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"...' I ' ! y if 4 ;t .. -if1 P. ' ' a rt w -rt--t- f ba.' tW l j&ailliMla -""xi Uev ''aw-" .m .. I- I fttoit.ii ru flu I -i I: .'. 1 m. . .a pi a2 r y r i in y VOL. 1 THE SENTINEL. PRESIDENTS MESSAGE MKSHAOK OF TIIK PBKSIpKJlT OK TIIK UNITED oTATKn, KJSIUKIU.WU TO THE UOCSJt OF KEPUK8KNTA T.ValMU KMTITLKD "AN ACT vmnm vqh th mors: kitw ( 1KNTUUVKUNMENT OK THR KKB Kl. STATES." T rt Mm i rjrrf ie . 1 ve cxtruineal the bill "to provide lor the more tettt uwrtMHiii at the tM states" with lUe care und anxiety which it InuBWuduHt iuiporUtiKM it calculated t ,lirkr I mn -eneMe to give It my assent ir rtsou tu grave, tbtt 1 Inn stoUnwut l ll.ein may "me Influence " mm of th patriot's .ami enlightened iucb The lull ,! Wlt irf ji ten state, thereto Btnu-d, uifdcr the atwolute ,'iniimiMHi fmi.rry iuteri tnd the pre .mblo undertake K'v Itw reason upon w-nieb the WWuKb ImI, BUtt the ground upon tilrV it b ittirtilWl. li .lwlri 0.t tlwre U Utb govern ...I mi ult-ouitle Kimimn utr iii iit uruirtr. mrM ot en fowi"K f l"M, ""'7 lb, ir limili. I" tr l,,ial ' '"" ' H i not ikminl HiHl lV 8UIi in Umw jwtlt ( rt-" w1v,;M"-ot. with H iIm' xwi ewwrt'W, judicial ami ti.tiwliiJ l,MH3' ''""K HUU Tfc'J "rKiniw!l like tb other Siik ul tiw UiiUm, ml, like llictn, tlwy inakn, ln'"t eKl tho ! whH'h -NNirvni tiieir Mrtic affair. An .Jirli lunctkiua u tbrm, U il ll the law f ihe SfatBp"11 BMUfra within il juris . Ii-Uvn. To irMHiiw' tk 'imn law tuakiiiK lW wtalilialinl Hlat illi-gal, , to KiJ tllt I'''- l "' ' Ulll l'ut. ' li..vi.iimi wliW-h Own Unteiwiient. Iism made fr tli" nwfalUm f cinlr, tb' ,iitKii-n f crime, anil the retire ol iinvt injttri, re R rtillv awl ptiHci ilw aaiw a Ukh wliu Ii in-ail i tb N,,nli. rii Ktu- d uther civillwtl un trit. 'I'lwj iMirUiiidy have n.t mucwkI1 in iiirTriitiiijf tbi omniiiiii ' all crime, our tlii Krit aMlihd anrwhere in the ,.rld. TtiT, aa well e. rtentt, olfce .1, r MHUuua r want of ltiwHi ,,r..-uli.m, anU o.-Mioeally, iwi1u)m, by il., iiH-ltieienrjraiMl Mjud .rfjumr. It uiMk.ultlMlty true Uiat thrm eri! hf I... n nim h inerraanl aiKl agKravaUxl. Nrth awl S..ulh, by tin tM'rliiiiguilirnereef I .ul am, awl llw rmir.'ii MhNM barh i. , ,H,ut ha enicmMkrrnl. But that thorn it' are maiatiuninu utvci lut ikcuMelvca wliif h Mil lituallli tk4ea Urn i.j.ct ( alt giivirmwel ami femler their own Kvr4"mil nwrty Imertlre, It t Itaelf j titlcrlj iuii4iUMe,iHl tbe vwut .rf tbe lull to tliat fft i t auimrtea hf any j ruleiictt wkwkhwi towy kalnl!. All tbe iufujuiaVt. 1 bae . tbe auhyeet unVinix bib that the majtw tf th lulilh ! . m Nule and lhHe " hit eMitrl lbir iul n, m lv ikl, tb. MrUtn . livere ! i.diH n quwtimi wl lVbral pt'lky, are m .i,ily .tl4naieaT.aftUiViwthir r,-irij on tbe li "f p"", "d tti ret.n tlw:ir wmnal J"JHity rapidty and a , wie4y m JhVijU r4,-eei4n will "r mil. ' " C. TW,- l.ill, iMiwaMaavVaatkl mmm to ahw up il lara! thiU llK.lblilHB.!iil of iwacr and khhI litilrf W wwt ita rrttl uliji-cU Tin ti t fit .ovtiiia tbaJarre that the pf-.r.liii rkaw iill awB lo n:ri in any HUM-; IIk-w rviiiM am, Hrat, tbe arbaaHm ul .l,l,j!i, w Wtut UuwvetMHifl by an via: imiu at wfiktb mtcruea aluill las allowed t viitet DeciiNtl, the fiirmatbm f a Htale Con Hlitntiiui by the ytnventin mi cliown. -Third, lb laarlio.JnttlM BUike mnti tttttne of a emekianei weiefc-wiU . nr tin nylit nt" vtiliriK at 'wll islerttw Ut m-nm, um(. tii Mrk white H-a at may nt be dm ' iraaVhiaiat nr i4h)IIm lbyw Knwrtb, tkc aaUMkaiuet at lit dmatituUim fur ralM liiit' W eagre til white.Mte nut dia Inuirkiatid, the Us tutual ratitbattkM by theft Fiflhy the aliinkalnit of the bUU OiHiatlHUkHi to CunKret for exami.ia tin ami aprvat, aiMl tbe actual a)ruval t it by that naaty. HUtli, tln aduutHta of err lain amendmutit to the Ketlrtai I'onnti tulioahy OUi of the Lejilituru elected under tbe aw Cuoatituiion- Beveath, the uhiptkia tt aalit aawtndinenl tiy a autHcieni nnuilwr rt other Htatrt to make it t part ol Ike WUt4i wf tbe United State. All tbea owhlitiotia HMit ! luillllfd lit'Core ,h penple of tmf ( tlieae Ittatea ean lw rellered in ,in the hundaife of military domination ; I nit whet theyjare fulliHeil, then immediately the in and pilialtie l' the hill are to K-iwe, no a latter whther there be peace and or, let nr ant, twl witlniut any relereure to the arcvrltf ntHle or uroimrty. Theefoiw Kivea fur tbe bill In tbe preamble it admit tlbt tbe bill kteell nut to be real. The mil itary rulewlitelt it tetaliliahet i plainly to lw aaed - tot for any liurnoae ol order or for tbe preVeotiiMi of oriine, but aolely at a mean olroercinK the )ierde iuU the adoption of oiIih iplmant! meMnifea to whieh it le kwiaii tht liej treftppoal, tml upon which they kava tn 4iuWeiidde right to camlet their own juiljiu'-iit. I lubnilt to ('oiirreai whether tlua meaa nr ii imt, in it wTde character, wmw and olijuct, without precn'lent tml without au thority, InfHilpaM illie with tht piaineat ptwition tit tbe imtitHfct, and utterly deatrurtive to Ibow ri-at priucipleii onth erfce and buuuuiily f"T wbiTb nr tureator nn both tide ol the Atlantic have hed o . iuu;h 14ouil and cxpeuded at) mot h treawire. Tbe ten rltatra oarued in the bill are df vided into Ave diwic t. For each district an (ifflcet of the army, wt (licb.w the rank nt l!riK'dirr (h neral, U to lie appointed turnle o,r tbe people; aiul he U to be iipporU.