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lTHE LOUISIANIAN, OWNED,'E EDITED AND MANAGED BY COLOR ED MEN, IS PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY AND SUNDAY MORN INGS AT 114 CARONDELET STREET NEW ORLEANS LA. fm. G. BROWN, Editor and Publisher, OUR AGENTS. MISSISSIPPI :- Jani-l E. Young, Greenville. LOUISIANA :-John A. Washington, Black Hawk, Concordia Parish; Hon. G. Y. Kelso, Alexandria; Antoine & Sterrett, Shreveport, A. C. Ruth, Carroll Parish. - DISTRICT OF COLUMBL4 :-James, A. D.Green, Washington City. ILLINOIS :-Lewis B. White, Chicago. KENTUCKY:-Dr. R. A. Green, Louis "ille. OUR ('011')E FOR PRESIDENT, 1872: U. S. GRANT. STATE CENTRAL COMMITTEE. OFFICERS. Pazs'r-P. B. S. PINCHBACK of Orleans. Rzcoanuss Sac'x-WILLIAM VIGERS. ORESPOnIoNG Sac T-J. W. FAIRFAX MEMMAS. . [FUR THE STATE AT LeABOL] EDWARD BUTLER, of Plaquemines. 8. S. SCHMIDT, of Orleans. THOMPSON COAKELY, of Rapides. * ALBERT GANTT, of St. Landry. JOHN PARSON, of Orleans. A. W. SMYTH. of Orleans. H. BABY, of Natitoches. JAMES McCLEERY, Caddo. DAVID YOUNG, Concordia. F. J. HERRON, of Orleans. First Congressional District-Hugh J. Campbell, H. Mahoney. Sec6nd Congressional District-A. E. Barber, James L. Belden. Third Congressional District-Thomas H. Noland, George Washington. Fourth Congressional District-E. W. Dewees, Raford Blunt Fifth Congressional District.- A. W. Faulkner. A. B. Harris. SUB-EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE. Hon. HUGH J. CAMPBELL, Chair man. Hon. P. B. S. PINCHBACK. Hon. HARRY MAHONEY. Ilon. F. J. HIERR( N. . Hon. A. B. HARRIS. Rlon. A. E. BARBER. FINANCE COMMITTEL t t lion. F. .T. HERRON. c Noi. THOS'. T. NOLAND. Hon. Ed. BUTLER. t Hon. A. W. FAULKNER. JOHN PARSONS Enq. SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 11, 1'72. t TO OUR CITY SUBSCRIBERS. t We will be glad if you notify our office of any delinquency on the part of our carrier, as cur arrange- t ineuts are such that every issue of I our paper should be regularly de- I livered. C ag' The thanks of the Lorui- t ANIAN are tendered to City Surveyor it W. H. Bell, E-q., for copies of his (finely s ,ithrograpbed) map of the oscilations of L the Mississippi river and Lake Pont- d chartrain, at New Orleans, from , daily observations, at noon, by the b City Surveyors' department during the yearl187. air The Franklin statue was il- ( Iumiriated on February 5, in honoro of the sixty-first anniversary of t Horace Greely's birthday. agThrough the courtesy of Cap. 1! X. N. Johnson, we are enabled tob give our readers a list of criminals, a just dispatched to the Penitentiary, a' with their offences and terms of imn prisonmnent. tid THE GRAND DrKE.-The steamner't "James Howard" with His Royal o Highness the Grand Duke Alexis, I left Vicksburg on Friday night with o the Prince and suite on board, bound for New Orleans where they t< may be looked for to-morrow morn- d. ing. ~Srnmall pox having made its appearance in Helena, Arkansas, and Oxford, Mississippi, and other a contiguous places, the Pdlo calls apon the Jackson authorities to t procure meana for, and order the I immediate vaccination of "every D man, woman and child.' ax at agj The Joint Commission on the Icc Alabama claims, that was sitting at S( Geneva, has adjourned and the m Amertican members arc i isiting 'pI about various parts of Europe. th kCarter did not impeach the St Governor's statements but "rose to In explain." hew he held the position of attorney for twvo railroads. In attempting to refute the assertion of ret Governor Warmoth that he had ac cepted these positions as a bribe, h he simply conhirmed it. Here are Re the ardent Reformers, at W- LEGISLATIVE ACTION. There are several highly im ET portant measures now before the Legislature which will demand their closest attention to make them gen la, erally satisfactory. We do not ex cept universal satisfaction; that is impossible in t h e condition of things in Louisiana at present, ng, and perhaps impossible while there are two politicaj parties of robust j G. vitality, and of opposite views, and ett, in open antagonism, to each other, and while smaller feuds and per sonal hatreds are used to foment o. dissatisfaction by exaggeration and misrepresentation. But we mean that the measures (should possess such characters as to commend themselves to popular approval. In order that this end may be reached, our Legislators must devote their time exclusively to these measures until they are disposed of The calendar of the respective houses is filled with more bills than can possibly be passed, * and everyday "still they come." Legislation on every bill "noticed" may be commendable, but as every authority has admitted the absolute t ,x necessity of amendments, modifica tions or repeals of certain import ant measures now before the houses, e we hope the members will not by t delay or neglect assume the respon- e sibility of defeating the universal 1 