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a* THE^ DAILY SUN rilK \ t t'K V LlKE THE AGE. OP Wednesday Morning June 11. j * Unveiling of the Morse Stotae Central Park, New fork. The Proposed Jioyal Alliance. v If there was anything needed to prove Wonderful Powers of the Tele- that the Queen of England is in her graph. dotage, the evidence was produced in the telegraph reports of Tun Sin ycster-j The great scientific feature of the pres- day morning. The factthat the old lady ent age is the nnveiling of the Morse has selected the son of President Grant statue at the Central Park in New York, as the husband of the Princess 15 -atrice : °? a ^ terno °? ^ oar o clock, ....... . . winch had been previously announced, “ certainly testimony that she is sorely afc which an immense concourse of in need of a guardian. people from all parts of the country had The time was, and not long since, when asst tabled. England could look to the proudest rova! i he ceremonies of the occasion were famine, of tbo world for LueUml. hd<1 ^ l^aDd, imposiog _aQd appropriate. The wives for the offspring of her monarchs. These alliances were sought only with families whose heritage of royalty had descended through hundreds of years, and with nations who were coveted as allies in peace and in war. The idea of an alliance with a reckless, wayward boy, whose heritage of intellect is slender, and whose family is the crea tion of accident, and who will, in a few years at most, sink to the common level of the wood-chopper or mechanic—per haps not so good—is too rich to have had origin with any save a peevish old lady A Curious -Idea of Libetlf of Speech. Brigham Young. Gcbrge Alfred Townsend, writing “Many BepubUcana,” residing at from >ait lake, says of Brigham rilow Springs, ha-fe written a note Young: “With his hair nicely foiled representatives of telegraphy from every corner of the country in which this grand stroke of genius has penetrated, songht an opportunity to honor the great father of this greatest of all discoveries with their presence. The ceremony of nnveiling was per formed by Governors Hoffman, of New York, and Claflin of Massachusetts, and Hon. William Orton, President of the Western Union Telegraph. The poet, Wm. Cullen Bryant; delivered the invo cation address, and the Rev. Stephen H. Tyng, D. D. : , the invocation prayer. A magnificent banquet was given in the evening at the Academy of Music, which was crowded to its utmost. A grand event was being celebrated. The who is anxious to see her children mar- occasion was one of profound interest to lied off! There are plenty of American 1 ^people rf the world, and the grateful , , ,, ; feelings of the universe were uttered by familes who would disdain the alliance | orators of the occasion, who had no which she proposes, and do so on strictly ) light husk in laying at the feet of the moral and social principles. ) world’s benefactor the heartfelt gratitude There is some difficulty in dircovering how an alliance with young GruDt could possibly tend to strengthen the cordial ity between the two nations. This nation has no more interest in that stripling than it has in any boy who holds the plow, or hunts squirrels in American woods. He is not regarded even as an aye.ragq American boy. There are thou sands who arc his superiors, and millions who are his peers. in Il ! the old lady really wants an Ameri can boy for a husband for her girl, why did she not look to the Adams family, of Massachusetts. Something akin to roy alty runs through the veins of that fam- . ily, and a match with some of its branches would dq-no discredit even to as notable a family as*the royal one of England. But with the Grant family—well, the idea is grotesque enough to pnt a broad grin apon the face of the whole American people. The only fortunate thing aliout that matter is that the young lady’s name is not Dent. If it was, there could be no doubt that she would be accepted, sight- unseen, as a match for young Grant, and old Madame Victoria would have very At nine o’clock in the evening the great controlling genius, Professor S. EL B. Morse, with appropriate arrangement, transmitted his greeting to the ends of creation us reached by telegrapl through a female operator, Miss Harri ot t, as follows: “Greeting and thanks to the Telegraph fraternity throughout the world. Glory to God in the highest; on earth peace, good will to men. (Signed) S. F. B. Mouse. Although the foregoing dispatch was manipulated by the lady operator, as sta ted, Professor Morse signed his own name, • and thousands of operators dn America, Europe, Asia, Africa and, in deed, in every corner of the universe, as we have said, reached by the wonderful magnetic, principle in this humanly mod ified form, were made to rejoice in this personal communication with the parent of their art. < i The ceremonies of the occasion were conpludeu by Rev. Henry Ward Beecher in a prayer and