Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1879-06-04
-CLEARFIELD, Pa, WEDNESDAY, JUNE A, 1879

"lf you please, ma'am," Interrupts
the young woman, dropping court
esy, ait was very little one"
IA very little one p exclaimed Mr..
Easy.
"Yes, maam, very small indeed, an,
died soon after il was born"
That is the argument now Of tn
Senator from Maine. Now | care no
If there is but one soldier in Arkansas
or II there is none there, the authority
existing at the White House is th,
terror at last. We all know it is no
the commander of the forces or th,
forces themselves, but it is the author
ity that lies back of them which is Il
be feared. The flag of the Unitet
States on piece Qi land, though ther'
be no soldier there, is what strike
terror to the person who would moles
the property of the Union. 1t is mo-
the poor disabled soldiers out at th,
Soldiers Home whom the people feal
who may 60 there to commit depreda
tons and destroy that property, bui
it is what lies behind them. The few
shillings that brought Charles neck tc
the block would not have paid for q
coffin to bury him. The tax upon the
tea that brought the Revolution about
was not worth the life of the meanest sol
der that died in the cause. Away
with such arguments about the size Of
the Army 1t could almost in the
twinkling of an eye be made twenty
thousand to choke the liberties of q
State to death and trample it under
foot forever.
Mr.. President, / wish TO read, before
| quit that branch Of the subject, from
letter of the present Secretary Of
State when he was Attorney General
in 1868 IL was addressed to Alexan-
der Magruder, United States Mar
shal, by William NJ. Evarts, Attorney.
General, and at that time Mr.. Evarts,
as the papers had it, was confined in
his room living on bread and water by
way of physical. diet, and on Hawkins
Pleas of the Crown 'and Howell's
State Trials and York on Forfeiture
by way of mental diet to prosecute Mr..
Davis and the leaders of the rebellion
for treason Here is his letter;
"The special duty and authority in
the execution OF process issued to you
must not be confounded with the duty
and authority of suppressing disorder
and preserving the peace, which under
our Government, belongs TO the civil
authorities of the States, and not tho
civil authorities OF the United States" :"
That was common school. boy learn
ing until the statute of 1865 was pass
ed. That is what Judge Cooley says (;
that is what all the authorities say.
After stating the Marshals duties un.
der the law, Attorney. General Evarts
proceeds
II have thus called your attention
to the general consideration bearing
upon the subject to which your letter
refers, for the purpose OF securing
due observance OF the limits of your
duty and authority in connection there
with. Nothing oan bo loco in accord
ance with the nature OF our Govern
ment or the disposition OF our people
than frequent or ready resort in mil
itary aid IN the execution Of the duties
confded to civil officers. Courage, ,vigor,
and intrepidity are appropriate quail
ties for the civil service which the
Marshals of the United States are ex.
pected to perform, and reinforcement
of their power by extraordinary means
is permitted by the law only in extra
ordinary emergencies.
Using the very language of Judge
Cooley. / will not read the letter Of
General Grant. 1t ls fresh in the
memory Of the Senate, having been
read by the Senator from Maryland
[Mr. Groome1 the other day. 1t pre-
ceded this. Written in 1866, it came
before the letter of Mr.. Evarts. In il he
said that he hoped that it would never
be, particularly in his official career,
necessary to use military force at the
elections, and he used substantially the
language that Judge Cooley does. He
deprecated the use of military force
then, as every patriot must depiecate
it. There must be no two ideas on
that subject
But, says the Senator from Maine,
this was war measure, a measure in
grated upon the statute book in time
of war We have been told by one of
the best decisions ever delivered by
the Supreme Court Of the United
States that We had Constitution Tor
peace and for war as well--the same
Constitution for both. l propose to
read, as familiar as that is, one or two
sections from that decision. / refer to
the celebrated Milligan case, one OF the
opinions that were made not to die
"The Constitution oil the United