Daily Democrat and news. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1859-1864, 1862-08-07

holes OF evidence ~ 49,
volves in it, principles the Liberty q es
All IsbaIl take leave, sies not to 40
Ard wills shall to care not 70
,rs.eutz an ,en-la~y erli > view, or TO
a. spything u Ill insoosi'tsst Win :
legal analysis Of the charge; wn"e
shall even use the testimony faithfully,
as the stimulus, l shall leave the Ia" part
whe,e il should be left, in this stage OF
tho ,.a.e-to.wi', 10 subordinate rels-
too-aod speak OF it briefly ana 10 'n'
conclusion vi the matter. :.
Viewing the testimony, men, uoes
show any offence committed except oy
the con.pi,stors-,he spies-the 10
tormers-tbe cellar inquisition, VINO
h..e home false witness against their
ne,ohbor to destroy him : Suppose
them to have acted against their nature
and to have told the truth under oalh.
Toen the Gorlone, in various ways, nave
found fault with the government. lhat
is the essence, the spirit, and even the
scope of the testimony. Is that fred-
SON.? Lit treason here ? This was
he home OF free speech-aud all he
coIors OF Kepublcanism, from black 20
bilious. declared that speech should be
free. The chief reason why l want to
CARY FIRE and sword into the South Is
because they refuse me my right Of free
speech, given to me by that Almighty
God Who was pleased to create me
rec man. A right the creator and pre-
server OF all my other rights. A right
80 much more important than the Con-
stitution, that the Constitution was in
vented merely TO assert and secure 1t,
and is not worth the paper it blackens,
unless it does assert and secure 1t. l
iespise the Sou hern temper OF mind.
which allows them to part with that
right for themselves, and l mean to DO
nv utmost to DESTROY forever the power
ot any negro breeder to hinder its ex-
ercise y me.
IdecIare before God that, as under
stand that right, l Value it more than l
DO my lf,! And l call this whole
country to witness, if l have not before
now proved the sincerity vt this declar-
alton by my actions! Aud the right
vindlcated at the hazard Of my life, be-
tore Southern tyIant,1 will not give mp
for the sake Of my buslness,to a Yankee
sneak. Neither shall the Gordons.
Their case is ours. We are tried with
them. And in defending them, we de-
tend ourselves, and our country from
gang compared with whom, Colonel
Ledbetter is humane. and General Floyd
respectable. Mr.. Sumner was once the
,dvocate Of free speech. He claimed
70 be almost one OF its martyrs. Aud
10 defence Of i,,or in consequence of It,
he cert aiuIy was the victim of coward
~ assault, inflicted with ferocity and en-
lured with meekness unexplained in
he annals OF cudgeling! He now
changes his opinion, or at least, his Ian
guage. With that felicity OF allusiou,
which belongs, among the public writer's
of America, to him and to Governor
Andrew alone, he advises his trends to
put their "heels" upon those who d,ffe'
from them, and who dare to speak out.
The advice is given in letter to the
late war meeting at New York. Is this
prosecution an EXPERIMENT made upon
poor mechanics, by few small conspi-
rators, in pursuance OF an agreement
between the principal Thugs at Wash
iogton, in order, if it works well, to Sac
ritice more important victims TO the alb
clifton kalee l do not know know
that the gentlemen Of the republican
party do not countenance it, and that il
will fail here, because, to reach their pc
I,tical opponents, they must cut down
their personal and political friends. II
free speech is treason here, our excel
lent Governor would speedily be known
as the late lamelted John A. Andrew
for his speech is exceedingly free and
easy quite loose, as you may say
Then what would become Of MIR. Phil.
lips! Does he speak in favor of the
government Has he ever said anything
IN favor of any government, except
that OF Hayu! Did he not lately ad
wise large and patriotic assembly not
to give man Or dollar to the govern
ment Of the United States And did
not that patriotic society applaud the
liberal suggestion? Shall We prosecute
Mr. Phillips therefore Not with my
good will. Not without my active re-
s'stance. l should violate the very first
principle Of Democracy,which is great.
n 70, hut . h., ~
God himself, ii l did not fight for Mr..
Phillips right TO talk trason to any fool
who watts to hear him. In a letter
the Governor refuses to supply troops to
the President. In TACT, he supplies
many and urges more to 90. Do We
prosecute him? NJ, but tempest of
derisicn breaks over what he calls his
head from every part of the United
States, and even from England. ~
that, we can safely leave him.
When the reg 'mcnt OF tn late Colo
mel Cass went off, ithout an escort even
Of the Second Battalion, it was not ac-
tual'y Kissed in State street, a. was the
Massachusetts regiment on its return
from Mexico, but the agreeabls remark
was made and heard, that the departure
OF the I'ish would be great relief to
our poor honsc and jails! The Gov
ernor or his friends may say so about
Colonel Cass' corntrymen-the IrisE-
without committing treason, or even
giving offence. We are not accused OF
talking so badly, even about Mr.. An
dre~s' conference.-the negroes-yet
are We prosecuted in South Carolina.
where speech was never tree,they settled
ITS limits before Judge lynch. Let US