benediction. One of Grant’s Brottiers-in-Eaw in Trouble. From the World. Reference was made in the World a few days ago to aseries of transactions which look place not long since, in which one of the Dents, who .is a claim-agent lawyer in little trouble in making a match for her Washington, received certain sums r of girl. money upon the agreement that he would It would be a mighty descent, how-1 transact certain business. In one instance ( -n - . • . -t | he was paid five $1,000 bills; in another ever from Ennoess B^tnce to Mrs. gj recei Ud $500 ; in another a draft for Grant. On the other hand, Prince Grant | :£250 upon a treasurer of a certain com- would be enphonious enough to tickle the ambition of all the boys in America, who would immediately set off to Europe to seek wives from some of the many royal families. •* -'-**♦■* ■ j. -TQ 1 ► • -» HEARD FROM. A Letter From Hon. John AV. O’Neal. Vai.t>o8ta. Lowndf.r Co.. Ga, June 9, 1871. Editobh of the 8vn: Enclosed find a “V" in payment for the Daily Sun- Forgive neglect thus hr. My special compliments to friend Speights. As I shall not be in the next Gem ral Assembly what will he do for a Radical to shoot at? The. c.u i-kc. of Savannah would run Hillyor, and McIntyre beat him, whilst I hung my head iu “silent mortification.” Yonrs Truly, ' J. W. O’Nkal. We are rejoiced to hear from friend O’Neal, and almost regret that he is not to be in.the next General Assembly. So few of his kind will be here that his pres ence oonld do no' harm, and he is such an excellent fellow to have about when one wishes a good subject or a racy sketch. He was a rare one when here—a. fine old Irish character—furnishing abundant material for the pen of satire and not much for the peri of praise. We remem ber his tremendous flights of oratory, but above all we remember his “silent morti fication.” We see that he remembers it too, and possibly the readers.of The Sun have some faiut recollection of" it. But we are glad to hear from him and panv was cashed for Mr. Dent, but upon presentation of it to the gentleman upon whom it was drawn, he said he neither owed Mr, Dent anything, nor did he an thorize him to make such a draft. Mr, Dent’s paper was dishonored ; but the gentleman who has been the victim in these cases is only desirous of getting his money back, and has commenced a civil suit against him. A warrant was to be issued for the arrest of Mr. Lewis Dent, who has been here stopping at the Fifth Avenue Hotel a few days ago. He is a non-resident, and is consequently held nnder a different law from that which ap plies to a resident for the same offence. An order was given for his arrest yester day. It was served upon him, when he obtained bail, and left for Washington on the night train. . , v - The gentleman who brings these cases is well known in this community, and has set about this business in earnest. The letters which he holds to sustain him in his opinion and -course are ample, and wouldstartle the community if published. It is quite likely that they will appear in evidence if the money is not forthcom ing. Th'e complainant in these cases has had frequent occasion to deal with the Presi dential family, officially speaking, and is thoroughly posted as to their modus oper and i of carrying on the Government. It is not unlikely that there will be some as tounding developments in a few days. Historic Ariacbronisms. About the best specimen of bur lesque chronology which we have seen _ . __ „ ._ , ^ _ - lately is the following from the New that he materially remembers The Sun. York World, intend^ as a hit at the oghere is some good in him. though it Herald for one of its recent historic was Badly crowded by his MHIHd; anachronisms. -The World says: We hope the latter out in time so as to allow his clever abilities to operate in a wholesome direction. Got the Wrong Pig! “We are quite shocked to find so grave and scholastic a journal as the Herald assuring-ns that it was ‘Ithe lam.ms Bishop Berkely who said that the battle of Waterloo put back the clock of progress hall a century.” -It There is at Lancaster, lennsjl vania, was no t hall a century, which is only an organization known as the “Mystic w sixtv-fcwo rears fha Band of Brothers,” which makes it its 1years > DUt SlxCy nvo years tna business to get rp, once a month, n sort -,>11 ,*■ , . . * of masquerade procession through the -bishop Berkely died in 17o3, and streets of the place, after darkness has Watenoo was fought in 1815. Bishop Yelld to the* Gazette, in which they ask “how far\a pardw^ed rebel-ban gn in stirring upi. by h^ addr.wk,.- to t ] R . people, ana reSSiSik; the spirit of re bellion, without being liable to law?” It appears to them that the speech of Jefferson Davis at Augusta, Q&, is “an overt act, and should be pun ished by law.” They enquire with great simplicity, “Can a person say anything ne pleases with' impunity, so that he be not found actually in arms agains t the government?” The man who would make such enquiries as these is absolutely unfit to live in any land but'; where. a. t despotism reigned supreme. He has not the least conception of what liberty is.