The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1875-04-01

and Navy, but has he right to delegate
his power off and dehIing districts to
another at his discretion? Was there
ever such an assumption of power2 He
might lay off the whole South in one
military district and take charge of it
himself. Look at the growth of power.
Look at the advances which usnrpation
is making, and when we come to consider
calmly and deliberately without party
bias or prejudice, W find that these acts
are none other than those of usurpation
and tyranny. Where does all thispower
come from? And might ask, Upon
what meat does this our Caesar feed that
he hath grown 80 great" that he can pre-
scribe and lay down empires and place
commanders over them?
THE LATEST OUTRAGE.
We find, with reference to this Kellogg
Government, that Gen. Grant says 1t was
gigantic fraud, and neither he nor Nc
Emery was entitled to the Office of Gov
emor, but having found usurper in, he
takes him by the hand and sustains him.
Well, we come up to the organization OF
this recent Legislature. There seems to
be a division. He says that the Demo-
Gratis asked for the interference of the
military first, and then the Republicans
afterward asked for it, He looks upon it
as a mere matter Of party, not as matter
of principle. Then the military went in
there, and what did that military doY
They went in, and as Gen. Sheridan says
himself, Mr.. Kellogg said to thearmy, or
to the military, put this man in and put
that man out, and the Legislature is set
up by the military upon the yoint of the
bayonet. And that is done under the
pretence of keeping the peace The
Legislature is qualified and organized
surrounded by armed soldiers. That is
new way of qualifying members of the
Legislature, and contrary to the genius
and theory of our Government, and con-
trary to the genius and theory Of any
free Government. If we can go back to
the times of Cromwell, when an officer
rode into Parliament Hall, booted and
spurred, and drove out members OF the
Parliament, we can find parallel case
How has it come that all these things
are being enacted in this country In
the progress of investigation this case
gets worse and worse. II is a state oi
things that ought not to be tolerated
DANGEROUS PRECEDENTs.
Mr.. johnson then read the Presidents
proclamation to the people of Arkansas
May 10, 1874, and said;
What does that mean, Mr., President
In this case recognizing in the proclama'
ton Baxter as being the genuine and true
Governor, and the lawful authority Of the
State. How can this be by the simple
recognition of the President ofthe United
States? If these proceedings are per-
mitted, are allowed to stand as prece'
dents, it will change our own form oi
government. If it is assumed by the
States readmitted under the reconstruc'
ton acts, as the President ,ssumes in is
proclamation, that their constitutions are
to stand unchanged, immovable, and un'
aterable for all time, unless it can he
done by the Federal Government, then
our form of government is changed
Here is blow struck at one of the FUN
damental principles of the Government
directly. TO deny the States of this
Union authority to change their tunda'
mental law will be to subvert their gov,
ernment This principle is guaranteed
by the bill of rights and by the Constitu'
ton Of the United States, and it cannot
be denied by any one who has any re-
gard for the rights of the States and fol
constitutional law that the people have q
right to change, alter, or to amend thell
form of government in their own mode
and manner within certain limits. Those
limits are prescribed by the Constitution
and are that it must be republican
form of government. If that is so,
should like to know where the authority
is to interfere with them. These ideas
have come from these usurpations o
power. Let me refer again to the Presl
dents message 81 earnestly ask tha
Congress shall take definite action upor
this matter, and relieve the Executive
from acting upon questions which shoulC
be decided by the legislative branch o
the Government" A threat the iror
hand, though clothed in silk, is laid upor
us. If you don't do so and so will dc
it If the resolution under consideration
inquired in regard to this treat, into The
proposed exercise of such power as this
it would be more legitimate than the one
now under consideration, which is fol
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