-d with an eflicientmilitory tome to enable him to perform hit Anttt tnd enforrtbit aathor ity. ,Th.IUti.it and that wit hority.aade liiici by the third aecthwi id the bill, are, "to protect til penxMu iu tiieir riirlitof er . whI property, t4 aupprea InaurrnctHia, :ilitwtml'tofaak!e to ba rMnd-4 all lrlierrf the vuldi peaot or ertirilnhhi. pw poww thtn (rJven to Umi oimmndiiiK iifli er over til the people nt eaoh dUtrktt ia that of an alwolota twaav arrh. , Hi mere will in to toke tht place erf tilth The Itw ut the Stetee It tml the only rul tpplieabre to Ute eiibjeete plaee4 nader bit vitrol, tnd that it completely alia ..l.l K. ft.. luu ahiril diwlarea all le- ' teriiTiMHi-"t Hint) aiitboilty null and void lit thiue i pernitltod to iletermiiiuwlitttre i Uii 'of jnin or projurty ami lie tut protect thetu in tacit way a in hi diacre tlon may eeem proper. It placet at bia fret diHMal til the laud and good In hit dia- tnct, and be may Ulatrtbute lurm witbout let or hindrance to whom he pletara. Being bound by uo Hute law, and tliore being bo other law to regulate tbe auliject, be may make a criminal code of bitowo ; and he can make it at bloody at toy recorded in hia tory, or be can reaervethe privilege of acting Ummi the impulse of hi private patulous in each ciue that arise lie it bound by BO rule of evidence ; there it indeed no pro viaion by which be it anthorizeil or required to take any evidence at all. Everything it t crime which he chooee to call o, tnd all peraont are condemned whom he pronounce to he guilty, lie it not liouml to keep any reward) of make any reitrt of hia pruuecd' ing. He iuy arrt hi victim wherever he finds them without warrant, accusation or proof of probnble cauae. II he give them a trial before be influ t the uuiiuhiurut, be give it of hi grace and mercy, mil IwcaUM be I commtnded an to ln. To a camiiil n ader of the lull, it inigbt m-ui that aome kind of trial waa ancunal By it to pciMnia weused ol crime ; hut tttek ia notluecaae. Tbe idBcvr "may nllow Ueai civil trihunala to try offenib-r,'' but of ure tin iloe not require I bat he ihall do an. If any State or Federal court preiumea to eien-Me ita hval jariediction by the trial of a malefactor without hi upeciei iermi ion, be ran break it up, and pumab tbe jnili and juror a I wing tbemaelve mnl rlactor. He ean aave III ineiul iroiu jiim tice, and di-ainiil bin enemie contrary to justice. It in also provided that "be shall have power tn nrgmrne military commission or tribunal ;" but tliia power he is not col iimiidiil to ierrie. It is merely permit ive, ml la to l-e uaea only "alien iu nit jiiduirnt it may he necessary for I lie trial of nro-niler Even ir tlie ientenre or a com mission were made a pre-reqniaile to tlie piiiiUlinicnt of a party, il would lw scarcely the slightest check upon the oliii-er, who hsa snlliority looruanitx it a lie pleases. presenile lis iiiimIc ol proceeiliiig, spsilnl lit uicinls'ra from aiiMMiig hi own ulMnli natea, and n-viac ad its domioiia. I nates, I f fuitiuatinii the liarsl iir-as of his aiogkrrule. such a trihunal would lie use I much more oroludilr Ul divitbi tbe nssponaihility ol making it more cruel and unjust. Several provisions, dictated by tlie human ity ol ( 'ongreNt, have lieen iiusriied in tbe hill, appsrtntly to restrain the power of tb Com man. ling ullkcer ; but it anrma t) me that they are or no avail for that purptaw. The fourth section provide- A'irat. Thai trial shall not. h ui.Boce aai ily uVlnyed ; hut I think I hve ahown that thcM.w-r i given to puiiiah;wilbiHit trial, tml if so, tbi pro visb-n I practically inoperative. Kneutul. CVoel or umiaual punisbmvnt it not to he inflicted ; bnt who is to d-eid what is cru el and what is unuaoal I Tbe word have at qulreil a h-gut meaning by bmg use in the court. Can it lw expected that military otHrerw witt tmrlerstwrwl or fidbwr a rule rf preaavtiin lasgnag an purely technical, and not pertaining In tbe leaat degree to tiieir tMwfcaaio I U md tb each obW may oVBim cruelty neasnling to hit wn temper, ml if ft t not usual, be wilt ntnke it asoal. (Virporcal puutahment, imprison meot,' the gag, the ball tnd chain, ana the almost in-anmt-rtalte torm of tori ere ietewted fur iniliUry punisbmaint, lie within Ute range ttlclmiee. Tain. Tbe senUdste of t otf misHioii is not Ui be executed without Iwing a(.,,rol ly the eoututamlvr, il it (uis 1 lite or liberty; and a seutence of ileal b niHst approved If Preslbil. "Ttiis applies to citsts in whn U there hat lieen a I rial slid acr.lence. I take It to be clear, un.Ur Uiis hill, that the military comman der may condom te death without, even the form of a tiial by a military fsmtmiasUn, so Uwl the life 4 the comk-iunud aaay (tepeud the will of two men instead ol on. : It is plain that the authority here given to the military officer eitxmnt to absolute W potlsm. But to make it still more nnen duraMc, the bill provide that it may be deb-gstcd to aa many subordluetua a he chasm lo apfMit ; for il declare that be shall "imnish r cauae to he umNihr-d," Such a power has not been wielded by any monarch in Knglaod bar more thee tru bun i trad year. In all that time no people who apeak tlie KngHsh language have Iwrne so. h servitude. It reduce the whole population of tbe ten State- til persona, of every col or, set, and condition and every stranger witbin their limit to the most abject and degrading slavery. No matter ever bail a control to absolute over bit slave aa tills bill give to the military oftlcer over both white ami oohrd pereuiav It may l answeretl to tbi that the offi cers of tlie army are ton magnanimous, juat, , and hnmana to preat and trnaipl pa a subjugated people, t do not doul that army olHcera are tt well entitled to tbi kind lit confidence aa any other claaa of meu. But the hisuwy ol tbe worbl hat been writ ti n iu vain, if it does not loach ut that un restrained authority can never be aafely trusted in human hand. U it almost sure to lie more or less abused undur any clrrum tiauuk, tud it hat tlwty reaultoil in groan tyranny where tbe rulers who exercise It are strangers to their subject, and come among them a the representative of t distant power, and more (-specially when tbe power that sends them it unfriendly. Govern ments cloaely resembling tbtt there pro posed have been, fairly ttied in . Hungary and Poland, tnd the auuVilug endered by thiax, people roused tbe sympathle of tb entire world. It waa tried it Ireland, and, though tempered at lint by principle ol Knglith law, It gave birth to cruellies to BtnN'ioua tbsl they are ncvur rerounted without just indignation. Tbe French, Con vention armed iu deputies with Jbi power, and aent them lo the Son I hern departmeuu ottho llepublir. The massacre, mnrtlen, and alrocttioa which they committed show what the.pwwjont o the tlilctt meu in tbe most civiliaeil MMjiety will tempt tbem to do when wholly unrestrained, by law. The men of our race ia every tge htva struggle to tie up tht html their Gov ernments and keep them within the law ; because their own experience of all man kind tangbt thein that ruler could not he relied on to concede those righto which they were not legally bound to reapect The head of a gretl empire baa sometimes gov erned it with a mild and paternal sway; but.tba Undue ui a U;rj8poaiLl timty never yWd '.