The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1883-02-01
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The war, as every one knows without
being told, engendered very bitter preju-
dices and turned loose very violentpassiols,
whose manifestations and influences lin
gered long after the smoke OF the conflict
had cleared away, and even at this late DAY
occasionally exhibit themselves In a very
unfortunate and disagreeable manner. The
victors, flushed with their triumph and ce-
termined TO crush out the idea OF state SOW
ereignty, and even state rights oil Every
kind, so far as possible, proceeded to enact
number of statutes taking away
the long recognized and exercised
privileges Of the states, and
ostracising politically everybody and
everything connected with the rebel
lion. 1t has taken long and stubborn and
extremely cautious and discreet struggle. for
the people of the south, those engaged IN
the civil war on the side of the Coniederacy,
to remove these old preiudices and obtain
removal from the statute books OF the gov
eminent OF the obnoxious laws made only
for coercion and to torment and 1ncon-
venience those who were unfortunate
enough 10 fall within their purview but the
desired end has gradually been approach
ing, until now, by decision of the United
States supreme court last week, almost
every Objectionable statute has been rem
dered imperative. These monuments oil
hate have been crumbling TO pieces one by
one under the wise and patriotic
action Of the south and southern states
men since the war. and in very few years
we may expect return to the iraternai re-
lations OF ante bellum times. Among other
statutes was one known as section 5'l0.
The object of this act was to give the
United States courts jurisdiction over a
class of oifenses, which, from the foun la
ton of the government had been tried eI-
clusiyely in the state courts, by setting up
the fiction that they were committed III
pursuance of conspiracy to deprive the
persons wronged Of the equal protection oil
the laws. In the case ofthe United States
against HARRIS and others, from the circuit
court, for the western district of Tennessee,
decided the other day, the supreme court
swept away this fiction as having no war
rant in the constitution, and with 1t all the
other devices and subterluges by which
congress sought to bring ordinary crimes
and IN sdemeanors within the jurisdiction
of the Federal courts. Under this
act numbers of men have been caught |
up by the federal authorities in the south
tried on charges of kHkluxing and similar
before Federal judges, add SEN
fenced aud rusned Off to northern peniten'
tiaries. At last it seems passion has suili-
,iently cooled to obtain calm judicial de-
as to It's constitutionality, and
I is no longer weapon in the hands of
prejudice and hats. The fact is as ell.
as CRAFTY ing, and removes an en-
zine of oppression IRON over the south as
we'll as gives evidence of returning spirit
If fairness and kindness on the part of the
Now that 80 many long
,lyil strife, and now that The q1estf0nsVnpY
lividing the country are dead forever, it it
pleasant and extremely gratifying to Sc
he partisan enactments of that dreary Pc
iod being swept away one by one from the
tat utory law of the country.