Dayton daily empire. [volume] (Dayton [Ohio]) 1850-1865, 1862-12-18

tinguish H. on the 4th Of March, 1865. ICries
Of "Thet's So" and tremendous cheers for
h. Mcclellan Your hope Is not
from him, still less is II from tho present Con.
greas Of the United States--not from the
certainly, not from tho House Of Rep.
reaentasisea. Applause The sample OF
men who have learned nothing and forgotten
nothing-men d~espised and repudiatOd at
home, and yet going from their constituencies
who have rejected them as unworthy and un-
profitable servants, surrounded by the p%etilen-
tial atmosphere Of WRahington--haye repeat
cd the foul wickcdness and crimes Of tho last
six months. They have learned not the
lessons Of the last election, which should have
taught them their duty laughter and ap-
plause they are determined and persistent
in that course Of conduct which has been pre-
scribed 10 them by the leaders Of their Adolf.
ton PARTY. | thank them for IT, certainly on
my part for, gentlemen, while ! can not for
get that / am an American, must rejoice
that God Almighty has yiAdicated the saying
OF tho ancients-"Whom the gods wish 10
destroy, they FIRST make med They will be
placed where they can do nothing but face the
consequences We have the record Of the
people OF the United States in the recent cleo
ton, which proclaimed to them the hatred and
scorn which must attach to them hereafter
II came like a thunder clap; they have for.
gotten It. Permit us 10 remind them Of it,
On the floors OF Congress we are making up
q record for them from which they can mot
escape There is u little free speech left
there yet, but not the free speech Of our an.
%cesters but we can place them on record and
summon them To n tribunal OF the people, TO
whose judgment We can appeal in this great
controversy,
Upon the records OF the Senate and Of the
House and Of the Congressional Globe we ask
the judgement Of the people and Of posterity
to the remotest generations. The Judgment,
the record will condemn those who have pros
trated, the Constitution, stricken down the
Union, aud destroyed the rights and liberties
of the people Of America GApplause,l You
have no help 10 the present Congress-there
is no good to come out out Of that Nazareth.
| have been there to see. No, your help ia in
your own honest hearts--in yourselves alone
in your own strong arms--irom these alone
that salvation iH 70 come, The people have
never sought a remedy other than the Consti-
tuition and the laws, and / solemnly believe
that IL these ontrRges had been perpetrated in
England, France, Austria or Russia, the peo-
pie, long since, would have risen in sponta-
neous insurrection. [Cries Of That's SO"
Why did we not have II hereH Because We
have r
Aweapon ,ruer set,
a Better than the bayonet. .
We have the ballot box, and IN that the PEG.
Pile have pronounced their judgment, IL that
is not needed, execution will soon follow 49,
The mandates Of the sovereigns Of America
shall be heard till the White House and the
halls Of Congress shall heed. The people have
spoken In thunder tones from Ohio and from
Indiana; from Pennsylvania, the old Keystone
State of the arch OF this Union; from New Jer-
sey, that noble and gallant little State that new
or faltered In It's duty; from New York, the
great Empire State. After that voice has
been heard, even yet, men clothed with the
power of Senators have proclaimed on the
loor Of Congress, after hearing OF the hrbitra.
ry manner in which loyal citizens have been
arrested, without due process Of law, OF o
chance to be heard in their defence, that
where one arrest has been made fifty more
men ought to have been arrested. Now, we,
the people, tell those in authority that il law
is thus to be trampled under foot-ifthe dear
est rights Of freemen are TO DO set at nAught,
and II those outrages hre 10 be- further carried
on, then there will be not only City arrests
made but many more than Fifty, and those who
are arrested will perish, but it will not be us.
II will be Cain, not Abel, who will suffer. But
/ am for obtaining redress under the ConsLitu.
ton.
We Of the West, aud | trust you, too, here
in New York, are determined to have our in
juries redressed, and we demand measure foI
measure, heaped full and running over" Why
Il was only the other day that an act passed
the Senate, and will soon pass the House o
Representatives, giving the President of tbs
United States--nay, not only the President
but all his minions that have been engaged II
this work Of arbitrarily Rrresting American
ireomen-a general amnesty, thus endeavor
Ing 10 free them from any suit for damages 10
their unwarrantable exercise Of power. Tn,
} right Of hdbeds corpus Is especially guaran
teed TO the people by tho Constitution OF tn
United States, and II can only be suspende'
in case of insurrection or rebellion, yet, thi
oct Of Congress pretended TO authorize Abra
han Lincoln to suspend the writ OF habea
corpus 10 all loyal States. IL there any 70
belion in the State Of New York; Is Their
any IN Pennsylvania Yes, there wore rebeI
lone in those States on the 18th Of 0ctobe
and the 4th Of November last-a great insur
r%ection Of freemcn, who spoke through tn
ballot box.
MI. Vallandleham closed with n reiterRtiol
} Of his love for the Union and Constitution.
/ Mr. Pendleton, Of Ohio, was introduced b
Stephen p Russell, and made a brief address
The proceedings did not close until on
o'clock A, M.
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