will. Deducting Sundays and holidays, c there are not more than secenteen v days left of the session. In this a J. limited time it will be perceived that s E. including night sessions proper con- I sideration can barely be given to the number of important bills now ( on the calendar waiting acion. We frankly admit that the con tention and strife of the Carterites have exercised a demoralizing ef- r r- feet on the members all along, t; and embarrassed and demo- n realize the best intentions of the ti real reformers, and the records of h the proceedings of the two Houses A will hereafter be appealed to for st this purpose, yet it is time that the a determined and united action of I the Republicans made itself felt and peen in a manner and to an extent that cannot fail of convincing all where the entire blame, first for non-attendance, then for obstruc tion, and all along fcr embarrassing, should properly tle. tl ir We do not desire to be under io stood by the above remarks to say that nothing has been done by the )f Legislature. Far from it. The true F 'ii Representatives have done yeoman service both to . their constituents and to the State. During i- the trying days of turmoil and tl or imminent riot and peril, they stood manfully at their posts, and lkepts nightly vigils in the Capitol, r LIi (depriving themselves of the com n forts of home, supporting and up e holding and advising the Executive in gofficers in the dischhrge of their. novel, onerous, and unexpected oi duties, while endeavoring to defeat Ithe machinations of a faction to 01 r onst the Executive, revolutionize the Legislature, and jeopardize theti perpetuity of Republican institutions in our midst. And we would not be unmindful that the victory achieved, the restoration of order, Y and the recovery of our threatened tI) -security, is to a very great extent in due to the firm and unflinching atti- sC tutle assumed and maintained eC r throughout the struggle by so many vs .1 of our Legislators; and the time is pt not distant when popular approval th of their conduct will be manifest in C Iways satisfactory to themselves and th Ito the confusion of their worse than RF - defeated enemies. n airGovernor Davis of our sister s State, Texas, has been to New York Ilo negotiating the sale of State bonds, fu and has so satisfactorily succeeded Ii that the special correspondent of as the Houston Union exults in this 1ow wise: "Since the arrival of Gov. an Davis in New York he has made pr arrangements to place the whole amount of bonds needed at 95W cents; a better price than any other Co. Southern State now in the money in market. He is now in Washington to procuring Congressional action on an the amount due the State from the uti Federal Government for sustaining State troops on our frontier against Indian depredations." S WiThe Weekly iberrille South is on Presponsible for the following : hai *'The Reporter of the National mc Republacanv, shipped on the Great cor Republic as "second cook" to get cer at the doings of the Duosl pmrty, aix DEMOCRATIC HOSTILITY TO EDUCATION. En- - he As anether illustration of the lios eir tility of Democracy to popular eh n- lightenment, and especially the edn-1 cx- ation of the negro, we quote what is our able cotemporary, the Independ on ent, says about the Georgia Legisla at, ture: re "The progress made in popular let education in the South is not always ad maintained. Last year the legisla ture of Georgia appropriated, by er, nearly a unanimous vote, $8,000 to Br- ward the support of the Atlanta ant University, under the care of the rd American Missionary Association. This year the appropriation was re jected with shouts of derision. Last es year a fund was voted for the public as schools, and many colored teachers ar toiled in the schoolroom through ad the hot months, in the confidence that their pay was sure; but this a year the legislature voted to fund ly their appropriation, and thus the ,re teachers are cheated out of their he wages. The school commissioner, disgusted, thinks of resmgnibg. If the colored people are educated, it will not be with the help of the rebel majority in the South." 1" And we might add that last year ry the Georgia Legislature was tnder te the control of Republicans, this a- year it is in the hands of Demo t- crate. And this is identically the o, same sort of element in Louisiana )y that is promoting the dissensions a- and wrangling in the Republican al party, iu the hope of so dividing and weakening it that it will be s, overthrown in the next election, 1 n when they will acquire the ascend is ancy, and be able to re-enact the At scenes of Georgia and Tennessee - here. w CORRESPONDENTS CALLED , TO ACCOUNT. 