Juliet signal. [volume] (Juliet [i.e. Joliet], Ill.) 1844-1???, 1861-09-03
Illinois Democracy and Pr,s


That the position Of the Dpmoersr
Illinois may be known mere fully %.
question Of free speech aud free pre-.
ospy the following from the Hmm. s.
Register, the leading Denoc'a,ie Pa,s
the State
What we especisl'y desire to notice p
is, the systematic plan fer the ~ pres
# the popular Voice ~ TO the i ins, q
fetal rules We had an inkliug Of asl
few days agl, when the TELEGRAPH min
Us that newspaper structure, vp.a he Z
miniStrdfiOH would be held to be sl
upon the country! Now, We are INF u.
from an Influential RepuSilcah -isret
''it has been found" that nUs ons ID u
safety of ;he republic rcqnirc tie sss.s
siol of the writ Of habe3s corpus, bats
the srp2i es,i1n Of all public journal, VI
do not yield a hearty supp II az
measures IF tie AamiHiStrat.OAu" a
lest some iGcFedulaus wight. unable il
pace wih the spirit Of the age" AMI
I>h J imagining that tie corsiitnti D II
in force, should inquire by What aeas',
the voice uf the people Is thus T. b. =
we are further informed that Am
General Bates has gracioa-ly SiciSj-r
the Government would be JUSTIFIED N -
ing" Not, be it understood, that tbss
stitutioD r the law permits the usurIal
but that he, the omnipoient Bates, ID
that, in his opinion, the ggJeHnsa
Justified" And has il come To- to-.
in free America, AMI under the RUE
administration, elected by a party ~
favor.te motto, inscribed on ten ihi
banners, was Free Speech ard 4
Press?" Why, Napoleon's cens1r--1
the press, regulated As it was, BY 81
liberal and respectable eoEpared VI
policy which our Republican adnltt7
ton, if the Inquirer is correct ha' q
mined to adopt.
Hereafter, in indictments or iBfurH1
under "tbe new era, against conducts
the public press, however Garnet II "a
in backing the government in its SUE
with rebellion and treason, the charges
be, not the publication of treas natl
seditIous language, but a refusal 70
a hearty support to all the measurss .
administration or mayhap, hOstillt! 8
doctrines Of the Chicago plstforn
Morrill, tariff. the lately reviewed
bank system" plumber Of the trsl'e'!
malfeasauce in public Office. unss
new order Of things" the Papd
would publish anj indorse the Set.iS
Of the dying Donglas-"I am Bs;iis
supporter of the partisan policy ~
apOlogist for the errors Of the sdnllS
ti1n"-would, forthwith, lie supPF'ss.
But, seriously, we cannot belisIs y
ADMINISTRATION so lost to all sense o. re
duty, Of sound public policy. IS 70 -
the execution Of the programs
marked out by ambitions men Wh' -
rec a ''stroug consolidated go'sIl.
perhaps a monarchy, arise iron i1'
Of the republic. Possibly, it Il al.
tempt to intimidate those jOuTnss
country, which, echoiDg the VOC
people, are insisting that the sdni
ton shall be governed by the esl'l'
OF the United States, and EbIsI
stint their censure of the errrTs q =
officials. A leading Republics
the Chicago Tribune, has said ltHt
of the witty Cameron, to hush PelS
demnatiOn Of bis alleged corruPh
fee. Perhaps this may be the s.'L
ing from the leading republican
Pennsylvania, but as it is eoPie'
coins home organ, without dlssebt
ment Of any sort, it may Dc ~
more. Should the politicians o. =,
school, now powerful at Washlpsr.
ly mediate this imitation Of the y.
tUre Of Old World despOtIsD, We
they will live to repent it.
A free press. which gives ven1 -
10 time, to the criticisms Of ths
the acts Of their public servants ~ ~,
est safeguard of popular rights y.
popular connections. Let but "
stopped. Let the popular wrSih
error be confined. and the POPnh
stifed by force, and, like the ~.
they but gather strength iron
6nement and like him, too ED.s
lently broken loose, they scaiia y
in their path. ;. d
The masses Of the people y
states are loyal to the Union
stitutiou. They are showing
alacrity with which they rusn
support of both,- against the -ss
utuspations of traitorous deDse
by force Of arms, are sitting :"
loyal men in the South ; but tns3
err sanction usurpstion OF Pol.ss
similisr to that which they sr
the field to overthrow.