The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1863-07-02


able; but speak Of systematic acts. done
under claim OF tight. without necessity,
upon false pre,enses--acis which are no.
on, fagi antly Unconstitutional. but ut
terry subversive Ofliberty and OF law. and
of which the manifest tendency, if not the
purpose, ia not to main ain the Union bu,
to destroy it. am sure that We will not
submit, to this. and We ought to say SO
plainly. have no faith in any pti'ionS.
protests, or remoDstrances that fall short
Of this. There is danger IN leaving the
President ignorant Of our purpose. an
not eanguioe enough TO hope for anything
from his sense Of justice OF respect for the
Jaw. The powers that control him, whelh
er spIitul OF terrestrial. will do to Us
shS,sver w. will suffer. bur are No, likely
to attempt that which they know We viii
not suffer.
At the same time l deprecate all re-
sistance that is hot strictly constitutional.
Let US not on:y submit TO bu. support all
proper au hority. The President claims
the CONSTR utional power TO establish mar
tal law over the body OF The people in the
loya. States. We deny il. Let the
courts determine the question. The ja-
dicial authority is vested in The courts, and
not in the President. the Congress, or the
army. IL as much the duty ot the Pres
ident as o. any private citizen to submn
TO that authority. Ii he resists il he be
comes an usurper, and may himself be
lawfully resisted. And ON the other
hand. if any court or Judge, AZ ing under
the forms ef law, shall sanction lis mon-
strous assump ions, let US i'll turn submi
not because there m:y not be- judicial as
we'll ss executive u,urpation, and tle
same right III extreme cases to resist the
one as the other, bat on account of the
condition oil the country. and the doublY
dangers hat assii us In ,hi, way there
may Do occasional acls Of tyranny. as has
been already, but upon the wnole the re.
strainl of the judiciary will De found ade-
quate 10 orr protection, if tie President
himself will respect it.
But II any c.tizrn Of this State shall be
arrested or imprisoned bv military men
~ ck.l a.
acting under The authority of the Presi-
dent, and The court before whom the
that be IS sntilled TO his liberty, then, il
in spiIe of this d,cisi,n, force shall b.
usp'l To delaln him, there ought to b. nc
hesi'ancy to support the JUDICIARY in op
posi- Ion 10 military usurpa,ion. aud
sho d regard it rs base and cowsrdly no
{, do so. unless in The face OF such fore.
as should make resistance quite hopeless
Ii 1t bs said that such action would i'm
p-de the successful prosecution OF ,h,
war, | answer that il IS better That a ma
lion should lose portion OF its territory
than its liberty And If f,r this cause the
iebell!ous States shall succeed in estab.
lishing their Independence, the fault vii
b. thar of the Adm n stration: and ,ht
people driven to chose betw ell the Tvs,
evils. vii. have wisely chosen thae~h;cl
beyond all com mpari>"n Is tie least.
Ths times require. in a very high de-
gree, the exercise Of tie virtues OF cUurag,
and Of prudence. Mod, ra.on in ou
couns- VII give US strength and uni J
OF sctiun. Let us cc-pt as our lead,
him HON not less merit than positivr
d, signates (,he Chief Magistrate Of oul
S,sts,) and follow and support that mod
crate and patriotic, but not feeble or un
manly policy. which he has recommended
and enforced wilt SO much dignity ant
success, and l shall yet hope that tn
Union may triumph over both classes {
It's enenies--,he Southern secessionis
aud the Northen aboltion,ts. | remail
gentlemen, very respectfully your servant
WILLIAM DuER.
:, To Gideon j Tucker. John Hardy, au,
Andrew Mathew son. Z qs.