Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1861-09-19

Of you know where they got the medicine
that cured the peace disease so Suddenly
think could guess it. if l were TO tryl
No patent medicine has ever worked such
speedy and miraculous cufes. DIR. Stop
plefunk's Febrifuge. Moffst's Vegetable
Pills. Dalley's Pain Extractor. nor the
Mothers Relief. has ever worked such
marvellous cures. with the original Jacob
Towhsend's Sarsaparilla thrown in. And
there has never been any fnending BY
Spaulding's Prepared Glue eqnal 10 the
efficiency of this ant-Seeession curative.
Find out the author, and his fortune is
made. He can get a certificate from tbs
leaders of the Syracuse Convention. as fol-
lows:
! "SlR: was recently so much afflicted
with secession sentiments that / was
inclined to make liberal propositions of
peace to infamous armed rebels--so much
SO that was unable to sleep nights. and
was unable to seem to be an honest man.
But one package of your invaluable mcdi-
cine restored me in the space of two days
to perfect health. so that L can be on both
sides of this question as we'll as any other!'
What about the liberty of the press9-
1t is like q good many other liberties we
enjoy. but has no Eght to commit trea-
son. One has no more right to commit
treason and destroy the Government by
press than he has by anv other mode
The rights and liberty of the press is one
of our greatest and most sacred blessings,
to he guarded with watchfu1 vigilance.
But what does that mean? In time of
peace. to discuss all measures of Govern
ment freely and iearlessly. But the one
who has press has no more right to over
throw Government by reasonable means
in war. than one has by writing treason
without q press. There is no charm A.
bout printed treason which gives it impu-
nifty. 1t will do well enough to hang up
a parrot IN a cage, to say. Liberty Of the
press!" "LibertY of the prsss!" and we
have a parrot crying it now who needs to
be Gagged. Suppose / was to write to Mr..
a, or b. and say-thesc rebels after sll.
are right; | hope they will succeed; am
glad they are fighting our armies; and I
hope they will be successful; hope the
Administration will be overthrown, and I
ion. That wOnld be treason in a private
letter. / would be liable to be imprisoned.
because it would be affording aid and COM
fort. And if in private letter. bow
much more in on internal secession press.
which sows its dragon teeth broadcast to
poison the mind Of the country and urge
on the rebellion. How much more slouId
they be arrested? Iapprove of every act
of the President. | would approve of
more if he would do them.
Let us see what this Convention saws
about this very matter. for their views are
important. as L have shown:
| Resolved. That while we admit the ne.
cessity Of summary processes and martial
law AIMING insurgent population the
grammar Is their own. and within the
lines OF military operations. we protest q
gainst the doctrine that any power except
the representatives of the people can sIs
pend the writ of habeas corpus for civil
offences. How if these off n .es are com.
mitte,l when Congress is not in sessionN
We protest against the assumption ef the
Executive power to establish a system of
passports; against the right of the Gov
ernment to organize systems of State Po.
lice; against the assumption of the FEEDER
al Executive to repress the discussions of
free press by the refusal of mail facili-
ties. or in any way except by the decisions
OF the civil tribunals: and that, finally. we
protest against the doctrine Of President
Lineolns message that the States derive
their authority from the Federal Govern
ment President Lincoln has never claimed
any thing Of the kind as subversive of
the fundamental doctrine Of American
liberty. sa 81
Now propose 10 compromise fI.auch.
ter that President Lincoln have the
right to suspend the hsbess corpus a.
long as it takes to read that fo9gy
resolution and understand il. [Grest
laughter. As the schoolboy said. 1T IL
|. pretty considerably difficult to understand
: ideas which one is not possessed OF. Not.
withstanding. peradventure. undoubtedly
, may be SO. guess il is." Most certainly!
Laughter. Now l have read President
Lincoln's messages carcfully-and he does
!. not say. so far as l have seen. that the
States derive their powers from the Fed
!. eral Government. II he does. he is in err
E ror. That resolution is remarkable, at
any rate. for its length and fogginsss and
obfuscation. II is as clear as mudl--
There can be no doubt that the rights of
OF the Executive. and of the people, will be
understood hereaftcr--no matter whether
they were before. 1t is very we'll that that
resolution camc into the Convention rs il
did. The members were dry and parched
: for the lack Of some stream of living doc
trine. when this modern Moses smote the
rock. and ont gushed this refreshing. con-
stitutional well-spring to gladden. them As
did the waters Of old the wandering tribes
of Israel. But all this deathbsd sepen-
tance is too late.
You will remember . few years since.
when Louis Philippe. with his steslthy
usurpation. finally ranged his guns 80 that
3 they would bear upon the city Of Paris.
and relied upon his military arm to sustain
. himself and his family as the house Of Or
leans through all times-of sudden COM
I menced one Of those revolutionary surgcs
and ground swells of the French people.
, 1t swayei there and it swayed there; and
at last it appeared that the people were
going to rise against their Government By
revolution in earnest He first f7aur IN HE