The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1875-01-16

see that by force OF pubic opiuion or by some
other means those who are nov violating .ne
constitution will either stop IN their mad career
or be legally driven from power; that the cons.t
tuition viii be vndicated and tue country through
out Its entire limits be made to rejoice again
under the protection or the lree Republic when
our ancestors established ana bequeathed TO Us.
Mr.. Kerr repeatedly interrupted by ap-
plause during its delivery, ana at the conclusion
OF the reading those present seemed for moment
to lose control OF themselves and cheer after cheer
Mr.. Johnson bowed his Acknowledgements and
requested Mr.. Henry Clay Dallam TO read the ioi-
10 wing resolutions
THE RESOLUTIONS
Whereas the federal constitution guarantees 10 every
to each State from domestic violence when applied 70
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astinasie and wanop act o. usurpaon clearly viola
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representative government and constitutional liberty
s' fssmSs the
ano mos, Of nar and should SUBJ
lect the offenders from the highest authority to tho
the Secretary Of War. OF the 9th inst branding the
people OF Mississippi Arkansas and Louisiana ban.
or the President shall declare them be- and subject
SION gross hssI and insult is3S
noe nS s sne clear violation of tho
.6s qgaisa and herSic bearing Of our
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country deeply sympathise with them under tne op
preston to which they are now subjected.
SPEECH OF HON. WILLIAM PINCKNEY wHYTR.
Mr. WHITE spoke as follows LET us thank God,
said Mr.. Webster, In his grand Grafton at Bunker
Hill when speaking OF mans desire lot representa-
tive government as against absolute authority
main tanned by the use OF an army "that we live In
an age when some hing has influence besides the
not venture to encounter the searching
power OF pubic reproach. ANY attempt
met by one universal burst OF Indignation; the air
of the civilized world ought to be made too warm
SazSra it," In ooeaencs to ths last happy SaS
gestion we have assembled to heat up the MARY
land PAM ioT taat very pMrpGse. the case are
we are to condemn need not to be stated In the
formal counts OF an nIas6no nor or IN
suit to the spirit OF our free institutions and to
representative government nnds It's accusation in
1t Is splendid tribute to American patriotism
that no intelligent man approaches the discussion
with D the p1rpose Of turning the Jolly OF the ad.
mnstration to partisan account. He who should
preciatIon OF Its Importance and TAIL to realize
the dignity OF the occasion. II IS therefore crim-
MAJ 70 ~ oy rs aced az me al
Of the democratic Speaker OF the House Of Repre-
sentatives and then turned against him at the be-
hest OF the uSurptng Governor OF the State. The
military officers committed as gross violation OF
the constitutional rights by obedience to demo-
cratic Speaker as in their subservlency to radical
Governor. The offence consists in not how or in
whose political interest the military was used,
degraded by its conversion to barrack, and the
peaceable assembling Otthe Legislature furnished
1t was unusl liable In the President to allow the
use OF the United States troops to sustain the un
lawful government OF pretender whose sole title
the President himself pronounced "a glgan-
TIC fraud" The state OF Louisiana, as .
OF State sovereignty, of local self government and
freedom from federal interlerence as the state of
Maine or New Hampshire. blow struck at the
freedom OF the one Is an assault on the lndepend-
ence OF All. AS In tire dark days preceding the
Mass sU 'A Bay was the common cause Of
al the colonies, and It's trials and
on Of the n
fellow citizens OF John Hancock and samuel
Adams, so the cause Of louisiana is now kindilng
MASSACHUSETTS. stripped of all the details
open to dispu5ation, the use of the army
State Legislature is wholly iudelenslble
than crime; 1t was fault. The military raid on
the Legislature OF Louisiana was both. 1t was a
crime against liberty, and 1t VIII be runous to
any party or set OF men who continue to susrain
it.. If this intrusion OF the army INTO our civil
affairs be not now stopped ana forever liberty
The occasions when the federal arm can be
called to the aid OF the State authorities are
specially provided for in article 4, section OF the
constitution. II is ION the application OF the
Legislature or OF the Executive (when the Legis-
lature cannot be cOnvencd), against domestic
violence" II the Legislature cannot be convened
put only IN that case) can the Governor apply to
the President for federal aid. The trainers OF the
constitution IN its original draft limited the power
cation ion to come from that body. And When p kr.
Dickinson desired to leave it discretionary with
the federal authorities when to Interfere and
the Legislature" his proposislo was voted down,
although he stated That ne thought 1t OF essen
States that they should IN all cases suppress
domestic violence which may proceed
such exist" ' what could I more plainly
the constitution at the idea OF federal interference
with the national organization or working OF
State Legislature?
Conceding that the federal soldiers were sent,
rising TOOK place on applicn ton OF the gigantic
domestic violence, as soon as Penn was re-
stored and the Kellogg government was rein:
nave .'stepped down and OUT" BUS
they have been left by the President
to be standing menace and a thorn IN
the side OF the people OF Louisiana. What has
happened since is the direct consequence OF this
action OF the President. That it did not meet HE
condemnation Is apparent from his failure TO
order the restoration OF the elected members; but
that 1t mad his approval Is found in the Belknap
"All OF us' despatch, and even now finds q la
bored palliation In his own Message to Congress.
The error or the crime whatever posterity may
call tiles at his door.
The historian Giboon, tells US that until the
reign OF Severus the virtue, and even the good
sense, OF the emperOrS had been distinguished BY
their zeal affected reverence for the Senate and
by tender regard to the nice frame OF civil policy
instituted by Augustus. But the youth OF Severus
had been trained In the implicit obedience OF
OF military command Posterity, who experienced
the fatal effects OF his maxlDs and example, justly
considered him as the principal author OF the doc
trine OF the Roman Empire. Could the President
dlvest himself Of that spirit OF partsanship which
bristles all through his late Message, and had he
desired to hold out the olive branch OF peace to
the contendng factions in louisiana he would