New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1860-09-14
NEW YORK DAILY TRIBUNE, FRIDAY SEPTEMBER 3D. 1869

by ideas btirg poured Into tho minds Of the peopl-
He decres that there be peace as long a. thos
,spsts which producsd the reasonable attempt rom ain
IN active Oh ration. He prop to check this crusade
Nv crushing out the oonspracs aud combn atoms by
which il is carried ou and The means nv W hich h
iu.pds 10 crush them out indictments aud con VIC
,ioI in the Federal Courts, making such examples OF
the lesders as viii strike terror into the he rts Of
OF, err he proposes TO open rreon cells for them
wber in TO drag DOT miserable life. This s the prop
osition admitted to the senate If the American Repu
6c-not by the King OF Naples, not by the Vzier Of
the Turkish Satsn not tn Chief of Police Of the Rl
san Cyar pot by one Of the Terroriss Of the Freu
Revolution-but by an American Senator, on the 23d
of July, 1860. I will not stoop TO defe tho Repnb
can party against these sccusaticas. They are of 40
rdiculous preposterous nature "a not to call for
The serious noice Of any candid But no mater
Let us epbody the intent and meaning Of Mr. Doug
lass resolution and speech in the shape Of law. II
will probably reed ss follows:
residing ia any State or Territory .ha uni-faiy combine o.
ccnspfe tOs TIER with inton to Invade ss modest hs
STATE OF Territory person persons with oteut
scre.d sta counsel sds'e or sH%ps to procure ao{ not
pirsoy threatening counsel advice stemp shall have thu
Poid effect or not be hsy .a, be be Sse@d cs s q d.
United stses having thereof shs be punihed ny
9m me p"t less than yesrs nor exceeding sad fur
bs the discetior Of Court may De holden 70 hnd secu
y bis good behavior In such sum- and Tor such time as The
This ssciion would cover the conspiracies and comb
natior themselves But Dong az ea's that such tres
sonsbe things will be repeated long the causes
from whi they spiog remain in acti se operation. He
therefore wants crush out the causes; which may
be done by section second:
"sKc And be further enacted That II any person iuhab
liant of any one State or Territory sTite pint, utter
puti',b or shall cause or procure 70 won pn uttered
or published shall knowingly willingly auth aid in
ous sri.ng or wnqs ssanst tbs Govern mont iuhahsn,
laws institution, of other States OF Territories with intent
excite asr them the hatred Of the people Of Of
the ss,. or 70 eIee any gn sful 70.
institutions Of Ssss o. sOss being
be shall punished by fine exceeding dollars and by
,nprisonmeDs not exceeding - years"
Every candid person will at admit that there
two sections, have drawn them; contain nothing
n a single point, not single expression that is not
directly snd expressly suggested by Mr.. Douglass
resolution and speech. II 80 happens that la like
this is not without precedent in the history OF this Re-
pubic. 1t is not quite unknown TO our own Statue
Book for the two sections laid before you are smbo
died with scrupulous accuracy. Dir. Douglas propo-
sons The literal copy Of the notorious Sedition
Lar of 1898. only put in Governments, iahabit,
anis property or ms itutious Of other States and
"Terriories" instead of Government Of the United
C States or either HOuss Of Cougress" The rtst is
exactly alike; no. Lot me not Islander the Sedton Law
Tie terms of imprisonment prescribed by the Seditioa
Law are moderate not exceeding two aud b ee years
respectively, while Mr. Douglas insiss upon his vic
tins dfsegDg out in their prison cells their miserable
liv es Of which ten years would eyd Dty not be If
flint. Then THE S-dition Law Uas enacted only for
8 very limited period, sfter VIII oh IL vas 10 expire
while Mr. Douglas intends the Conspiracy Act to be
permaIent Institution Of the country. These two
features make the Sedition Law eminenty liberal in
comparison with Douglass Conspiracy bill.
