The Cadiz Democratic sentinel. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 1854-1864, 1863-07-22

interests, to stop ard inquire il you are no
doing yourselves and your own families, anC
all that you hold dear to you, an infiniti
wrong when you sustain propositions tha
tear away from them. as well as from Us, al
the projections which the Constitution o
your country has thrown around public lib
eriy. LGreat applause
! Can you tell when ambition, love OF plum
der, or thirst for power, will induce bad ant
dangerous men to proclaim this very princi
/ pie ofpublic necessity. as a reason why they
should trample be meath their feet all the law!
OF our land. and the institutions OF our coun
try? ask you again to think if measures
like these give power, dignity, or strength tt
our Government? ask you, on the othel
hand, if these governments have not lived
out the longest periods, which, in times o
public danger, instead Of shrinking back
from the principles Of liberty and the bar
rers OF order, have raised aloIt these great
principles, and battled under them, and thus
given strength TO the hearts OF the people
and gained the respect Of the world. Ap.
plause.l ask you if it is not an evidence
OF weakness, def feat and discontinue, when
in the presence of armed rebellion, the Ad-
ministratioD is compelled to assert that the
very charter by which it holds its power has
ceased 10 have a virtue that can protect a
citizen in his rights.
Suppose we accept this doctrine, what will
be the consequences to this Government
To-day the great masses of conservatives
who still battle for time honored principles
for chartered principles OF Government,
amid denunciation and contumely, and abuse,
are the only barriers that stand between this
Government and its own destruction. / we
accept to morrow this teachlng-ii we to-
morrow should acluiesce IN the doctrine
that in time Of war Constitutions are sus-
pended, and laws have lost their force, then
We should accept a doctrine that the very
right by which this Government administers
its power, has lost its virtue, and we would
be brought down to the level OF rebellion it
SELF having an existence only by virtue of
material power. Would not vital blow be
struck to liberty? If we should accept this
doctrine what would be the consequence p
When men accept despotism. they may have
a choice as to who the despot will be. The
struggle then will not be. Shall we have
COnSlLuNOnal llOeTty'
But having accepted the doctrine that the
Constitution has lost its force, every instinct
of personal ambition, every instinct Of per
sonal security, will lead men to put themA
selves under the protection Of that power
which they supposed most competent to pro-
tect their persons. And then this Admin
istration would find that, in putting military
rulers over US they had made military mas
ters for themselves; for this war teaches US
that the General who will betray the liber.
ties Of the people for the purpose If gaining
the favor Of power, will when opportunity
occurs, seize power itself. Applause. l
came here to day to appeal to you, who may
be politically opposed to us. Don't do your>
selves wrong. Don't do your Administra-
tion wrong, and push us from that position
which we are trying to hold. Do not use
abuse and contumely against our persons,
and threats against our property, because
we stand up 10 say that you, and we, and
all shall have our rights; because we stand
up to say, your houses shall be sacred; be
cause we stand up to say, the family circle
shall not be entered, and, in English parlance
every mans home shall be his castle, within
which he is safe from intrusion. Applause !
Why, what is the glory Of a people and
the glory of nation? Is 1t not the magni>
tude of its power; it is not the extent of lis
dominions Is is the fact that the humblest
home is safe under its protection. The
proudest boast ever uttered by Britains
proudest statesman was this-,not OF martial
Of the triumphs upon
the field--not of that wonderful dominion
upon which the sun never SETS it was
this: that the British monarch could never
enter without permission tho hnmhlaHt hono
in the land, although its broken ceilings
might give but scanty shelter to its humble
inmates. [Great applause For what are
governments constituted but for this? not
for dominion not for grandeur, but in
order that these great ends might be
reached; that every man should enjoy the
rights Of person and security of home, and
freedom Of conscience and the enjoyment of
his property, subject to the laws. These
are the great objects of government: and
any government, and any system that comes
short Of this, fails in It's objects; and any
declaration that assals or endangers these
great objects is treason against human rights,
Applause
But, it is said there is law of necessity
that in times like these suspends our Com
stitution-that war is unfavorable to liberty.
IL is not true. Liberty was born in war; it
does not die in war. Great applause. Lib
erty was wrought out in the battle field
That wonderful people who founded this
great State--the Hollanders--who for eighty
years battled against the martial laws and
martial powers OF Spain, made it princi.
pie which sustained them during that long
history glorious in the annals OF mankind.
Were personal rights and personal liberties
suspended by our own fore'athers during our
Revolutionary contest? You heard the
words Of that Declaration of independence
which said that men bad right to trial by
jury; that the military authority should nev~
er be exalted above the civil jurisdiction;
that men should not be transported abroad
for trial. tremendous applause that they
should have all the rights and privileges
known to English jurisprudence aud En-
glsh law; and 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 existance in all its weakness, who de~
clare1-and they have made their declara,
tion good by their conduct through that
these rights were to be held
sacred in war, that these men who uttered
this declaration in war made Constitution
that dies and shrks away IN war--that men
learned in the perils Of revolution had form.
ed Government, under which we live, that
was not equal to the very highest purposes
Tor which Governments are constituted. | /
tell you it is a libel upon our fathers. Great
applause. So far from it being true that
those who formed this Constilu ion contem
plated that these powers should be suspen
ded, you find in all these provisions particu |