The Cairo daily bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1870-1872, 1872-03-10

$500 ~ the riytl-ssryl- .O'iiin -
.ioo =, ,,iieci"d I" some ut US a'"''''
T,oe ar. d not believe th'f Grs'.
evil In - civni.suivioe syste" Is w.
want OF sch liar, hip; but NJ The same '.'ne
an not uppos.d u proper rta'n, ~,
That may re well rs 10 some "tn.S, o'
do not tntnk inst u simple ehh'. 49, ". ~.
10 the gu ,hfcntions Of ne ,a"uuae' '''
Office will remedy all tp' dincu't'es'
~, 49,, ,c.,'lu,lin Is tie one opp ed
,o rentr,l zed authority, in which " Is de-
clared--
That local s,lfgovernment, With i'm.
partial suffrage. will guard the rights "'
of all ,ftizens more securely than any cen-
traIjz d author ty."
AID 50 fully believe. II there ~ss
one thing that our fathers phHei IT," ~
highly than ANY other in the orerhi@ 't'",
of their governments In tni' eo"'',
was the ripht T. mske tnelr 'oca. i'",
And manage their local Hn'irs' ~ '"e
great protection Of the citizen' nhu WE"
,ho ,in,.. hall come, II II ever does, that
III ,na ,oyers oi government shall I've
centred here at Washington, in the hands,
I care not, whether OF one OF of five hun
dn.d men, IL will be an imper al de.p"ti-m
ani the people will have surrendered op
their best protection against encro"rh'
mcn,s of arbitrary power.
know the senator from I1dlana mas
promulgated different doctrine from TINS
/ know that be has annuuhccu h Prih-
ciple If our system of government t""'
The states p.,ss..s only such powers as M.
conferred upnn them by the constitution
If The Hated states but there never was
n greater here.y. why, SIR, just the r..
verse If this il the truth. The states pos
,es. all the pow rs not taken AWAY from
III IN BY the eohstit ition Of the United
States, and such Is Tue very Language Of
the instrument itself.
"The power not delegated to the
Untel Stats hy the Constitution, nor
prohibited by it L. the state, are reserved
t. the states respectively, or to the
pc ,pls.
A these reserved powers belong to the
state. ur tn, people eff the states. They
do not b.iUns here at all. This general
government is n government instituted
FIR general purpose, TO manage the a
fairs which are national, and not to in
I, rf-rr with those VII ch are local.
TIE sen { r from Inliana commented
particularly upon one branch of this resu.
lutlun, In viii h il is declared that it is
time u stop the resort to unconstitu ion
al laws TO cure the ku-klux disorders, ire
ligion or IN I'm, ,erince, and the surrender
Of lndlvi ual Freedom I, those who ask
tht the Practice ar creed of some shall be
the law Of all" t. that the senator from
lndisna obj cted. Let me ask the senator
II h" Is in favor of an unconstitutional Law
Tor the purpose of suppre'sing Kr-klux
disorders Why, sir, / attn rs much OPP
posed TO Ku.klux disorders rs the SENATOR
think that men who put on DISCUSSES an
60 through the country scnurg ny an
deserve to be visited with the severest pun
ishment, and without mercy. Their cor
duct as exhibited in the reports laid on ou
table,is strocious in the extreme. woul
bring them to justice, and the very fa
that they were found upon the high wa.
with disguises on, prowling abou
assassin-hke, TO whip, scourge and murd
innocent people should be sufficient
subject them to the severe-t con demnstio
But, sir, want no unconstitutional Ia,
10 DO IT. Either in the constitution Of u
United States or in the constitution of 1
states You can lind the ample,t authori
Tor bringing To justice aud punishme
THESE m'rauders and outlaws.
The senator from Indiana condemns ,
declaration that says uncon. ti,u,ional Ia
anould not be resorted to. ! say II
should not; but say constitutional In
In my opinion the committee If inyc,ti
ton which wac sort - .i... -sutnern sta
to inquire into these disorders has by c
posins them done great good. ] have
doubt that the mere exp sure of these on
RACES will do much, and has done niue
TO stop them. But, sir, would 60 fu
ther than that, and bring these mhraude
to justice to condemnation and punis
ment, wherever could detect them
not unconstitutipnally.
No man WAS for more energetic mea
ures than [ was while the war ragged.
believed that war meant drsola ion.
struction and death, AMI for humanity
sake would have made it terrible while
lasted and have ended it in the shor,e
time. When the war endeI was no long,
FOR devastation and death. ID my opin
Ion the constitution gave all the y we
necessary to cru.h the rebellion, and ther
was never nm occasion in the height Of III
war 10 exercise any but constitutions
power. The constitution authorize con
gress to make war AMI with war 70 tn
incidents OF war. II authorized congre.
L put down Instruction, and in putin
1t down the authority to use all the powe
necessary to accomplish the object wa
given
do not propose 10 discuss the ku-klu
bill. l gave my views up IN il wnen
was pending. / could not support it b.
cause believe it to be unconst luLional /
soma of Its foitare', not becal se 1 was n,
Tor waiting the utmost risor of tn, Ia
up III the,e vol ttOrs oi it; bat there W
occasion for such law ~ We passe
mere Was n authority for il in the cor
stltatlin, as | believed. and | culd n,
gVs II my slpp,rt Way, NJ. Pr-slden
tn'1t that law the Mrni - at the Unite
oa,e' co iii have been used To mid ii
e'''i ON ser, of the law Just AS we'll u. Wi,
Au ''ity has existed ia the statu,,
.s' VI; on'ted States from the beginniu
- GU upon the neral government &
'hie IN any state of the unin whe
sue v'lenoe prevails to such an e
tsnl Ms " disturb the public peace nj
,aaot De put dawn by the state au,hol
So we marshals of the Unit,
IA shecuung ne process of the I'm
o-Atss cnur,s e,,,la - Wv
-iF the army and navy nave car
-oa,S II Necessary % sn,,N, V,nl ut the
u8 'he auth'rty OF the law. ~ eA
not take - much time an hs sn"u
shai NOT the senator from Iudianni M,.A .
dn his r"mhrks the other day. 81
One OF the PROVISIONS OF that bill autt
lied suspension of the writ Of hsbeas
pus.
Now. Mr.. President, what is tina, W
and when may it be constitution,Ilv