The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1861-09-26


!, ccssity of summary processes and marti
J, law among insursent populations Il
grammar Is their ownl, and within Il
lines OF military operations, We protest
galnst the doctrine that any power e:
cept the representatives of the people ca
suspend the writ of habeas corpus for ci,
il offenses. How if these oaenses al
ommitted when Congress is not in Sc.
sion y We protest against the assumE
tion of the Executive power to establis
a system Of passports; agsinst the rigt
of the Federal Government to organic
systems of State Police; against the as
sumption of the Federal Executive .
repress the discussions of free press b
the refusal of nail facilities, or in an
way except By the decisions of the civi
tribunals; and that, finally, We protest a
gainst the doctrine of President Lincoln
message that the States derive their au
thority from the Federal Governmen o
President Liucolu has never claimed an
thing of the kind as subversive of th
fun1a anental doctrine of American liber
ty.
Now | propose to compromise laugh
ter that President Lincoln has the ri 9 b
to suspend the habcas corpus as long o
it takes to read that foggy resolution ans
understand it, Great laughter A,
the school boy said, "it is pretty difficult
to understand ideas which one is not po
srsSed of. notwithstanding, peradven
ture, undoubtedly may be so, | guess i
is" Most certainly! Laughter Now
| have read President Lincoln's MESA
gcs careful llS-and be does not say, SC
far as have seen, that the States derive
their powers from the Federal Govern.
meut If he does, be is iu error. That res
olution is emnrkable, at any rate, for it,
length and its fogeine,s and obfuscation
1t is as clear as mud | There esn be nc
doubt that the ri shts Of the Executive,
aud OF the people, will be understood
bereafter-no matter whether they we're
before. 1t is very we'll that resolution
cane into the Convention as it did. The
members were dry and parched for the
lack of some stream of living doctrine,
when this modern Moses smote the rock
aud out gushed this refreshing, constitu-
tional Well-spriDg to gladden. them as did
the waters of old the wandering tribes Of
Israel. But all this death bed repentance
is too late.
You will RENE n Der few years since,
Shep Louis Philippe, With his stealtby
furpations, finally ranged his guns so that
they would bear on the city of Paris. and
relied on his military arm to sustain him
self and family as the house of Orl.eans
through all time-of sudden con me iced
one of those revolutionary surges aud
ground swcl!s of the French people 1t
swayed here and swayed there; and at
last it appeared that the people were GO
ing to rise against their Government By
revolution in earnest. He first few to
bis army of defense, and guards. They
failed him He then segan to make con-
cessions and apologies to the French p5o
pie; but they cried out, Too late! Too
latel !" and he wss ANONYMOUSLY driven
from bis kingdom. These men now come
with these break down resolutions; they
are baf and half. They are mermaid
proportions; half woman and half fish
cheers and laughter1 and all scales
Laughter. But the voice of the people
OF New York is like that of the French.
TOO lste Too late y Cheers The
band writing was against the wall where
they were sitting, like Belsbazsar at bis
impious banquet, when his knees smote
together, aud be was pale and trembling
They must fall. for their usurped and a.
bused reign, like that of the Baby ylobisn
king. is divided and fni-bed. A more
corrupt and rotten regency than any that
has ever existed, a combination which
lives and brcathes and has its being 10
the lobbies of legislation and Office bro
kerage. which testers at every pore, which
is spotted and leprous in every feature
and liDoament, has been brought to the
judgment of the people finally. 1t will
be cursed by every American in the u
MON when known, and whip be put in
every honest hand, to lash the caitiff, ma.
ked through the land | am for a great
popular increment during the existence
of the var. Dot made up of Republicans,
Americans. Democrats, nor anything else
except Union men from the people. |
am for throwing off those shackles OF
worn out organizations, and consigDig
them to the toub of the espulets, and let.
ting fresh Union party rise up to pros
ecute this war cheers for which have
Cries of Good .""Good "and
cheers 1t must not be hitched to any
political organization, nor any orgspiza-
ton to that; it must be made of true Uni
Oh men, and the only platform must be
the Constitution and the Union, and Wig
orous prosecution of the war until rebel
lion is put down and tho supremacy of
the Government, of the Union, and the
Stars and Stripes. are established
witb justice to rebels-justice to 10y cit.
izens and loyal States. This ticket l will
support, and it will be elected. | will
follow you 10 its prosecutiun, or you may
me, or we will go along together. The
day of party backs is over. They have