-. the ntw. ibws not extort from hiiii. Ketween such a master and the people suljeeted lo hi domination there eta he nothing imt enmllj ; he putiisbcs thent If they resist but tutbority, tad. If tlmy tubtnUtoit, he httet Ibem tor their aerviUty,- .-f -j, -i IentntwAW tot qucadianwhichkvtfpoa nible, ttill mm ImrtortfTit. , HtTt wt JtlMf powrt to rtoto." i v'T into execatlon I mia v mitwer, certainly "thorny f tin tht IIALE1GII, N. Constitution, aud if we are Ihiiiii,! by I lie lioiitstiona which it imposes. This proposition ia perfectly clear that no branch of tbe Federal tloveriiinent, exe cutive, legislative, or judicial, enn have any just powers, except those which it derive through anil exercise under the organic law of the I'nion. Outside of the Constitu tion, we have no legal authority more than private citizens, ami within it h;ive only so much as that instrument n'lves Hi. Tliia broatl primiib. limit all our tnin'tlonft, and applies to all subbts. It protects not only the citi4-ns of Htab which arc w ithin the Union, hut itthiehls every hniiian I M-i n who comes or ia Imitiglit under our juiiHilii tion. We have no right to ilo in our phiee, more than in another, that whieh the Con Mllllllolf XSJI e sliall I ill it. i ill nil II. then lore, the Southern Stales Mere in lr.it, out ot llic I'liinii, ttc tr.nl, I not Ir. ii their Iwopte ill a wfly which the tunihiineulnl I:ih orttuls, t Some pi ntona asHittite 1 toil the neeeri of OHr arms in crnahino the opiositi..n wliieh waa made in some of the Stale t,, the exe cution of the Federal laws, r, lin , I i h . Htatea ami all lhe H-o,le tl.e iun.M i nt n -well as the oiiilts - lo t he cm, lit ion ,,l v an salage, and trim n p,,M,-r over lliein vtliiet, the Coital i I ti I ion dm- not Ik'nIow, or ill litie OT limit. No fallacy an Ik- III. .re lian.-.ul ent than this, ll-tr vicloiten niiIi. , i, .1 ih, insurgenla to legal obedience. n,, In ll.e y.Mie of sn arbitrary dtrijsitirtin. 'h,-u an alasilute sovereign redutes hia n ie lli. .iik mil. jectt, he may ileal with thein acei.r.llug t, his pleasure, because he lial that poser before. But when a limited monarch t.iil- down an insurrection, he must still giivi in accordinu; to law. If an if isurrccl ion t,hoiil,I take place in one ol our Stale soiiinMi tlie uthoritv ol Hie State K" eriiiiieiil . an. I en, I in tlu overthroa' ol' thi kIih planneil it. would that take away the nirhls ot all llie plople ol the I i untii A here il HU, t'uvolTil l,y s part or a urij niti ol III, ii t .iiirtl i, ,it ' Could lliev, f',r wiieti u retiHon, l-e ,tli..ll outlawe, ami ile,rie,l ,,l tie tt r, j,,i ola tion in the Ix-mlai ure ' I have ul w i, v i ..n U-ndi d that the l.,vi rniui ut nl tin t i , i r , I Slates tt at a. . v en - i ti , , w il Inn il e. i.-t 1 1 nl i. .n al Sphere; tllitl it eXectlll',1 OK l;lws, like tin Stale IhelllM-lvi. I V 'p,l.ll'g il" eoerelle isiwer directly lo in, lit nlual ; mi, I tlntt it could put down iltHliiTcct wild tlm Hani, lHfei'1 sa s Hlale, ami no other The of, posile ihs trnte ia the worl lien--t .l' tlmsc who alvM-atcd st!Ctsioi, ami e, ilih.it ls Sf(ris,l to wttlitiut adtniti oi:r I'ett he.res to Is- right. Invasion, insurrection, rels'lhon, nod do mestic vhth-mv were anticipttled when the Governiiiciit was Iramed, and I he mean" ol repelling ami an , pressing thcni were a iacl y provhknl for in tlie t onatitiition ; Imt it waa not thought tteccssarv to ,1,-clare that the Stales in which they might s-cur .hoitl.l l,e ex pel let) I rone the I'nion. Itclsllioua, which were iniariably suppnsisetl, ts'cuired prior lo that i, il I ol which tbna iinwtiona grow; but tlie Stales iMitinuitl to cvist Htid the Union renisinetl unbroken, le Masaaclin aetla, in rennaylvsiiia.in Khisle lahuid, and in New Yotk. at dilTcrcut perimls in ottr hisby, violctit and srtuetl opposition U the llnilmi Ststes was nnied on ; bill the relations of lhasw Ktalt a with the federal Government were not sirppnsnl to Is- inter rupted or changed thereby, slo t the rela 1 lioua portHHH ot their population were k-h-ated aatl put tlown. It is true that in these earlier caaet there was no loriual ex ' preasion of t determination to withdraw from the Union, but it is also true that in tbe Southern Stale I he oritinius. u attcea sion were treated by all the triced of tlie I'nion as mere nullities, and are-now ac knowledged tn be an by the Htntcs them selves. If we admit that they bad any force or validity, or thai they did in fact take the states ia which they were patted out of the 'Uan,.wf,; sajpag Irom ..umjer ,.Mtricl,,.tll,, the grnmitbT npnw which we stand in justity Ing til use of Fo-bTsJ hmx to maintain the integrity of tbe tlovernmont. This ia aliill passe,! by Congrvs iu time ol peace There ia not in any one of the Butet, brought autlef ita operation, either war or insurrection. The laws of the Mutes ami of tbe Federal Government are all in nudiaturlwd and barmoniout operation. The eoarts - Stste ami Fetkiral, areoien, and in tbe full exercise ot their proper au thority. Over every State, couipriacd in these five military districts, life, liljerty ami property are aecuretl by State laws and Fed iral lawa, anil the nntioual constitution it every where In force and everywhere oleje,l. What, then, it the ground on which this bill prtweed I The title of the bill announces that It it intended "lor the more efficient government" of these ten State. It i rcci Usl, by wty of preamble, that no legal State govern uieuts, nor adequate proletition for lite or property, eaiat in those States, and that peatee and gotl order should tie thus eulorccd. The Unit thing which