The dollar weekly bulletin. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1862-1864, 1862-08-14

here, in the building Of Deacon Palmer in
Washington street. They are men of re-
spectacle standing and as to their political
sentiments they voted the Douglas ticket
These the parties prosecuted.
Mr.. Peter Hobart Jr., is a house builder
and deacon of Park street church. Mr.
Hayes is Superintendent of the fremont
Temple and was a m9mber the church of
Mr.. Kalloch. Mr.. Thrasher is an acquaint
ance and associate of theirs Mr.. Palme is
another deacon, in whose building a COM
mittee met to try the loyalty of the suspect
ed citizens. Mr.. William Washbu is an
architect-form erly a member of the City
Council. These persons of Republican
politics. and are the real prosecutors.
Mr.. Thrasher complained to Mr.. Hobart
that the Gordons were disaffected people
who sympathized with the South. Mr.. Ho-
bart acting on that informa mation, wrote them
a letter, which, with its answer from the
Gordons, is in the case. The next day, bv
the invitation of Deacon Palmer. the above
named persons met by concert in his base
ment with a number of others, elected Dea-
con Palmer chairman of the meeting, and
called tie Gordons before them. The eldest
son, being asked by Mr.. Hobart, the letter
writer, if he would satisfy them Of his loyal
tv, by putting out flag replied in an out
burst Of passion that be would not be coerced,
/ especially by men who were his enc miles,
Mr.. Washburn having attempted to inter
fore interrupted by Gordon to whom for
some reason or other, Mr.. Washburn is pc
culiarlv otfensive-and was informed that
from him nothing could be heard. From
this violent scene the son was drawn away
by his father, and the strange committee dis
solved and disappeared through Deacon
Palmer's back door The Assistant Dis
trct Attorney was then informed that the
Gcrions had given aid and comfort to the
enemy This information he saws upon his
oath that he believes. In consequence they
were arrested. Their whole lie and con
versation for year, has been sifted aud pried
into. .heir friends and neighborS have been
summoned to testify about them, and on the
testimony so obtained to hold them,
if 1t offers probable cause. Now. does it?
And here how simple and how easy is
the task of the mere lawyer-of the mere
commissioner! But fl regarded such a case
as this is, or if you lid, with the eyes of
mere lawyer, l should despise myself and
sir | would be astoniShed at you. w hat
would be the use, sir of liberal education
outside of our profession, well as Of a
severe training within it-what the benefit
of active eXertion in the political affairs of
our country, beginning for each of us long
before he could v0te-what the value of the
continued exercise of every manly and more
than kingly prerog alive which digNifies our
existence as citizens of this Imperial epub-
ic-if we should merely peep through the
pin holes of evidence at a case which in
wolves in its principles the LIBERTY of US all,
shall take leave, sir. not to do so. And
while shall take care not to present an IN
lawyer like view, or TO say anything at all
inconsistent with l-.-i aua iysiS OF the
charge; while shall even use the testimony
faithfully, as the stimulus of reflection and
the occasion of argument, shall leave the
law part where it should be left, in this stage
of the case-to wit, in asubordlnate re latlon
and speak of it briefly and in the conclu-
sion Of the matter.
Viewing the testimony, then, does it show
any offence committed except by the con-
spirators-the spies-the nforme ers-the cell
lar iuquisition, who have borne false witness
against their neighbor to destroy him? Sup
pose them to have acted against their nature
and to have told the truth under oah. Th en-
the Gordons, in various ways, have found
fault with the Governme ent. That is the es-
sence the spirit and even the scope of the
testimony. Is that treas0nI Is it treason
hereP This was the home of free speech
and al the coors of epublcanism, from
black to bilious. declared that speech should
be free The chief reason why l want to
cause they refused me my right of free
speech, given to me by that Almi ghty God
who was pleased to create me free man.
a right the creator and preserver of all my
other rights. A right so much more i'm
portant than the Constitution, that the Con-
stitution was invented merely to assert aud
secure it, AMI is no. worth the paper it
backens, unless it does assert it aud secure
it. | despise the southern temper of mind
which allows them to part with that right for
themselves, and | mean to do my utmost to
destroy forever the power of any negro
breeder to hinder its exercise by me.
declare before God that as [ understand
that right, l value it more than do my life!
And l call this whole country to witness. if
| have not before now proved the sincerity
of this declaration by my actions! Aud to
right l vindicated, at the hazard Of my life.
before a Southern tyrant, will not give up,
for the sake of my business. to Yankee
sneak. Neither shall the Gordons. Their
case is ours. We are tried with them. And
in defending them, we defend ourselves and
our country from a gang pared with
whom, Col. Ledbetter is humane, and Gen
Floyd re: pectaoe. Mr.. Sumner was once
the advocate of free speech. He claimed to
be almost one of its martyrs. And Ia de-
fence Of it, or in consequence of it, he GER
talniy was victim OF CoWaruly assault 1c-
flicted with ferocity, and endured with a
meekness unexampled in the annals of
cudgellingl lie now changes his opinion.
or at least his language. With that felicity
of allusion. which belongs among the pub
lie writers of America, to him aud to
/ Governor Andrew alone. he advises his
friends to put their "heels' upon those who
differ from them, and who dare to speak out.
The advice is given in letter to the late
war meeting at New York. Is this prosecu-
ton an experiment made upon poor me-
chanics, by few small conspirators, in pur-