The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1880-03-11

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over any later essa mic eAsal asFess the
Isthmus THAI connects North and South
America as will protect ear natiouai
Interests. This. an quite sure. viii
be found not only conpstabls With,
bot promolive Of the widest aud most
permanent advantage TO the commerce
Of civilization.
Signed RurHERFoRp 3. HArEs
sIArr RIGHTS ~ INrERriSKTED M
rue z. :. suPRknE CoURT.
Recently the U 5. Supreme Court
has givon two dooiAioLs bearing on the
question Of state rights aud as Justioss
Clifford and Field. who are Democrats,
diusented from the opinion Of the ma
jority il is isir TO suppose that the POI
siiion Of the two great parties 10 the
country 10 illss.ratsd by these decis-
ions.
The first decision wac 10 regard 70
the right Of negroes to cit on juries.
The court decided that no state has the
right 10 pass any law depriying the
blacks Of this right This decision lie
based on the old provision Of the con-
stltution which giveg 70 every man who
Is accused Of crime the right 20 be
tried by jury Of his peers. aud also
on the l4th amendment which provides
that no class OF people shall be de-
prived OF their rights on account OF
color or previous condition Of servi.
tude.
The second question decided was
that person WHO is an officer under
the U S. government and who 10 &C.
cused OF committing crime while claim.
ing to act for the government under
such authority shall have the right to
have his case removed from the state
court to the U. S. court for trial.
Both these propositions seem reason
able and 10 accordance With the con-
stitution but they seem TO be resisted,
especially the latter, by the great ma
jority Of the Democrats. But If the
national government has laws
to be executed and appoints officers to
execute them il would seem to be no
more than just and right that it should
have the authority TO see that these
officers are protected in the discharge
of their duties. and II these officers are
charged with exceeding their authority
that they should have fair trial
by their own courts. II would seem
that sSeh rights should be accorded in
order that the iunctiens Of the general
government caa be properly performed.
II the people are wrongsd by these of
fcsFs they are not deprived Of 8 RENE.
dy. The U. y. courts ara always open
10 thsm and afford every facility for
speedy aud impartial trials, and under
this decision such officers cannot be
hampered in the discharge of their
duties 10y any local prejudice such as
has Somu times been the care. by com.
peliiug them to answer in state court.
/ OF course lhis decision does not affect
such officers only while discharging
their duties under the U s. laws, aud
at al other times they are srnsnabls to
state laws the same az any other citi-
zan
Another case involving the eonstitu-
tionaliiy OF the U. 5. election laws
which give the authority 10 certain
cases for the appointment OF Marshals
and supervisors Of elections hes jest
been decided by the Supreme Court,
the majority holding that the laws are
constitutional. the minority IS ia the
other cases. dissenting We have not
read the opinion 10 the latter case and
DO not know upon what grounda il il
Itssed These laws have been bitterly
1 denounced by the Democrats who,
dalas tbe extra session, persisted in
refusing appropriations for executing
them. II they are constitutional
aud remain on The statute book there
I can be no valid excuse for refusing 10
vote appropriations for their proper en-
torcement If these laws are really IN.
necessary aud work Injustice they
ought 10 be repealed aud there is no
suter way u getting odious laws re-
peAled than to strictly esiorce them
aud then the people can jadge Of their
results.
We think the people. generally will
sustain the U. s. court in these decis-
ioas. both As being in accordance With
the constitution. and ~ necessary for
tbe proper enforcement OF the U. s.
laws. II the national government has
not such power then occasions hare
arisen aud will be qaite likely to again
occur when the national law will be
dehed.
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