American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1876-11-04

&C., ana " hen a. ia >r,.-5s i'as
limit he himself % CONES am'n.t,'.'.
The circular of Acknowledgement
Taft, continued his honor, in effect
cxpunGcs the law and it's duly CON
stituted tribunals, and substitutes
| tie will OF IL suboi diEate United
States tiiccr therefor The law l.
ample 10 check Intimidation of v0
ters ami to punish those guilty al
Intimidation. And the r'gh : al
no voter shall be tramplrd upon, o
matter what his political scuiitneiI ;
o. rae or color m.IN hr. United
STA Is riirSaal> ana drpniA un.,i-
shals, s;ii lis nraAr. viz nj 90,
permitted, on thI- in,tr''iti ct' cuN
to carry OF tir provisions a. ~
order of the Attorney General t.
the extent of diSregar,ling the duk
issued process of the State courts:
and should they Offer resistance t.
judicial authority, adequate fore,
would be invoked to maintain tina;
authority, AMI tho court would lis
sumo tho responsibility. IL w!lo
acts upon tho provisions of thai
circular will do SO at his peril if be
violates The constitutional or lrSa
rights oil the hum blest citizen. The
circular of the Attorney General, H.
directing United States marshals Il
disregard the State officers in tn,
execution of their instruc; ions, Wiz
Iually proposes that every mar si'-'
aud .lan,--rrrsuaI shall be con
stitu.ed a snprema-.ribunal, who's
acts, however hasrantIy violativ.
of the Constitution and laws of tn.
State, shall no. be subject to review
by the courts Of the State. Tho
President of the United States
even cannot suspend the writ o:
i,abeas corpus for single hour in
the time Of peace, unless special.
thereto by the Congress
of the United Stotes. Yet the At
tJrney General assumes to empower
a deputy marshal not ouly to sus
pend this great safeguard of per
sonal liberty at will, but TO annul
for the time being, the whole body
Of criminal statu rs of The State,
ena cted pursuant To the Consti,u
lion and laws of the United States |
for the due protection of the life,
liberty AMI property OF the citizen.
His honor also IN Strucied the grand |
ury that it constitutes intimidation
Tor an employer to threaten to dis
Large his employees unless they
rote a certain way, and that it i.
likewise intimidl ion il laborer
'efiIses to work unless his employer
-Otes Il certain way.
Nothing could better demonstrate
low clearly tke lines are drawn in
the PROSTATE State" as we'll IA in
very other section of the Union.
Iere is the his hest judicial officer
# the State, nOminally member
4 The same party to whose very
ottenness the name OF Chamber
ain is AN insult, but really an hon
st fearless, patriotic man, boldly
the measures 10y which
his infamous Executive seeks to
ecure his own reelection.
The result is clearly foreseen.
With all the bayonets
the Federal government at his
ack, with all his holiness, with all
is shameless disregard of decency.
, say nothing of honor, and with {
II his Intimidation of white and !
Dlored Democratic electors, will :,
Ill. His name will soon dissolve
/ oblivion, bat until then will live [
ne blacklist of all black stains up
a the political annals of South
al DINA; while Wade Hampton
oEest, sincere, and ac,uated solely Q
y desire to deliver his State from {
le thraldom of thieves, will be- +
reclaimed victor by the mute vet
oqnent ballots of the honest voters
the Palmetto State. Le
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