The dollar weekly bulletin. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1862-1864, 1862-12-25

+. not any compliments at the hands of tn
lovers of the Constitution. Kisses and ap
plause, which were continued for som
:. minutes) Let him obey that Constitution
= let him respect the law and the rights of cit
> izens-citizens who have made him wha
9 he is applause who breathed the breatl
:. . of life into him, and who can extinguish it
and will extinguish it, on the 9Th of March
!; 1860. [Cries that's so, and tremendou
cheers for George B. NJ McClelan,] ]. Your hop,
:, is not from him; still less is it from the pres
ent Congress of the United States-not from
the Senate, certainly, not from the House o.
Representatives. Applause. Tho sample
of men who have learned nothing and for
gotten nothing-men deopised and repudi-
ated at home. and yet going from their con-
stituen cics who have rejected them as un-
worthy and unproftable servants, surroun-
ded by the pestilental atmosphere of Wash
ington-have repeated the foul wickednesses
and crimes of the last six months. They
have learned not the lessons of the last cleo
tion, which should have taught them their
duty laughter and applause;] they are de-
termned and persistent in that course OF
conduct which has been prescribed to them
by the leaders of their Abolition party.
thank them for it, certainly, on my part;
for gentem en-. while can not forget that
am an American, l must rejoice that God
Almighty has vindicated the saying of the
ancients-'Whom the gods wish to destroy,
they first make mad They will be placed
where they can do nothing but face the con-
sequence. We have the record of the peo.
pie Of the United States in the recent elec-
ton, which proclaimed to them the hatred
and scorn which must attach to them here
3 oft II ri
have forgotten it. Permit US to remind
them of it. On the floors of Congress we
are making up record for them from wh ich
they can not escape. There is little free
speech left there yet, but not the free speech
of our ancestors; but we can place them on
record and summon them to a tribunal of
the people, to whose judgment we can ap-
pea! in this great controversy.
Upon the records of the Senate and of
the House and of the Congressional al Globe
we ask the judgment of the people and of
posterty to the remOtest generat;ons.-
That judgment, that record will condemn
those who have Frustrated the Consultation,
rtrcken down the Union, and destroyed the
sights and liberties of the people of America
[Applause. You have no help in the present
Congress-there is good to come out of
that Nazareth. l have been there to see.
No, your help is in your honest hearts-in
yourselves alone-in your own strong arms
from these alone that salvation is to come.
The people have never sought . remedy
other than the Constitution and the laws,
and 1 solemnly believe that if these outrases
had been perpetrated in England, France,
Austria or Russia, the people, long since,
would have risen in spontan eous insurrection.
[Cries of That's SOL Why did we not
have it here? Because we have
A weapon truer set,
Better than the bayonet
We have the ballot-box, and in that the
people have pronounced their judgment. If
that is not needed, execution will soon fol-
low. The mandates of tho 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 Penn sylvaria,
the old keystone State Of the arch of this
Union; from New Jersey, that noble and
gallant little State that never yet faltered in
its 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 floor of
Congress. after hearing of the arbitrary man.
ner in which loyal citizens have been ar
rested, without due process of law, or a
chance TO be heard in their defense, that
where one arrest has been made fifty more
men ought to have been arrested. Now, we,
the people, tell those in authority that if
law is thus to be trampled under foot-if the
dearest rights of freemen are to be set at
naught, and if these outrages are to be fur
ther carried on, then there will be not only
fifty arrests made, but many more thar fifty,
and those who are arrested will perish, but
it will not be us. 1t will be Cain, not Abel,
who will suffer. But am for obtaining re-
dress under the Constitution.
We of the West, and trust you, too, here
in New York, are determined to have our
injuries redressed, and we demand measure
for measure, heaped full and running over.'
Why, it was only the other day that an act
passed the Senate, and it will soon pass the
House of Representatives, giving the Presi-
dent of the United States-nay, not only the
President, but all his minions that have
been engaged in this work of arbitrarily ar
resting American freemen-a general am
nesry, thus endeavoring to free them from
any suit for damages for their unwarrautable
exercise of power. The right of habeas COR
pus is especially guaranteed to the people
by the Constitution of the United States,
and it can only be suspended in case Of in
surrection or rebellion. yet, this act Of Con-
sress pretends to authorize Abraham Lin
coin to suspend the writ of habeas corpus in
! all the loyal States. is there any reoellOn
in the State of New York? Is there any in
Pennsylvania? Yes there were rebellions
in those States on the 14th of October and
the 4th of November last-a great insurrec-
ton of freemen, who spoke through the
ballot-box.
Mr.. Vallandigham closed with retera-
ton of his love for the Union and Constitu-
tion.
Mr.. Pendleton. of Ohio. was introduced
by Stephen P. Russell, and made a briei
address.
The proceedings did not close until ont