Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1863-07-09

tear away from them. ss we'll ss from VA. all the /
barriers aud projections which the Constitution Of
your country has thrown around public liberty.
Great applause Can you tell when ambition,
love of plumber, or thirst for power wil induce
bad and dangerous men % proclaim this very
principle OF military necessity. public neces
sity. as reason why they should
trample beneath their feet all the laws of our
land, and the institutions Of our countryG ] ask
you again 10 think if measures like these give
power, dignity OF strength TO our Governmen;r
l ask you, on the othec hand. If those govern
ments have not lived out the longest periods who.
IN times of public danger. instead of shrinking
back from the principles Of liberty and the bar
riers OF order, have raised aloit these great prn
ciples. and battled under them. and thus given
strength 10 the hearts Of the people and gained
the respect OF the wordy Applause ! ask
you II II is not evidence Of weakness. defeat
and discontinue. when, in the presence OF armed
rebellion. the Administration is compelled to say
that the very charter by which il holds Its power
has ceased to have virtue that can protect
citizen in his rights2 Suppose we accept this
doctrine. what will be the consequences 10 this
Government To day the great conservative
party who still battle for time honOred princi
pieS-tOr chartered rights amid denunciatiOn aud
contumely aud abuse--is the only barrier that
stands between this Government and its own de-
structiOn. Ii We accept TO morrow their teach
ings-if we to morrow should acquesce in the
doctrine thit in times Of constitutions are
suspended and laws have lost their force. then We
should accept the doctrine that the very right by
which this Government administers its power. has
lost It's virtue, and that it is brought down to the
level of rebellion itself, living and existing only
by virtue Of material power. Would not the
vital blow be struck to liberty f should accept
this doctrine, and what would be the consequence
When men accept desDotism they may have a
choice as 10 who the despot will be The struggle
then will not be shall we have constitutional
libertyl but having yielded TO the doctrine that
the Constitution has lost it, force, every notice of
personal ambition. every instinct Of personal
security would lead men to put themselves under
the protection of that power which they supposed
most competent To protect their persons And
then this Administration would find that in putting
military rulers over Us thew had made military
masters for themselves: for all history teaches
Ia that that General who will betrav the liberties
of the people for the purpose of gaining the favor
OF power. will, when opportunity occurs. seize
power itself Applause. came here to day
to appeal to YOU. who may be politically opposed
TO Us. Don do yourselves a wrong. Dom, do
your own Administration a wrong. and push us
from that position trying to hold Do
not use abuse and contumely against our persons
and threats against our property, because We
stand up to saw that vou and se, and all: shall
have our rights because we stand up To say your
homes shal be sacred; because we stand uD To
say the family circle. shall not be entered and in
English parancc, that every mans home shall he
his castle. within which lie i safe from intru
sion Applause Why. what's the glory of
people and the glory of nation. IL is not the
magnitude OF its power; it is not the extent of its
dominions IL rs the fact that the humhleSt home
is safe under its protection. The proudeSt boast
ever uttered by Britain's proudest statesmen was
thiS-uot of martial achievement-not of the
triumphs upon he ield--nOt upon the wonderful
dominion upon which the sun never sets-no: il
was this: that he British monarch could never en-
ter unbidden the humblest home in the land al
though its broken walls might give but scauty
shelter 10 It's humble inmates For what IRE
Governments constituted but Cor thiSi Not for
dominion: not for craDdure; but in order that
these great ends might be reached; that every
man should enjoy the rights Of person aud seen
ritv of home. and freedom of conscience and the
enjoyment of his property. subject to the least
possible burden from the law and the State.
These are the great objects of government. and
any system that comes short of these fails in the
objects; and declaration that assails or en-.
dangers these great objects i ire ,son against
human rights Applause But it is said there
is law OF necessity that in times like these sns
pend our Consttuti0n--that war is unlavurahle
To liberty. 1t is not true: liberty was born in
war; it does not die in war Great applause !
Liberty wrought out in the battle field That
wonderful people who founded this great State
the Hollanders-who for eighty years battled
against the martial law and martial power of
Spain. made 1t living principle which sustained
them during that long contest. and which enabled
them 20 render that history glorious in the annals
OF nations Were personal rights and personal
liberties suspended by your own forefathers during
our Revolutionary contest? You heard the words
OF that Declaration of Independence. which said
that men had right TO trial nv Jury; that the
military authority should never be exalted above
the civil juriscton that men should not be
transported abroad for trial tremendous cheer
ingl; that they should have all the rights aud
privileges known 10 English jurisprudence and
English law: aud yet to day We are told that the
men who put forth that declaration of rights and
OF Independence amid the roar of battle when
our nation was struggling into existence IN all It's
weakness. who decared-and they made their
declaration good by their conduct through that
contest that these rights were 10 be held sacred
in war; yet to-day told that these men no
uttered this declaration in war made COnstitu
ton that dies and shrinks awa- in war--that men
trained in the perils of revolution had formed the
Government under which we live, that was not
equal To the very highest purpose for which Gov
eruments are constituted. tell YOU il is libel
upon our idtnefs. l6reat applause 30 Tar
from it. being true that those who formed this
Constitution contemplated Shat these powers
should ever be suspended. you find in all these
provisions particular care for all the dangers and
the ex'gencies of war; Won aud numerous pro
visions that are meant to e rd against the very
dangers that now menace Your attention
has been called to the fact by the gentleman who
preceded me Why was il that they 50 carefully
guarded all your rights amid public disorder il
they meant that the mere existence of war
should suspend the barriers OF public order aud
private ri-htsf This doctrine of the suspension
al the CoustutiOn-ths doctrine of the sus
pension of the laws, il unconstitutional is IN
sound Is unjust. is reasonable Tremendous
applause and waving Of bats and hanGkerrheis !
| I'm one Of those Who full of hope for the fu
ture Not that | underrate the dangers which
threaten US; not that do not depure AS much as
any living man car the terrible ravaees of thi,
war Ratwhy does war rage in our land? IL
was because the people at this generation have
lost the virtues ard patriotism aud wisdom of
their fathers Who framed il. II was because we
hadhecome indifferent to those great truths which
We have nov Laid before "a IL they curios-
ities ~ legal literature. instead OF being great
truths thar should be impressed upon the heart
and mind Of every American. / tell YOU why
Am full OF hope that not only will our liberties be
maintained. our nation restored. aud order once
again prevail over this great land of ours IL is
this: Examine yourselves, aud | ask YOU how
IL.