— He asks, like a dutice^ “If our law guarantees to its icitizens £he fight to use our liberty of speech,to the evident intent to overthrow the gov ernment?” The practical- meaning of this is that'there shall he no free speech at all. Theinan .or men who are to judge of what speech is calcu lated to “overthrow the government,” uave the power in their hands to do as ,th.ey-please, ..What one man. would think was calculated to effect that object,, another person wpuld.believe to be entirely harmless. By govern ment,, too, we have no (loiibt he means simply an administration or political party;, that, is, the author of it. For instance, he believes that Grant is " the governmeht, that the Republican party is the government, and that all men"who denounce them should be punished for their contu macy. It is a pretty idea, too, that we in the United States,- who are in favor of dyer throwing nearly all the governments of the world, should be so tender-footed and touchy upon this question of the awful sacredness of government. The writer of this communication in the Gazette dis closes further his wonderful knowl edge, in expressing the opinion'that “a speech is an ^oyert act,” that “a word is a deed.” During the war we heard a' good deal of such shameful and silly talk, by persons whose in tellects, if they had any, were so obr scured by passion and prejudice as to render them blind to ordinary rea son, but since the war .lias passed, such stupidity and folly are the more unexpected. It is the opinion of the Gazette, in response to this brilliant writer, that “Jefferson Davis ought, as the head of the Southern rebellion, to have been severely punished,” but that “since he has been pardoned there is no law to punish him for his opinions or for his utterailPai:” .Our neighbor thinks that as th£ Republi cans may. perhaps make some capital out of Davis’ harangues, that he should have perfect liberty to speak. If it was not for this, we infer that the Gazette would agree with its cor respondent 1 that .something ought to be dope to stop, men talking so freely, or .otherwise they might “overthrow the government.” Now, it might with truth be said that if a govern ment is so weak that words can de stroy it, the sooner it is destroyed the better.—[Cincinnati Enquirer. l.J'h.J.' ■■■■•- : —--n't i ' How the Chinese make Dwarf Trees. How the Chinese continue to grow miniature pines and oaks in flower pots, for half a century, has always been much of a secret, They aim first and last at the seat of vigorous growth,. . endeavoring tq weaken it as far as . may he consistent with the preservation of life. They begin at oung in ringlets and falling around his in the campaign, that the vital and para-. and the mnskftt of the soldier forthepro- mount issue which overshadows nil others cess of the law. ... , , is, whether ours is to be in the future a 1 It may be said, in the enactment of government rf laws, or a government of\ these statutes. Congress has put an erro- bayonets / This is the issue upon which neous construction upon these amend- the struggle must center at last ; and , ments, anddiss exceeded its con sti tu tion - every Democrat, every patriot, regardless, al power. I think so myself, but that is heavy neck, hair and beard luxuriant, 0 f party, can unite on this platform, to no reason w v we should not strike at and but a little turned in color, a pair ! recue our sinking country from the jaws the vicious foundations upon which the .• -i 1 iu • 1 • 1 -1 - 1 -1 I »-r. I lamaiofinn muu We can demonstrate of silver spectacles iu his hand, and his manner all bland, from his half closed eyes to the poise of his knees and feet, Brigham Young sooths mankind with seignoral hospitality.— We Are all introduced, except one young man, who steps forward and says: “ As there is no body to make acquainted, here is my card, President Young” “It is unnecessary! Be seated.” We see that he is more per fectly at home than any body in the crowded room; aiid that he has a hard, peremtory voice, plausibly toned down, to reception necessities. Look ing not more than sixty years of age, he is past that period by half a score, aiid still may have twenty years to live. Of a wonderfully robust con stitution, equal to all the responsibili ties of poligamy, self pride, cool self- management, and self-will, with an education chiefly religious, and an aptness and ardor for power and ava rice. Young is wonderfully devised for organizing an ignorant and sol emn people, and compelling them to be productive and docile.” — >—#—4 THE LATE OHIO STATE DEM OCRATIC CONVENTION. of Despotism. Its Platform and Nominations. From the Butler County (Ohio) Democrat of June 8 The Convention which assembled in Columbus, June 