, 1890-02-06

BILE, under such CirCum stances, of judi
cial settlement. At the dreadful cost OF
four years of civil war, thc supremacy
OF the nation was forever vindiCutcd
liy their own appeal to arms, the ndyo.
Gates OF secession and the defenders OF
slavery had brought about tho destruC.
ton OF both, Peace was restored, and
the people OF the United States inscribed
In their fundamental law now guUrlu-
tees Of universal liberty, OF citizenship
and OF the equal protection Of the laws.
New ana grave problems arose, not yet
all solved, and capable of solution only
10y u people whose reverence for law
shall secure to every citizen the rights
which neither force nor fraud can per
" anontly deny.
SINCE THE WAR
An impressive summary was given ol
tho exercise OF tho powers of the court
since the civil war In cNpoundlng the
constitution which established a hun
dfcd years ago IAN indostructiblo union
OF indcstructihlu states" The court, VI
said tho speaker "by means of that
great writ OF habcas corpus, has main.
tanned, against executive power, the
right of trial by jury; has annullcd, as
OK post faCto, new test Onths and penal
ties imposed 10y congress and by the
statcsi has prOhibtcd unreasonable
searches or seizures, and has protected
[ the citizen against unlawful imprisun-
mcnt, under color of tho legislative pow
er of congress; has forbidden the taxing
I power OF either congress or tho states to
| impede the exercise hy the other OF It's
appropriate functions Of government; 1;
has enforced the obligation of lawful
contracts, while declaring utterly Npid
those intended to aid the rebellion, and
refusing To- recognize, as Ontracts, priv.
ilegos imprOyidcntly granted by state
Legislatures. Interpreting those great
amendments to tile constitution, it has
shielded citizen and alien alike, oi
every race and color, against unequal
laws and oppressive ordinances; but
while urhol ding the power of congress
to enforce them hy corrective lcgisln-
don has denied its riglIt To supcrClo
the legislatures of the states, Asserting
the right OF the United states, both by
the legislative and the judicial power, to
guard the purity of national elections
and to protect the officers and agents OF
the nation IN the discharge Ut every duty,
and upholding the supremacy OF the
general government, within It's sphere,
over all persons nnd territory and things
throughout tho union, Il has not less
firmly maintained the power and duty
Of each state. within its proper sphere
To legislate for the welfare Ut its people,
I'm it, own comprehensive phrase, the
court "hns held with a steady and even
honi .he balance between federal and
state power. .
,rnc nowor Of lie court has resided and
n,,,st over dwell i'm thc sincere respect
,nJ unhou~ht roniidcncc OF the peoplc
ogtho Mol Stntcs conscioIs that with
themselves still rvsts the destiny of their
I,nc iusiifntinns' whose safety and en-
Jnrnncc deucnd upon their own reyer-.
one" tnr thc snncti1ns of law.
Ounting De- TocuucyillC'5 declaration
Or,,, yc,rs a,,o thnt tho suprrnp coiirf
H. TlSrod M the head Of ali known tri.
hun,Is both by nature of lis rights and
Iy the class of unrties winch il controls.
Nr Titchcock's address closed as fol
lows;
o
rtnoNNi'"r' A..
Reviewing, NJ the century Close Vn'
exercise oi those powers with what rev.
crent thauklulncss 10 thc supreme Ruler
of nations may we moi iustiy rerard. in
.I.i,a. ..,.,o, 80 a. i,,ri..iic,irn ,his