Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1862-10-23

claim9 by the dEternalL' Mr.. Seymour,
speaking apparently ex cathedra, informs
the people what this faction, the seif.styled
Democratic party, proposes 10 do. Ths
burden of the song is, that they propose 70
restore the Constitution and obey ell Con-
stitutioual authority and defend the liberty
Of speech, and he launches into q homiIy
about obscrvances Of law, and invokes the
names Of early and eminent jurists, asthough
it had some possible relation TO the ques-
ton whenit has no porc application .tban
the farewell address of John Rogers to his
children II,aushter. This Relelioo can.
not well he used by sum mons and COMPLAINT
nor brought TO trial befa,re a iuxtice of the
peace o. referees under the cuds. nor silen-
eala I>vcs ss6I6 ltsSt M es0,r5s,orr3 n
the County Court, nor bcld 10 hail by a
judae. nor tried at the circuit. nor have an
effccutusI sentence or Judgment affirmed by
the Supreme Court or Court Of Appeals. :
No one should fail 10 sylnpatbixe with a
candidate, unexpectedlv aspiring TO guber-
natorial hopors, whose condition l. so ne.
cessitous that he cites the words of Lord
Mansfield on the occasion of the Gordon or
mo Poperyn riots nearly a century since. TO
prove chat Goyernment. assailed by con.
spiracy and armed Rebell;on Las M remedy
but what is specified in the Constitution;
written in, statutos or prescribed by the
slow and inc .feotual process of the co,n,non
law, or if it has, should not employ il. for it
means that or il has no meaning. Here it is:
When England was agit.tei by the
throes of violence the persot, Of the
king was insulted when Parliament was
beseiged by mobs maddeped by bi,otrv:
when the life of Lord Man, fi,.iJ wns louybi
by inflrated fanatics. anil b;s homse bl,rnsJ
BY incendiary fires. then he uttered tho.e
words which checked at tonosjanlawiuipower
and i.wisss violence. lie declared that ev-
cry citizen was entitled to his rights accord
ing TO the known procedures Of The land, -
He showed to the world the calm and awful
majesty Of the law unshaken amid couvul
sions. Selfrelant in its strength and puri-
ty, it was driven to no acts which destroy
the spirit Of law. Violence was rebukcd,
the heart of the nation was reassured, a
sense Of security grew MP, and the storm
was stilled. Listen to his word:
Miserable il the condition Of individu
ais, dangerous il the condition of the State,
where there isno certain law, or, what is the
same thing, no certain administration of
law, by which individuals may be protected,
and the State made secure . -.
1t is easy to indulge in rhap,olies over Or
10 sentimentalize on the beauties of the
common law. Such efforts appear well
enough in Juvenile law schools, or with be.
giuners at the bar; but when invoked as a
means Of conaderinp such Rebellion, they
are as ridiculous al would be a no ni,y on
moonshine to arrest an earthquake laugh.
teri. mn. .apostronlsa 70 tho daws of evening
amidst q hurrickne [contihued iaughterl, d
a prescription of Mrs Winslow's soothing
syrup for the Asiatic cholera. [Great laugh
teri If Mr.. Seymour himself had read, o,
had permitted his hearers to have read from
his erudite production a little deeper into
this scrap Of history, it would have appeared
that it was mere riot or mob, over the re
neal ofthe penal laws against Catholics
question concerning a particular measure
under the Government had no relation
whatever to the question of the British Gov
orbmeut or its integrity, or its Fundamental
laws. that Lord Mansfield was one of th,
victims of violence, and uttered what wa.
4xcellent sense for the occasion, hut which
| IL II had been proposed as an antidote for ,
rebellion with half a,nillioo of men in arms
against the Government. with the ayoweC
;iten. Of subyerting il, would have appear
al as chean. and puerile. and shallow. and
nedantic then, as its suggestion for the sam,
rurnnsa does now. Our t,onstitut;on nm,
wr;ttSn hws are the e,uana,ious of Govern
mani. man .nrescribing rules and regulations fo
ia so,diiary administration and guidance
ana defining and limiting its powers for tn
u protection of it's citizens But Govern
inents make CONSTITUTIONS and laws-Con
4 stitutions and laws do NOT make Govern
Il fhents. Cheers. Constitutions and law
are to be observed in all its civil polity, AM
ordinary cxiyeucies even in war; but amon
i tae first rights and privileges and hiehes
and holiest duties and obligations Of Gov
ernment is the preservation of its own exis
tence. CONSTITUTION, law freedom of speech
!, liberty ofYthe press--usurpation, tyranny
, &c are words easily prated, and even par
} yots can be taught them. But men shoul
:, know that the instincts Of Government
3 as Of an individual when assaulted, are sell
defense. 'i'The father and protector of d,
nendent family who should fail to emplo
. iii his energies when assailed by a murder,
i or bandit, and instead thereof proceed I
, |, recite from q law book would, If slain, ran
: with suicides 81 the sight of God and mar
: snd ! Chief MI afistrate who should fail I
: nrotect his GoyerDmeut against foreign {
|. damestio foes. armed or u,armedl-wheth,
4 vowed on sile1t-4vhetbsr WELDING opeal
! the imuIen,eutsof death or ,insidiou.ly aci
! inc "a the aay6:ate and apoloaist of rebe
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