1st, was, in point of numbers and intellect, without a parallel in any similar gathering for years. The interest manifested was intense, and commensurate with the perils which men ace the. entire subversion of the Republic and the annihilation of Constitutional liberty. Yet, there was not that unanim ity of sentiment as to the means which should be adopted to rescue the country from the destroying grasp of usurping conspirators, that should have character ized the deliberations of such an assem bly in the present dangerous condition of the Republic. The “ new departure element, although large, and strengthen ed by the presence of its reputed author and bis satillites, was not sufficient to carry the Democracy away from its an cient, honored and safe moorings, with out determined, EARNEST AND RIGHTEOUS OPPOSITION. There were many, we are proud to say, in the convention, who did not, nor will not, stultify themselves by abandoning the principles of the Federal Constitution, and acknowledging that the usurpations and frauds of the Imperial party are right, and “ finalities ” and “ verities,” beyond tin' hope, or power of the States orpeoplo to repeal them. As the great Constitution and liberty protecting party, the Democracy should not for a moment falter iu their opposi tion to the XIV and XV Amendments, so-called to the Constitution,-and the in famous enactments—not foncs—that have been passed, by a conclave of conspira tors, to enforre them. To falter, “ ac cept, or retreat, is to ABANDON LIBERTY V and self-government to the mercy of des potic spoliation ; and therefore, while we do not impeach the motives of those who urged the “ new-departure,” as an ultimate means of restoration, yet, we have no hesitancy in declaring that they have committed a serious if not a fatal blunder*! The Fourteenth and Fifteenth Amendments are not de facto nor de jure, a part of the Federal Con stitution but they are. FLAGRANT USURPATIONS of power, which, if acquiesced in as final ities, absolutely change the nature and character of the Federal Union, It is true that these frauds, called amendments, exist per force as a part of the fundamental law ; and it. is also true that they are in operation to-day, as well as the infamous and despotic measures, known as the Bayonet and Ku-Klux Bills nut that does not make them a legally authorized part of the Constitution, nor “finalities.” It was not only bad “policy' for the convention to “accept them as amendments in fact to the Constitution when only 'two or three inches liigh they cut off its tap roots as soon as it has other Rootlets enough to live upon and replant it in a shallow earthen (ame pot or pan.. The end of the tap root ^ n( j no i 0U g er political issues before the is generally made to rest on a flat stone within it.' Alluvial clayisjhiin put into' the; pot, iniibh of. it in bits the size of beans,’ and just enough in kind and quantity to furnish 'a.seahty nourishment to . the plant. Water enough is given it to keep it., in growth, hilt not enough to . excite a vigorous habit. So likewise ' in ibe application; of .light and heat. 'As the Chinese pride themselves on the shnpfe of their' miniature, trees, they . -use strings, .wires-.and pegs!, and other mechanical contrivances': to~ promote symmetry of habit,’ of to fashion their pets into odd fancy figures’ ; thus by the. Use of these very shallow pots, the growth of the tap ■ roots are out of the question." ! ,U .U." V, 1 UU " By the ilsAbf poor soilj and little of it, and little water, any strong growth' is .prevented:. 1 Tiiei^ too, the top and side roots being within easy T'l _ TZZlQ UUU. UU IRC AlttltJ' LieQ, IlUCl- j philosophy. The person who really iug itself headed on every side; gives = i mode the admirable remark so Rad. up tile idea of stfofi^grOwtll,'asking only for life, and j list growth enough to live and look iwelL ’’ . ;i law, and they are now held u» uema i- , . c - *- . ,. amenable thereto. As a natural c.idm- made the adnina ile lemnin. so iap- sequence, the greatest indignation exists, Pby cited by the Herald was Bishop ana it is evident thatthe law has also in Laud, who let it fall in a conversa- this case got the wrong dog by the ear. tion with William the Conqneror, at . The above we find in one of our ox- Berkely Castle, shortly after the de- cb&nges. We can see no reason why lei'minaUm ol Napoleon Bonaparte thiaorganization slu raid not be amenable to uuury the daughter of Pope Pius to the penalties laid down in the Ku ^ ' ll tlu ’ Bitile hope, as it proved, jpnx act. If the same gang, with pre- of reconciling the Emperor Nicholas Mr the seme intern, lmd periled in « Ens f* T\ H Dutch Bmrthem at,, the, weal, limve be™ nr- Berkely Castle, we may add, shortlv rested, tried and punished as KuR .ux. afterwards passed by the female line We can see no reason why the law •diouM the poss-ssiou of Cardinal Wol- be partial or sectional in its operations, sey, who