1-I1 - s Many of our readers will doubtless f- 'remember that notwithstanding all , the means adopted by the Govern ment at Washington to keep the ,e treaty between America and Eng ºf land on the basis of which the a Alabama claims were to be settled, a r secret, until it was approved by the "high e contracting powers," the Tribune was enabled to submit the text of the trea I ty beforehand. The corespondents, 8 Messrs. Ramsdell and White, were a called to account and they refused r to disclose the source of their in formation. Indictments were en tered against them in the District i Court of Columbia, but quashed by the Judge for want of jurisdiction. 1 The District Attorney has informed Vice President Colfax, and he has c according to telegraphic dispatches, a u informed the Senate that if they wish the prosecution to proceed in a police court, it would be n~ces- k sary for two persons cognizant of the offense to appear and make oath to the same. The matter has been referred to the Committee on Judi- v ciary. V This is both a novel and interest. 0 ing question to the newspaper fra- si ternity, and one that will doubtless. P Iinvoke all the interest and influence c. tof the "fourth estate" to protect its n omnipresent representatives from c' such strict accountability for the sources whence they derive informs tion. ti S UPPLEMENTARY CIVIL Rioirrs.- 0. Yesterday's dispatches inform as tI l that Senator Sumner's bill, amend- si Sing the National Civil Rights Bill fr .so as to abolish distinctions on ac- (1 Icount of color in all public con- ti veyances, places of amusement, or si public resort., passed the Senate, by u) Ithe casting vote of Vice PresidentS Colfax. Senator Kellogg, one of the Republican Senators from the$ 1Republican State of Louisiana did U not vote. ti - ipThe Fags says "we trust the' L lower House of Congress will, if a further evidence be necessary in the' ti Louisiana matter, order Herron rt and Warmoth to the Capital and pa lodge them in durance till they ea answer every question that may be propounded them." Congress may summon them to vi Washington but even there will be:p compelled to keep themselves with-~ tr in the limits of enquiries that relate ye to the matter under investigation th and not roam over subjects that are do utterly foreign to their purpose. d EvaL'uo SrssloN.-By reference of o the proceedings of the Senate in fei Friday last it will be observed that'I on motion of MIr. Barber, the Senate has resolved that from and after to- re morrow they will sit in the evening de commencing at 7j o'clock. Thin as certainly has an air of businems OC about it. thi 'O OUR MARDI GRAB PRO= GRAMME. >s- As Mardi Gras is approaching ,h- very fast we would suggest the fol Lu- lowing organization to fill up the iat gaps in the Carnival procession. d First in order come the sore la- heads of the Republican party, with their heads bound up in consolatory lar editorials from the Times, vinegar Sy and brown paper emanations from ba the Bee, with a chorus of growls in ý the way of music. Lta Next in the line should be a be, model of the Wilderness with no 'n Barr to command her, and the ýt Democratic Senators together with lic the colored Republican Senators 'rs practising before the eyes of the gh people, social equality. ce Motto-"We're ready to swallow 135 the nigger, if we only get him he coated." (Ingraham's speech.) Fol ir lowing this the vanguard of the ar, procession; the march will go on in if the manner hereinafter described it be that is to say, to wit. Wrsic. ar Air-"Sich a getting up stairs I er never did see." Lis Ray's Body Guard, consisting of o- the State House Law on crutches. ie Ray's Railroad drawn by a mule, ia emblazoned with the figures $546, 2s 000 for me. in Motto.-"O ain't it jolly to have ig a job for which the States, to pay? " )e A coffin with the dead Levee Sbed n, bill encased therein. I- Motto.-"Ye that have tears to ec shed prepare to shed them now." e The dead Warehouse Bill on a gibbet. Motto.-"There is a house not D made with hands." Mrs~c. MUSIC. "There's a good time coming, boys." I m United States Marshal Packard, with an enormous key, looking for i a hall to hold the Convention in, t e with half a dozen doors open, not i one of which he can procure. e Motto.-"There are none so blind c a as those who will not see." e e Body guard of deputy marshals t with badges, letter-carriers with I satchels and carpet-bags, revenue r e assessors with tax-rolls under their I d arms, inspectors without ships, ships r without inspectors. A Model of the Customhouse stand- A t ing on a foundation of bayonets. if y Motto-"You must not speak a e. here unless you talk our way." C cl The dark lantern of the Demo-Iii s cracy borne by outs of every shade e and degree K. W. C. and 76. u y Motto-"Mum's the word." f Sambola and the red shirts with ci knives in their teeth. f Motto - "Let's organize the ci p Senate." - sl A following of street sweepers ci - without brooms, stone scrapers n without does, grass grubbers with- b, - out grub, ditch cleaners without tb - shovels, an army of clerk without n, a pens, secretaries without desks, vi Schairmen