HrrteU at tention UMin these recitnls, which prepare the way for martial law, ia tbit that the only foundation iimi which martial law can exist, under our lorm of government, ia not stated or so much as pretended. Actual war, foreign invasion, doiuealic insurrection, none of tiles apMar ; and none of these in fact exist, it is not even recited that any tort of Wtr and Insurrection ia threatened. Let tt pause here to consider, upon thin question ol constitutional law and the Miwer oi Otiegr, a recent decision ot tlieHu pram Courtis erff Milligan. I will Aral quota from the opinion of the majority of the Court : "Martial Itw can Bot arias from a threatened invasion. The mralty mutt be actual tod present, the invasion real, such a eftVctimlly chwes the tiartt tnd depose the civil administra tion." We are that martial law comes in only when actual war co-H the court and despose the civil authority ; hut this bill, ta time of peace, makes marital law operate as though we were in actual war, and lie eome tbe edvw, Instead of the waarurnn;, of tbe abrogation of the civil authority. One more quotation : "It follow trout what hits htmn said on this aiilowt thai there ar oc casion when martial law can be pnMrly aiiplietl. If in foreign InvsMion or civil war the court are actually closed, and it is im -ptawlhle to adiniiiistor criminal justice according to law, ti-w, on the theatre of active military opcrnt Ion, where war really prevails, there it a ni-ccmily to furnish a subatitnte lor the civil authority thua over thrown, to preserve tlie a.tfclv of the army 'nAtTitW': ::im,wnt frwkwmtbWim military, it ia allowed to govern by mnrtbd rule until tbe laws can nave tbeir I roe course." I now quote from the opinion of the mi nority of the dmrt, delivered by Chief Jus tice Chaae t "W by wo weant tttert that Congress cab establish and tpply tho ltwt of wtr whert ao war bat been declared or 1 1 lata. Where ptr exiats, the laws of peace i tntiat. prevail. .; 1 In it tiilUciiintly tje-iiut l' .. exi if in til tlio tvfiiiory to C. WEDNESDAY. MARCH 6, 18G7. which this bill applies. It assert a power in tNingrcss, in tune of eace, to set aside the laws ol peace and to sulsjlitute tbe lawt of war. The minority, coiilcurring with the majority, iha lares that Congress does not lioaseaa that power. Again, and, if possi ble, nn. re emphatically, the. t'Jiittt Justice, y mi retiirkalle clmrneaa anil (,,nli-nastlon, aimia tip tlie w hole matter aa follows : "There are under the Constitution three kinds m military jurisdiction jhm lo tie exeniaed Isith in peace and war; another to lie exercised in time of foreign war witlwut the lioiiinlnric ot the United States, or in time ,,t reN llion and civil war within Slates ordiatricta iwrnpiiHl by rel,treatetl as lol Igerents; and a third to Is- exerciaed In time ol iuvaajon or inanrreelion willijn the limit of the United Stales, or during rcls-l Ii hi nil Inn the limit of the Stale main l.nnni- aillieion to the National Govern ii. ,1,1. when the iiuhlie danger riqilire ita ixin i-i The first nf Ihear may Is-called jurisdiction under Military Im, and ia found in a, K ol ( ', nisrcaa preatTlblng rnhai and ar Ii, lcol ar. or otherwise, mviding for I i ;;..u ii...i.iit ul the national lort i-a ; the n. I may U- dialiii)(uiahetl as Military (' ; iiM-rMidiiig, as lai a sViay lt, ,l, nn , I expeilit nt, tin! hs'ul law, and exer- ''. I h the iiuliiarj coiuiuaudvr under the ilini lion ol l he President, with the ex prist or iinnlie.l ain tion of Couirress: while Hie tnii l may lw denominated .Vnrtial Ialip I'n 'ir, an, I isctillcd into aiiion by Coiigrtw, or h nioiarily,f w hen the action ot i 'oiiri-a eaiini.t he intilcl, and in the caw ,,t' jimti lying oi cxciialug 'iil, by the rresitlent, in time ol insiirreel ion oi iuvai..ii ,,i ,.f civil or tutt iun w ar. withm dtsWitU or UM-siilies vt In-re ,, i, linary law no longer adequalcly secures pill, lie Hrtl'ely an, I pnvale riobts." It vtill U- ol.Hervi'.l tluit ,,t thctlm-e kinds ol' inilitarv )uriK,lietii,n u Inch can Is- exer eis,.,! or ,-rcitle! un. I,t our Const it utim,lhre is bin one that can pri mil iu time til Mace, anil that is the code,, I In w ctmctcd by Con :;. ..i tin v o . riiun. ol I it- national for ees. That l.o.lt ol inililarv law hit no ap ),ii, allot, to the fl 1 1 .,-n, llol even lo tlie Citi zen m.IiIki .hi. .in-. I iii tin militia in time of (. ,,. liit tins 1 . 1 1 1 is not a part ol that oi!ot liniilaly htw. lor that applies only lo llu sol.hei an. I noi to the 1 1 1 1 j-ti , whilst, eonl ran wise. I he military law provided by this lull applicu only to the citizen and not t , the soldier. I ma I not say to the Itepresentalivea of the Atneriean people that their Constitution loiliitls the exercise ol jmlicial power in anv way but one- that ia by the ordained and i atitblishi'il court, it ia equally well known that in all criminal cases a trial by jury is iu a, It, iii.IisciiskI.c by the expressed won Is of the instrument. I will not etl laine on llie ineslimahle value of the right thus-secured by every frmman, or speak til the itaiiocr to public lilierty which must ensue Irom .1 denial ot it anywhere upon any pretence A vtrv recent division of tbe Supreme Court bus traced the history, vin dicated the digniiy, and made known the value of this great privilege!) clearly that nothing more is nee, led. To what extent a violntion-of it might I excused in time ol war public thuigcr may admit of discus sion, twit we are providing now for a time of profound H-ai c, t he ether! is not an trmt 1 sotdtcr within irar tatrdcra except those who arc in ) he t;rvitv ol the government. It i in such a condition of things that an act ot ConereMti proHwetl which, if car ried ott w-oti hi deny ii trial by the law lid courts and juries to nine millions of Ameri can citizens, ami to their oterity, for sn tnd. lhliie Mriotl. It aeeins to la- scarv-ely possible Hint any one should seriously iwltcve tlua consistent ith a Constitution which declares, iu simple, plain mitt unam biguous htnoii.ioe, that all s-rsona shall bate ih it right, and that no Hrann shall ever