established there a famous 1 school for educating neglected grand- Twenty-six thousand Boston children mothers to suck eggs. Gen. Grant *** muaic. Bo much for having was for some time a tutor in this * big orgixu - | academy.” Accoroiligly, each neVsef bTfeaves become more, and’' more stunted, the buds and rootlets are diminished in proportion, and at length a balance is established between everv part of the tree, making it a dwarf m all re- speetsvXii sbme ’ldnfl of ferees this end is reached in three or four years ; in others ten or'fifteen years ' are , 'ne- cessary. Such is'fancy horticulture among the Celestials. The New York Sun asks, “Will Mr. Greeley do hia duty ?” He will not! He has been in the Radical party two long to quit it with a good grace now. KENTUCKY POLITICS. Interview witli tlie Democratic Candidate for Eientenauc Gov ernor—-What lie Tiiinlis of tlie Ohio Platform. [From the Cincinnati Enquirer. Onr Covington reporter called upon Hon. John G. Carlisle, the Democratic candidate for Lieutenant Governor of Kentucky, on Saturday evening, for the purpose of ascertaining how he regards the platform adopted by the Democrats of Ohio at Columbus, recently. Reporter—“If you have no objection; Mr. Carlisle, I would like to interview you upon the subject of what is called the ‘new departure.’ ” Mr. Carlisle—“As a general thing, T am opposed to the practice of interview ing. I think it has been carried too far, but if the fact tbat Tama candidate for office in Kentucky gives any value or im portance to my opinions,, the publio is entitled to know what they are.” Reporter—“I should like to hear your views upon the question of accepting the constitutional amendments as was done by the Ohio Democracy day before yes terday.” Mr. Carlisle—“I am unwilling to be placed in such a position to justify the accusation of having vehemently - made an unfriendly criticism upon the action of the Ohio Democracy, but as I will have to speak on these questions during the present canvass, there Is, I suppose, no impropriety in. stating my opinion now. Iu the first place, I do Dot think that the resolution passed by the Ohio Democracy, declaring that these consti tutional amendments are no longer polit ical issues before the country, will have the effect which they appear to have sup posed it would. Instead of withdrawing them as subjects of political discussion, it will give .them far more prominence than they f.ver t had heretofore, and they will be confronted by them throughout the entire canyass. Ihe only way in which any question can be withdrawn from the arena of political discussion is for both parties to ignore it altogether. This can not be done as to these amendments, be cause they present REAL LIVING ISSUES, in which the people feel a very deep in terest. They are next dead issues, and politicians cannot kill them by revolution. The Ohio Democrats seem to recognize this to some extent at least, for they have simply attempted to turn the decision away from the validity and merits of the amendments themselves, to the question of their construction. In this I think they made a grievous mistake. The Democratic party having at all times protested against the principles of the amendments, and against the means by which the final adoption was secured, is legislation lvsts. We can the impolicy and wrong of the amend ments as easily as we can show the error of the legislative construction of them. Reporter—But what do you say in re lation to the Thirteenth Article ? Mr. Carlisle—I recognize the perma nent emancipation of the slaves as a fact accomplished by the war, and I have nev er conversed with, any one in Kentucky or elsewhere who seriously proposed to re-enslave them under any circumstances. The Thirteenth Amendment- scarcely emancipated a single slave except in Kentucky, and even here the institution was thoroughly undermined before its adoption. . I think the amendment is out of place iu the Federal Constitution, and that tlie symmetry of our system re quired it to be left to State action ; but no one now proposes to disturb it. And, while upon this subject, I will say that my most serious objections to the Fifteenth Article is that it takes the question of suffrage away from the States, where it properly belongs, and’ confides it to the General Government. The right to vote is not a natural right; it is purely con ventional, or political, and each State ought to possess the absolute power to decide for itself, in view of Ml the sur rounding circumstances, who shall aud who shall not enjoy that privilege. They can still decide as to everybody but the negro, and they ought to be permitted to decide as to him also. LET EACH ATTEND TO HIS OWN BUSINESS. If the people of Ohio or Massachu setts wants negro suffrage, it is none of our business in Kentucky, and we would make no complaint if they adopted it.