The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1878-07-30
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In all the Southern States there are
citizens OF the highest respectability and
Of much responsibility in property, who
want peace, law, and order, and the su.
premacy OF the National Constitution
So there were in 1860. But these were
then overborne by the more Ignorant,
numerous, reckless, and violent elements,
and their influence Is insufficient now to
keep these elements down. These do no,
want peace, law, and order, aud the su'
premacy Of the National Union. They
are determined to renew the contest
against the Union. These are they that
have raised the head OF nullie lion
again in South Carolina, and that rule
the State. .a+
The manner 10 which they have now
raised the conflict Ia by defying the rev.
enne laws. Itis arepetition oi the nulli.
fcation Of 1882, when convention pass
ed an ordinance iorbidding the collection
Of taxes by the United States. But the
manner Is now msaner than then; for out.
laws are banded 10 resist the collection
OF the excise on spirits, and the State
courts have undertaken to give them'im-
munity by nulHiying the laws Of the
United States, and repudisting the juris'
diction of the national courts. This re.
sistance to the collection Of the excise on
spirits has been going on a long time, and
has become q large organization. The
way in which II brought on this issue has
before been told in our Washington cor.
respondence.
Four revenue officers visited the house
Of Ladd, where noted outlaw and dealer
in illicit spirits, named Redmond, was
supposed TO be. Ladd was one Of hii
drivers. As they approached the house
Ladd tried TO shoot them with his rifle
but the cap snapped without firing the gun
and while he was recaping, one Of the
officers shot him. They were Immediately
imprisoned and indicted for murder. By
a statute Of the United States, prosecu
tians 10 the State courts OF officers of tht
United States for any act done under
color Of their office, shall, on application
be transferred TO the courts Of the United
States. This is indispensable TO The
national jurisdiction; Otherwise, sedi'
tlous locality could nulliiy all United
States jurisdiction. : - ~
The application was duly made and
was refused by The South Carolina Judge
Kershaw, upon the frivolous ground thst
as the officers, by their own showing, wer,
acting In seli-deiense, It was not done IL
their official capacity. But he does no
mean to rest his refusal on this quibble
He asserts the supremacy Of the State oI
South Carolina, and, in hIs decision, hi
gave out threat that II the United State
shall attempt to enforce its law, and shal
take these officers from the State courts
the matter will be transferred, from tn,
judicial to- the executive departments
and grave consequences will follow. Ant
the South Carolina papers repeat thil
threat In more violent terms.
There has been some delay on the par
Of the United States, frat by different in
structions from Secretary Sherman ant
Attorney General Deyens, the frat 10
structing to take ont suit Of habeal
rpus, in case OF refusal Of ths. applica
tion, the latter inslructing TO- appeal Il
the Supreme Court Of the states and sec
ond by the disaifection Of Special Counse
Earl Of Charles,on, who Sas engaged L
assist the government. But ii Is now un
derstood that the writ Of habeaa corpul
will be applied for, and will be backet
up by a possee. Meanwhile, the soutl
Carolina papers are sounding the gong 0
State sovereignty, and srouaing the spiri
Of sedition as they did iu 1928 and ii
1860.
This is a crisis TO the National Union
It's supremacy Is now to be defended b!
re.olute, prompt, and firmly supporte'
acts by the alministratiou, or II is to b
broken down. OF course the Northerl
Democratic leaders will take the side o
South Carolina, and will doall.they cal
to weaken the hands Of the Nationa
Government and to encourage seditiop
"a Thurman, Hendricks, Psndleton, voor
hees, Vallaudigham, and the rest did II
the secession. This is that folly Whiel
then led them TO destruction, and viii
again, But when the President took |
firm stand for asserting the supremacy 0
the National Government, the people ros,
up to back him, and the Democratic
ranks deserted the folly stricken leaders
So they will again when the Presiden
takes such a stand for asserting the so
premacy Of the National Union agains
South Carolina or any other notification
or rebellion as will plainly present th'
Issue to the people. Such cause woul'
reduce the Democratic leaders in th'
North to the same vagabond condition
that they were left in by the Democratic
masses from 1860 to 1854. Such stant
rs q President might and should make Ii
this affair would brush away all though
Of the failures Of conciliatlon, and Of tn,
appointments, and Of the civil setVie'
ruiea-whatever they may be, aud wuul'
rally the people upon the Issue Whelhs
the National Union is toliSe, OF Ia 70 b,
stung to death by the venom Of the soutl
Carolina uullifeation rat.lesnAke. ,,
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