Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1880-08-11

l ~ siSst V5tir cabinct from ani1ns our people -
mat yenT my ss ~ el ila Thg are
entitled to speak eatitled = 6e aeiTd , sH ,6o
democratie party accordance IN We Ut A1,i5t
ne wSnIi b, Obliged b select his va1ia"t tue mon
whom the south would indicate L.
dESEnAL HANCOCK.
But says Of den9frae friends ,i a. af sibm
o. southern dictaton. We voted Tor hiin ne ~ a.
that 'I Bat how W. eau he he'll Eimse me south
viii say We elected f rs oa 9Sn6 You ony had
9eveS Votes And the argument Irresistible
or an illustration. aud the records Of the deoctlS
party contain most renafkabe Sonn % n faner
Al Hancock is elected in the history Of Buchanan "a
ena54y apef hS Is 70 ISL Mr. Bachanlu
was elected mainly oy TIC sd 9i W. hISagnscta5
gentleman leader Of the party Who had heid i ,
h NJ" ths sni't have remarked
bsforecalled northern douxhiacez, Tor he mas
when he to make up his cabinet o. whom ai1 NJ
sons F ~ t ptsTa bB the secretary Of
treasury, were southernrrs who alterM1tds NJ
erner; bat Union man. While IOucey, the secretary
Of the navy and Jerry Black the aSrny
lived; absolutely under the control Oh W
etatiob Of tbl PARTY. WHAT hapnened? is came
round and the southern states lhreatehea H. tor
ney- general and said: What shall do? These men
WHAT shall d1? MT Black examined the question
and reported that there Was NO power to c2er re al
general were waYerluK and hesltdtlilx III thls
states our arms, munitions aud supplies, and so
locating army that when war on ne mon w7 o
almost helpless But ihe PATRIOTS men Sl ae Of III
southerners and the snears OF the northern copper
heads Union army Tds soon musiergl anu td ,p
tain the Union. loud applause via. .,,, no do
The south comes forward and says; our ~ yoWyes
elected you what are you gong 10 % ior nd te
secre,aryship Of the navy We demand the attorney
And so on ana 70 on tr nan To- ne The rs
dtons of his party he cannot or true TO tn9 tta9l
rule in ali political parties that their representative
shall govern its operations and hold me Sreat
every one. Under our theory OF government, tue |
10 the veto power We call the president the execu
tive and his office one Of the three great coordinate
nuty except as to the veto powcr lie cant make ma
pediency Of passing certain measures which congress
can pay heed TO- or pixeon hole lnst as Ss
in accord with his party Andrew johnson deserted
the resHs His administration was failure and he
narrowly escaped Impeachment General hanSSoShR
wanted TO- and it is safe 70 assert that NJ
that party as have shown, governed By the south
PERKS OF DEMOCRATIC ADMINISTRATIONS.
With democratic president and a democratic con
gress acting accord. the question arises what can
they do The inquiry is not ntSa a csn sHqY dog
Becanse' # the southerners once get control OF
they the viii vii be aetuated somewhat " hs feelings Of
revenge They have not i9rgotter thei dGlgs dnes
other people would who had been defeated IN war ana
and then get the upper hand OF their opponents by
As Slight suggestion of what they can do, let us
before congress bills to ay southern ciams TO the
anbant Si d9sn%eE %hch states that aSa to be
| as close approximation as can he made 10 pay
amount than the national debt, which vas incurred
III b. the terms the M
They are claims for spent, or deOs incurred
prohibited by the constitution. But their claims are
property destroyed by 2ya s ew a 1nd at a.
late day are brought out Of Their holes e be passed
south south The Plea made in their behalf il that their
losses were not in the regular course OF warfare
Their destruction not necessary IN oraer % put
down the rebellion These claims are ior cotton
co.. aSan sugar used We Want you should it
The plea specious until examined and then itsiaacy
they be passed? If there should be democratic presi
No trouble about that not particle Blu" say my
| Vermont friends on the other side DO You snpEgse
not? II northern democrats act with thG southern
reason to suppose that they Will Aot-"Hy Hu'ui1 Il.