iu any cast lie dcprivedol it, Tbe tltttuttiluitifm h trbils the arrest of the citi'ii without juditml warrant, founded on prolatbie cnuse. This bill authorizes an arrtsl without warrant, at the pleasure of a military roinliiiinilcr. Tbe Constitution dta'lurt-a that "no crson shall be held to answer for a capital or otherwise infamous crime, uulesa on presentation by a grand jury." This bill boh U every h rsona not a soldier, answerable lor all crimes tnd til chartfc without any presentment Tito Constitution dedans that "no person shall lie deprived of lile, lilierty, or property without due process ul law." This bill sett aside all process of law, ami make the till, xen answerable in hit person anil pnqierty to tlie will ol one man, and as to hi life to tbe will ol two. Finally, the Constitution declares that "the privilege ut tho w rit ol h-ilxuu earfiut shall not be autqieiulcd unless when, in east at of reliellion anil invasion, tlie public safely may require it (" whereas tbit bill declare martial law (which of itself suspends this great writ) in time of peace, and authorizes the military to make the arrest, and give the prisoner only one priv ilege, and tit at is a trial 'without unnecessa ry delay.' lie has no hoe ol release from custody, except the ho-ie, such as it ia, nf release by acquitsl la fore military com mission. The United States are bound to guaran tee to each State a republican form of gov ernment. Can it If pretended that tbi Obligation is not palpably bmken il we carry out a measure like this, which Wipes away every vestige of republican govern ment in ten States and polsHbe life, pm-wr ty, lils-rty and honor ol all the pooplc in each ol tbt-m under the tloiuinatiiw of a single person clot hed with unlimited au thority The Parliament of lOngluml, cxeiciaing the omniv,ilt nt power which it claimcl, wuta accustomed tn pas hill of attainder ; Hint is In say. It wmilrt convict men jtf 1 reason and other crime by legislative ennii,iit Tbe person accused had a hearing, some time a patient anil luir one ; but gem-rally party prejudice prevailed insiead of justice. It otten la-came neci-sssry lor Parliament to acknowledge il error and rx verse ita tiwn action. The fathers of our country ileler mined that no audi thing ah.uil.l ,-eur iHire. Tlley withheld thp power Irom Coo grewt, ; and ihut lorltaile itXexereise by that sidy; and I lie v provided in the Conaiiiu tinti that no Stan should pax any bill ol attainder. Iijis. thereKire, imMible for ahy person in this country to lie conaiiiu tion ally eouvictcd or punished for any crime, by kgilntive prM-ciling of any sort. Nevertheleas, here it t bill of alluimle. fffamemtti&iifiX p.vife -at Sw.' -Ti ' is I Hist I tisin an accusation sotagiie as tit lie scnreely intt-lligihle, and loMiitl to he Irue upoe Doeretliblo evidence. Notoue of the nine milllont was beard in bit own tlete e . The reprxwentnlive of the doomed psrliu were exclutled from tit participatioa in the trial. Tbe conviction i to be .iolbiwut by tht most igt,o nli i ut puuidiment ever inflicted on nitwet of men. It ditfranchiset then) by hundreds of tbou.samls, anj do gliid. i tlieiil uil ven Itiu.is Vthil me til' milted to be guiltiest from the rank of freemen to tht condition of slave. The purpose tnd object ot the bill the general intent wbicb pervade it from I gining to end it to change the entire struc ture and character of the State governments, ami to compel them by It tree to the adop tion ol the organic laws ami regulation which they are unwilling to accept if left to themselves. Thcncgroc have not asked for tht privilege of vtating the vast majority of them have no idea what it incsu. This bill not only throat it into their hsmla. but compel them, aa well aa the white, to use it in a particular way. If ihcy do not form a constitution with precnlH-d article in il, and afterward cha t a Legislature w hich will act uooti certain Mcasuri-l in n lirc scrilaaj way. neither blacks nor whyes ean la-relieved t'roiu the slavery which the bill iiiisatea nMiii thein. Without pausing In re to consider the policy of impolicy of Alri r'anixiiie I he SiMillicru part of our territory, I would iiuply ssk the all, nlion of (on gresa to thai manifest, well known ami tltii Virsnlly aekiiowhilgeil rule of constitution al laa, w hit h ,1,-clares that the Federal gor ernmeiii has no jurisdiction, authority or M)werto regulate such subjects for any Stie. To force the right of suffrage out ol tlie hand of the white people and into the hands of the negroes i an arbitrary viola tion of this principle. ;j Thi bill iuifs martial law at once, and il oja-iHiioii will la-jin ao aoou a tbe Oen- t-l il Hit. I hi- limqis call Is- put itl place.-- The .bead ttllt-i tist i e la-lweeii il huiali rule an,! i . iii ill laittx with the term of this nil ; ii e is not suspended, in-r are the pet, pU sll ideal any UllH- lor tree iU-WHrslt"H. I'm I, hi av to litem, take mart id law lirsl, I In ti ,elilrste. And when they have done all I mat this measure requires tin m to do, other (ouditiona and contingencies, over which they have no control, yet remain to Is- fulfilled before tlley can lie relieved Irom uiMrtutl haw. ABollter t'ttngrcsa must lirst approve Ike Constitution- made iu conform ily with the will of tliia Congress, und must dta laielhtM! State entitled to rcpicscntn lion in both Houses. The whole question thua rental!, tqien and unsettled, and must again iM-cupy the attention of Congress, and in the meantime the agitation which now prevails will continue to disturb all portions of tlie people. The bill also denies the legality of the government of ten of the States which par ticipated iu the ratification of the amend ment Ui the Federal Constitution alsiliahing alaveiy forever witbin the jurisdiction of tlie United States, and practically excludes them Irom the Union. If this assumption of the bill be correct, their, concurruuee can not he considered aa having been legally given, ami the important fact ia made to appear that the conseut of three fourths of the States - the requisite numlwr - has not been constitutionally