The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1862-10-15
ThE TWO fROcrAaiATlONs
A BOLD SPEECH AT THE NORTH.


A BOLD SPEECH At THE NORTH
A bold speech has been r,sde In New York by
Hon. James Brooks sgain1, the two proclamation,
OF Lincoln. Il Is published In the "H.easy Cauoa
soH, the only paper tia: seems 10 have bsi the
courage TO report, end 10 coped into Brooks's owr
paper. the Irpres. The speaker commenced b,
referring to the fact that In this sh,herto p-eu.
land Of liberty he felt ns what he wes shout &c
say made him q candidate for The bssti'e La eoz
tended that the 'const..rtoz." il unw the supreme
net, and the only souTce fem waica hey eou!d
derive their power;
MAN ALLEGIANCE ToaY InEA.
Th.sa are constitutional fssts this is,ha written
law Of the Uniteo S'stes; this is the embodied so
eminent Of tae United States. sod tie orir Hov'
ernmen. to whichI. Or yoa, or sny ns'lcccss, Ct
any Whiy hive ever sworn n sgiaaya. sjrea'
cheering This Bseeher idea OF sosernine..t e
twelve fifteen hundred years old, product OF tbs
udai ages tho dar kest ages OF Lcrope. Draxton.
,hs lawyer. enuncis cd Il ia las. latin S.S f.'
r;resions .t m,nis.r.i es tn Is,ra am,sis eafde-'
su5 50 es, ct tp's snb snts y s. sas Dtg r.
The kiIsiy id.a of government. iuxetss epssa of
under suteorty, VITA certain pErsase ~ .hts ir
r-spco.he to man ca earth and scEree,y respon-
sibie 20 tied In Heaseu,is The g0ry fes of oveYn-
i3eu'; the dcspotie sdsa Gevsr before.
TIL In this crisis. tlnsHnaw esa inisvdaced end
e,e,ss Of Anerica lesoods AUD 3 label The
President himself is bus she snsfa tire Of .hc
Consultation o: tbs United ksatss. ne neser " al
,iss;ss sss. af y % sssts 8 Y e passxs.
kAvkal fA nuInbef of voee1 aNtsxr.nJl
sR- LINCOLN soT rRkslnxsf sys raE pcputa aR
VOICE
Of the four millions and two thirds o. i million
Of votes ess. 3: the rs: Presiden.s! sscticn Mr.
amous The people; farpsGna; AID saeugh In >;ali.
foruis and Oregon, under tss plurality EN-. he
received their electoral votes in Se~ jersey, glo
rlous New Jersey. tcheers fer New Jersey be did
Ect receive the vote popular Or ths No.e elsetorsl
Thus, in these thres Eorhern States Ct the Union,
a majority Of the peopls were ssins: him, while
from the susGuehanna to the Rio Grade, In fifteen
other states not popular, nor sn electoral vote
was given him. - M
MR LINCOLN ONLY PRESIDENT AS CREATURE OF
THE CONSTITUTION.
Nevertheless. under cur constitutional system in
tie Eie torsi Colleges Of the ao3 electoral votes
there though In O po2nisr mic ri.y Of nesry 6
million Of votes, Ae d receive. td3 electoral
votes, - mere yotes than ~ers receaSarY 70 elect
him the President of ne United S'ateS upder she
Constitution I repeat, then, tie President Goes
Not represent. and Fever has repregen.ed the pep
u.sr viii of .hs people of the United States. -
voise-"knd never will He the loers creature
of :he Constitution OF tie United States, and our
obedience to LIN Executive. fidelity TO him
as the Executive is through and under ths Consii
tuition clone. ["That b al!" and ebeers Hsncs
when these disclaimers tel. that the President il
the Government. ard his Cabinet ere ,te Govern.
ment, show them tie popular vote, snd repeat
to them that the President hias' If could Eot be
President but IS he wa elected aad upheld ny the
Constitution of the United States. si.d In defiance
of the popular voice OF ,hs United Sta:es -
l nall r.nt ftnt
not and shall not discuss the measures of en-
Adcainis tration or that this Administered is the
Government, aud that in criiicising ths sdministra
tiCn an guilty o! treason TO The Goyerpmeat.-
Government is thing eternal aud springs fror,
God as well gs bern of the Instincts of man; but
M Lincoln Is but efestu-a of the Constitution for
four years only, snd the Cabinet are but creauros
Of Lincoln And yet the reverend Brooklyn e1'
pos,or tells us .hs: The PRESIDENT and the Cabinet
are ths Goyerrnen. of the United States. | 4
voice-.Thay pretty nearly played out !
shall! therefore az have right, discuss freely al
the measures Of tho Administration.
