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SDesporteWlim o. rpitrL A Family Pape.)r, LDevoifA to Scionce, All, InqUiry In1dustry 'Cnd iteaue .er~~$.OprAnm nAvne VOL. 'L1 WINN SBORO13110 . , I',~ LA )i~N~iI1C 18 87 N.3 FAIRFIELD HERALD 1M PUB ltuIE .1 wE.KIly BY DSI-PORI'1ITEs, VI I AMS & cO. Ternt..-Tii : iin is pubiishie.l Week ly inl the Town of Winnsburo, at. i3.O4 in Varcably in a1de'.nance. jy@" All traiisient averhtisemnts to bo Pairt in advtnce. Obituary Notices and Tribute; '-.41.00 per Selected Poetry. WISHtING, BY JOHN P. SA. Or all (he ainusemonts of the mim, PIlti logic down to fishing, lherie Is nt 0110 linit Vol mian filnd So very ce01ap 111 'wishling ;' A very choice dive-sion, too, It we rightly Iuse it, Awl not, is we are apt to do, Pervert it and altuse it. I wish-n common Wish, indeilt M11 y purse waits isoiet hing 4a( tor; That I inight, cheer the cib1 of need, And not, tmy pride to flati er. 9'ihat I might iake oppreision reel As goll cin only m11kW . And break the tyrt'ajis rost of steel As gold can binly breat it. I wish-thaf synim.. A1i1l love. Aid every hutai: p:~siot Th it hs its origit 10have, Woutld conti and keep in f.:slinu: That scorn, anid jeonlolnsy, an Itl hate, A ad every b,se enivI Iiot. Were hatiriel iN'ty littet tleep) 1e 1eai2 the dt~eives oet n "ut! . I Svish.---tiat. t'riets were aIvlys (ruc, A ti 1111 iiv s il W:ty I' ore: I wish thlat. tie gua;'( wer.e ac few, I i1 thle b hwre Iew'r ; I wi!l ti. (Itons wohIl ne'er Forget. TO hwed their pitte leachin ; %% w ih hatprct ici'wr wals not, o ilfertt 'rout preaching. 1I. ish--that mtiodest vorth iutiight hie A ppraise-t with I rI tth an10 c:ulor ; I wi'lt i-t. innToi enetu' w':ier F romi t rel-l-herv -m-1 iaol- ; I i411 th:It tacn 1. ! i-v s W Ilhl nimtl, It It womniti n0e01 we reivers ; I wis 1thait wives were :'1w-ys kind, And hisbaids alvays lu-crs. I wil'-in ( ie-I--it joy mil iith, Anol every good ide: al. May cime, cro while, ti-)tgiontI tho earlh I') bi th1 gloriottI real ; . ill (1d s4ial ii very cie:ture bless. With his stupsreine ilessinig, A19 thoptie ie lost int It: ;,'in ess, Anl wishig be possesion, President's VOeO of the Military Bill, I havo eamninl(" lie 1-l "to provile for ihe more elfliciot g'veirt nmet. of the rebe SLate." With he enre Cand inxiot v -which its transcendifent importI'unen'Is calliated to awaken. 1 am nuable to g.[ive i1. myi alont1, F.,r rea-;ons- so gr1ave I hat I iope a stat lipitt of thei tn:1y ha m01t infliteiice on thw nitinds of th patitotic antd nlightied. men wih, Vhtom th detcision mu1114t utimateL]v re-st. Th Lil plnceq 1l1 tl peopu of tle to-n States therein tn med ndor th Iaub, 1 olute doination of imnitaryriler ; fanid the preamle uindertake to givo th1e Y(lon t11101 which Itlt0 meas1tre is huse.ul, anid clil gronltd tipon wlich it is jtlist i. d. It dtecarcs 1,1tat there ex'it0 s in tilt)o Smnutino leg~nl governmc~nts nnd( nos adequpigte protection for btle or pro.. jtmrty, and nassert~s tho necssity of ('n. forutmg pec aind good oder witl inu thir limnits. Is this true aso mantdoiof It is not denied .that the Sta t es in quesC'tioni have each- of themii an.t actuttl Groverinmetit, wvitlh all thet powers, ex. ctive, judicial anud legislauivo, which ~ nprorly belonig Lo it frtto State. They atre organizedt- like thie olieor States of S the Uniiotnand,,like them, they makie, atdinisteor an1(l exente tiho law's which c~ oncern~': their domtiir~c af'airs. Ad~ e'x istinig de~ /acto Qo veritng:i t, exercia., 9lneh functioon as- theseo, ist itself thie 'aw of the State upon nill matters with i:.sjurisdhictiotn. 