'
| ment. such the case In reference to an aIeBb.
| u4euts previously made sue IL not te ca.s ~
I reference 10 ihese two But do not care 20 lwsl
| lpon tue history OF tho fourteenth au II tecnth
= | Amendments, for seenothin m their hl-or thRs
\ VIII destroy tnclr validity. You cannot lnyalha,s
y may he nc mittsd tnIt AL act Congress WIS 4soi
:, ul undue mons; that coercion. bribery am al
Siuds Ol corruption were apOued 10 eli ~ Iss.
a sac. and yet tna Court canno, sat II Hslie, loe
a validity Of a statue cannot y mpeac' ed on ,uen
grouais, nor eau the ysllity ot con~u'uuohAi
= amendment no Court has iurs lction 10 mqaHs
| into the circumstances under WHich ei'hor Was
. tpI.seN. ~iN- OG.g querrun II, ware tOry ia' i"F
=, passed. Il the, were, all Courts must COME
~ item CoHlj 90 into oar Hurrsme toui dnd lm-
. pair tne v,talt, OF at of Congress by sho nS
~ tnat enough Con Fe--nen to cnange tue rssuN w
&c heen cocrcel u vote Tor H. or hrl3u to Vplo io
Clsry ieouli not nor nli ! .uc'es,o , ~ '',s pss
a. Supreme Court u~s no suueN-lo1 over the ho1oh
y VI Congress passing statute o. over lhN lcLloA
~ 81 SiTe T.ei aidri ris'df ttWlG WIN trTu iGt 1eir
Va ing n consutuuon Il amendment.
at Ii tWuuld ho uuwlse 10 cou'er upon 'ie Nuprmne
IN Court suol sAIaorllnarr Jur- uouon. lhe lAht ~
lo Ina the nhclherV ol t1t ruYri irirus,' ftfs- -
I complete As II uuld O.i bui ~ Is not comI "a
IL enuugii ard hlnah uytn ION caunnl m IKE II nef
a. tect en.u.n pfeycnt or correct every p0s7hle
h use, ani We must depend AZ at, or tho rgu
X man ent OF man. important political colceru-
W. uf... tte t,cJ ccaJu"t o. tEI peuplo -hcu'0 wee
O. ms ~ nr brttcr and r1tor tAan 10 trust uni nltd
We po'str TO sny department o. the GOyernmeu',
Ne maf rlt loOI TO tns Su Jrame court 10 le 'Ai q
90 those Amendment, unC9u i.uli IdIl n no Jna-
Ia ,uou Over tuen, We may uot looS to the 'titl
a. 10 nnuul en- by further omeh imelt; IL .nIati
~ ihre '-iOurths of them 20 concur Sncn H u'yr
g ment; tuat hum0er VIII not concur IN sueh
~ movement And W. may not lOoa to the .N.. q
'i G. combine 10 overthrow ticm IN some o.rti.
." no pFunle have a'ready ace T. ed ten - I'M
struruOn OF I,yer, ia ack o vie ig'i anl ~
proved by all. and our CoOr'd popu'en NJ 20 =
n voted IN ever State OF 90 lWon, Nt oar ,ot' ' i
= general etecUlns, ag IN ard again, dul ~ oet
"a | caaleEga or uOlesiRuUn, These -ntni'n'h" ','
M stand. SnfraIs, Oice grantee, r1rupt uu rl '"' D
~ suffrage thit mus hsen Drtcu,oj win not 1f '' '.-
n | drred. approve the action 90 our recent
u, | uun on tuls SUBJECT. lcTr, t.' uni N.r "''
~ | spirit Of lOuu'a.l" IN W len s.|.fo tcre .'
- | Wents were carried, aud u.'s un..iruess an "
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