The Wyandot pioneer. (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1853-1868, 1861-09-13
SPEECH OF HON. DADIEL $. DICK
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ouu lheuIs HeaNy peuaity. III tlule oI
war it is different matter. Here it is
found that man is fixing to blow up a
fortress. or betray an army to the enemy,
The officer in command has Lin arrested
and sends him to fort, with orders that
he be strongly guarded, because he is
known to be traitor, and in the conf
dence of traitors and enemies. A law.
yer sues out writ of habeas corpus
But what is the result ? 1t cannot be
served and the prisoner cannot be pro-
|cured-they cannot see i'm unless the
Judges tongue is longer than the sold
lier's bayonet. Would any one, if he was
commanding at Fortress Monroe, Fort
lMcHenry, or anywhere else, where he
was surrounded with treason and traitors
at every step, would he, because a Judge
sent writ of habeas corpus, give up a
traitor who was endangering the safety Of
his command, and tie interests of the
country ? Cries of .'Never."l No
man can pretend it for a single moment.
1t is one of the territ le necessities Of
war. And if 1 were in command, and
had good reason to believe that I had
possession of traitor, and no other rem
edy would arrest treachery, I would sus-
| Cheers, and cries Of "Good," "That
goes right to the spot" "That is sound, !"
THAT is such Democracy as I like to
see." There is no other here. Gen.
jackson has the hearts o. the American
people more than any man of modern
times, and why Because he met great
necessities like man. He didn't 90 in
times OF stirring necessity, to demonstrate
problems by musty precedents, but when
"A man wanted hanging he hung him fl S,
and looked up the law afterward.--
Laughter. There are times and oc.
sions when this. is the only way to do in
dealing with traitors. The civil law of
fords no adequate remedr. Willie you
gre discussing the question the country
may be ruined, the Capitol in flames. the
archives destroyed. When the war is
over we may examine and see if any one
has incurred a penalty for suspending the
writ of habeas corpus. Gen. Jack son
paid his fine, hut not till after lie had
ru dowl foreign foes and domestic trai-
tors. So long as there is citizen South
who demands the protection of this
Government, then it is our duty to pro-
tect the Government of the Cnian for
his sake. ["Sound,' "That's the talk. u
And when there is none, then it is our
duty to maintain it, for politically, geo
graphically, and commercially, it is one
n every sense. 1t is impossible for this
Government to be divided without its ut
ter destruction 10 both sections When
you attempt to divide North and South,
you must do it East and West. Then
all will 60 TO pieces and our country will
be a Mtxico-worse than Mexico, be.
cause we have ten times more material
for destruction and mischief. A military
despotism be inaugurated whenever
you permit this rebellion to triumph
But some cry We are in favor Of peace
/! Yes we are all for peace now. l was for
negotiating for peace until fortifcation
was fred into by rebel artillery, and then
| bade adleu to all expectations of peace
until conquered over rebellion. Cheers.
I say there is no peace until you can put
down rebellion, by force of arms; and
when every other man, woman and child,
| in the United States has acknowledged
the indie pendence of the revolted States,
) to those with arms In thei1 hands, will
still oppose it, and I will talk for my own
qualification, when no others will hear
me. Laughter, and cries of GOOD. ~
We must stand ly the Union. Fellow
citizens, the language of Andrew Jackson
was, "The Union must and shall be
preserved" What would General Jack
sor have done, if he had been at the helm
to- day He would have hung the trai
tors higher than Haman. You may make
peace with the loyal men of the South
4 and there is the place to make it, Blu
how will you do it with rebellion ? Ge
: with an agreement in one hand and 1
revolver in the other, and ask the Con
e federacy to take its choice If there j
any you can deal with it is the loyal citi
zens Of the South-those that are perse
secuted for the sake of their Gcvernmen
those that love their Constitution, an
are willing to die in its defence. wte
!. they are restored to position by conquer
r. ing rebellion ALI should strive togetbe
! for this good end-men should bare thei
bosoms in battle, women implore in til
name OF Heaven, that the blessings {
, the Union should return, and chldre
raise their little bands to curse this re
bellion as ferocious monster, that ha
d ct me hither to torment them befol