The daily Green Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1861-1865, 1862-10-11
Daniel S. Dickinson's Speech.

Hon. Daniel 5. Dickinson made q speech at
an immense Union meeting at Cooper Institute
New York City, recently held TO ratfy the
Mr. Dickinson was distinguished member Of
the Democratic party before the war, but
doesn't have much sympathy with the new style
of New York Democracy which opposes the ad-
ministration, and sympathizes with the rebels.
OF this latter day Democratic organization he
thus speaks:
knot Of men, with some stray accidental
honest elements, with here and there an honest
democrat who supposes this Is war with abo-
lltion fanatics; with leaders composed of free
sellers and aboll:ionlsts of 1913; chronic FOSSIL
zed wings OF 1874, looking for IL rocharter of
United States Bank crippled democrats, who
have been carried for life IN the ambuances of
the party struggling Know Nothings. not in
aptly named hards, so hard that they cracked
in seasoning; sofss and shysters of all shades
and periods, and the ninth-resolution men of
1861, who proposed to poultice the rebellion to
| death by propositions of peace, are now the
democratic party which is to save the country.
Respecting what the real Democracy were
doing, Mr.. d. said:
| Mr. Seymour's claim TO speak for the democrat
| &c party, is both spurious and inpudent. He
no more represents Is men, or its masses or its
principles in his present course, than 10. Smith
| represented the Christian church. The old Jack.
sonlan democracy, when organized upon it's true
faith, holds and always has held, the State of
New York by large majority. applause. !
The scheming faction of which Mr.. SEYMOUR "a
the nominee and representative, years since de-
bauehed, broke up and destroyed the democratic
party by contact with it. Last year it chan ed
It's platform four times to &c; it into good cheat
ing shape, and was then beaten by more than a
hundred thousand votes. Laughter and renewed
applause.) This year it hopes to gain strength
In the city. The masses of the democratic
party are not now politically organized, but it's
mem ers are always loyal and when organized
| the party is as true as was its great leader.
Jackson. Its members swell the ranks of our
brave armies in guarding the nations capital,
10 protecting that dear symbol OF liberty and
hope, the Stars and Stripes, from dissertation.
and in defending the Constitution and the
Union. e. That's So and cheers) Thew arc
acting with the Union organization at home.
and are endeavoring to exhibit to rebellion and
to the world the sublime moral spectacle of a
whole people, laying aside political partlzan
opinions ana discussions, and acting together to
preserve their revolutionary inheritance from
destruction.
Respecting Martial law, he said
Military law is the law for the government
of the military forces OF nation. Martial law
is moro rigorous still, wider In Its application.
and is dehued by smith, an early and eminent
writer, in his " English Republic" and by
Others who have compiled its best definitions.
The President has no such power as Il civil
magistrate IN the ordinary administration of
the government, but, in II time of conspiracy
rebellion and war, as commander. in CHIEF, when
In his Judgment the public safety demands t,
he possesses, and may and should exert il neces-
sary, as much power as the autocrat of all the
Kusslas, for the purpose of preserving from de-
struction the government con6ded to him, Sey-
inour to the contrary Notwithstanding loud
applause.) 1t is power dangerous and liable
TO abuse-should always be exercised with
caution, and only in times OF danger; but in
such period it IL the governments stlv alton
End rock of defence. The course of the presi
dent In arresting spies and the apolosist of re-
DelIlon-ln snppressing reasonable presses--iu
Suspendlng the habcas corpus and in laying hi,
hand upon the aiders and comtOrtcrs and abet-
tors OF treason and conspiracy, entities him t.
the admiration and thanks OF every good citizen
Let assassins whet their knlves--let spies AND
traitors and pimps and lnlormers scowl and
gibber and whisper discomfort because the
freedom Of speech is abrlds ed--let conspiracy
and treaso2 plot at their internal Conferences
let politicians scheme and elongatc and con.
tract their gum elastic platforms to SUIT emcr
gencics, and when all this has been done the ac