The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1879-09-11

the party OF nullIficatIOn-that is to
say, the Democratic party controls
at this time both branches of Con-
gress. The South is now, whatever
may be their professions, as much in
rebellion against the government as
they were during the war. except that
they are not in arms. This is a gov
ernment of law, and people who null
lify the law are i'll rebellion against
the constituted authority The ma
jority, in the way prescribed in that
instrument, which is the fundamental
law, has clear right to change enact
ments, but no part of the people have
a right to nullify a law. All nulli-
fiers are in state of rebellion, and if
the government is not strong enough
to suppress such a rebellion through
the courts or by force of arms, it
ought to be made strong enough to do
it. We ought now to have a govern
ment that would suppress lawlessness
in Mississippi and every other State,
and secure to every citizen his rights
under the Constitution. To this every
citizen, however humble, is entitled,
and the government which may not
be successfully applied to for pretec-
ton III such cases is not worth pre-
serving and can not live. 1t must
necessarily carry in it's body the seed
Of its own dissolution. Ours is gov
ernment of the people, which implies
that the people are equal. No part Of
those people can be Disseminated
against without falsifying upon which
the structure rests.
The South has gained thirty Rep
resentatives in Congress by including
the colored people In the basis OF rep
resentation. Having accomplished
this, they refused to permit colored
people to exercise the right of suffrage,
and in this way, through the assist
ance of the Northern Democrats, they
obtained control of Congress, and
Congress thus controlled sustains the
notification of law. This is precisely
the situation. There are members of
Congress from the South who were
elected not by the ballot, but by the
mob, who have neither legal nor moral
right to seats in that body Throw
those out, and the House would be
controlled by men who would oppose
notification and provide for the en-
forcement of the laws. This points
the way out Of the difficulty that is
now being considered. And has moi
the time come for the election Of {
Congress that will refuse seats tC
members elected from districts where
citizens are not free to vote ?-where
in other words, the laws are nullifed
The election Of such a Congress woulC
insure the enforcement of the ma
tional laws in Mississippi, Louisiana
South Carolina, and everywhere. Un
) less we can secure such a Congress th
,, war was fought in vain, and the 15t
amendment is not worth the whit
I paper on which it was original
l written. The 18th amendment; th
14th amendment; the Constitution {
}, amended, in fact, is worth nothing III
V less it is enforced. 1t will not enforC
e itself, and it will not be enforced e7
u cept by a Congress in sympathy wit
$ it. To secure such a Congress is no
e a foremost question in American po
itics. If we are to have the laws el
t forced and equal rights secured in fa'
J as they exist in name, nullificatic
4 must be stamped out as the rebelliC
: was, and nullifiers and their symp
+ thizers driven from power.
u This would solve the problem th
IL troubles our correspondent. Ii Il
colored people and all other people a
protected in their rights at the Sout
instead of emigration there would
immigration. If they are not; if Il
is policy of the bulldozers is to prevail
# if elections are to be governed by Il
It shotgun and not by the ballot; if n
,e tional authority is to be defied and ju
|: tice denied, then the colored people al
1t all people who do not vote the bul
le dozers' ticket at the South will be I
1t duced to the alternative of emigrati1
At or fighting for their rights. Befo
ze proceeding definitely upon these il
d portant questions, we would ask o.
,e more contest through the ballot bo
re the issue of which should be fully al
fairly presented in advance to the pc
V pie. The time for presenting this h
# in our opinion, fully come 1t h
IS been forced upon the law abiding pc
v pie as the war for the destruction
le the Union was forced upon them, al
if by substantially the same party, al
" upon principles that are as old as t.
o slave power.
n If there are rebels at the South
= Copperheads at the North that
o good faith accept the results of the We
V it is time they step to the front al
:e call upon the nullifiers and bulldoze
to halt in their mad career. The pc
!: pie who are loyal to the Constitute
lie have had promises enough. VIII
Ln they want NOW is performance.