without chairs and every (K man who has held office but who m couldn't hold on any longer. o W"When General Ewell, one of E the most noted Confederate Gen- pi erals, died recently in Texas, none of the Democratic Editors noticed ta the event. The Houston Daily Union bi Isupposes this neglect to have sprung dx from the fact, that prior to his th death he ordered that "no inscrip- of tion must be placed upon my tomb gr stone that will in any way reflect cli upon the Government of the Uuited hr States." . th 'Packard's point, is to make di the Congress and committee believe pr that the colored people are opposed be to Governor Warmoth and the a Lieutenant Governor. Now he has or never come before the people to tell m 'them anything. He is always the de recipient of some appointment. No people have ever supported him, I except the members of his own ring. sn flie LrEAP YIAR ASD THE L.ADIES PRIx- Of vILEGE.-In addition to the peculiar he priveleges this year according to ral tradition affords to the ladies, to re- sri verse the general order and "pop tir the question" themselves ; Wednes- ga day next will be Saint Vln e'swi day, giving them the additional op- Ix portunity of safely divulging many thx ~of the pent up secrets of their af-'tei Sfectionate hearts. 5is ~Joubert the aristocrat, talks Co republicanism to the Committee by grt denouncing carpet,-baggers, and acts no as a Democrat by leapuing with the no Custombousecarpet-bagger. to ruinla the Republican party. Infu U W' the lobby had gone on to i swell in numbers and tors in vehe mence, . the State world have been 4 ng destroyed. But Governor War al- moth's vetoes have been built up he like a breakwater and the lobby has been whipped down: re- "Here shall thy proud waves be stayed." th ry MPackard and Lowell think ur that Grant should be elected again um but that Warmoth should not, are in in favor of the one term principle in Louiaina, but of the double a in the United States. How 's this no for high ? be .th W"The Congressional Committee Era is reported to have closed the in he vestigations in New Orleans, and to have adjourned on Friday after )w eleven days enquiry, subject to the Lm call of the President. he oYThe Customhouse rings are in no longer concentric, but eccentric. Packard and Casey are one, but Lowell and the Revenue forces are another. II -The test of reform lies in the of I performance, not the pretense. e' ARGUMENT OF SENATOR] SUMNER. The question of lack and power E in the Senate to enforce the provi- t sions of Mr. Sumner's Civil Rights s Bill, being raised by Mr. Morrill of to Maine. Mr. Sumner said: And now, sir, after these brief e illustrations where our colored fel Dt low-citizens have spoken for them- i selves, showing the necessity of I legislation by the nation, because t o only through the nation can the remedy be applied, I come to the d precise argument of the Senator. ir He asks for the power. Why, air, e the Constitution is full of power; it I )t is overrunning with power. I find it not in one place or in two places E d or three places, but I find it almost I everywhere, from the preamble to I s the last line of the last amendment. 1 hI find it in the original text and our I 1e recent additiors, again and again. e 'r I find it, still further, in that great b 's rule of interpretation conquered at e: Appomattox, which, far beyond the e! I- surrender of Lee, was of infinite it importance to this Republic. I say 01 k a new rule of interpretation for the g Constitution, according to which, si in every clause and every line and it e every word, it is to be interpreted it uniformly for human rights. Be- I fore the rebellion the rule was pre- it cisely opposite. The Constitution BE was interpreted always, in every 1 B P clause and line and word, for human its slavery. Thank God, it is all in E changed now. There is another ac s rule, and the Constitution, from as - beginning to end, speaks always for cc t the rights of man. That, sir, is the cc new rule. That, sir, is the great w' Svictory of the war, for in that are ax I consummated all the victories of to Smany bloody fields; not one victory til or two, but the whple-fiaming in be those p ancples of Liberty and in fEquality which are now the best ni Spart of the Constitution. tic My excellent friend from Maine ee I takes no notice of all this. He goes by Sback for his rule to those unhappy by Sday3 before the war. He makes by Sthat system of interpretation, born of -of slavery, his guide. With such a prU guide how can he arrive at any con clusion otherwise than alien to foi Ihuman rights ? He questions every- isl thing ; denies everything. He finds of no power for anything unless it be distinctly written in positive and oc precise words. He cannot read is Ibetween the lines; he cannot apply a generous principle which will co- to ordinate everything there in bar- ne mony with the Declaration of In- ini dependence. When I allude