Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1862-10-17

execution of extraordinary measures, il may
become necessary to declare the existence
of martial law"
The President has no such power as
civil magistrate in the ordinary admnisira-
I ton of the Government, but in a time of
conspiracy, rebellion, and war, as Com
mander-iu- Chief, when in his judgment the
public safety demands il, he possesses, and
may and should exert If necessary, as much
! power as the autocrat of all the Russias,
for the purpose of preserving from destruc-
| tion the Government confiled to him.
| (Great cheering.) 1t is power danger
ous and liable to abuse--should always be
/ exercised with caution, and only in times
of danger but in such a period it is the
Governments salvation and rock of defense.
/ (Cheers.)
The course Of the President in arresting
spies and the apologists of rebellion lin
suppressing reasonable presses--in sus-
| pending the habeas corpus, and in laying
his hard upon the aiders and comforters
and abettors of treason and conspiracy,
entities him to the admiration and thanks
of every good citizen. Let assassins whet
their knives--let spies and traitors and
pimps and informers 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 aud elongate and con-
tract their gum-elastic platforms to suit
emergencies-le trimming, balancing Jo-
seph-Surface candidates indulge in ground
and lofty tumbling to divert popular atten-
tion from the true issue--let pestilent news
papers, engaged in stimulating rebellion and
sowing broadcast seeds of disunion and re
volt among the people in the name OF the
liberty of the press" spread their ill-con-
cealed hatred Of the Government of their
fathers because il 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 errors, will be approved
by honest men and in the sight of Heaven,
and will, when rebellion shall only be re-
membered 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. That the disloyal
should condemn it, and hate it as they fear
it, is natural; for
Ne rogue eer felt the halter draw,
With good opinion Of the lew"
II ond lanahter.l
Mr.. Seymour's claim to speak for the
Democratic party is both spurious and im-
pudent. (Laughter.) He no more repre-
sents its men or its masses or its principles
in his present course, than Jo. Smith rep
resented the Christian Church. (Roars OF
laughter.) The old Jacksonian Democra-
cy, when organized upon its true faith holds,
and always has held, the State Of New
York by large majority. tCheers) The
scheminc faction of which Mr.. Seymour
is the nominee and representative, years
since debauched, broke up and destroyed
the Democratic party by contact with it
: Last year it changed its platform four times
to get il into good cheating shape Cloud
laughter). and was then beaten by more
than hundred thousand votes. (Cheers.)
'1hs year it hopes TO gain strength in th'
city. Trade is reviving, and Tammany ane
Mozart, upon those elevated notions o
/, Democratic principles which have long dis
!, tingushed them, are endeavoring to drive I
bargain TO divide the offices. 1t is prout
exhibition before this country and the worl'
6 just now, and viii be successful if it can b.
determined which should take the odd hick
= Laughter)
y The masses of the democratic party ar
not now politically organized, but its mem
f bers are always loyal. and when organized
a the party is as true as was its great leader
ar jackson. Its members swell the ranks o
A. our brave armies in guarding the Nation
: Capitol in protecting that dear symbol {
,r liberty and hope, the Stars and Stripes
"A from desecration, and in defending the Cor
:, stitution and the Union. (Cheers.) The
IN are acting with the Union organization ;
n home, and are endeavoring to exhibit to r'
of bellion and TO the world, the sublime NOR
"a spectacle of a whole people, laying asid
). political partisan opinions and discussion
Q. and acting together to preserve their rev
n lutionary inheritancefrom destruction.
- The members of Il
ol narrow, trading, tricky faction, who no
ve strut-the self constituted heroes Of th
In Democratic party. name they have learl
l. ed to mouth better than they have TO pra
r. ticc its principles-were nine out OF te
I'd against it in the days Of its organized AZ
IL ton, or ,f with it, were its mendicants, ofiic'
i seekers and camp-followers. The DEM
~ crat has no fear that he shall be forever los
re if he acts in common with political opp'
I'd nenis in subduing rebellion. He believe
nj he can find himself when the war is owe