The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1871-04-06
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Dominican Republic shall in the shortest |
possible time express in manner conform
able to their laws their lRill concerning
cession herein provided for and the United
States shall, until such expression ,he had,
protect the Dominican Republic against /
foreign interposition in order that the ma /
tonal expression may be free CO..
Now nothing can be clearer than that ]
this provision Introduced on the authority |
Of the President alone, was beyond his
powers, and therefore ''Bruturn fulmen,
A MERE WOODEN GUN
Until after the ratification of the treaty.
Otherwise the President alone might de-
clare war without an act Of Congress, do
ing what he cannot do. and thus oyerturn-
| ing that special safeguard, placing what
Story Iustiv calls this hirhest sovereign
prerogative under the guardianship Of
Congress. But the treaty making power
itself belongs to the President with two
| thirds Of the Senate. The President alone
cannot make treaties, and his treaty pro-
missing to use the war power without the
consent of Congress, was unconstitutional
and void, and now the same usurpation is
| openly prolonged after the Senate has re-
IJeeted the treaty on which the exercise of
the kingly prerogative was founded.
Z Enlarging upon the declaration that
THE PRESIDENT HAD PLACED
| HIMSELF at THE HEAD OF "A
MORE POWERFUL AND, COSTLY
KU KIUX THAN. THOSE IN THE
SOUTH Mr, Sumner proceeded; Had the
! President been so inspired as 70 bestow on
/ Southern Unionists, white and black, one
half the time m zeal, will, personal atten
tion and personal intercession which he
has bestowed upon his attempt to obtain
half an island in the Caribbean Sea. our
Southern Ku KIux would have existed in
name only, while tranquility would have
reigned everywhere within our boundaries
General applause in the galleries and
/ hisses.)
The VICE PRESIDENT-The Chair
cannot consent that there shall be mani
festatioAs of approval or disapproval in
| the galleries, and he reprehends one as
promptly as the other If they are re-
peated he must enforce order.
/ Mr.. SUMNER proceeded-noW as l de-
sire the Suppression ofthe ku-k klux where
ever it shows itself, and the elevation of
the African race, insist that THE PRE-
SIDENTIAL SCHEME, WHICH IN
stalls THE KUKLUX ON THE
COASTS OF SAN DOMINGO, and which
insults the African race in the Black Re
public shall be fairly represented
SPEAK NOW. OF THAT lKUKLUX
| l0F WHICH THE PRESIDENT Is
THE DECLARED HEAD, and j speak
for the African race, whom the President
| has tramped down is THERE ANY
SENATOR IN EARNEST AGAINST
THE aKUKLUX,- LET HIM ARREST
TT ON, THE COAST OF SAN DO
MENG0? Is there any Senator ready at
all times to seek the elevation of the At
rcan race, here is occasion for his best ef-
forts? ~ 1'-s --o--. ao-.E.- ~
Mr., Sumner concluded In the evidence
addueed have confined myself carefully
to pnblic documents On this uhanswer-
able and cufnuiztive testimony ! wheresach
part confirms the rest, and the whole has
the harmony of truth, ! presept this trans
gressiOn, and here it is not who speak,
| But the TESTIMONY I here stands the case.
International law has been vioIated9in two
of its commanding rules; one securing the
equality of nations, and the other .pr0Vid-y
ing against bell igereht Intervention. While
distinctive fundamental principle of the l
CONSTITUTION by which the President is de-
prived Of the kingly prerog gatiEe. ia dis
regarded and this very kingly prerogafive |
is asserted by the President This Is the |
simplest statement. looking stili further
at facts, We see that, III this great disobe-
dienee has for Its object the acuuisition of
an outlying Tropical Island with q large
promise of wealth and in carrying ont this
scheme our Republic has - 'its'-
- FoRcIHLY AAIsTAIEEp A usUKrEE
Ia power that be might sslinhs country
and has dealt p. blow at the Black Repub-
ilic Of Hayti which beng y wrong to that
republlo was an insult TO the5Afriean race
and AL this has been done by the prerogs-
tive alone without the authority Of an act
Of Congress. II such n transaction, many
beaded N wrong can escape jndgESent It
IS difficult TO see what eecptities remain,
while the ether sacred nailes OF internatio. |
pal law may be violated whatever A |
toreign PISTON may not be struck at what
other .bellgerent menace may not be bnrl-
ed What other hngly pFerogatiyes may
not be seized? Never before has there been |
such Presidential Intervention in the Sem
ate aswe have been constrained to wit |
ness, The President visits the capitol /
with appeals to Senators. These have |
been followed by assemblies at the Ex-, |
ecutiVe4 Mansion, also with appeals To |
Senator'S, and who can measure the pres
sure Of al kinds by himself or agents, |
especially through the appointing power,
all to secure the contamination of this |
scheme2 Thus do we discover in the acts |
ofthe President whether on the coast of |
San Domingo, or here at washington, in
the same determination, with the same |
disregard Of the great principles. and also
the same Fecklessness toward the people |
of Hayti, who have never injured us,
q In view of these things the first subject |
llof inquiry is not Of the soil, climate, pro-
ductiveness and the possibilities, but the |
exceptional and abnormal proceedings OF |
our own Government Before condemn |
ing the treaty or any question Of acquisi- /
ton, we must, st least, put ourselves night |
as nation Nor do I see how this can |
be done without retracting our steps- and |
consenting to act in saboFdination to in
ternational law and the Constitution OF the |
United States. Therefore. onthe question
OF acquisition, say nothing to- day, only
aliuding 70 some Questions involyed--the |
question whether We; will assume
r97a q TzE BLOODY HAzARDs
Involved in th ia business, a. i has been /
pursued with alternative expenditures for /
wsr.ships and troops. causing more PAM
ful anxieties which the land Of Toussaint /
u Overture listehs to the constant whisper
ofindepehdenes. and there is stil that /
ether Questioned debts and obli9 cations ae-
knowledgsd and u9aeknowledg with an /
immense claim by Hsyti and an unsettled
boundary which j have already called Q
bloody lawsuit. These annexations state /
only, while TO my mind there is
Eus3 5soHETHiNo BETrER
than belligerents interyentssn and acts.
war with menace and absorption &C untold /
cost Of treasure Il is asincere and human /
effort on oar part 70 inspiFit peace, TO re-
eoncils Hayt and Dominica, and toestab-
lisha tranquility Throughout tie Island. j
Let ibis be attempted and our Republic 1
viii become an example worthy ofits name
and the civilization which It it,lepiesents,
while Republicans will have new glory. |
The blessings Of good men would attend |
such an effort nor would the
sAfILE OF HEAVEN -
be wanting and may We not Justly expect
the President TO unite in such measures |
of peace and good viii, He that ruleth |
his spirit is greater than he that taketh a
city, and 50 the President ruling his spirit |
in subject to the humane principles Of in |
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