There Is stl auoher suggestive iusan,e ot via:
we may expect should Gen. Hancock be elected AIl
the south again have the contrib OF i 9GT ~. 4
/, law which provided that supervisors Of e4ectl1a
snt cou Pt a 81 the ntsd States whose duty
be to that free and honest vote was cast thr2us
d the whenever elections OF congressman
or presidential electors took place No Impartial
federal iudves aud there is real question made but
what they have selected proper men , tha
the law to recommend fit person Tor supervisor IN
Vermont, and | sent MIN the name OF our l4mented
feilowcitizen the Hon Charles Reed There has been
no necessity for supervisor III Nernuht, ana tne
rings and il the southern states. where the negro
ane Of opnan at the
polls and the Measure mas mus SeGre1 'S
Last winter congress- charged with the business of
making appropriations the support OF the govern
ment which should furnish money to run the post
al machnery before they the bl the president
to be signed tackled On what Is called rider which
yisors should be repealed But President Hayes aston
Tor Reconsideration; and much D!uster they took
OF the rider Loud applause H., The only th ,
- Just law the veto of the president Ilry could
He stood frm and hot daring to incur the universal
odium which would attach to them ~ tnGy st9Gpta
J.. with clogying them with scanty appropriations, So
t b1n sesF laid hot be- e Re With gas Tor an
entire season and then backed down, and the cSnn-
the benefit OF honest vote n the north at least IN
s s2 but that hat T e Is S' more D than they can
If northern democrats VIII Vote n favor ul s'l'u
measro s Wig not? The cohesive force OF pu6ic
plumber will hold them toicthe II once they st iht1
power and course which the south marks out VIII
= be repudiated by their northern allies
n THE SUPREME COURT AND THE AMENDMENTS.
}, have already alluded to the constitutional amend
mepts and that it reured the votes ct three
of their abroati6u that path for it will take the
They viii stand in the way iorcyer The intelligent
and patriotic voters OF the n9r WI tSEe care OF mat
way they never repudlate the national debt
Whoe ' for their rebel deOt Can they yet rid
then in any other Tay II tneS e can tg
ment is made up of three departments the executive
hs n and P 5aS Of heS tinted
Il be vested in supreme court and n such inferior
andes tabsh Under his Iroys3n Of the constita
judges Of tho supreme i court iii now hxeI at nine
As the court Is e2mposed now any Of r the yrea 70
yided TpGn the Iesaty Of the legal tender aGi they
II 1t has been my fortune to be instrumental bring
ing before the supreme court an lmporaHt question
in time of war of suspected wrong doer AGAINST the
h was divided on that Question JUDGES Clifford aud
Field are democrats, and their opinions against
swayne has dsmocTatic tendencies and is apt t. side
qf Ss srS and am on san Ii.
seat upon the bench. suppose he should resign TO
1 his a Senate WOULD
m it, NS they mould nt it. and ind E Srh re-
March next when they nope that democratic PTeii
e sure they viii cenfrm the appointment, and there
will then be four democratic JUDGES reckoning Judge
Swayne There will still be five republican Judges,
headed by the chief Justice,a majority But by the
l. to eleven, they have two new democratic Judges
u appontsd and the republicans Will then be in mi
= norlty. That being the case, suppose that Judge
Black to GENE before the court and when
A. attorey general OF the United States in ls6O
u Informed James Buchanan, who was then president
that the general government had power to
a sovereign state now, ami ask you to say
= If the thirteenth, fourteenth and fifteenth amend.
ments to the constitution not absolutely void be
II cause they were forced upon the south? 1t not
- their voluntary choice to accept those amendments
One of those amendments provides that slavery shl Il
he abolished; another forbds the reputation of the
national debt and the payment of the rebel debt; the
third prohibits the acknowledgements OF the
ditOn of servitude. Judge Black will say that that
good democratic doctrine in ISL end 1t ought to he
good democratic doctrine nOw II that thesouh
IS said after the rebelliOn I'VE accept those amend
}, ments want peace But, If they round then
n and say: These constitutional amendments wert
n forced upon us because wewere subdued, and now
n claim that our acceptance wholly null and void,
what will be the result?
Aud that is the general rule of the common awtha
$ man is not bound by any which he forced
70 do, and against his will II such claim that il
made before democratic supreme court what Will be
the decision? VIII they not hold the objection to he
Y valid and that the amendments not binding
not part of the constitution? Then all the barriers
all the safeguards which the republican party and tbs
loyal men of the north have erected to the
fruits of the will be thrown down; and there will
be nothing to prevent the reputation of the national
debt the payment OF the rebel debt the disfranchs
u ment of the negro even his ens Judg
ing by the course of the south since obtained coutru
of the national legislature, who deny that such
calamity is not possible should they possess the
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