The daily Evansville journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1862-1863, 1862-10-14
EVANSVILLE, IND. TUESDAY MORNING,

and execution. Great applause.
Those who volunteer as opponents or
oracles of constitutions and laws should
at least understand the subject they are
cussing-should know that in times
of peril to the nation, martial law in
heres in the very essence and existence
of every Government as great neces-
sity, and may be and should be asserted
when requisite, for the preservation OF
its life and being. A war of rebellion is
fearful and alarming reality, and Is
neither to be run away from nor quieted
by reciting boarding gscisool homilies. 1t
demands and should receive every ele-
ment Of power which slumbers in the
bosom of the nation When Lord We'll
lington, upon an exigency, proclaimed
martial law, on being asked what it was,
replied that it was the discretion of the
Commanding General. Applause.
The President has no such power as a
civil magistrate in the ordinary admins
tration of the Government, but, in time
of conspiracy, rebellion and war, as,
Commander-in-C Chief, when in his judg-
ment the public safety demands it, he
possesses, and may and should exert, if
necessary, as much power as the Auto
crat of all the Russias, for the purpose
of preserving from destruction the Gov
ernment confded to him. 1t is a power
dangerous and liable to abuse-should
always be exercised with caution, and
only in times of danger; but in such
period it is the Government salvation
and rock of defense. Applause.
The course of the President in arrest
ing spies and the apologists of rebellion
in suppressing reasonable presses-in
suspending the habeas corpus, and in
laying his hand upon the aiders and COM
forters and abettors of treason and con-
| spiracy, entities him to the admiration
and thanks of everygood citizen. APP
plause. Let assassins whet their knives
let spies, and traitors, and pimps, and in
formers scowl and gibber and whisper
discomfort because the " freedom of
speech is abridged-let conspiracy and
treason plot at their Internal conferences
let politicians scheme and elongate
and contract their gumelastic platforms
| to suit emergencies - let trimming,
balancing Joseph Surface candidates in
dulge in ground and lofty tumbling to
divert popular attention from the true
issue-let pestilent newspapers, engaged
in stimulating rebellion and sowing
| broadcast seeds of disunion and revolt
among the people in the name of the
Liberty of the press, spread abroad the
ill-concealed hatred of the Government
of their fathers because it fails to minister
to their depraved wishes; and when all
this has been done, the action of the
President in these measures, though
probably not free from mistakes and err
rors, viii be approved by honest men and
in the sight of Heaven, and will, when re-
bellion shall only be remembered for the
blood it has shed and the wrongs it has
perpetrated, "stand the test of talents
and of time" Loyal men find the rule
no Inconvenience. The President hasn't
interfered with my freedom of speech.
Laughter and great applause.
The masses of the Democratic party
are not now politically organized, the
party is as true as was its great leader
Jackson. Its members swell the ranks
of our brave armies in guarding the ma.
tons Capital, in protecting that dear
symbol Of liberty and hope, the stars and
stripes, from desecration, and in defend
ing the Constitution and the Union
Applause. They are acting with the
Union organization at home, and are en-
! deavoring to exhibit to rebellion and to
the world, the sublime moral spectacle
of a whole people, laying aside politica
partisan opinions and discussions, and
acting together to preserve their revolu
: tionary Inheritance from destruction
: Applause The members of the mar
row, trading, tricky faction, who now
5 strut-the selfconstituted heroes of the
: Democratic party, name they hav'
. learned to mouth better than they have
J learned to practice its principles-wer,
l nine out of ten against it in the days O
: its organized action, or if with it, wer,
: its medicants, ofice-seekers and camp
+ followers. [Applause m
j A lifelong Democrat, l do not hesi
e tate to declare responsibly that the or
t ganized action of this knot ofpoliticians
Il as spurious Democratic Party in thi
!. State, has done and is now doing NOR
Il to encourage the endurance and perse
r verance of this rebellion, than all th
e sympathies of England and France com
Dihcui dHu--SuSu 10 TIC puDlC IuuS luCu
/ more than all the vessels which hav
d run the blocade together. The Sout
r knew the old Democratic Party of thi
II State as party of power and infuenct
t They hope and believe this faction is il
, successor, and possesses some of its ele
ments and influences, and await its tt
d umph. Could the murderous tatterdt
r malions ofrebellion, who are described a
is reeking with rank compound of villair
o Gus smells, shaggy with shreds of wha
le was clothing, and creeping with vcrmil
lr attend our polls, they would give thi
,r ticket a unanimous vote. Could it su,
D. ceed. Jefferson Davis would proclaim
another day of thanksgiving, though
ID might have to be kept in fasting, an
IN illuminate Richmond; and well he Nigh
to for its success would be more hurtful [
le the cause of the Union than the loss
s. the army of the Potomac and the captul
ic and the sacking of Washington. A
plause.
h, Let those who take the sword peris
n with the sword, is my doctrine, and /
Id those who raise a rebellious army again
ut the Constitution, take just such aid ar
a comfort as martial law and the war POI
IS er in their utmost rigor mete out tother
Il whether it be hemp, or steel, or lead,
Mt confscation of property. (Applause
lis | IF slaves are property, they are subie