Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1863-07-21
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Arrested aud confined for three weeks in the
United Staies. prisoner o: State; baBsshed
thence 20 the Confederate States. and there held
as an alien enemy aud prisoner OF war, though on
parole. fairly and honorably dealt wth and given
leave % depart, act possible only by running
the blockade al the hazard of being fired upon bY
ships flying the flag Of my own country. found
myself fiSg freeman when on British soil.
And 70 day. under the protection OF the British
hAg. am here 10 enjoy and IN part to exercise
the privileges and rights which usurpers iBso
lently deny me at home The shallow contfiv
ance of the weak despots AZ Washington, and
their advisers, has been defeated. Nay. il has
been turned against them; and /. Who for two
wears maligBed ia secret league with the
COniederates. having refused when m their
midst, under circumstances the most favorable,
either 10 identify myself with their cause or even
20 much as 10 remain, preferrlng rather exile in
a foreign land. return now with allegiance TO my
own State and Government, unbroken in word
thought or deed. and with every declaration and
pledge to you while at home aud before | was
stolen away, made good IN spirit and TO the very
letter.
Six weeks ago. when just going into Danish
meut. because an audaciOus aud most cowardly
despotism caused il, | addressed YOU fellow
cetizen. To day, aud from the very place Sc
lected by me, but after wearysome and most
miles by land and upon the set; still an exile,
though almost in sight of nv native State,
greet YOU as your Representative. Grateful Ger
tainly am. for the confidence in NV integrity
aud patriotism. IMPLIED by the unanimous nom
nation candidate for Governor of Ohio, which
YOU gave me while was yet in the Confederate
States. IL not misplaced; it shall never be
abused. But this is the last of all considerations
in times like these. ask 10 sympathy for the
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tonal liberty and private right cruelty outraged
beyond example in free country. by the Presi
dent and his servants, which gives public signif
cancy TO the action of your convention. Yours
was, indeed, an act OF justice TO citizen who,
for his devotion 10 the rights of the States and
the liberties of the people, had been marked for
destruction by the hand of arbitrary power. But
it was much more. Ii was an example of cour
age worthy of the heroic ages of the world; and
it was spectacle and rebuke to the usurpng
tyrants who. having broken up the Union, would
now strike down the Constitution, subvert your
Government and establish formal aud pro
claimed de>potsm in its stead You are the re
stOrers and defenders OF constitutional liberty,
and by that proud title history will salute you
congratulate You upon your nominations
They whom You have placed upon the ticket with
me are gentlemen of character ability, integrity
and tried fidelity TO the Constitutions the Union
age-a quality always rare. and now the most
valuable of public vrtues-is beyond question.
Every way. all these were nominations mt To be
made And even jealousy, am sure. will now
be hushed. if | especially rejoice with YOU in the
nomination of Mr. Pugh as your candidate for
Lieutenant Governor and President of the Sen
ate scholar and gentleman, a soldier IN
foreign war. and always patriot; eminent as
lawyer. and distinguished orator and states
I hail ia ff,a
turn Of the better and more virtuous days of the
Republic.
ndorse your noble platform-elesant in stvle:
admirable in sentiment. You present the true
issue, and commit Yourself to the great mission
Just now of the Democratic party--to restore
and make sure first the rights and liberties de
clared yours by your constitutions. 1t is in vain
to invite the States and people of the South to
return TO n Union without Constitution and
dishonored and polluted by repeated and most
aggravated exactions of tyrannc power. 1t is
base in yourselves and reasonable TO your pos
terty, TO surrender these liberties and rights to
the creatures whom your own breath created
and destroy Shall there be free speech,
free press. peaceable assemblages of the PEG
pie and free ballot any longer In Ohio p
Shall the people hereafter as hitherto have
the right to discuss and condemn the pr ciples
and policy of the party-the ministry-the men,
who. for the time, conduct the Governmental
demand of their public servants a reckoning OF
their stewardship, and TO place other men and
another party in power at their supreme will and
pleasuref Shall order Thirty eight or the Con-
stitu;ion be the supreme law of the land? And
shall the citizen any more be arrested by an
armed soldiery at midnight. dragged from wife
and child and home, To "A military prison; thence
TO mock military trial; thence condemned and
then haniShed felon for the exercise of his
met it. 1t is the very question of free, popular
government itself 1t is the whole question:
upon the one side. liberty; on the other. despot
ism. The President, as the recognized head Of
his party. accepts the issue. Whatever he wills,
that i law. Constitutions, State and Federal,
are nothing; acts of legislation nothing: the Ju-
dietary less than nothing. In time OF war there
Is bui one will supreme-his will: but one law
military necessity, and he the sole Judge Mill
tary orders supcrsele the Constitution. and mill
tary commissions uSurp the place of the ordinary
courts of justice in the land Nor are these mere
idle claims. For two Years and mere. by arms,
they have been enforced. IL the mission of
the weak but presumptuOUS Burnside name
infamous forever in the ears OF all lovers of con
sttutional liberty-to try the experiment in
Oho-aided by Judge whom | name not,
because he has brought the most foul dis
honor upon the Judiciary of my country. In your
MINUS io"' ncH " Ohlo, i tue uiti issue OF the
experiment The party of the Administration
have accepted it, BY peiging support to the
President, they have justified ms outrages upon
LIBERTY ard the Constitution; and whoever gives
his vote To the candidates of this plrty commits
himself TO every act of violence and wrong on
the piIt of the Administration which be uphOds:
and thus, by the law of retaliation, which is the
law 81 might. would forfeit his own right 10 Ito
erty, personal aud political. whensoever other
men and another part, s1all hold the power
Much more ia the candidates themselves SUI
fer them not. ] entreat you, to evade the issue:
and 10y the judgment of the people we will abide
Aud now finally let me ask. What Is the pre-
text for all the monStrous acts and claims Of ar
noupeedy Military necessity But indeed. |
all these be demanded bv military necessity. |
then. believe me- your liberties are gone and ty /
ranny Is perpetual For. it this civil war is 10
terminate only Oy the subiugati0n at the South "a 4
force and arms the nfint OF TO day will not live 4
u see the end of it. No. in another WAY only /
can il be brought 10 close TraV cling a /
thousand miles and more. through nearly one
halt of the Confederate States and So /
lOuruinC for A time at widely different I.
points, | met not one man. woman. chid I
" ho was not resolved 10 perish rather than weld I
% the pressure OF arms. even in the most de-
perAie extremity. AID whatever NAV and must
be the VARYING fortunes Of the war in all which
| recognize the hand Of Providence pointing
visiby the ultimate issue OF thi. great trial of
The States and people of America. they are bet
ter prepared now every way TO make good their