— On the other hand, if we do not ; want it here, it is none, of their business, and when they undertake to fasten it upon us, by constitutional amendment or other wise, they violate one of the very first principles upon which the Federal Union of these States was formed. The princi ple was that, for all the 1 purpdses of local government, each State should retain its sovereignty. So far as the States, either in the North or South, may have adopted negro suffrage for themselves, we care nothing about it; but we hold that if the experiment should, after a fair trial, prove injurious to their interests, they ongbt to have the right to abandon it.— I am not able to reconcile the first and fourth resolutions passed at Columbus on Thursday. Tlie first accepts the three amendments, and declares they are no longer political issues, while the fourth declares that the Ohio Democracy are un alterably opposed to all attempts at cen tralization and consolidation of power in ♦he hands of the General Government.— If these amendments are not clearly at tempts at centralization, I do not under stand their purport. Reporter—What remedy have you, and how can the amendments be got rid of? THE~JUSICIARY ABEBusjltx. Mr. Carlisle—I am not one of those who believe that the Courts have ho country,” but it was a surrender of right to wrong—a surrender of the reserved rights of the States to usurpation—a sur render ol liberty and self-government to despotism. He that “runs from a dog is sure to get bitten by him,” is proverbial: and obsequiously submitting to the ty rant’s will, is certain to bring with it not only present, but future and increased oppression. Then, what has been gained by slavish pandering to the enormous frauds and villainies of the Imperialism at Washington ? Nothing but defeat to the Democracy, and more shackles upon an already enslaved people. STATES THE ONLY ARBITERS, The States which legalize and render authoritative; amendments to the Con stitution by ratification through their re spective Legislatures, are the proper and only legitimate bodies to decide upon the legality and validity of the so-called XIY and XY Amendments; and to their ar bitrament should they be submitted. They are the proper authorities to decide whether they delegated any such powers as are contained in the pseudo amend ments, or whether they consented to them by afree and voluntary ratification. They have the inalienable and reserved power, to veto or annul all usurpations which en croach upon their rights, aud they should ba the sole tribunal and judge as to the validity of these so-called amend ments. ' - GOOD NOMINATIONS. While we repudiate and reject the first and second resolutions of the platform as mischievous, we cordially indorse the nominations. They are generally men of learning, experience and sound Democ racy, who will stand by the fundamental principles of the Federal Union and. the j Constitution, and wage a vigorous war fare against the usurpations of the pres ent Administration and its odious mis rule. ; THE GRAND ISSUE. Let Democrats remember, whatever is sues there are before the country, or whatever means or policy may be adopted justly entitled to tlie advautage - catThe acquired over the Re publican party on account of its fraudu lent and forcible alteration of the Con stitution of the . country. The circum stances under which these wrongs were perpetrated, instead of justifying or ex cusing them, greatly aggravate them in my opinion. I hold that no motive, however patriotic it may be, actually or professedly, can sanctify a result attained by force and fraud. . The whole country knows that these amendments, or two of them at any rate, were procured by such means as would violate any : contract, however solemn, and there is not, in my opinion, a Democrat in Ohio or elsewhere who would deliberately assert the con trary. Now, it is true that the construction of the amendments is a very important ma ter, but it cannot possibly be more important than the substance of the amendments themselves. If the Demo cratic party had control of Federal affairs, with power to decide what construction should be given to the amendments, and what legislation should be had under them, they would be practically much less hurtful than they now are. Still they are based upon A FALSE THEORY of our original system of government, and if the other provisions of the Con stitution are to be warped to suit them, the doctrine of State Rights, in all its length and breadth, will be completely destroyed. • . • . " POWERS ■ OF THE GOVERNMENT UNDER THE AMENDMENTS, AS CONSTRUED BY RADICALS. Taking the general terms of the amendments, and espechdly the Four teenth Article, with the construction put upon them by Congress and the Execu tive, and there is absolutelv no longer any room for State Governments in our system. There is no place for them to stand, and no functions for them to per form without constant danger of conflict with Federal power, that and the