obtained to the ratifi cation of that amendment, thus leaving the question of slavery where it stood U tore the amendment was officially declarod to have become a part ot the Constitution. That tbe measure proposed by this bill does violate the Constitution in the particu lars mentioned ami in many other ways which I forbear to enumerate, is too clear to admit of the least doubt. It only remains to consider whether the injunctions of that instrument ought to be obeyed or not. I think they ought to he uls-yed, for reasons which I will proceed to give as briefly sa possible. In tbe lirst place, it it the only system of free government w bicb we can hope to have at a nation. AV'heii it cease tit lie the rule of our eondflcl, w e may perhaps take our choice between a complete-anarchy, aeon aolitlated despotism, and a total dissolution ol the Union ; but national liberty, regulated by law, will have passed beyond our reach. It is the 1-esi frame of government the world ever taw. No other is, or can be so well adapted to the genius, habits or want of tbe American people. Combining tlie trengtb oi great empire with unseakbie blessing of local self -government having t central power to dclciid the general inter erettt, and recognizing tbe authority of the State a the guardians of industrial rights, it it "the abeet-auchor ol our safety abroad and our peace at home." It was ordained "to form a., more , perfect Uuion, establish justice, insure domestic tranquility, promote tbe general welfare, provide for tbe common detente, and secure tile blefsinga ol liberty to ourselves tnd to our posterity." These great ends bare been attained heretofore, tnd will be again, by faithful ol-edit nce to H, but they are certain to lie lot if we treat with disregard it sacred obligations. It wit to punish the gross crime of defy ing the Constitution, and to vimticaie it supreme authority, that we curried on a bloody war oi four years' duration. Shall we now acknowledge that we sac liUccd u million of live and expended billions ,,t treasure to enforce a Constitution winch It not worthy ol res-Hart or preservation : Those who advocated the right of sects tion alleged iu their own justification thai we bad no regard tor law, and that their right ot prtMirty, llie, and liberty would Dot btstle under the constitution as admin istered by us. If we now verify their asacr tion, we prove that they were in truth and in fact lighting Cor their liberty, aud iusti a,l ot branding their leaders with the ibshon oring name ot traitor against a righteous and legal government, waelevatu -thciu in history to tbe rank of self sacrificing pa frmbv Consecrate them to the i Imitation ol tbe world, and place tht m by the side of Washington, Hampden and Sidney, No, let us lcav litem to the infamy tiiey de serve, punish them as they almuld Is- pun ishetl, according to law, and lake upon our selves no share of tbe odium , which tin y should bear atone. - i It is a part ot our public history which can never be forgotten that both Houses ot Congress, in July 1861, declared in the form ot a solemn resolution that the war was anil should 1 carried on for no purpose of sub jugation, but solely to eulorce the Conaiiiu tion and ltwt; and that when this was yielded by the parties ia rebellion, the contest shou:d cease, with tbe constitutional right of tlie St eaand of individuals uuimpsiretL This resolution was adopted and sent lorth to the world unanimously by tbe Senate ami with only two dissenting voices in tlie House. -It a accepted by the friend ot the Union in the South, ta well at in tbe North, atex- jirtwing hiratl and truly the object of ne taar. xm ine latut oi it, many ttiou sand of pertain in both section gave their live anil their fortune to the cause. To repudiate it now bytael using to tbe Slate and tt the individual within them the right which tbe Constitution aud laws of the Uniim wcssjtl Secure hi them, i t breach of our plightnl kiio-i lor which il can imagine no ttcntalasj to wha hi cannot voluntarily ttectHue k party. Tht evilt which spring from the unsettled slat of our Govsrtiuieul will be acknowl- ' ' "i - NO. 8or J -" - - mm w-asa , mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm etigeti ny all. Couiliicrelal llltrrc.Mlisc I ltnsdeil, capital is in etinstant KriI. public Motilities fluctuate in value, pence itaelf I not secure, ami the sense ol uioral and po litical duty ia impaired. To avert these ca lamities hum our country, Il it imperatively required thirt we should immediately decide nHin tome course of administration which call be atcadfaally adhered lo. I am thor otyhly convinced that any aettleiuetit or riHiijitmntsc, or plan ol aetioii which ia in consistciit with the pi iiiciplt-a ol tbe Con stitution, will not only la, unavailing, but mischievous; that il will but multiply the iiresent evils instead of removing them. llie Constitution, in its whole integi ity and vigor, throughout the length and breadth ol the bind, ia the Itest of all compromise. Ieidea, our duty do, a mil. in mv judgment. leave us a choice between that and any other. I Believe that it contain tbe rein ed; lliiit ia bo much needed, anil, that if the co ordinate branchts of tlie Government wfyilil unite iiin its provisions, they would lie loiiuil broatl enough and strong enough to sustain in timeot pesce, tlie nation which they Is.rr safely through the r.rtleal of a pro tracted civil war Among the moat sacred guarantees ol that instrument are those which declare that "each State shall have at least Kepresetttatrre,'' and that "no State without its consent shall he deprived of it equal aufTrage in llie Senate." Kach House is made the "judge ol the election, return, awl qualification nf it own memla rs," and may, "with the Concurrence of two thirds, xiel a memlier."' Thua, a heretofore urged, "in the admission of Senator and Kt presen tutu, Irom any and all of the States, there can 1st no juat gmuttd of spprchrnaion that M-raon w ho nrt disloyal will bo clothed with the powers of legislation , for this could not happen when the Coiiatitution and ltwt tre enforced by a