'lo proouce the ~ nprenw-mking pover of aht'estab Iishied State illegal, is to say that Jad~ itsnif ist unlalwful. T.'ho provhiions whlichi these Govern mnent4 have madlt~O for tho' presaervationi of order, the. anppression of crimo, and the redress of ,piivato, .iujuries, are, in1 substanein and pr~lincil~O, thes .N sam0 d thos( wh ~'lich prevail n1 tho' Northorrn States, andt in othe~r.ctvilizted coutries. The certatinily h~ave sot ecoeded ii S prove'niiing-he commission of' all erinec noer hits this~ 'hEen a~ompligneI any. where in th' world.~l Thire. it NIl as elehe, ofthenidtra somietimes oasapo for want of v'igorois prosecntion, and ocanionalv ehps fto'nli ey of dotirtst or the pre'jidhc(J of turd 5, It ic imdoulodly truno that t~iuso evils' h~a ve bien muelt Iftoreased- and agugravuat led, iNorthi and South,. by tho demoi'ali Ehng influecntesg of eMil war, jtd' the randoroiis .'png jobs e.Which. tho'conithst iirt e9Jgendero. AIt that~ these yajue a re mnintiain~ng, kloa- Ch)ovet t~wis for ~4 thiemiselver, which hiabitually defea't-the object~f atggvenment, And, renider 2 ilihdw:ililha'atfd prope~rtfi *dosb 13 in itself'utterly jmiprobable' "ad h nve citmunt< of. Ihm bipgoj t o :t in not. t 8 tppoers a yidupe .wi, btif miitilhav i~ue4!cn't i S ject qq~ty4 me that the masses of thie Sotither~ : people, anid th'ose whor Sontrol the nublic notsahil* thne etertrmn divcos opinions; on questions of Federal policy, a1*e Comitpletely united i the elfort to roi*i1zO theiiir Society Onl the basis of peace, and to restoko tho mutual pros peri IV as rapily and as comoplotely as LIteir cireonistalces Will permiit. Tihe bill, however, would Scom to show upon t3 faco that tho esta5blisih1. mieit ol peace id good order is not its real object. Tle fifth section declares that. the preceiUg sectiois shall ccnse to ope!rate in any State wherj certain events shall have happenedl. These events aru--lirst, the selection of dole. ga tiso a State Convention, by. an elIOction it vhicl negroes shall be allow. ed to vote. Second, the formation of a St.itI Co('slitittiont by the coivenitions .o closent. Third, tile insertion into the SIate Constiittion of' a provision which will secure the right, ol voting at all 1!lectionsto negroes, and to such iwhite men n may not be disfronchised for rebellion of ifiony. Fourth, the sub Mission of thie Comistitt ion for ratifica ,ion to iietroes and white men not dip. 'ranch isel, and its actual ratifieation by 'heir vote. Fifth, tihe suibmission of tile AtIte Consi.ittiot to Congress for ex-l uninntion and approval, awl the Itaetrna Approval of it by that body. 8i xthI, :.h dloption 01' a ceriain iit amend ment to iIm. Fuderal I Conist.ititun by a vote of tie b hegisat-tirc elected tinder tho new Const I itt lon. Seveith, th atlopLtion of 4and nminodieniit by at sifflieieit, 11111iber .>f oiler Sta! 