Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1880-07-01
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~ TO GOV, uoAou.
The celebrated lssser n 1snsral HAN.
.eosz W the @ 1eao( ,eyvraor Of
Ts.ss Was = b IL Hpasly three
'yssr sA:' fsey. ..,.,,
ct tho military department OF tho
Cult. comprisins..,hs Two s'a'e' OF '""'
,s,awa and Tvssa,
L NJ, PsAAs. ~ Republican carpet
Lavser ii tas soat yIolsat. radical sypN
had h~ru made aovetnor III t~sas' tie
Mas oppescL IT, the restoration at tho
clAI authority In the Southern Sl"'rn'
and p,eI,rred q con,inuanrc Ut military
rule nai dkaation.
Abou, TIL. time Gen, hAsooos hal
laaur,l his celebrated "orlcr No. 10 y
DECLARING tha, inasmaoh M Tho 'nnur'
rccllens,y lowss Ia those slaisr hal
b.eu oysrthrown aud peacs es,ahl'Shed,
aud tho oiyil authorities werr ready anu
whiting To- perform their duties, THE
military powcr should rcasc to lcad anu
tho "a, Il adn,inis,faliou rcaumo tn nat
u,aI aud righ,lul domIn,on
Th,rcupon, he issued Ills order NJ"
N, announcing that ",ho right of o'al
nv Jury, the kaheo. corpus, tho lllcrty ~
Oh, press, tho irrcdom 81 speech, tho
natural rights 81 persons Mnd the rights
at property mus, hc preserved
with this orlcr tho carpc,'haa toy
,,uor. ps,ss, took issuc. Ito wrote n
letter ~ rrmonstrancc 10 Uen HAN
,o,s aualnst tho reinstatement Ut tho
civil authority Ia Texas, Snd claiming
that TeN IN should he n part III tho fil'h
military district, aud subject ~ m'''
,a,y pow,r, aud Offenders should hc
punlahod nv military commission,
Ito argued Tor the samc arbitrary and
Oppressive military power Witch =" long
after tho war afflicted several at tho
sou,hcrn States, and against which
VANS llAMrIos hal tho memorable
cnn,,.t la souih Csrolina with tho car
no, hag Governor CuANusWLA,S.
rs,ss tticd IL convince liAs,o,k
tina, hc wan violating the aplri, and lot
ter oi the laws III Congress ior tho ~
,ouatru,tion ol these States, AMI that
there were no legal local tribunal" ha'
inv any authority,
Thia drew from Urncrai il,sc"cA tho
letter IN rrply IL rNAss which has u"
come 40 significant IN tho matter "i dc-
aning Lis position upon the relations
between the military and civil aulh"u-
iirU,
sm not a lawyc,. aa,d Hancock ~
iu rrply. "uuI has u boon NY hus,n,sn,
a. u may have been you're, Ia study tho
phiIosnphy oi H,atc,rait AMI politi's.
lint may lay claim, aitor Nh okIwioi'oo
oi moro than half u liIc,imc, Ia souno
u,,r kuowle dun III men aud snn,n NJ
prr,ialinn III What Ia ucrcHaa'y I" "''a'
order and happincas, Aud "' tho ~
TUE NJ our common country, I '""hl
,nyoully wish thu, ~" great nunhri ni
our prnplr have yu fallen IN With iho
yirws you appear ~ entertain, Woe hr
4, n. N hruryrJ u shall come H. pass
that tho pnwcr al the magistrate rl,ll
-, mlI,iary N pcrmiitot tn drn' WIN
the mrrc opinionS ~ icrllnrH at tie
people.
have hccu accustomed Ia h"iio'o
that suniin,ruiA al r'sl"ct ~ d'o''Hl't,
and l,oluua 81 ailrvtInn. love ~ hatred,
y, lnug aH uot developed int" acln at
yinlnlinu al law, we've ma,ir,e wholly ho'
yond tho pun,lo,y p"Nor Ut hhnan IT
huuala,
4 will ua,uja,u that the "uillc hcr'
dom al lhougli aud speech, however nr'
r,mnuiously inlulscl, Ia r"uHiSicn' with
tho noblost aspirations III man, and tho
happlust condition ~ lila race,
Wheu a boy | rpuumhct having read
n speech vi Lard Chatham, drliNrr| ~
ratliau,rnt II was du,ina our rrv"ln,
t,ouary Wal, aud related H. tho rnli,, at
omplo,in the aNagcH on Tho s'dn ~
lh,inlu. YOU may ho more iam'l'A'
" ,ih the aporch than an, am not
u,,ally mistaken, Ills lnidal'il' do
uouu,,d the lir,iinh poycrn'nenl -hin
government Ia torms at unnra"uiod
bitterness. Ito characterized Ia policy
a. tp,uli,ug h. every sentiment al hu'
man,iy ani religion pi"c'a''nnd u GOV
erred with dlaaIaoc, anl Nnnlod h's clol-
nal ahhnt,cu,o al u and ,ta mranutcH "
NAV. think, hc safely asserted that n
mnIo,,,y al tho british nation ronourrod
,u the views III lard Chatham, Hut
Who eve, suppoH,d that profound rnac"
wss not cNiHiiug IN that k,nRd"n,, ~
that government hai any authority Va
u,,,silnn the absolute right al tho oppn
a,,,nn a. cspIraS their objections IL ih"
p,oprioiy III the king's measures ~ anN
wo,,ls, ~ a. any ntunt thoy rlcascdt
ID would he difficult d. show that The
nppoueu,a at tho government IN the
DAYS III tho chlor Adams, ~ joilorHon,
~ Jackr"u Mh,h,trj Ia, !, either
"ailrriinn" ~ "Icspoct.' You arr
,ony,ruani With The history ol our
mast part,cs aud polit,,al aiiunileH
inurhlnu legislation on alionaao, @d'
t,nu. thu cmhargo, national banks, our
wa,s with Eusland and Mexico, and
cannot In ignorant oi tho Tact that i"'
QUO party ~ assert that n law ~ Sysloh
al legislation IN Unconstitutional, op'
,r,ssiyo aud usurpaiiyc 10 not n new
th,na ~ the ln,lod Statca That tho
prnIlo III frxaH cnnsliur alta al congress
Unconstitutional, oppressive ~ Insult
,uu Ia thum IN III no consequence Ia ihr
matter la hand The pr,sidun, "i the
United States has announced h's "pin
Ton thai these Mia oi congress aic M
constitutional, Tho supreme con,t, IN
You arc aware, not long aRo drr'i'd
unanimously that u certain military
commission was Unconstitutional. ou'
rrnplu c,uryw here, IA every state,
without rrl,,oncc IT, tho aide they tooL
during the rebellion, dlllr, ~ :" the c"n'
siitu,innaliiy NJ these acts oi congress.
How the matter rrall IL neither you nor
| h,ay dog,nat,caiiy affirm,
II You deem them constitutional laws,
and beneficial Ia tho country, YOU not
only have the right Ia publ h yonI
opinious. but u misht be your boundsn
duiy IN q cliison b. 10 az, Not lcss IL II
tho privilege snd duty oi ANY aud every