vigilant and faithlul Congress. " "VVlen a Senator ttrdb-preaentative presents hia certificate of election, he may at once be adiyitltal or rejected, or, should there be any question aa to his eligibility, hi creden tials may Ik- referred lor investigation to tbt appropriate committee. If admitted to t seal, it must be Umn evidence satisfactory to the House of which lie thus become t meiulM-r, that he possesses the requisite con stitutional and legal qualifications. If re fused ad in isaion as a memlier for want nf due allegiance to the Government, tnd re turned to his constituents, they are atliunn ished that none but persons loyal to the United States will be allowed a voice in the I-egisliitive Councils of the nation, and the Militical power and moral inllueuce ol Cop gresa are thus effectively exerted in tbe in terests of loyalty to the Government and fidelity to the Union." And i it not far better that the work of restoration should be accomplished by simple compliance with the plain requirements of the Constitution, than by a recourse to measure which in ef fect destroy the State and threaten the tub version ot the General Government? All that it necessary lo settle this simple but im portant question, witbout further agitation or dclay,i a willingness on tbe part of all to sustain the Constitution anil carry it pro visions into practical operation. If to-morrow, either branches of Congress would de cloru thai, upon the presentation of their credentials, members constitutionally elec ted anil loyal to tlie General Government would lie admitted lo seat in CongTess. while all others would be excluded and their places remain vacant until the selec tion by the people of loyal and qualified ifron; and if, al the same time, assurance was given that this policy would be contin ue. I until all'HIaes were represented ltl Con gieas, il would send k thrill of joy through out the entire hind, aa indicating tbe Inau guration of a system w hidi mutt speedily bring tranquility to the public mind. While we are legislating upon subject wbicli arc of great importance to the whole people, and which must affect til part of the country, not only during the life ot the present generation, but for age to come, we should remember that til men tre entit led at least toja hearing in the councils which decide upon the, destiny of themselves and their children. At present ten States art denied representation, and when the Forti eth Congress assembles on the fourth day of the present month, si i teen States will be without a voice lu tlie House nf Heprateata lives. This grave fact, with the important questions laalore ua, should induce ut to pause in a course of legislation which, look ing solely tn the attainment ot political mis, fails to consider the right it tran-grcsM-K, Hie law which it violate, or the in stitution w hich it imperils. ANDREW JOHNSON. Washington, March 2, 1887. To tbe Voter of tbe 49th.. Senatorial District of H. C. lUi.suuu. N. C. March 2d. 1867. ',., t it ut:i . As the legislation (tor this ms at leaat, )ia alxiut finished, I de sire to a.kbess ou tt short letter, not hav ing time lo write you at length. We have U'en in session about forty days and passed latwta-n one and two hundred law. The greater portion of them are of a locator private nature; their effect upon the interest of the country can only be known by the unerring lest of experience. Our object waa to accomplish good, and, to that end many corporations were granted, with the view of inviting capital to tbe State, and to aid the ililfi rent railroads of the State to carry on ihetr works to eomplMtoa, Bitv unfortunately to tbe interest of all tb Rail roads, we failed to make any provision to meet the interest on tbe bonds of tbt State, which 1 greatly tear, will defeat that great, and desirable o'.jtt, (the completion of the roads at an early day,) and may prove ruin ous to the credit of the State. The scarcity of money, and inability of tbe people to bear the amount of taxation necessary to meet the intei est on the public debt at thi lime, together with the threatening attitude of the Congress ot the U, 8. towards ut, 1 almiit alt the reasonable excuse we have' to orfer you for not sustaining the credit Ol your Stale. Having lost everything in th, war, tbe majority of the Legislature divide that we are :iot able lo pay the debt now Anil for the tame reasons we have passed k stay Itw, extending the collection ol debt), one year louger than provided for in the old slay law. Ami lor tbe same reason tbe House of Common refused to passed the bill establishing a 1'euitentiafy tor the Mate, i"rcganhiJ Mitneare sn - irtdo I' cessity, end! succeeded in convincing th Senate that it Was so, and it pasted that lastly by a large majority, bat failed toaaass the house. The bill provided for ite raiifl-' T cation uy tbe people before it was to ba con' t a Itw. I , The Revenue (al bill it about tht tt last year, ettwpt tbtt the poll tax krt riuoedw fifty ito, and thenar I taken entirely oil of brandy, to far as thi State, k concerned. . The Ul on whiakey is the same ttlast year. Tht people in our part nf tht State hare do right to emnplaia ta bb- equtl ttxttion ia tbit bill ; it bean oulta at betvily oa alt other sectioas of tht) fJUU at it does on tilt wtai, iw , 1 Let mt again bear sUmny to tht good la haviisr of Westera mtmbura. I hart kesi I no charge of drunken sets tgsintt ting.o ' j j memlwr West of tht Bint Rldgt, Tbt es tions ol tbe dilTereat aett of Iitsmbly wilt probably cxamiey tbit letter, wbicli wilt lv give yon an idea of tht laajitlauoa perfect ed tbi iewion, hoping that tbe tctt them selves will toon be puUlthtd tad tnraislicd to the different countlea, 9 The appeal of tht people for rsliat, ta tie wty of a stay law or to ttop tbt eotsrtt and magistrate from acting oa dtbta, wat to prettittg, that tbt LefrislstojajcoabJaotweU resist them ; so much to tbtt wt hart per hs)M (irrcised t doubttul power.aad one tbtt th Supreme Court nay, at Ha asxt titling, decide unouttttitatioaaL fiat, ia that arsrit, the Legislature mty ptta anothtr at ita aext session, which