There my be some cd man among Us who remem-
bels Il e tine wbep the Seduion Law WAS ensotet-hs
wlI tel you that ,he which was in'ended 4,
prevent DsuTecon led people upon the very br NIX of
On nsu Iectlon; he will tel you that patriots horr
t at that time for the liberties Of the people, tn
Of the nect ssy of second revolution. The excite
ment of those days has left ts monument IN the history
Of this country-hat monument ia the Kentucky and
Virginia resolutions, drawn by ferson and Madison
Ttse resolutions were the loud 0utcry OF patriotic
ht arts against the first A.grsn' attempt at the ceutra
zatiOn Of Governmental power. The Democratic
parry hes do sed them again. Ii claims etforson ss
It's father. What would Jefferson, the author OF the
Kentucky resolutions of his degenerate offspring
who have nominated an for the Presidency who
attempts 10 repeat this most tyrabDcal aud outrageous
act of the Federalsis 10 the outrageous form'
Would be not iell them thai they must be mistaken IN
their ancestry
Let me show TIE consequence Of the pessue g, aud
you will uncerst md why its forerunner created snch
serious alarm sud apprehension. SO far our political
parties have been Sighting with srgu nents. Toe vic.
tots obtained pos eesi1n of the coust uonal YER
al ad Mustered the Government, but had no power
TO VIC ate the rights and Liberties OF those that were DE-
fesied. However the contest Of parties may have
endt d. the peace Of the coun ry was never materially
disturbed, for the vanquished knew that their indl
vidual security as n impaired Such was the uni
fo IN result of the fight with Arguments. BIT let tne
political parties begin TO tgrt with Inducements
PUT into tuer hands the twoedsed weapon OF persecu-
Ii, n and whatever dlusi N you may indulge In, the
Liberties Of the people will be no more secure In Amer
lea than they are 10 Aus,ria and Naples.
There is one bnd of despotism more terrible than
that Of kpgs-hat Is the desposn of political parties
Their enoency lot only TO defeat but % oDpres theu
opponents. However pure their first intentions may
be- they will in the heat of political c0ntsst insensby
drift into that irresistible current There Is but Que
way TO proven this liz that the means OF oppression
and persecution be Carefully out OF .hr reach by
gric,ly limiting and crcumtcribpg the powers OF tue
Govern ment. Do not say that thess dangerous ten
dtncies nay be ayerted by change OF parties. IL Is
oppression that engenders an oppressive splrii upon
NJ rfecuton follows revolution aud reveDge-tni is,
lew persecution, and 80 on. You may know where 1t
beesn but MT where Il will eud The francis Of GU
Constitution understood that well they den I'd
the crimes of which the Federal Courts
shall have jurisdiction with scrupulous nicely
Thfy laid down the doctrine that against the
Government shall sss 10 levyiDg wal ag inst the
United States not in giving aid and c'mfort TO their
81 mice snd noihng eisei aud that no rson sn4l DO
convicted Of treason unless upon the testimony OF two
VIII esoss not TO the cOmbDa ion with treasolable
intent hut TO the oreTt act thGs carefully guarding
agsiUst the icea OF constructive treason lhey Knew
well that the usual ru of legal construction IN reg nd
10 common crimes shou!d not be app led to pot al
matters in hch coDsc, nee and The Freedom opinion
/, ipvoyeo because ius'ice in might become op-
preston ard tyranny in the other case. b It even
theee cOysi ali, nal Safeguards appeared 70 iosun e
10 the people of those days hat IN the aue odmebts
the Constitution they surrounded the funda neDsal
ri, hts IN liberties o. the citizen with new bulwark
NJ .mphst, declarations. Hence thi, fierce iadgn4ut
upccn promising opposition to svery measure te adj
10 give latitude TO the power of the Government over
in6l, idusl rights.
Jn6oe Douglas peems 70 have no conception Of the
oroupd work upon which the safety Of poplar liberty
rests Let hin not pretend to cay ,h he intended the
Law for the prevention of political oisnses, for ne
ought 10 know, IS every @ell-informed nan knows,
thai Of al he laws in The world which IN the chaos