's to make it a parL of the moistitiion of tho Uiiited States. Al I I hese contiditions must bl) fulfillod hofore the i icoplo of aniy of theso States canl Ie relieved from the botidago of military ihmhition.; ht. wvhei tley aro fulfilled, tleu innnel'dhnt -ly the painsatid pe11il oie(T ie bill are to cease, no matu'tr wIether ther he peace ut1m1l order or it, and w ithet any refe:ve t.o tho sI'ettritv of life or property. The evetise giveo for the hill in tho preamble is hnitted b ihe to bill itself not to lie real. The- military rtilo which it establishes is phiinly to bo n'i-not for any purpose of ordter or for 'tie proveutioti of criimo, btit. shl 13y as aL men fs of' coercing I le people intio (io nltoptlim of principl's taud iltmm"res 1.o which it, is ki.nxn that ty tre Opposed, and liponi which they have nn unditiablo riit to exerciso their own juiigment. I stibmit. to Congrc-s whether this meIsouro is not, itn i whtolo chaietor, scope and 011oj"'t., withoit precedleit nd Without an1th.ority, inlal o 111)IOConllit with the pla inest provisions of the Con. titniois anl u eirlv (lstrtiCi vie to thoso great principles of liberty and hnmanivty for w-hich otr aicostors on b'oth sidt's of the Athmtic -havo shed so 'much blood aid expetded so tmuch t.roa. Si 111'. 'Phie ten Stafes nnimed in the lill are divided , intto live distriets. For ach ilistric tit oflticr of tho army, not be l Iw tlh ratnks of brigadier-general, sto be aj Ippoint!od to rule over the pooplo, and hw is to be stipported with -an eli. Cilt muilitary, force to enlable him to p(srflorni his ittt ies itI enforeo hisa thorit . Tho- duities aid that authoti IV, .8 dleflined by the third s oon of die bNI. are to 'protect dlI persosi in their riglils of person and property, to slip. pressitisurrection. disorder and violence, ai Is) puniish. or c.atse to ho pumsti1hld tl istnrhero of the public pence, or crihiinils." 'Ih ie powetr thus givein to the ctintmandig ollier . over' till Ot peo~plo of' ea'ch' district. is hiatof an ab'so huea rionarch., I Jir moro will is to take the placo ofI all law.' Trho lttw 'of the St ates is now thei only ruie applicablti to the stubject's placod nutder. his cottrol, and that is comtpletely ,displaicoci bf ths clause whvbi hdeclares~ all interfer enco of State athlority to be null and Void. Ie Ia:lone is permtitted to dter-ht mine- what are-rightts of person o pro. perty, aind ho may protect'thomti in stneh was ats ho in his diAcretion may deem propeir. It pinges at lis free dispoisal all the lantds and' goods in his dietrict, anid lie my distribto thenm xvitlioutt lot or indraince to whom lieoulcasos. JBeing botud by no Statp laws anid thero being tno otheor laiw to regttnIato tho subIject, lie nmty maoke a criminatl coda of his own ;. and'he Cemimako it as lipody as any rceoreted int history, or ho .can. reservit tho privilogo of ating hpon the impulse15 of the pr'ivatte passions in echl caiso that arises. H IQ is botmil. by..no rn of cvi doncae; tlhero is, idood, no provisioni by wvhiich he is mpthizived or required to take any ovidencet at, all. E~verythitig is a crimo whiicht ho chooses to call so, and all persons aro condemneid whotn heo proitnoces to -be guilty. -IIo.je not honnil.o,keep any recoyrd, or make any report of his ptroceedcIng. I [c maiy arresa 111 victims "wljdrevor bto finds Lhibein, withI out warraity, accutsation or prootf of probalo cartse. if hto gives thomn a t'ial before he .iniflicts~heo punP shpobe ivep it ofhis grace itdid iner.iy; not becapise bleis-comnmanded so 'io ftansnall roado'rof-theo bill, it nili~t seen) that songe kihclof trial wats 'seona id .It j dryne. doutd oF crime ; "may allow ilooakotiibuale to try ofileidet'u bitth oborn'e, thtis does not innlefactor withattt lir;4pert (4 f'r'w Qati'e,, dad de4o~ 't e o contrAry t.ptco. It is also nraviilod thtat "ho shall hae bower to orgmuizi'e imtary comnm ;.;ou or tribunials ;" but ti; power ho .,,w coinmiainded to exeree. It ii meM v permissive, and is lo Io iused oily "6wheminl hli') jndi eniomybepe sary for the trial of'k r. E re if the sentel'ce of a coi i' ' m ln wi made a Ire-reiniite to t he plimli ihment of a pirt y, it wonl e r'emely th1 slightet, chek upon he (licer, who has ablority to orgn:lize it n.-c he plear es, prescr1ibo its mado of proeChn e appoint s memb'is from :ulo) iwa own subordillates, U1- ; '.I is decisions-?. Ilstead of mi harshness ol' his sin;lo ri. a mi1. bunal would be n ':d i-h !:I .!p bly to divide thfe r b l img it miore cruel ani anjsi-t. Several provi.iions, dcietatedl by- flie hcccuan ity of' Congres., have been inl mlorted in the. bill appa ren t ly to re strain the power of thei ommtn)iin.c oflicer ; but it seemn to meo to Ib to hi thev ire of no avail for that, pm.o. 'Tho fourth s ectivi pride+-i . I'lhat trials shall not bo ncCc sa h-.v dlayed ; but I th ink h h -ve MA Ilint the pover is given to ci h without trial, aild, if so, ti,-;. pro. ion is practically inoperactvo. ond. Cruel or unntuul i;.ltcenti not. to be inflicted ; iuct Vho i to . cido wliat is egccl aid whatI i- unk.. .nal T The words1:, hcav :v id a tle - gal lmtcaliig by long uw S il ith' coli . Can ithe Cxpect d th t milt:rv < nors will nuesadOr flo'a rule expressed inlnuage vo I.i'*-1 t oeh IIal, 11ti Aot per'.l- illtci in tOhe degree to their o i? if thnen, :ech otlicer ma~y dlicLe '1n..lIy~ according to his own t etper, v:. iW 4 isnot usual, he wiln -uake it aal. (0. porenl punciet, iI"pris ni thC' gag, the ball aclI chainl, a ld th --. mowt. innmppotible forml s of tI n invented for military puni.hdwant, lio within the ranyo of choile. Third. The senence ol'a i1clonuision As not to he execited without beiig appiovel by the cocinna ndor, if it. allffiet a- li e or liberty;and a sWitecl ofiealthl un1t1:,t be approved hy the .Pre.*ileit. I is appi1s to cases in which there hasc been a trial and, sentenllce. I oake it to be clear, under thi b)ill, (1 tt the 1 militcary Commandoer mavy tcc :n t') death withouto evenl the fo1rm ora trial by a mii it ary u4c1itissionc, so tha:1 the liN or the conIenICed y depend upontlice ill of two mnei n.ted'o' 0110. It. is plain that the aihoriy here 'given to the iiiia ry officer anounis to absolite despotisi. .Bit , to uke it Still more unendurable, tie bill pro v lcs tchat t ility be deeatc.cicd to :is miacn y subordinates asi he choo: es to aippoint ; for it, declares I iat. ho hiccll "punisi or cause to lhC pulni,ho." Such a power has not been wieldeid by aiy monarch in Enhmd fo'r or'e thainki five huidred yo:crs. In :l111 that tim,110 People wilo) speak the Eu: lish lah61guage have bonoe vnel -e i tulde. It redncees the whOle! popub)i Ic - tiona of the ten LLatcs-all pe'on, of every color, sex and comiition, anI(! every stranger