meet the trd. Motday ia August My atlvlce, tlierefort, to all My friends, both debtor and creditor, it to ot promiseall their old debts oa amiosbla ttvww, justly tnd fairly to both rttrtiei, aeiUttc tx acting too much. There art axany batd rate Itoth wtyt ; etch eta judge batter what his neighbor can afford to do tbttt Ittgltlt tor oreoarta either tan dseid M naeral primtiplea, aa tbey bar to do, wbati hKiUed by them. It is of tbt utmost Import not that wt agree among ourselves. Tat) Beotbarn Btate re reaping tb traits of ta atxiortti nate (and I might tay, witboat tataavtinT offence, a foolish) war, tad tht foratot of our affiicttont It being hettad torea time hotter by t craty and fanatie Ooeunttt. who will likely over-rid tht Prtrideat attxi Will assuredly Bcutralizt tht powers af th Btv preme Court, thereby dettroying all tbt hopes wt ever bad-of final justice. Twelve , months ago, I became eonvinoed hat tbt Congress did not lnttnd that WaAotsldbn restored to our equal reprssatttHoa) at til after tht next Presidential tltctbttv. wale they could have torn ttwurtiiea that tha States would vol tht Rapublicta ticket in tbtt electioa. I tm atiu exuthsotd that tbey ttill adhere to UittilM deUrttiaation, but did net think tbey would tUtrtartrdtb ConstituUon of tbt United Btttta to tbt extent of entlrtty overriding both tbatsteu ti vt tnd judicial depsrtaientt Of tht) gov ernment. But I tax pained to mixta, ytu that tbe Congress bat passed a Itw placing the Southern States tndsr a military gov ernment, with tht tutbority to call tonvtn tions, form new erwtitsHioPt tad anbaxlt them to Congreti for ' tbatt rttifloatioti or rejection. And that all ptxsoat tzcludetl from holding oflVvt, ondtr tbt trd articlt of the Howard aratadaMat, thsll b Wcla ded both (rota offloa aad tbt) ballot box, tnd that all mala Btgrett 11 ywart el 1 shall be allowed to vote tad hold afflot In said Provisional or Military fOvwratBsntt t well at be members of the Ctowrtatiosi er Congress ; and that after tfceto seringa art done, the SUttt mty be ftttortd ftt ttl tled to reprseottiion. trtttaW the Consti tution be approved by Congrsst, end the member seat to Oongrett eta rake the test oath. It wilt sAt&eetwosfatelr tolerable, when I iafona yoathat tiitte things sr being forced oa as ia eotnpliaaee with tbt petitioai tod tolicilatioot si kaa- -dredt tnd thouttadt of ajar ew fellow citixens, praying tbt OottgreM te inflict thete things upoa a. a they riprtttait. far tht protection of Union men of botheotors, whose life tad property tbey wprttstit to lie onssJe ta tht Bontbsra StatetV I have declared, oa all ooeasioaa, that the eharge wst foul ilsodtroa ear people. . ! claim to he t Union man of tbt origiatl paaei, when It took tome moral eoortge to he a Union man, tnd I declare I have aevwr known tbt life er property ef ttther en dangered on tccoant of loyalty tfao the surrender. It does not roquirt at aaucb. moral courage to bt a Union sita ow at it did during the rebellion j beace ta asBch noun tbout It br men whe trtr) karcUy 1 known to he Uaioa awn thjeav atat let na lorgiva, tnd, if possible, forget the) Best, and hi the future livt tike bxMbera, , But, feUnw-tttxens, thing are traTeting with sach rapidity fo (aal fear) eardeetruc tioo, that 1 aw atabtstoadvietfor thwbat, but rather ask of yon what it to be done f I had hoped that tbt PrMUet'i veto would have lieen received, aad tbit letter ha been Kastponetl to the lasthowr rwtbrt purpose ; it it baa aot been seeetved. Wane I to v ' sdvtse, it would be to do what tear tht) Pres ident tdrised ui to do, providtd Weoould afford to do it. There are toast thingtthat onfcientiow, hoaorable nten eannot tiTord to do voluntarily. Bat Prssidtat Johnson it our real friend, and would net- advise aa wrung, knowingly. It ia eaty to tee the In tention aud policy of thete who are seeking our injsry. Their plan le to esU a Coanrsa -tion by primary meetings through teerwt -orgaaixation, withent any tathority at fores of lw,prouretb negro iwte tor delegates to a Convention, dtsfrsachisa the iwtaaiaattr of tbe white people who tU1 not join thent, and bare their new govern taeat Mscrniaed 1 t . by the oiilittry tathority- then take things -. their own wty generally, witboat neat ttoav ' ping to think what aooeniilioa thing woehi , toon be ia when two-thirds of the Totert wr m " black tnd uneducatett. I Woald beg at those ' who tre cadeavoring to farce that thins; t. on us, more eucilivU tbey He atnene as and have families, f eooacienot take, if nit " IS.'im.'.ltA M'latt Vbltn i too. I it aaH easier to make a loesl out ol a rebel tbaa to ttake a while tana mm of a black hoc I or easier to ttake loyal Deo- tU nut ..I' rll'. Uill. k. ' V . r. - - "mm w ssaae white people mt of black people's ebttdiwa t 1 hope, ihise things will be potidered well by all pan les, ami be decided With Judg-' mentau.l i esson, and not aot pafiras. peclfullv ym Rest yottn. L8.JAH. Governor Swann't JCttaage nf ltaella ''tion. " Baltiuohk, March I. Governor Swana to day sent a uueuge to the Legislature d dining the luikal Siale Seaatonhip for six year tmm tbe 4th i.Mlsot, to which he was recently f-hvlial. He says the honor bad been cash-rretl ta hiei witboat nalicita ttoa or tgeai-y on hi pert, aad it Wat tt intewliontti stxvpt imt fficei bat h has been viaileil by aisay aad Mc nrn,at appeal fiom the reprcseetativ Bieii ti the aftaits1id Jult any imwvidusl proftraaajea of bin, ewa." Ilbsl an mt alive of ptttunai traWttoa that Could Inr a moment Influeoot hint to dwrv nrd hit paramount aMigMloattoUewW With anna fHrtlismnl.A.tln. L. j .. f ajMbirial htaMaX ttABotmM ktt taihe- ciutngxioernaiinj cnsir, ". ;' " ". '.i I, a aetie a i i . ,., I -4 'f Itett4-.U tent),roi what we hear, thai" frerylHHly it this settjon who hat a debt doe bim it instituting piowtding to obtain ti,.f-mti upen Ik -x-yaMnoery Uf7, r- it tir; fl.Hl I, r 1 ,Ji)u uitt, Article C'onatitutlon of the State 1', s
The Raleigh Sentinel (Raleigh, N.C.)
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March 6, 1867, edition 1
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