The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1880-08-17

Manceek's iDsase HrAper..
Public Office is trust, aota bounty be-
slowed upon the holder.
The bayonet is not st instrument for
collecting the votes Of free men.
The great principles Of American liber-
ty still are the lawful inheritance of this
people, and ever should be.
Power may destroy the forms, but not
the principles of justice these win live
in spite even of the sword
It is vital principle in our system that
neither fraud nor force must be allowed
to subvert the rights of the people.
The army should have nothing to do
with the selection or Inauguration Of Pres
ident The people elect the President.
would, under no circumstances, allow
myself or my troops to Determine who
were the lawful members of aState Legis-
lature
The regular army should be 90 directed
by its superior officers a. to be recognized
as bulwark in the support of the rights
of the people and of the law.
Woe to US whenever it shall come to
pass that the power of the magistrate
civil or military-is permitted to deal
with the mere opinions or feelings of the
people.
1t is by full vote, free ballot and fair
count that the people can rule in fact. as
required by the theory of our government.
Take this foundation away and the struct-
ure falls.
The right of the trial by jury, the ha-
6eds corpus, the iber of the press, the
freedom of speech, the natural rights Of
persons and the rights of property, must
be preserved.
The people elect the President. The
Congress declares who he is. We of the
army have only to obey its mandates and
are protected in so doing only 40 far as
they may be lawful.
The army has been used unlawfully at
times in the judgment of the people, and
we have lost a great deal of the kindly
feeling which the community at large
once felt for US. 1t is time to stop.
No form of government, however care
fully devised, no principles, however
sound, will protect the rights of the peo-
pie unless the administration is faithful
and efficient.
This Union, comprising a general gov
ernment with general powers and State
governments with State powers for pur-
poses local to the State, is the Union our
fathers made and which has been respect
ed abroad and is benefcent at home.
If called to the Presidency, should
deem it my duty to resist, with all my
power, any attempt to impair or evade
the full force and effect of the Constitu-
tuition, which, in every article, section and
amendment, is the supreme law of the
land.
The true and proper use of the military
power, besides defending the national
honor against foreign nations, is to up
hold the laws and civil government and
to secure to every person residing among
the enjoyment of life, liberty and prop
erty.
The great principles of American lib
erty are still the rightful inheritance of
this people, and ever should be. The
right of trial by jury, the A06eas coDp,ss,
the liberty of the press, the freedom of
speech, the natural rights of persons and
the rights of property must be preserved.
In war it is indispensable to repel force
by force and overthrow and destroy op-
position to lawful authority. But when
the insurrectionary forces have been over
thrown and peace established, and the
civil authorities are ready and willing to
perform their duties, the military should
cease to lead, and the civil administration
resume its natural and rightful dominion.
like Jefferson's way of Inauguration.
1t suits our system. He rode alone on
horseback to the capital, tied his horse to
q rail fence, entered and was duly sworn,
then rode to the Executive mansion and
took possession. He insugurated himself
simply by taking the oath Of Office. There
is no legal Inauguration in our system. 1t
does not provide that one President should
inaugurate another. There might be dan
ger in that, and it was studiously left out
of the charter.