within their i liits--to the most abject and degracdi.ng slave ry. No master ever had a cotn'etrol so nb:soluto over his slaves as this bil gives to the military offlcers over both whito and colored pvrs-ons. It may be answered to this that the oflicors of thc armncy are too magn~zi:mi 1ious, just and humane to i)opres: awlci trample upou01 a unbjucganted plbe. .1 do m'ot docibt thatt arminy oflicers aire as well cut itled~ to ti s k ind of' concfid 'ee't cas any other ocass of men. Bhtt. te hnistor~y of fho~ world has bseen wri en1 in vain, if it does not teach ucs thact uniirestracined aucthiority can never hie saifely entrustod in human llhmis. It is altiost sur'e to hoc moroor1 les; ahnsx od unider' any oirleumstacc , andc it hans aliways recsulted cin gros- ty;ranncy. .whero the rulecrs who execiso it are strangers of' their subjects, andi Cccm a inonig them ats the reprexent ati ves of a dIistant liower and1( mloro especially ryheni the pcowor thaut liends c them is urnfriondlly. G4overnmuents closely r'e iomiblinig thathero l1Ooposed hav'.e bceen fairly~tried ini Ilungar'y anid P'olacnd, 'ansl the sull'oring endured by t hoso people r'oused the' symrpathiocs of thne entire nworld. It was tried lai Treland, and, though tempered att firsct by pr'in oiples of Ecnls law, it gave birth to cruelties so atrocious that they are nover recounted without just icndirna tion. . T1he Fronoh Cionve'ntion arcnced its deputies with this poiwor, aind sept them to te Southern departments of dors and othipr atrocities which they /ommi~itted shiow w)hat- the paissions of thloablest ieon .In the umost civ ilizeod society will tempt thoem to do when wholly unrestrained by law. Thie nion1 of' our1 race in every ago have straiggled to tionp the hands of' theira Governiiponmts and itoop. thiom wi Lhcin theo law ;, because their own- experi onoos of all ionnkind tatught themi that rnllersqoald not bo rolled -on to cons' iodo t~hos6 rig'hts'*bich they w'eo iot iogally..kitmd to, respoo6. The hea4 bfga grea6 empiire has someltimenO gov erwetivot withis a mild anid pattrnl swayJ but the kindness of ani ly% nibW f dvog' y1elds what saju mapr~t-an ftI)tet peo' W* h i dossiddtton tier. aan onoth lng but onuiity ; hce gettishes ihom If they can reszist his authoaity, and ifthoy suibi to lte ho ha60s Wil cll ( i n!'i 4110')' c:4' j - I I,'r t ..t I t I vl toe . ii'':ik o , thur vvitt 1.4144i 0 iiulitiraa r - 1 . 44 ( 1 41t ' W1 a1 ltru Au ink th A"%' j~ I OV IMAV Qit Al leh" e VI' t thie t 'Iin awr inilites und '.. ny(~i~ow l j(el1we!-i 4 to WAv sod thedtate. law~. hil I ' we4 4'! a t ,.I tat 4t11ey 11.1'. 44 1 %1- or44 li illi dilL4 i t they4: ihd! (;C 140,('4 NOW4 No' t i MA, 4:,'l.,41 illve1 wi'oil es dIif 1i 41'44 4 - h - o i4;ieii-iei. 4 A."i Iaw r : A J. t'Lei Ang'c4 AI'we 10A44. .4.44en~r n.L1. I il i\ tunli l~ 4 e~~'4 1. .14~ t41 l ( oil. I ~ ll1 i "A'. .t v~'c I' Vi1 I C. opon14 thef iii ll of' I. r, .0ii' e alil h 1 41 441 i It'.0''' v- t I ll ai d!.141 ~ i 1 I'l. (ct Notit 1~ 'd ~ h i s Ii'b 011 , IW41i I 1 ustilne". !.!