The Wyandot pioneer. (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1853-1868, 1861-09-06

they might have prevented-whose elec-
tion they connived at, they will hazard
a whole eternity, so far as temporal ex-
istence is concerned. to satisfy preseLs
personal pique, and feed mean ambi.
ton, Whoever sustains them, / will no..
Whoever cries peace, I will not. Who
ever cries compromise with them, l will
not. (Great cheering.) l am for peace,
but l am for making peace with the 10y.
al citizens of the South--the loyal men
of Kentucky and Of Missouri, too, who
have sent that modern Nebuchadnezzar,
Claibora +. Jackson to grass. (Great
Iaughter.) They ask in repetition, can
you coerce a State / say, no-you
cannot. You might as well coerce the
sun to shine or the stars to twinkle
Can you coerce neighborhood to be
honest No; but you can punish IT'S
criminal. No one can justify armed re-
bellion in opposition to the Union and the
Constitution of his country. But Mr..
Lincoln, il is said, forsooth, has violated
the Constitution in conducting his Ad-
ministr alton. Very well there is day
of reckoning to come for him and his ad-
visers. But it is one thing to violate the
Constitution in defence of your country,
aud quite another thing to violate in at
tempting to destroy it. When my Dem.
ocratic or Republican friends, ''or any
other man." are disposed to call the
President to account. and am not his
defender, I merely beg leave to inquire
whether Mr.. Jefferson Davis d Co. have
gone strictly according to the Constitu-
ton Of the United States? (Cheering
and laughter.) I have the impression
that setting up pretended government
within the boundary OF the United
States; that stealing the treasures of our
Government, its ships; betraying its com.
mands; firing upon its Notifications; or
ganizing piracy upon the highseas. and
long list of other, and kindred acts-I
have an impression thatthey are slight in
fringemsnts Of the Constitution, that re-
quire examination. Laughter) But I
want TO have my Constitution friends to
come along with me, and when they get
the Administration all regulated and on
the Constitutional track, lock at this mat
ter little; for it seems to me that it re-
quires attention. I know net whether
Mr.. Lincoln has observed the Constitu-
ton; indeed for all the purposes of putt
ting down the rebellion, care not 1t
is due to him to say, however, that he
has seemed to be in good faith attempting
10 put down the rebellion. He has not
done all things as l would have done it.
f because l would have multiplied his
men by about four, and where he has
struck one blow, would have struck a
dozen. Laughter and cheering- There :
fore do not agree with lin in that res
pect. When the day comes we can have
settlement with him, for he is to be held
with all other officers to strict account.
But would not do even that under the
smoke of an enemy's guns. Let us see
first that the rebellion is put down.
+ And when that is done, l am ready to
see how it has been done. T do not
propose to yield this Union or any part
of il to the SO called Confederate Gov
eminent that has been made up in the
Southern States. 1t is no government;
there is nothing in the shape of govern
ment under it, over it, in it, or around it;
diagonaliy, horizontally. or perpendicu-
larly. Like boys training, it is all Of
fcers. (Laughter.) Itis made up thus:
You shall be President of Congress, and
1 will be President of the Confederacy:
you shah be Minister of Foreign Affairs
and I will be Secretary Of the Treasury
(Laughter.) Doubtless very well; salts
factory enough. II they had kept it to
themselves no ole would have objected
to their strutting in their stolen plumage.
But it is time for the people of the Uni
ted States to put their hands upon it in
earnest, and maintain the government oil
the Constitution. The habeas corpus--a
hard kind Of name for a writ, but one
which q. lawyer or Dutchman finds little
difficulty in pronouncing--it is said that
the habeas corpus has been suspended
and abused. Well, think it is because
some have written so much about it whe n
they know so little. 1t simply means to
have the body. A prisoner is alleged to
be improperly imprisoned; and in order
that the question may be inquired into a
petition is presented to Judge, and then
p the Judge allows the writ, and the pris>
5 oner is brought up and the person who
e holds him is bound to make a return
+ II the prisoner is illegally detained, til,