Fif teenth Article, with the construction given to them, being within a scope of Federal power, almost any subject to which the power of any Govenment can rightfully extend. They define citizen ship in the several States; regulate the right of suffrage in the States ; prescribe the qualifications for office, State and Federal; and by construction of their general terms Congress has assumed, or may assume, authority to regulate the ac quisition and transmission of property ; to supervise the educational systems of the States ; to fix the rights and liabili ties of common carriers and proprietors of places of entertainment and amuse ment ; to interfere with the internal po lice regulations of the States, and to de stroy the efficiency and independence of the State Judiciary. Iu fact, it is scarce ly possible to imagine any right of inter est of the people which Congress may not control under its present construc tion of the amendments. In the exer- until such time as they can be annulled cise of authority claimed under them, it in the mode prescribed in the Constitu- has enacted the Civil Rights Bill, the tion itself. There is nothing revolution- Military Election Law, and the Force ary in our position. We have as much Bill of the last session. i right to agitate for a repeal of any portion The Force Bill is the most gigantic of the Constitution as others have to urge stride toward “AV" 1 '' : : its amendment by adding to its provis- absolute despotism . j ions, and there is no more reason for an that we have yet witnessed. Under it imputation of hostility to the Govern- the President mayj whenever he chooses, , ment in the one case than the other. invade a State with the whole army and ? navy.if necessary, and suspend the privi- A Rhode Island burglar is named lege of the writ of habeas corpus, arrest, George Calamity. He is regarded as a and imprison the Governor, Judges and , members of the Legislature, and make c ^ Ba calamity, his own will, or the caprice of a subordi- T . , , * * i. x-l » nate military officer, the supreme law— j 11 has been estimated that the Amen- Drumhead courts-martial may be substi-1 can P e °pl e annually pa; 81x5,000,000 for tuted for the ordinary judicial tribunals, I medicine and medical attendance, power, aud that it is their duty to exer cise it whenever a proper case is pre sented. The power of the Courts to de cide whether or not any law or proceed ing conform to the Constitution, although somewhat doubted at first, has been long since conceded. How can a Court exer cise this conceded power unless it can decide in the first place what the Consti tution is? or, in other words, unless it can decide what provisions the Constitu tion really contains ? I grant that if the Courts had been themselves created by these amendments, they would have no power to declare them null and void, be cause that would be equivalent to a de cision that the Courts themselves had no legal existence, and therefore no power to decide any question whatever. But the Guuits were established long before these amendments were declared adopted, and they were created for the express purpose, among other things, of constru ing the Constitution and deciding what are the relative rights and powers of the people and government under it. It is declared in the Constitution that “the judicial power shall extend to all cases in law and equity arising under this Constitution, the laws of the United States, and treaties made, or which shall be ma-le, uuder their authority.” Now, und'T this provision of the Constitution, whenever a case is presented, it is the duty of the Court to decide, first what the Constitution actually is, and secondly what the rights of the party are under it. If anything is set up and relied upon as a part- of the instrument that has not been legally incorporated into it, it is the duty of a Court to disregard it. It seems to me that any other doctrine would be VERY DANGEROUS to the institutions of the country, for if there is no such power in the Courts, an ignorant or corrupt Secretary of State, who is d-nb little more than chief clerk in a depav* ment would have it in his power to charq tt the Constitution at wilL He may pf nflaim anything he chooses as part of the Constitution, and his certifi cate will he final and conclusive, unless any individual whose rights are involved may make the question in the Courts and have s; the legality of the proceedings tested. But suppose the Courts should decline to take j arisdiction of the question, or that, having taken it, they should decide any one or any of the amendments valid, we would be in no worse condition than we now are. No one now proposes to re sist the amendments .by any other than legal means, and if they are held to be valid, either because they were- in fact regularly adopted, or because of some technical obstacle to the investigation of the question, they must of course stand D * STlWCT