Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1915-08-13

In all criminal prosecutions the &C.
cused shall enjoy the rights to 6
speedy and public trial by an impar'i ia
jury Of the state or district wherein
the crime shall have been committed.
3rd. The power Of the patronage
entrusted to the president by this bill
Is too great to be given to any one
man and would operate dangerously il
he was 80 disposed.
4th. 1t Is q war measure" and the
country Is no longer at war, but in
peace and thus 1t tends to disturb
commerce and industry.
9Th. The object of the first act-the
suppression Of slavery by war, Is ac-
complished-and no occasion exists
for charging its powers in time OF
peace.
9Th. He objects to the third and sue
ceeding sections Of the bill because
congress never thought proper to make
appropriations for asylums, schools,
and for its own people, not even the
orphans and widows Of soldiers or
seamen. The constitution never con-
templated appropriations for the sup
port Of the INDECENT Of any class.
The negro as a freedman is expected
to be self sustaining and the expenses
of agencies and commissioners to at
tend to his support will be enormous
and work to the injury Of the negro
and encourage his idleness. A mill
tary force will be required to support
the execution Of the law.
7th. The bill proposes to take away
the lands Of the real owners without
legal proceedings and give to negroes,
whether such negroes were engaged in
the rebellion or not.
Sth. And lastly, he says: Il cannot
but add another very grave objection
to this bill. The constitution i'm
declares in connection with
taxation that each state shall have at
least one representative and fixes the
rule for the number to which In fu-
ture times each state be entitled. 1t
also provides that the senate Of the
United States shall be composed Of
two senators from each state and adds
with peculiar force that no state with
out its consent shall be deprived Of its
equal suffrage in the senate"
At the time, however, Of the con-
sideration and passing of the bill there
were no senators or representatives In
congress from the eleven slave states
which are to be mainly effected by its
provisions The very fact that reports
were and are made against the good
disposition Of the country is an ad-
ditional reason why the need and
should have representatives Of their
own in congress to explain their con-
dition, reply to accusations and assist
by their local knowledge in the per-
fecting Of measures Immediately ef-
fecting themselves; while the liberty
of ,deliberation would then be free and
congress would have full power to de-
eide according to its judgment. There
could be no objection urged that the
states most interested had not been
permitted to be heard. The principle
is firmly fixed in the minds Of the
American people that there should be
no taxation without representation.
Great burdens are now to be borne by
all the country, and we may best de-
mand that they shall be borne without
murmur when they are voted by a
majority Of the representatives Of the
people"
The message Is conclusive in its
argument and lofty in its temper and
tone. It's great length confines us to
this brief synopsis.