-n it)4 s11 l 1"1i II, iii ill-, (41 1 wdrc, 111ke l: 1 Il4.'n'b o fr~ the'c' feol ~v .cie ii ,*4re vi ..d I).. IVt lie i C'4fl$'4Uc)4C4' Ott' ri g t I V 4 lie 41"tt4 1 0:vh 44'i.i 1 S'ei vs-:~ 1 lw (%; y i r i ni \'41 I 4)'I it hhh 111' 112 0.1I $4) tow4'le:]1 0 444litl war, ' 11442n til 1111)i44' d , ez c ( i l tin ll 1'.' i e o j41' xo:'v $10 p1lotyo till' 14111 or 141 POiI ii c .I it I. o 14W: even1 ha'.ecth' : flrco II.110 pitC 1s1 the ord il.,i" ion i.; Liii 101 t 1-11 11 coutO 1101 ivorId up') ilk.r l1xIlt11 d ('1i2'U" 01' c::, il U. My; In %viil tv lx i n~tl or.1' (41 ilrI., 'LX11 cit. I 1 100 C t.- Ii (till (l-:*;ietil' t .1y to t( V~h oi txbil11)) ill t ~ I11( w l. onto liilaclilI( tht,, IIWS (4 ill'.l t'I' inly IliO1'iy a eoi 1 C'in 1 ivith il111 *' in , clelii'.0,0 lit, (JI i'1- (00 hot OSSi45 utull pwor. hi WAgW 14.11(, I .'il 1111 v! ' t I IS 1-: 11 lw il0 1% '"olhrnc. fu' nur. I to (! rtIA nd1 thi'oo th idnOf in, 1Il . ' urisdiobt (isi 010L)W xril, n hia( bothv In inyoo nu lw ; phorte w' tolih 1)0 vxeiCisc il imo of:1 wr~ .!'(rIV 11141 helon ie cw1141lill ()t.)i .)4no 4 thi iiir (Icctiiow by~el rcditreted liw cabu ent ;rl.o 1111(1 1 . IF ini i o o C I 015041 ilii Ii 0)0 ov ivi Ia Il i c ur1t s4I''C arei actuall thend liiitt Wf tionited tWtator duringw teiobcll i vitHir tho 1,iiitnof Iic~lr Stioperinihigi)' Ilcle 1101illy I,;- v:J!, 0,t-'r I) toXki'Oi.4 : tPhio it of eo ite (-o1 called~ ......itiii ' 1.11(10 Mit. I 1'c 1 Orl 1e~)14rk. h l i Ut~~~~~~ '1tlr; cntIo ill%~ itt'tdl ;"i in to (NMI oT JAYt ori~ ilii ( X ti v i N o, poi hj (lt I L' 1 id,'iit, ill tillicv4 (.11 t ies~ whv e ordl' 11 i'y Li V. 114) Ioli''c r aIdeqlun I clv liceures puIIl'ic salfety itil it wi tL ),serve~d Omht of t throo iv,& v. ii.'c m'oit I a W8 ('!lac t u by (ii-i vai I;*t i 1'' 1 r ol ' :that under ouf ho ~'Atticr tdlvnt o iti ))u On hat. Vd ly 1-o l il tilli of pooy t11,1 that citi for 1h iwvrmcn to tho nil icr ti 1101 110 r'SlY Thatl' 1-eIy of miltaryc W .' II islliL11 ipplt- tlivnio t i c h u Czn, in 11i ianlkiad il it' i o o fw c . j udii tis id ~ W au par1o-that snr of h. 14:ola, fio c aTt dlie coly to t' ho &A OrV IVI i t-i tht c11 itlI whilst, 1lu 01:'. at 'Owlb .-1jt y H m 110114) iiid~ cd ,t.: *.I , 4 i ll appt.' onXl yCJ ILI t.,o thet It'dniii-l1t no t, ofx a the right tniiu o. of11: toh 4.'Vt'I)' peto pllt at theirk )1 (ol N%-r(I.'I IZ: :' .: I tha il l 1111 cr1't l o W it i:- tt -it by jur ki 11 . 1 4 I 1 01 11is *l~l-riit f \ v il 1 0iL ti laci.1 oil tile U') tol em.4),' fltull r Speak) otit(', hc~11111 d,:t . :it t-:ioi of L iiho ''ii ) 3 nv i tli trvx (4'i ihI~ ou b i WO -y, r'i; d iu, I 1o0I !i 1. a ndtu of pi'Of'Jlit t~w v:J', ow' 1i' l t re.0 p1Ht aI.,i a -)o v!l ci' V' tim nIi n 011' olde k.X'Jt a 11031 Tol whit ILmnt n V1 Sioli o iil of' h Lii icx ca it iwett o' onltr or p.-iopowed r14 imniltiil f Adincsiill c'it.cS %v1 141 linivc: l y nowti') For' it iitilli kt f t r o il. lIt &'i Nv13 1;) e ni'tv is io :lt armed -i;or I a.. ih (i U1. out-11 lod r i x e t thi't wh ny ar.:v, i .' d"!j' io-l-iu of th. U1lo (ur111 lil 01: i i' ll lilA t ll' ite Conn 'f niio i11 ii l 3i o ' fonriej a 'a i tizc a r nd' Iti t., wo ,i 4( itl aclv po1 t, Uns it Lii i (I ' Alf, 1 it l pO~l ili' lti 10 l (tI'i V-108 i :1, ii nLIti W1h1'tJ4icy W Li in1. 11 l lL '14 f tw. ilbigi Ill It. to i~; lie t.t 110 wil of l t av. iIllyt ".t e 11 a l alldi p r-o 0 ,111 (-u'ii, i it,:4 -iray 8 [uei'' l~(''0 tlhei arr!ilo (th' 0:1 3 : 1 :1 TaI hi ic iofi I c' 1111 n1i fill:1 Wili ~ i writ. '1lil tli lt of e0iiC a1* 1th lithxrO't0lcil iy 10 make tr. he i i1rt. lll it'rs ltO til o proit Sh11ll tlPpi og' n Iitle~ 1f1or i i i cu itn or oI r 'liumi(11 ty iigrad8'5tir(41y." riti 11(131 114) qh(!