, 1880-03-09

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Congressional clecl ct. Q, 1873. IIe was
indicted IN the un! tstes circalt asFa; coart
nlisieneanor, i violation 81, ths iaws
after It Ind been sealed Up, and delivered to
li!T, for that purpose, to. tho County
SSikxi Sroksin epeh. s' i Upon a' th!s inletme1t So 5
prisonlneiit. lie NOW petitIotls this Courtfor
Discharge Mpoll writ writ OF habeas a} rI sorp,s,
Anglish 1910. Tie, grounds for tl,o applicn-
tluti, nre That tho Circuit Court Ind no j!fr1?-
tlctton, and tint the statutes Under which
ts and G'Ts3c Ts cSaft %f fSys' os t &c Gons 5
full power to mss tho INV untGr Wlltcl, cnn-
ylctioli was Ind. md that tho United States
Circuit Court hatI Jurisdiction of tho nlcnse.
eson st s Is base s to cert reters S t. It's @ opn"n
they arc fully set forth. Tho petition Is de-
n1sd. n!'d tug Ictitioner rcniHlH.ea I" ttlo cs
bradley delivered tie opinion.
FIELD prssKSrs.
Justice Field del,yeret! dissenting opln-
lon, covering both the Federal Election law
cnscs, lie maintains That the United Statps
Gircult c"nFt ncyer ,a ]afisdletio TO- t6y
which he was convicted; first, because It IL
not competent for Congress to punish n
c1,nr1es tha ,i"tt"a t,mnnsni ,,,nm lin hv the
nws ~ tha stnt..: nt,;i .crn,ti' I,rrn,,sG II il
nt oennn1nnt mi fi,r fm,,nress r. rcmato nnv
portion of Its legislative power to tlle
Statas. IL, support Of tho first position, he
om ~ Stas. st IN. ss%nnt*d M n',st i,o m,
srrs", ~" ~ no 1nsr If thn i}',it" Statrs IN lila
present case there Is m prctcrlse, Of such
lmw not n Inv - of III the initial Statcs. tint p.lt,-
a,,,t W., ~ T. T. mm ,,rnacrhs 1 "i tho ;lciat nawt.r
~ the ifn,tinl ~ Satcs .oes @ ,l int extend to
as ,n :" ]n1 n "tu n,,tv ~ aIisnw n,'sr to 1ol.
~ ~ sf,,, IL a, nn ina r. W. fT,,,a Statns nntl
T., n.rta,m a ntfnr ras.s .rErh Tia Coil-
stltutloi, dt' enut,.erates. It ,nay be applied
Tnrati,".s,,, III" onti ,n1vs' ~ t},a fIntfIsi
ssS'i" Stnts! It +, m, cn,,rot n G cniar bv Gn,.
,,rass ~ ~ r. cnhrncr rnses mt npn;erntrt
| f,i tic Consultation, This limitation 1t tho
Congressional puwer. would seem to be con-
there Is
Ayorr1rn VIEW OF THE suEJEcr,
,vlch ia cn,n,lv conc,ustya nrninst tho
,rs,ltcton ~ III, F,u1nr"; t,o,,rts' fila mt
o CoEfeSs an assef pc
the stGs s. IN ntSrs Sr, ossr %hls ef
tSe feicrsl {;overnelt caa III, ,pup9llsl, j.. !.
aso ta plf acr1e IL to s own uIg
tie ~ ,hntc .ra',.iatu III, w,rnn X mHv
e1t u lcte @ Mrsr the ,e1isia.
t%9s tion Of d stas sbvsrsiys ot aii eir reserved
ho,wers. u ~, ane tct,s ntr ~ NY tndenntsn,,t
thn es f.ntG fmtiG A,non"cnt il del tielusio,,, and the
otatss my ~ ns1Y u " a. -, the
Viii! Viii Of + ConErcss Dut, o argues, tis doc
trine tnas t!ie Uui.tH o9tSs ,iny tro,ai,oo
po' Wut to % rIshts Il ts states IN stil another
way II aaiata.ea 'a1 ,@rfoEn e ,vlt, u. tho
eitetlen of State ecers m or With he reg
lstfAt!on OF voteas LUZ al sIc't ntergera,,ct,,
saconcd yeu ID By th lis net of Congress Wien Rap.
Sesentaves e n1 " pous mnervs9on G,n III ~ md
nt"rtaro1'c" n,dnr peitl witl, tia eisction af Stata
t!tnUt nIs,nrs ,ste ar,1a onMnotttrt"
olAcefs, ana constltuN ....-
upon State-rigMs.
After sons f,lrthor remarks upon the char
acter OF federal legislation since tho War
and Its bcaring upon tho rcsorved rights nf
1 E}nfHQ 1UEtjGH t1ElH AftTH. In SUBSTANCE, tHnE1