THE Two PpoCLAMaTIoEs PROVOST MAR.
sHAL WAX ORDER.
There hsys ieeeDtty appeared from tie kd;sinis
traticn OF this Government three documents OF the
greatest Importance, which it may be dangerous
freely to disc41s bit which it is not the less o1r
Fight srd duty freely to discuss These ere tho
frk prcalsmstiOn. the second proclamation and
tie last but kot least the order from the War
Department. lbolishing. TO 8 considerable extent
the civil uriscicticn OF the Courts and establishing
in lieu thereof system OF Provost Marshsis
throughout howhoie OF the u. s nsss of America
The first procisDatlcD OF tbs President hss in
IL three elements three points, worthy Of consdera
ton The 6rss IL emancipation the second isa Lro-
position t. z the compensation of saves, and the
third IL q coioniz alton Of these slaves. I propose
ss briny as possible to examine these point III or
dr. The first thing which strik kes man ts. to Ask,
where ia he grant Of power in tho Constitution Ct
the which gives the President, boS the crea
t,,vn tba AutEGr.ty 9..nuI whole
sses of the I'm on, or the laws and institution Of
whole sta,es in that Dnioa, and 10 overrde al lave
for the protection Of loyal men, ovants in di 10y al
States No uisn cal fise and say tsat there is,
any hare In our written Constitution, any suet
authority for the PRECEDENT of the o. e. to exercise
any such power IS he assumes or rsuHns ia a!s pro-
c'an.ation Tbs only authority csaircss IL ha' he.
az Cornsnder-ir -ir .thief CT ths ar,y--ut .hs amy
Commander ;n-Cbiei of tie army, sitting II the
White House at W asLington, has tha power 10 ex.
eIoise day authority @hieh appears to tiso best,
which b deems right. Now Ii thin he ~tavt, there
Is no security that le may not exeTsi3e ihs sa,s.
power, Il he deems II best for the peopia Of Ghe
United States. 10 snnui the ssiG.ih Of paFcas snd
chi d. Of wErd ard guar da1, ct de9tf'r sad cTedi-
tor, of Iuortgsser anu Isrtgagesas e. Ji tsa rights
and obligations OF socistS-for he kss size ssIne
right as Coumsnd hisf TO exercise a! powers
over the Northern States OF fhe Cn.ca. t"GS:sE,
heat" and cheers
THE LAWS OF waE.
Who created this creature @. tie s.oost.. u. on
the offspring Of a popular minority f.s ho vested
and appointed him with this arbitrary roHer eysr
th,rty millions u hEtnan bei' ss ,fs1ss. alesr.
ing l--e power, the uke ef wEich II =xs:cssed III
Ergiand. without ass o. Par.ieraert isSu.d ere
ate 3 revolution there IN Torty eight hsNTs aaoEs
GIL classes of people g powsr Th.ca Nepoisou
never dared 20 exercise upon LIS i-3psEis; throne
and ons which tire French peor:s would rover sub.
NIT to If attempted over the people OF FRANCE a-
sCheers But there is no sach military power I'M.
der the instit of the uitea ass& Theirs
martial rights, laws OF war, bpt well known and
well recognized. laws written Of ia sG.otitus. in
Waite In PuifsndorE In orr owr " Wbeatcn sad la
our ewn Ksnt and noshers f. there recorded As
Giving to any nominal Commander cs aa Arry, any
such authority az the President attempts t. exer
else not Only ovee the pcap!e at large. brt over
this Constitution Of the Uaitsd SiAsss do not
hesitate to say, cost Nks. Il MAJ, the use cf
such power :s al arbitrary and Gsposs eEatsira OF
Illegal .and unconditional power. fTrsnense seas
cheering.l / win NOT cite ). hundred eutt crises
that could cite in LatIn In Frs.s sl, Eud IA oeT.
man, der the civil law, old as tho asys NJ us
tinian but / will come down to what has hee II
deemed high Republican aushofjty.'hhf u John
Quincy Adams We had ifse coa.rprvrses viii.
11ea: Britain in 1853 and in upon the subect
Of slave emancipation, ttek -S.p -sasS now Great
Britain, pending the rsvoz,l. .oay eD,a.iepated and
where, and carried these slaves IL Nova Scotia or
to the West indies th+re 10 b. auxia aved; and in
the war of 1912. Gfeat Brisa.a exercised liAe
powor over this slave prcprrty ef the Unitea:
States John Quincy Ads:ps, as Min rter to Eng
land a. Secretary of State Of fhs United States,
wrote TO the British suthorities that.
"They ithe British) lad no right IN rake any
such emancipation promises - the negro. Tho
principle Il, that tins erpRncra of ,he encmys
SI.~ ne L.