The Texas Republican. [volume] (Marshall, Tex.) 1849-1869, 1861-08-10

sons around him do blockade not onlv
Charleston barbor Int tho whole sor,H.
ern coast. three thousand miles in extrnt.
by a single stroke Of the Den.
| "The pre.id..rt has M ..,ho,;,, IN
,mploy military force till he shall b: d..
ly reoured.p
Mark the word
+" rsga.rsi so TO do By law and the civil
authorities. His duty in to cause the
! laws To be executed His duty il To sun
| Dor, ~ c y autioyiiv"
As in the Merrymsu case. forsooth
bp, shall rccur To- that hereafter
Ills duty il if the laws be resisted
to employ the military force Of the coun.
try. if necessary for their support and
execution. dnt 10 do al hi, in compliance erly
NH la,e AND tcitA dse,,ions Of tie tribunal.
II. by any ingenious devices, those who
resist the laws escape from the reach OF
judicial authority. a. it Is now provided
10 be exercised. Il is entirely compe:en.
tn r,rpy,., Ia max, such new provisions
as the exirency Of the case may DO
mandn
Treason. sir. rank treason. all this TO.
day And vet. thirty years ago, it WAS
! true UNION patriotism and sound consti.
tuition law Sir. prefer tie wisdom
and stern fidelity 10 tie principles of the
fathers.
such was the voice of Webster, and.
such. too. let me add the voice, IN his
last great speech in The Senate. n the
Douglas whose death the land now
mourns.
Next after the blockade, sir, in tho
ca,sloupe Of executive usurpations comes
the PROCLAMATION If the 3rd Of May, and
the orders of the war aud navy depart
ments in pursuance Of it--a proclama-
ton and usurpation which would have
cort any English sovereign his head at
ANY time within the last two hundred
wears Sir, the constitution not only
confines to Cuugr, es the right to declare
war but expressly prov ides. that Con
gress mot the Prcsldent shall have
the power to raise and support armies"
and 10 provide aud maintain navy"
In pursuance OF this authority, Congress,
wears ar, had Fixed the number Of on
GERS ami Of the regiments, Of the differ
en-, kinds Of service and also the mum
Der of ships, officers, marines and sea
men which should compose the navy.
Not only that but Congress has repeat
edly. wiilln the last five years, refused
To increase the regular army. More than
ina, still in February aad March last.
tho House npou several test votes, re.
pcaiedy and expressly refused to author
lse the President to accept the services
of volunteers for the purpose oi protect
ipu the public property, enforcing the
law. and collecting tle revenue, Aud
We, the President, oi his own mere viii!
and authority, and in violation of the
| Constitution, has proceeded To increase,
and has increased, the standing army
by ACKNOWLEDGEMENT men the navy by
eighteen thousand aud has called for
and accented the services Of forty rcgi-
,neuts of volunteers for three years, num-
boring ioriy-iwo thousand men, and
making thus a grand army Of military
force. raised by executive proclamation
alone without sluc,ion Of Congress,
without warrant Of Jaw and in direct
violation of the Constitution and OF his
oath Of Office. OF eighty five thousand
soldiers enlisted for three aud five years,
and already IN the field. And yet the
Presi,ieut now asks rs TO support the
army which he has thus raised to ra,ify
his usurpa,ions by law CT yaa fate.
and Tins to make ourselves parties to
our own degradation. and to his inirac-
lions Of the Constitution Meanwhile,
/ boueyef. he ha, taken good care not on
ly =, cnl;st the men. organize the rcgi.
nents sna muster them INTO service, bu:
'',,1,. a.. J., ,av,pc, for a horde O, Tor.
I I,rn vermont and broken down poli,i
c;,ns # his own party. by appointing,
] ,;,h,r hy himself or through The Cover
nor. # States m,,or.gencrale. brigadier
generals lieutenant coloueIs, MAJORS,
ean,aius ,ieutennnts, adlu,suts, quarter.
masters and surgeons. without atsy Init
no IN nn,nb,rs and without SO much N
once saving 10 Congress" BY your
/ le,v. rrn,lcmcn.s
Reg,nniuy with this wide breach Of
the Constitution, this enormous usurpa.
lion If The mos, dangerous OF all powers
--,hs power Of ,he sword other infrsc.
,;ons and assumptions we're easy; and
after public liberty. private RICH, soon
G.n The p,,yscy Of the telegraph VIVA
inv.a,a in the search after treason and
traitors although it turns out, signih.
cau,ly enough. tina, the only victim. 40
far - one ii the appo,n,ces and especial
nets OF the ADMINISTRATION. The tele-
graphic dispatches. preserved Under eve