West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1880-08-14
TENrN NOR r-tTRIOrS.
QuotoblC sentences Prom Gen
ESnuCOCt,'s state Papers.

IsnuCOCt.'s StUtc Papers.
Public Office is a trust, not u bounty
bestowed upon the holder.
The bayonot ia not fit instrument for
collecting the votes of f-comen.
The grc@, principles Of American lib
erty still are the lawful inheritance Of
this people, and ever should be.
Power may destroy the forms, but not
the principles Of Justice, these will live
in spite even of the sword.
1t isa vital principle in our 5.r,cm
that noilhcr fraud nor force must be al
lowed to sUbyort the rights of the poo-
pie
The army should have nothing 10 90
with the selection or inauguration OF
Presidents. The people elect the prcsi
dent.
l Iwould, under no circumstances allow
myself or my troops to determine who
were the lawful members OF State Leg
islaiurc.
The regular army should bc so directed
by i,s superior officers as TO be recognized
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the people and oC 80 law.
Woe 20 us Whenever it shall como to
pass that the power of the magistrate
civil or military-is permitted to deal
with the mere opinions or fcclings of the
people.
20 form of Government however
carefully devised, 10 prnciplos, however
sound, will protect the rights Of the pco-
pie unlcss the Administration is Efficient
and faithful.
The right of trial by jury, The habcas
corpus, the liberty of the press, tho free
dom of speech, the natural rights of per
sons, and the rights of property, must be
preserved.
The people elect the President. The
Congress declares who he is. We of the
army hayo only to obey it's mandates and
are protected in 30 dong only 30 fur as
they may be lawful.
The army has been used unlawfully at
times in the judgment of the people, and
we have lost gree, deal of the kindly
feeling which tho community at large
once felt for us. 1t is timo to stop.
IL is only by q full vote, free ballot and
fair count that the people can rule in fact,
as required by tho theory of our governs
ment. Take this foundation away and
the whole structure falls.
This Union, comprising general Gov
ernment with general powers and State
go7ornments with powers for purposes
local TO the State, Is the Union our faith
era made and which has been respected
abroad and is bcneficont at homo.
If called to tho prcsIdency | should
deem il my duty TO resist, with oil my
power, any attempt TO rmpair or cyade
the fIll force and ClIoct of the Conslitu-
ton, which in every article, section and
amendment, is the supreme law of the
land
Tho true and rrcrCr uBe OF the military
power, besides defending the National
honor against foreign nations, Is to up
hold the laws and civil government and
to secure 20 every person residing among
US the enjoyment OF life, liberty and prop
crtY.
The great principles Of American liberty
arc Btiil the righ,fUl inheritance OF this
people, and ever should Dc. The right Of
trial by jury, TIC habeas corpus, tho libcr.
" Of the press, tho freedom of 8poecb,
the natural rights of persons and the
rights Of property must be preserved.
In war II is indispensable To- rcpcl force
by force and overthrow and destroy op-
position to lawful authority. But when
the ineurrcction forces have been over
thrown and peace established, and the
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perform their duties, tho military ehOud
cease TO lead, and tho civil administration
resume it's natural and righiful dominion.
liso Jcifcrson's way OF Inauguration.
| II suits our system. lie rodo alone on
horse back 70 the Capitol, tied bis horse 10
q rail fence, entered and was duly sworn,
| then rode 20 the Executive mansion and
! took possession. lie inauguraiod himself
simply by taking the oath of Office. There
is no legal inauguration in our system. II
does not provide that one Ircsidont shold
insugurate another. There might bo dan
ger in that, and it was studiouslY left out
of the charter.