to the Declaration ge I know well the way with which such an allusion is received on this en '0oor I have lived through a period ~of hisry, and do not forget thatlI wc here heard that great title-deed ar- t raigned as a "self-evident lie." There are Senators now who, while hesita- I ting to adopt that vulgar extrava- is ganc ofisentare willing to trifle in wit iasarule of interpretation. eni I am not frightened. Sir, I insist th< that the Constitution must be in- am terpreted by the Declaration. I in- may sist that the Declaration is oft equal qu and coordinate authority with the thu Constitution iteelL I know, sir, the an: ground on which I stand. I need Jthi no volume of law, no dogeured book, W< no eases to sustain me. Every fro Ilawyer is familiar with the great of fundamental beginning of the Brit- is to ish constitution, Magna Charter. But I ºe. what is Magna Charter ? Simply I en certain conces ions wrong by barons ur- of England from an unwilling up monarch ; not an act of Parliament, as nothing constitutional, in our sense of the term ; simply a declaration 4 . of rights ; and such, sir, was the Declaration of Independence. And uk now, sir, I am prepared to insist in that, whenever you are considering re the Constitution, so far as it con )le cerns human rights, you must bring le it always to that great touch-stone; uis the two must go together, and the Constitution can never be interpret ed in any way inconsistent with the a Declaration. Show me any words n- in the Constitution applicable to to human rights, and I invoke at once er the great truths of the Declaration 1 he as the absolute guide in determining their meaning. Is it a question of power ? Then must every word in the Constitution be interpreted so ' that Liberty and Equality do not fail. ut My excellent friend from Maine re takes notice of this. He goes back to the early days when the Declara tion was denounced as "a self-evi- I be dent lie," and the Constitution was º interpreted always in the interest of I slavery. Sir, I object to this rule. R I protest against it with all my º mind and heart and soul. I insist i that just the opposite must prevail, 4 er and I start in the argument with i ri- this assumption. I shall not make I ta a long argument, for the cause does t of not require it. I desire to be brief. You know the amendment, being I ef article thirteen: l- "SECHoN 1. Neither slavery nor n- involuntary servitude, except as ai of punishment for the crime whereof I the party shall have been duly con- c m victed, shall exist within the United k Y States, or any place subject to their t ze jurisdiction. f r. "SEc. 2. Congress shall have pow ir, er to enforce this article by appro it priate legislation." Id Here is an amendment abolishing a M slavery. Does it abolish slavery lI st half, three quarters, or wholly? Here e M I know no half, no three quarter; I S ,. know nothing but the whole. And ir I say the article abolishes slavery t 2. entirely. It abolishes it root and v Lt branch. It abolishes it in the gen t eral and the particular. It abolish e es it in length and breadth and then is e in every detail. Am I wrong? Any y other interpretation belittles the tl e great amendment and alows slavery li º, still to linger among us in some of t( a its insufferable pretensions. Sir, I tl insist upon thorough work. When I voted for that article I meant what , it said, that slavery should cease ab- pc solutely, entirely, and completely. in But, sir, Congress has already given ti 1its testimony as to the true mean- m1 1 ing of this article. Shortly after its th r adoption, it passel what is known in as the civil rights law, by which the an r courts of justice throughout this ahl a country, State as well as national, bu t were open':d to colored persons, spi Sand they were authorized not only sti [ tosueeand be sued, but also to tes- PR tify, an important right which had been denied most cruelly evein in Cc in many of the Northren States, jus making the intervention of the na- by tion necessary, precisely as it is ne- pC cessary now. That law was passed tic by both Houses of Congress, vetoed in by the President, and passied then sli by a two-thirds vote over the veto di of the President; and all done in re~ pursuance of this power. as "Congress shall have power to en- ab force this article by appropriate leg- sel islation." , p Remark, if you please, the energy thi Iof that expression; I have often had t occasion to call attention to it. It lea 1is a departure from the old Ian guage of the Constitution. th4 "The Congress shall have power be to make all laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying tin into execution the foregoing powers."4 in~ It is stronger, it is more ener- en. getic- me "Congress shall have power to thu Ienitnvc"- ha Mark, sir, the vivacity of the an< word- ne~ toeorethis article by appro priate legislation." me The whole field of apt legislation