Democrat and sentinel. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1853-1866, 1861-08-28

commissions extort- We do not believe he could
succeed in accomplishing the uuhallowed work
A few editors, printers and publishers might be
prescribed and prosecuted, aud rendered outcasts
upon the face of the earth for the time being
But the liberty of the press would ride triumph
ant through the storm. In the words OF orator
Phillips it is not in the arrogance OF power, 1t
Is not in the usurpation of Kings, it IS not IN the
venalty of Parliaments to crush this mighty, this
majestic privilege. Reviled it will demonstrate;
buried it will re ascend, the very attempt to crush
If will prove the truth of its immortality, and the
atom that presumed to spurn will fade away be-
fore the trumpet of its retribution." 1t will bid
farewell to the world only when freedom shall
have expired and the reign of anarchy becomes
universal. If the So notice" spoken of in the In
quirer should be served, we think that paper and
the n. Y. Tribune Times, Herald &c. would be
among the first compelled to "dry up' under
the arrangement. They have since the COM
mencement of the war. been engaged in almost
constantly assailing the Administration. The
Inquirer has been remarkably loud in denouncng
the War Department for appointing ignorant
civilians to important military Offices to the ex-
clusion of West Point graduates. 1t has even
limited at corruption in that quarter. The New
York papers forced the Government into an un-
fortunate military movement, by crying forward
to Richmond and by assailing in bitter language
that old veteran, Gen. Scott, the atchet of whose
shoes they are not worthy to unlooSe. They have
assailed the Administration for its inefficency ,and
called on all portion oe the Cabinet to resign
Bad military appointments have been denounced,
and fraudulent government contracts have been
exposed. If the free press of our country is to
be fettered, we presume it will be to the above
named newspapers the manacles will be first
applied. The important and influential position
they occupy will naturally attract the attention
! of the cenSorS to them.
| The trainers of the Constitution and the sages
of the revolution regarded the liberty of the press
as a thing sacred, and held that error of opinion
may be tolerated. lchen is left free to com.
! bat It, This is doctrine which has been at least
profess IDLY held by every political party which
has ever existed in our country. 1t is night of
nestimabe value to the people, Z" and formidable
to tyrants only" fit be really the intention of
the President to fetter the press and to persecute
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"a we trust in God, there is redeeming spirit in
the Constitution that will be seen to walk with
the sufferers through the ordeal, and preserve
them unhurt amid the 1ames.'
The following is the extract alluded to- The
Inquirer is ultra Republican paper:
WASHING. ON, Aug. %, 1861 "A new
era has dawned. The recent order of the
War Department, ordering to Washington all
the regiments in the Northern States and all
parts of regiments, even if unarmed aud with
out uniforms, is but one step in the new order
of things that has been inaugurated here
since the adjournment of Congress. That
step will result In the formation of Nation
al army The men as they arrive here, will
be formed into companies and regiments ire
spective of the State from which they come
They will be armed aud uniformed alike the
new uniform being the army regulation dress
of blue cloth A new nomenclature will be
adopted, discarding the names of States, and
referring to the position which the respective
regiments will occupy in the grand army ot
the United States.
The Administration decided to-day anoth
er step which will be quite as startling al
first as the former. but which is eq rally fouu.
ded On sound policy The constitution pro-
Vides for the freedom of speech and of the
press. Bnt it also provides for the privileg.
es of the writ of habeas corpus. 1t has beer
found that the safety of the Republic requi
red the suspension of that writ. The admin
istration is now satisfied that the safety O.
the Republic requires that those papers il
the North which do not yield hearty sup
port to the Government, and TO all the meas
ures of the Administration. and which, by
their sympathy with the South nourish at
the North hostile feeling against the Gov.
) ernment, shall be warned to desist, and i
they persist, shall be suppressed. Attorney
> General Bates, has been consulted on tn,
; subject, aid says that the Government wou.C
: be perfectly justified in doing so.