Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1872-03-01

ing his school houses and exiling his
teachers. II Nc is wicked, lie will not be
made better by baiilshihg to Liberia his rs
llgious teachers. If the resuscitation Of the
State Is desired by his labor, neither will IL
be secured by a persecution which depopu
lates towhships aid prevents tile itttroduc-
tion of new labor and of capital. The law
of 1871 has beef effective in suppressing for
the present, to great extent, the operations
of masked and disguised men in North and
South Cdrollua. Bills have also beef fund
by the grand itires IN Georgia, Alabama and
Mississippi, but comparatively few, If any,
of the defendants in the last named States
have yet been tried The apparent cessation
of operations should not lead to the conclu.
sion that the community wopld be safe II the
protective mBdsufHs We're withdrawn. These
should be continued until there remaihs no
further doubt Of the actual suppression and
disarming Of the widespread and dangerous
conspiracy, The results of suspending the
writ of hd6eaS corpus in South Carolina
show that where the membership, mys-
teries and power of the organization
have boon kept concealed, this is the most,
ahd perhaps the only, effective remedy for
its suppression; and in view Of its cessation
and a resumption Of liostillCes at different
TIMES, OF Its extent aiid poWct, ahd that III
several OF the states where IL now exists
the courts have not yet held terms at which
the cases can be tried, we recommend that
the power conferred on the President by the
fourth section of that act be extended until
the end of the next session of Congress. In
view, also, OF the large humber df ihdlct-
ihents found In the several courts under this
act, which yet remain untried, and of lhe
| evident encouragement derived from the be-
lief that the present United States Courts
cannot reach nhd try them within ahS
re0soNable time, We recommend such an In
crease Of the Judiciary of the United States,
| by districts and circuits in States shown to
be affected by these disorders as, ih the
judgment OF Congress, win stcufd speedy and
ttrtaiH justice to be administered, and leave
no hope of impunity to criminals by the
! laws delay.
THE CONTINUANCE or ptsABuITIEs
/ is the only cuhae tiot vet cHiisidettd No mar
Under disabilities has avowed himself as
either committing or encouraging outrage
for that reason, and no member of the or
! ganization has justified their acts on that
! ground. 1t is one of the preteXts made by
| those who woIe willing ~ urge any nlauslp'
excuse for Uutragss which admit OF nuile
! but TO remove all alleged impediments Id
! local government caused by the existence d
disabilities to hold office, and being satisfied
that there should be q general removal o.
them, with proper conditions and exceptions
we recommend the passage of law fol
that purpose, agreeing in the recon
mendatioh made bS the President 10 exclude
from its benefts any Brtat criminals, dlstin
guished above all others, for the part they
took in opposition to the Government Ii
this connection we wish to say that, rs dis
regard of the law has been the evil so large
ly complained of and so widely extended il
the late ihsurrectionary States no, encour
agement should be given 20 tiiost Who hav
accepted oiilce IN defiance of the eXistenc
Of these Cons stitutional disabilities, or hav
elected to Office men whom they knew to b
excluded by them.
CONCLUSION.
The document concludes with the repur
Of Representative Stevenson from the Sui
Committee on the debts and election laws q
the late insurrectionary States, the sub
stance of which has been already published