an< is open to be employed by Congress les in enforcing abolition. Congress' neu entered upon that field and passed ha' the civil rights' act. And who jYo among us now, unless it be one of ext my friends on the other sile, who des questions the constitutionality of the that act ? Does any one ? Does to any one doubt it ? Does any one seel throw any suspicion upon it ? the Would any one have it dtopped yos fromour statute-book oaanygroun4 cal of doubt or hesitation ? If there 1 is any Saaeter in this e~s5eoIy, I tihs lut know him not. I really sh!,g Ply to have him declare 1isij sas will cheerfully yield the fluor to ing one who is willing to declare. nt, doubts of the constitutionals ase the civil rights act. (After w ion a moment.] Sir, there is no the ator who doubts it. nd Now, how can any Senato. fist cognizing the constitutionalJt ing the civil rights act, doubt the n- plementary measure introdued ing me ? Each stands on the same ae; tow. If you doubt one, o the doubt the other. If you go 'et- my amendment, your next the should be to repeal the exi rds civil rights act as inconsistent to the Constitution. Why doe ice my excellent friend from ion bring forward his bill ? li ing he not invite the Senate of mence the work of destru. in tear down that great rte so statute ? Why is he silent. iot does he hang back, and dirst 4 his energies against the supple.,y ine ary measure, which depends upn Lek lately upon the same constitutig ra- power ? If he is in earnest a, vi- the pending amendment, he ,t ras show the some earnestness of the original act. tie. When I assert that Congress in ny ample power over this question, I ist reply upon a well-known text often iil, cited in this Chamber, often cited ith in our court-the judgment of the Eke Supreme Court pronounced by )es Chief Justice Marshall in the case ef. of McCulloch r... State of Mar land, ng fxoan which I will read a brief p graph : for " But the argument on rLjd aa most reliance is placed is drawn of from the peculiar languarge of ths on- clause. Congress is not empowerei ed by it to make all laws which may eir have relation to the powers con ferred on the Government, but such w only as may be '`nve emry vidpr.'u - for carrying them into execution. The word 'n`s .oary' is considers! as controlling the whole sentence rg and as limiting the right to pw ry laws for the execution of the grm re ed powers to such as are indispe I sible, and without which the pout: would be nugatory, that it exclude adthe choice of means, and leavei ry to Congress in each case, Ihat or v ad which is most direct and simple.' The words show how the eam h- was presented to the court. Her n is the statement of John Marshal: ty "We admit, as all mustadmit, that 1e the powers of the Government are 'y limited, and that its limits are o: pf to be transcended. But wt that I the sound construction of the co. stitution must allow to the natitnal n Legislatuire that &iscrttion with r. it spect to the soans by which ti. r powers it confers are to be carr I into execution, whimh wi1 enalj, n that body to perforum the high l; ties assigned to it in the manrer most beneficial to the people. Lt s the end be legitimate, let it be witi a in the scope of the Constitution, and all means which are appropr ate, which are plainly adapted to that end, which are not prohibited. but consistent with the letter an spirit of the Constitution, are co - pages 413, 421. I In other words, the Suprer..e a Court will not uudertake to sit ia , judgment ou the means employe I -by Congress in carrying out as -power which exists in the Constit I tion. Now the power plainly exls'5 Iin the Constitution; it is to abokei a slavery, and it is for Congress in .6 o discretion to select the meanb. A11 a ready it selected the civil rights le as the first means for enforcing tth - abolition of slavers. I ask it ') - select the supplementary bill now pending, as other means to enfor'Ž that abolition. (Onc of the lette' that I have read to-day from u leading colrred citizen of Georg.. said: "When that bccomcs a la the freedom of may race will tl.n be complete." It is not coral)! until then, anti therrfore, in seC::r ing that freedom, in other words enforcing the constitutional armC ment, Congress is completely Or thorized to pass the bill which I have felt it my duty to introd': and which is now moved on the a I metyight proceed with this O'p ment. But details would take tl1c. ! and I think they are entirely nt less. The case is too strong. needs no further argument. 11 have the positive grant of pow~ You have already one instance of> execution, and you have the soelem decision of the Supreme Court .4 the United States declaring thatit is inn the discretion of Congre-" seket the means by which to enfora' the pnnwers granted. How, sir, c . you answer this conclusion? Ho0 can nay excellent friend answer it? Were I not profoundly conlviflee that tire eoncluaionl founded on the