Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1861-09-27


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from the leaders of the Syracuse Conven-
tion. as follows;
SIR: was recently 5, much afflicted
with Secession sentiments that ! was incln-
ed 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 melicins resto-
red me in the space Of two days TO perfect
health, so that can be on both sides of this
question, as well as any other =
But what resolutions did they pass p
Look at them. Like the description of the
serpent's train,
"They wire in and wire out,
And leave the people still In doubt.
Whether the snake that made the track
lGrcat aughter.l
They failed TO come quite up TO the mark,
and did not dare to keep quite away from
it. They handled it as though they were
afraid it would burn their fingers. They
passed one resolution, rejoice to see. l
do not believe all that | read in the news
papers; but if they passed it as published.
it was perfect insult to portion of their
members, and as friend of the leaders
want to vindicate them:
Rssolred That we hold In guilt to the faction
which risen in against the country the politicians
system agitation tending and intending to ALLEVIATE the
different secous of the country, and TO stir up between
them irrepreibe conflict based upon their domestic in
situations which ii declared wauld only terminate In
predoninance of section over the other
Now say that was meanly PERSONAL
They knew perfectly well, whoever snug
gled that through the convention. that
Church and Richmond, Cagger and Ind
low. were all at Buffalo in 1913, with Fred
Douglass and other delegates, and they
knew it was pointed at them. They never
should have passed il. | agree with the
resolution that this class of men did most
mischief, but it was unfair to 90 and say it
Just now, and to bring that chicken home to
roost in the Syracuse Convention, when
they had as much as they could struggle
with otherwise. ! can never forgive them
Not L! (Laughter.) Mr.. Lincoln has
been much complained of that he has sus-
pended the habeas corpus, and has inter-
fered with private right, and has curtailed
the liberty of the press, and has done vari-
Gus other things of which they complain
Now. as his opponent, | sustain him most
in the very acts they condemn. (Cheers) }
His act that approve OF most IS his sus-
pending the habeas corpus; and l have
said. and repeat, if he had suspended the
traitors it related to. in some cases, would
have been glad of it. | uphold him in ar
resting the voice of a tratorous press which
was attempting to foster and encourage and
stimulate treason. (Cheers.) / agree to
his arresting and consigning TO prison those
villains who are acting as spies, and are at
tempting to DESTROY our Government. -
(Cheers, and cries of =. Good, good.'o
sustain him fully and cheerfully in it. He
has ample authority for it. 1t is war
power, nothing more nor less. A wicked,
reasonable rebellion fastens terrible war
on the government, and then whines Itself
and gets others to whimper for it, that they
are arrested, that their treason is blocked.
Mr.. Lincoln would have deserved inpeach-
ment if he had not exercised these powers
They we're exercised by Gen. jackson, and
they have been exercised by every military
commander who has had treachery and
treason to deal with in the history of the
world. What, pray, is the habeas corpus !?
1t is civil writ, and nothing more. 1t takes
man before Judge to see if he is unlaw-
fully imprisoned if he is unlawfully i'm
prisoned he is set at liberty-if lawfully, he
is sent back to prison. That is a civil writ,
and civil remedy. But there is power
that is called war power, that does not
rise up out of the Constitution.
When a government is erected 1t Is pre-
supposed that that government has all the
powers Of self-preservation like an indi-
vidual, it has the right of self-defense.-
The government is not obliged TO lie down
and die because it cannot find clause in
the constitution to authorize it to preserve
existence. II is the first instinct OF gov
ernment, as an individual, to seek self-pres-
ervation. When man is assaulted, does
he inquire what particular statute and sec
ton authorizes him to protect himself! ! No; /;
he uses every means that God and nature
has put into his hand for defense. And
when government is assailed it defends it
self and if it does not defend itself IT de-
serves to be overthrown. Now, the war
power of government is as old as civilization.
Smith, an early British minister, on martial
law, speaks thus of the power of war -
Martia law is the law Of war that depends the just
fnlqa of
he doth not make any bat by consent in Par
lament vet time OF by of the Necessity Of it,
guard against dangers that often arise he ueth absolute
power; that his word Is Law.
Now, when treason is stalking abroad,
when corruption is on every hand, when
spies peer from every window, and lurk in
every fence corner, what was Mr.. Lincoln
to do? Was he to pore through all the
musty volumes and invite District Attor-
neys to the same work to enable him to ar
rest and keep a spy or TO stop the dissent
nation of treason through guilty press p
No. If Mr.. Lincoln had acted with great
er vicor I should have commended him
more But may say what is becoming
from a fair and generous opponent, that
when I criticise his shortcomings, find IN
the condition of affairs great apology for
him he came in when corruption was scath-
ing. when treason was peculant and all The
departments ieeming with rascality, when
he did not know who to trust; when naval,
military, civic, and other officers. were com
mi,ting robbery and perjury, and he knew
~, Nh, IN confsia ;a Bnt vhereyer he has