Daily State sentinel., 1863-03-24

the Government. conferred upon IL its powers
marked out the path in which Il should tread.
gnve IL tie law Of it. being and ure-cribed IN
that law that "Congress shall make no law
abridging The freedom Of speech or of the press
or The right u the people peaceably TO a '-emble
and petition for reire~s OF grievances" Will
the AdmiRi-tsaEonl What Is the Admnistra
lion-your servants. your agents-intrusted by
you for brief space with The execution of the
powers which YOU have conferred upon the Gov
ernmentf The Administration j. not the Gov
eminent W. mght well call the engineer
the engine. or the Sheriff the law
Mr.. Seward understands this he says:
In this country especially. it i a habit not
ONLY entirely consistent with the Constitution. but
even essential to its stability to regard the Ad-
ministration at any time existing as distinct and
separate from the Government itself. and 20 can
vass the proceedings Of the one without thought
of disloyaltv To the other"
And shall this agent this servant-this thing
which you made aud can unmake, take excep
tons to our meetings and discussions. because We
appeal from them, their Judgment. their wisdom
10 that Of their masters. the peopley
Shall a mob call us to account? Oh. gentle
men. mObs are lawless. destructive Of liberty.
destructive OF rights, destructive of good govern
ment. They ought to be put down by the 9TH
GERS Of the Governments. II they are not so put
down. il is lawful to meet lawless violence with
force, and TO resist oppression by assault.
We hear muct of disloyalty now a days. What
does il meant / don't find that word in the Con
stitution nor in the laws. ! looked in the die
tionary for il, and find that Loyalty means fidelity
to the King. ] see in this mornings paper that
gentleman said in speech last night 10 Union
Club, that Abraham Lincoln was our King Now,
If these people mean by loyalty fidelity to King
Abraham. | tell them frankly. that it will not do
to 90 a dollar on Democratic LOYALTY; but II they
mean bv disoyalty fidelity To every constitutional
obligation TO the performance ot every duty, then
the Democratic is as loyal any party which
ever existed Democrats disloyal. Is not this
our Government-our country? Did not our
fathers make il and fight for ltT Have we not
share in its greatness and glory and benehcencef
Has not the Democratic party administered il
successfully for nine enihs of all its yearsl Have
we yer held Hartford Conv entions. asserted u
higher lawg Democrats disloya | say that
never since The origin Of the Government has
there been party mare devoted TO the COnstitu
ton, more devoted to the Union. more welded To
every principle of civil and religious liberty more
determined to maintain them, than the Demo
Gratis of to day-peace Democrats and ALL We
will not defend the Administration III its errors.
in its cOrruptIOns, in its fOles. or in its crimes
and If this constitutes dislOvalty the Democratic
party is di-loya We will appeal TO the people
we will ask their Judgment upon those questions.
We viii prefer the judgment of the people TO the
Judgment of their servants If this is disloyaty
we are disOyal
Let us see how this new-fanghd doctrine
works
! have been to Washington lately. have seen
the high carnival kept there ] have seen the
dancing and iddling while Rome was burning
have seen the thieves and plunderers hang around
"a do ha 4
under the influence of an atmosphere which they
created. the President suspended the writ of ha
heas cornus, and committed TO his agents the
power of arbitrary arrest. | have seen military
men ike General Stone removed from their com
maud consigned 10 close confinement kept there
six months and agai., without trial. without ex
PLANTATION. released from Imprisonment. and
stored to his position. | have seen women like
Mrs Brnsmade arrested i'm Washington hurried
off to New York and kept in close custody in a
station house until the fact and the cause of her
confinement were forgotten. / believe the power
was usurped by the President | believe that il
was exercised by the officers under the influence
| Of partisan malice and private i'll will And shall
I. Representative Of the people. bow nv head
| in acuuiescence and hold INV tongue in silence
| lest if | speak may persuade the people that /
am rightl And they may say to Mr.. Lincoln that
| this uSurpation must cease, and these offenses
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the influence of these men. have seen Mr. Lin
| coin WELD tn n pressure which he said he could
not resist and against his better judgment Issue
his proclamation OF emancipation. which he said
was of no more than the bull against the
comet Ibelieved he had no power to issue il:
believe il has resulted, and can result. in nothing
but disaster | believe it has divided the North
and united the South; ana shill | refuse to say
so to the people lest il ! sneak, they may say to
Al 4 ,..l, IL l..
that his proca nation must be recalled, and that
policy must lie abanfonedf
| | have seen these same thieves and plunderers
infeSt the halls OF Congress and cry out prose
cute vigorously the war. more blood. more blood
| and inStigate measures which would enabe them
to plunge their arms deeper into the Treasury
Shall not saw So? But il do. the Republican
nartv will be injured. and representatives
Democrats, will be sent in the place Of these Re.
nuhlicans The majority Of Congress have given
Mr. Chase power to- borrow 900 000. 900 of money
on the credit of the United States, and for great
part of it to issue bonds. notes of tender.
as he NAV see fir Shall not saw that this is un
wise, detrimental To the interests Of the country.
Is Illegal lest somebody may be deferred thereby
from taking the loan?
| And when | see that Conscription Act has
been passed. giving to the President the pow erS
of n Dictator, overriding State laws. State Con
stituions, State rehts shall | not saw So lest
perehance the people NAV think il as bad rs do,
and at the first moment possible demand its re
pealg
| And when come to ask why all these magni-
fcent powers are intrusted To the President and
| am told that military necessity requires it:
and further ask why the war is prosecuted and
| answer the question myself hv reading letter
from Mr. Postmaster Blair. the confidential
friend and adviser of the President. who
savs in letter to y Union meeting in York
that the prophetic heart Of the President long
ago fo-etold the issue which the Southern agitat-
ors were forcing on the country when he said
i'm one Of his early contests for freedom: see
that the United Stnies must all be free or al
slave and this is the issue of the hour-not OF
debate. hut of arms
Or bv reading the letter Of Mr.. Thurlow Weed
the bosom friend of Mr. Seward. who says: Bu
desire To make this record II il comes To bs
understood that the views and policy Of Messrs
Sumner Greeley Wendell Phillips Ward Beech
er. Sc ohtsn in the conduct of the war; it will
result in the destruction of our Government anc
Union and triumph tor rebellion and slavery ,
Am to he told that am perSuading the people
that this is n war. not for the preservation of III,
Governments. nor for the restoration of the Union
but for the freeing of negroes and that | am
therefore. guilty of diSloyal practcel Ava,
with all this doctrine that free speech. free dis
cusson free opinion is dislOyal or improper
II is the doctrine Of slavery. not freedon-o
deSrotisms. not republics Let us have this un
derslood at once: we know our duties. we vii
perform them; we know rights. will have
them We will obey all laws. We will Weld q
all lawful authority. We will have no violence. W,