Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1862-10-15

served u, fot talking oloul tho sdmihs'
lralmn and cenufing ils acts "a they did
Dts 1t h not umea VI p,oce and gen
cral tranquility that our iOeriit' are In
danger Of suhtetsion, hui in tutbulsnc'
and civil commo,ion, just such times ~
those, when the attention Of the people h
enqrosted 10y the war, arl lhtlr snthu'i
hsni against their CneUics In arm, IL such
that they Ms likely 70 overlook thoso
more sileai. yst more fatal attempts on
the part OF Ovow.d friends 20 GAp the Vi.
Als Of freedom. Tho hhtory o, all ages
and all countries teaches us this IL was
in turbulent times TOO, thai the Mayna
ChTta, the great charter OF the liberties OF
Englishmen gas eStorted from tyranny
The Barons Of England with their swords
in their hands, demanded this acknowledge
ment and security Of their rights. Shall
we allow those rights which were extort-
Ell from The tyranny Of King John, vrest'
I'd from the graspiIg despotism Of George
the ThiSl, secured ~ us by Constitution
and government the nobest ever devised
for man, now, in these times Of trouble
and peril, when wo most need their pro'
tSction to DO invaded aud violated. You
have spoken nf the suspension OF tho writ
OF ha6eas corpus as being justitisable as
political necessity. Why, dear sir, the
London YintI OF the 10th Of September,
save that the Qa~n Of England a%~!d n'.s'
fhink efoiaining the T940sr 10 stlsp'nd hds S'H'
and boastingly draws the comparison be-
tween our President and their monarch.
The writ Of ha5e4J oorpus has not been 'us'
pended in England for GeO kRndrId ysSr't
yet within that period the FrenSh hevo
luton occurred, convulsion when
threatened every crowned beadin BuFoPo
when Jscobins flooded England, avowad
Oppoyers OF everything monalchical. l.-
Within that period Napoleon tho First
swept the continent Of Europe with his
victorious lcgions, and threatened the Ve'
ry existence Of the British Government
Yet, cir, the British Monarch cid not find
it necessary to attempt so extraordinary
and high ,hsndeda measure as the suspen'
sion OF the usual course of the laws. Bpt
hve, in the loyal States Of she North,
whero thre has been no act OF thought oi
opposition 10 the Constitution or laws :
hTc, when all the Courts OF the United
States and Of the respective States are in
the full exercise of all their powers, here
in this "lan3 Ct hGJrsG," men are arrested
for what Dir. Lincoln terQs "disIoyai
prsctices," q crime nowhere defined and
totally unknown to the Constitution and
the laws, Snd being so imprisoned they
arc without remedy for that writ which
Mr. HalIam styles 1.-THE principal bulwerk
of British liberty" is suspended by q
Presidents proclamation. Now, sir, IS it
any wonder that we view these encrosch-
ments Of executive I.ower with alarm y
Is it not our right, aye, ou- duly, to talk
against these invasions Of our rght,'
believe, sir with Mr.. Hsllsm, the English
historian, that "a suspicious people are
most likely 10 retain their liberties.N
believe with Andrew Jackson shat "etss
nal vigilance is the price Of liberty" And
| am surprised that you, an old line wbig
should SO far depart nom the teaching, o!
your great leaders. Who moro bitterly
denounced any attempt on tho part Of the
Military OF Executive authority to tram,
pie upon the laws, than Henry Clay, whom
you styled "the embodiment OF whig prin
ciples." And listen TO the language ot
Daniel Webster, "the great eIpounder ot
the Constitution, and one Of you, creates,
leaders :" constitutional liberty musI
never permit power, and least Of al sseastr,
pOwsr, to ovOrstep its prescribed limits
either ;HpeGce or Wdr, though benevolent
motives and patriotic intent come along
with 1t. Tho spirit OF liberty IA JedIou, o
rnctOachnsntS, jealous Of povty jeQIoss ofnen
At all Gmes it demands checks it insists OF
securities il entrenches itself behind de-
fenses, and fortifes itself against the as
Saults Of ambition aud passion" Nov
Sir
Stop, Jim, you need argue tina
point no longer, see clearly that yol
were right and I was wrong. see ths
the exercise Of such arbitrary powers b!
the President is a grand stride toward
despotisp, whether so intended or not
| see. TOO tina tive should speak md &C
in such q man ner as TO show that Nv,
know our rights, and knowing will main
! tain them"
DEM.-Well, John, have changed ~!
opinion about the war.
RRP.-So have Jim. We both though
at first that we could easily conquer th,
South, and that therefore We ought to dt
it, but suppose we are both satisfied b!