St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1872-02-23

sustained men, however mistaken, III
resisting the government which de
handed their submission to its aIlthor-
! ty, the sincerity of whose belief was
attested by their enormous sacrifice OF
life and treasure. this feeling cannot
be expected to subSide ut once nor i'll
Years. 1t required full forty Years to
develop disaifcction into sedition, and
Sedition into treason. Should we not
be patient if i'll less than ten Years we
have Il fair prospect of seeing so many
who were armed enemies becoming
ohcdient citizens Should we not give
all encouragement to those who mani
fest IL disposition now to become such
especially when it is shown that i'll many
sections well disposed men were deter
red by fear of the power of an armed
and desperate conspiracy from atfordlng
aid to the authorities III enforcing the
| law But. while we make this for
bear;ince and Cancellation, let it he I'M
derStoOd that less than obedience the
government cannot accept. Obtdlcnt
citizens they cannot be considered, who,
| themselves complaining of bad laws.
excuse or encourage masked maraUdclS.
who override all law. Brave and mag
unanimous enemies even they cannot he
| rcckuned. who permit the remnants of
rebclliouS feelings, the animoSiticS of
race or the bitterness of political par
/ tiSanship. to degrade the soldiers of Lee
and Johnston into coWardly midnight
/ providers and ;lSS;lSSimS. who >cnurgc and
/ kill the poor and dctcnsclcSS. Against
all such crimes. as well us against i'll
competency and corruption in office. the
power of an intelligent public sentiment
and of the courts of Justice, should he
/ invoked and united. appealing for pa
/ thence and forhcaliImcc III the North.
/ while time and those powers are doing
/ their work.
/ We would also appeal to the good
SENSE of southern men, if they sincerely
desire to accomplish political reforms
through Il change i'll the negro vote. II
their theory is true. that he votes SolidlN
now with the republican party. and i,
. kept there 10y his ignorance and 10y de
ccptiom. all that l. necessary to keep
him there Is Ia keep up 10y their culIn-
/ tcnancc the kukluN organization. HAY
ing he rights of Il citizen and Il voter.
neither of these rights can he Hhrogatcd
10y whipping him. If his political "pin-
ions are erroneous. he will not take
kindly To the opposite creed when its
APOSTLES continue to use the >courgc
upon himself and outrage his wife and
children. II he i ignorant. he will not
hc educated 10y burning his school houI>,
and abusing his teachers. If he l.
wicked. lac will not Ice made better hN
hani>hing to Liberia his religious teach
crS. if the r,.>uScitatiom of the state l.
Ia, l,l,, At
cured 10y persecution which dcpopulatc>
townships and prevents the Introduction
of new labor and of capital.
The law of I-7I has been effective in
SURPRISING t"I the present. To Il great
extent. the operations of disguised men
in North and south Carolina. Bills
have ais" been found 10y grand iuri,> in
Georgia. Alabama and Mississippi. but
comparatively few. if amy. of the de
PENDANTS in the last named states have
Vet been tried. The apparent cessation
of operations should not lead to the
conclusion that the community would
Il" SAFE. fIn"t"rtiNc measures were with
drawn. These should Ice continued
until there remain II" further doubt at
the suppression aud di>;Inng of the
widespread organization.
ne results of >u>pcudim" the writ "t
lrahc.,> corpus i'll South Carolina. show
that where the membership iS my >trri-
Gus and the power of the organization
/ have been kept concealed. this is the
most. and perhaps the only effective
remedy for its >IIppIr>SI"l, and i'll view
of its cessation and the resumption of
. hn>tilitic> at different times, lis extent
and power. and that in several of the
states where ii exists. the courts HAY e
not Vet held terms ut which cases can
he tried. We recommend that the power
conferred on the president 10y the fourth
section of that act, he extended IL the
end of the next session OF Congress. In
view also of the large number of indict-
mcnt> found in several courts under this
act which Vet remain untricd. and of
the evident encouragement derived from
the belief that United States courts can
not possibly reach and try them within
ANY reasonable time. We recommend
such an increase of the judiciary of the
/ | nitcd States 10y districts in the states
shown To he affected. a> in the jud ymcnt
of Congress will secure speedy and sure
Justice. and leave no hope of impunity
. t" criminals 10y the laws delay.
The continuance of disabilities i the
only car>c not Vet considered. No man
under disabilities has aNoWcd himself
aS either committing OF encouraging
"utlagc> for that reason. and no mem
her of the organization has justified their
acts on that ground. II i one nt the
prctrNt> made hN those " ho are willing
/" urge ANY plausible excuse for out
RACES which admit of none. But. To
remove the alleged impcdimrntS /" local
government. encountered 10y the exist
rncc of disabilities To hold office. and
being satisfied that there should he Il
general removal of them with proper
conditions and exceptions. We recon-
mend the passage oi Il law for that pur-
/ pose. agreeing i'll the recommendation
made 10y the president to exclude from
its benefits amy great criminals di>tn-
gu>lIrd above all others for the part
/ they took i'll opposition to the govern
/ mrnt. In this connection we wish to
/ say that, as the disregard of law has
been an evil 50 largely complained of
and 81 widespread in the late in>uIrcc-
tlOnarN states. no cucoura cement should
he given to those who have accepted
office in defiance of the existence of thcSc
constitutional disabilities, or have elect
ed to office men whom they know to he
excluded 10y law.
THE ALABAMA CLAIMS.
England's Case at Geneva.