Weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1858-1865, 1862-10-08
DEMOCRATIC MEETING IN NEW YORK
IINEQI.N,S PRQQI.ANATIllN lENQUNCED.


of the New York Erpress first addressed the meet
ing. After denouncing the emancipation procama-
tom
He then spoke of the second proclamation, saying
to the people, if you agate this subject you shall
be put in Fort Lafayette. C"Let them try tt.
Laughter) Itwas proper corollary to the first
The provost marshall (hisses) of the State city of
New York is made the judge of our loyalty, and any
personal enemy may obtain the Incarceration Of any
one of us. There are two points in the proclama-
ton. The first is, the suspension of civil and the
establishment of martial law and the second is the
suspension of the habeas corpus.
That right which our English fathers have had
since the dark ages is annulled by proclamation,
and citizens are arrested without knowing why or
wherefore ("Infamous.") Never, never did the
revolutionary fathers, who struck bright and free
the sparks of liberty, delegate such power to the
Executive Could they tell that for his speech he
should not be in Fort Lafayette tomorrow. Ono,
no.'D If was not period Of war we should have
no hesitancy in saying, Resistance to tyrants IS
obedience to God" tremendous applause.) The
balotbox is the remedy. From huge professions,
bearing the red cap of liberty and protect, beg, and
implore return of our liberties. {" You're right")
Read the Constitution of the United States securing
to every man freedom of Speech trial by jury, and
protection in his person and property, (Cheers)
He did not propose ever to give up the Consttu-
ton or surrender to the rebels. (Applause) But
he proposed to carry on the war on different priE
cple, and taking sword In his right hand and the
Constitution in the left and the country through
the Constitution. (Cheers) He would surround
the rebels, and leave treason to sting itself to death
This geographical idea of overrunnng the Southern
territory with unacclimated Northern men is thee
ry that must fail. lie abhorred secession and abe
htion equally. jeff Davis is rebel only two year
old; Wendell Phillips is by his own confession,
rebel twenty years old (Applause.) With the eA
cepton of the little Republic of San Marino on
peak of the Appenines we are the only Republi
now in existence, and We working out the gran.
problem. Tyrants in Europe are using all theil
power to subvert our principles. More than ever
now is it necessary to impress upon the Northern
mind that Liberty, liberty, liberty, and Union,
now and forever, one and nseparable." (Cheers)
Mr.. Schnable, who was imprisoned in Fort La
fayette, then addressed the meeting.
Mr.. Lincoln, he said, will be supported by all
when he acts consttutionally. (Applause) We
have already buried 400, 900 men, or more, and sad
died the country with debt nearly equal to Great
Britains. There was time when, if few men
Lad been treated for their attempts at destroying
the labor and peace of this country, as loyal men
have since been treated, by Imprisonment, this
might have been prevented (Appause) The CLAP
trap knavery of the Secretary of State IS double
tongued, like the serpent When he utters any
thing, he shapes it in such way that, if the party
he belongs to turns back somerset to morrow, he
we'll by his Interpretation as he can by
the position Of the party o-day. When imprisoned
in Fort Lafayette he offered his freedom on con-
dition Of taking certain oath, which closed as fol-
lows: And you do further swear that yor will
never, by writing or public speaking, throw any
obstacle IN the way of whatever measures this Ad.
ministration may tit to adopt" daughter and
hisses.) lie refused to take that oath. Great ap-
plause)
The time is coming when lie would revenge him
self (Checrs) Remember that free speech will
not be crushed. c'No, never.D Imprisonment
may begin again. but at last We will be triumphant
Men must depend upon public orators and the pub.
lie press, and they must judge how near they
right. God Almighty himself, when amid the dark
Of chaos He laid the siagnant waters in order
said, "Let there be ght' (Applausc) And now,
amidst the moral, and civil, and political chaos of
country let the battle cry Of the Democracy be-
Let there be light" (CheerS.) If the free North
crn white is to lose his liberty in the atrocious
effort to make the dcScendcnt of Ham his equal then
1t Is high time that We begin to investigate whether
the teachings ct the party which is bringing about
this damnahlc result are right wrong The doc
trinc announced by Sl,non Cameron, the great
Winncbag pluaderer, who has robbed the Govern
ment Golfers more than any criminal that ever dis
graced the annals Of court of justice, as the only
plan by which he could save his gotten gains, was
the ohlteraton of State lines and the elevation OF a
man Of perpetual power, like the arbtrary Louis
Napoleon, or some one backed up by the Abolition
lists, like that monstrouS jackaSs John Charles FIRE.
mont daughter and applause.) The experience
OF history teaches us that whenever, from genera
ton to generation, you bend the knee of the labor
ing classes of country to a power beyond their
reach, in little while the child following the pa
ternal example, adopts the genuhectlon and submits
until at length the chains are bound upon it with
out any chance of breaking. 1t is almost the histo
~ of poor Ireland 1t is the natural effect of the
operations of tyranny.
Mr.. McMasters made few remarks at the close.
and the audience separated quietly. at the next
meeting Richard O'Gorman will speak,
VIEW OF "LoYAL" BORDER STATE JOURNAL.
The Louisville (Ky.) Democrat, of the 9th, has
long article on the proclamation, from which we
make the following extracts
The President of the United States has shown
frequently determination to res st the radicalism
OF his party, although his efforts to resist appeared
in the progress of events, to he giving way. The
proclamation of yesterday morning shows that the
abolitionists have pressed him into their service
camation has come. 1t is virtually what the rsdi.
Gals desire. Although they still find fault with
it, they will accept it as hopeful sign of progress
Those who desire the Union as it was and the Con.
stution as it is, can now expect little aid from the
President.
lie has proclaimed IN bad, but ineligible Eng
lish, that the slaves in any State or part of State
IN rebellion on the first OF january, 1862 are to be
free. The army and navy to recognize them as
free. He does not say that the military power shall
enforce their proclaimed right to freedom but they
shall not repress any efforts the slaves make to be
free. Here the President is not as explicit as the
abolitionists would desire. The army and navy
are not required to aid the slaves to obtain practical
freedom, but they are forbidden to put down an in
surrection among slaves if one should be started
The right to freedom is, however, recognized; the
initiative is taken.
On what shadow of authority can the President
rest this proclamation? Will military necessity
covers an act Of this sort? If it WILL then may not
State organizations be abolished and State lines be
obliterated, by military proclamation? May not
political rights be conferred ON slaves by proclama-
ton in all the States free as we'll as slave? May
not Indiana and Illinois be compelled to allow ne
groes to make their homeAin those States Nav
not all provisions of State Constitutions bo ,vorr;S