* 'p f IkA*nul )loii Solierl nimwerap 16. ll v ieii a~ti lilt chil'rt'ka.'t. wy ihut 1 ' *l, 1.Jni to T1iles ai olinil to ,lI tItc .1t 1iici potoit -Jrcuill hordo. 41 A v il I114libet or(ani L prorl'QNt.ll-d t'ii (if w prorly ofit law. Thlasrik hili14, ii it jiit3 te k, ill is~'t' pei'ty and wiio'o i tillA poo imu each ofLli tv li; l)' - 111 10 iltl Of itVO Jl111 m er tives of the doomed parties were exclu ded front allI particil)ition in the 'trial. Thle convitioni is to be followed by the imlost igiominious punishment ever inflicted onl lar.go masses of men. it disfrahises thiim by htudrods of thons. ands, an.1 degratles them1 all-even those who are admitted to ho giltuss froin the rank of froomen to the condi. tion of ulaves. The purpose and objoct of the biU the g -ilerl intent, which pervades it from beginniaing to endt-i to clantgo the entiro structure and character of the State governmnt1o , and to co-npel them by force to the adop;i of organio laws and regulationi n vy are unwill tig to accept. if le. f ".ueio9elves. Tilh) itegroes have not asked lor the privilego of voting-tho vast majority of theni have no idea what it meana. This bill ntot only thrusts it into their hands, but compels them, as well as the whites, to use them it, in a particular way. If they do not form a constitution with proscri bed articles in it, a1n1d afterwards elect a Legislature which will act upon cer. tait tmeastres Im a preteribed way, nciltr blacks nor whites can be relieved from the slavery which the bill imposes upon t hem. Without panisiig lere to considor the policy or impolicy of Afri cnlizinug the Southern ipart ofouir torri tory, I would sihply ask the ittentioni of Congress to that manifest, well known, and universally acknowledged rule of constitutional law, which declares that, tho Federal Govrnmtent has no jurisdiction atihority or power to regu lato sich subjects for any Stato. To force the right of sufrago out 6f the hiadst of the White people and itto the hands of the iiegroes is anl arbitrary violation of this princi. plon. T:io bill imposes inrtial law at onco aid it.; operations will begin as soon as the Genleral and his troops caln bo put, inl place. The dread alternative between its1 harsh rilo and Coiplianco with the torms of' this measuro is not suspended, nor are lie people)l alTorded any time for free dolibeiration. The bil Lsays to thoi 1ak1 Imartial ]laV (irst, then deliberato. Atid when they have done ill that this measire requres them to do, other con ditions anl continiignces, over whieh hiey have t1o control, yet remaili to be fullilled beforo thiy can be relieved from martil law. Another Congress must, first npprovo the constitutiois, made in conformiit.y with tIhle will of this Congress and mit. declare those States entitled to represe'ntation in lhoh Ilouses. Tho whole qiestion thus remains open and uinsettled, Wid must again occupy tle iattention of Conigre'ss, and in the mean time the agitation which iow prevails will continuo to disturb all portions of the poople. 