The colored American., 1901-01-26

Carolina, waited on the President. an
demanded his removal "The hOstiIit
and threats of the pOpulace was q mat
ter or public know LEDGE"
Outlook V. 58, No. 10, o. 557 The 81
Paul daily papers of February 25, 1898
among other things reported this: L
IS pointed out that Baker had previous
y written letter to the Post Office De
partment asking for projection, as hi
life had been threaten ed" In determin
ing the fact az to whether Baker made
report or not, we must take into con
sideratiOn the fact that Frazer B. Baker
was a man or come learning and ability
| "a school teacher. Considering this
can 1t be fairly Y said that no report was
made to the post Office Departments, and
the deDartment was in ignorance Ofthe
conditions that obtained there. and
these conditions had existed for one
month, or, are we to conclude that
the President had right to assume.
Notwithstanding the complaints. pro,
tests. and demands for removal. open
hostility, threats, and other firing into
hls house. burning the post office, and
further Notwithstanding that there had
been five lynchings in that state already
during the fret five weeks OF IS99-still
the President had no right to consider
or assume that the good white people
nf South Carolina were sdanQeroua. ,
Ike the man Terry. That Baker was in
danger of no attack, like Justice Field
Ie men OF common sense, what think
you OF thatP If these published facts
are true, and have seen nothing dis
putting them, then the Baker case is on
all fOurs with the Field case, or [ am
void OF any knowledge Of law, and
sh0rn of all common sense,
What ls the relation Of the national
citizens to the national government?
What duty does the National Govern.
nnent owe to the national citizen? Sure.
lv, security aud prOtectiOn-such as
will secure to him Hdue process of
law" " and that protection which saws
that If you are killed the state courts
shall have the power, if they will ex-
ercise,tt, to punish your murderers-is
no protection at all. The guarantee of
''l1fe and liberty, and the pursuit of
happiness" given by the National
Government to the citizens of the ma
ton. is not secured to the citizen by as.
suring him that If he be murdered. bis
murderers may be hunted down and
punished by the state authorities.
That every government has the right
and power to afford ample and full pro
tectIOn tn it's citizens cannot be ques
toned or doubted. And vv8 are iEst of
all citizens of the National Government
and this government as said in E,x
Parte SIebO'd Supra, Tmust execute ite
Dnwers or 1t is no government" "The
United States is a government with au'
{ th0TitV aXt0n6InO over fhn WhOTn forry
tory Of the Union acting upon the
states and upon the people Of the states.
While 1t IL limited in the number Of its
powers so far as its sovereignty ex-
tends. 1t is supreme. No state govern.
ment can exclude it from the exercise
OF its authOrity-obstruct its author.
ICED officers against its will or Withhold
from it for moment the cOgniz alton
of any subject committed to it.n
"Martin Y. Hunter, I. Wheat, 1858.
positively deny that cited Grants
action in placing troops in North Car
Olina and Louisiana. It was Grants
action in using federal troops at Chlca-
go after the big fire to ''protect prop
ertv and preserve peace" that I cited;
be fair Brother Bruce, even with q
Catholic. The late Governor Palmer
Of Illinois, took the same position that
my friend takes. He maintains that
he had the right TO exhaust the "fulI
panel Of competence aud falling to
preserve peace and protect property,
he might then call upon the Presi
dent, and until he did, he, the Presi-
dent, had no right to use the forces
of The national Government for that
purpose. But Grant brushed his rea