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THE^ DAILY SUN
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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. •* -'-**♦■*
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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.”
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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