4 Thi bill also denie3 the legality or the governmetnts of toni of the States which participtitd in the ratification of tho amnenidmont I.e the lWedorar' Constitution nbolishing slavery forever within tho jiirisdict ion of the Uniited States, and practicidly OXecludes thom from the U nion. If this assumption of the bill be correct, thoir concurrence ennnot bo uonsidered its having benot legally givoe 1awl the important ftel is made to il). pear 'that, the consent of three-fourths if the States-the requisito number bIs not been constitutioially- obtained to thie ratiilcatioi of that amendminoni', thuis lecaving thi question of slavery where it stood before the aimndment was oflicially declared to have becomo a part, of the Constitution. That thai neasuro proposed by this bill does violateo thie Constitution in the p~articlars menitioned, and in many othter wvays wvhiich I forboatr to ounmne rate, is .too clear to admilit of thme leastl. doubt. It only remains to consider wheother t1he inj unctiona of that instin. mont oughlt to be obeyed or not, 'I thiink they ought to h)o obeyed, for rca.. sons which I will proceed to givo as briefly as oasible. In the first plae, it h iho only system of free geornment wich we can hope fto have as a nlationt. When it, ceases to be the rule of' outr condnct, we may, perhaps, take our chokeo between coam pheto anarchy, a consolidatedl despotismi and a total dissolution offhoe Union, but national1 liberty, rogiulateOdhby,law, will have passed beyond our reach,. It is thbe best frame of govornmnicit tio world ever saw. No other is or oat; be ao well adapted to the genius, hae>its or wants of the American -people, Com-. briig the strong h of' a great empil o with unpeakablo'blessings of local solf governmnt-.A~'avinlg a contral power to defend tho general intorost, an4i re cognising the autho~rity of' tihe States s. thbe gitardian~s inidutsti:al rights, it is' Who. 4heet-ancohor of our safety- abroad a i our peace at home," It -was .Qrdelid. "to form a more peorfeo jniOoa Jatldi justice, insiure domestic tyrngnlity,.rQ. mroto the general welare, priid the coiemmpn defence, anid sniourJO .tko sg. itigs ofiiorty to ourselvos ad4 :to our posterity." -1Th'ese . great ends7 hito been attained heorcIofbre, anddj be again, by faithfulh ohenlience in16, bitt, they are certinu -to bq ?lost if w46*.6 - with dluregard its. sacred oblgatio 9. It (~ns to puntiil thtegrnoss err med ' defying thre Constitoution, andt to vnd cate ifs suproote authority, that~wdaKt" rig'tton a blo'od 1".W'r of four' yours'Jide' ration- Shmlf we no0w ack'nowledgf thiat we sacrinlced a million of ihvi ant '(expede billions of treasure tognfo~p - C'im e nued on second pageo 1i IR'l4.' 4~ ~ w"M it ill, 1' ~iiiI'e I ll11 I1 ;.h it is 1wr('4 ~ l cle .*i ar-u hr..'I 33a i the Gov,441, 1 . t~' 1!%V!. " a i Vt !, th o.dI..' 3'' . WIo . O\a : iv:' 31Ui'it 14. 4. "0 '..v" no i it 4 o rt y Ill. pam4 ~'34 chim s mit wi . xvv ii' i'' '-o 111111 t l It~lil' rai c. 41 o.. 1 i I I I f I I'!) ( od 11 1 31 ro 44; I ') . .. 4 1.10 J4&,,' bt it '4'3'as every1i.. \4 I. l.- Omit iJ.3 l''l 0\'~:ti1a:.,. l: . 1~t14 i o; I. b I 1~ 'A, l . N I 14wi. wert3a il' (I10 o.l.'t. tti o4' 4,4ll14 o anlu~y 1101th fundamonolli ly .*4j'' 4' lj' I Ur c~:ar 14.4 in lerahing Qti(0 \\'o hill w". 3 4)1 3 111 ~l 31V :d vh'iith ( 4' a' 444 at wh i'iha( x14 I I:N% litc I. 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