The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1863-09-10
EXTRACT from, Tire Address Of tssc
ben OccasiC State Central Com
nliGfce fPennsy:vauia.

In Pennsylvania, the party on whose
acts you will pass at the ballot-box, has
tramplod upon the great rights of personal
liberty and freedom Of the press, which
eVsty man who can read may find asserted
- he Constitution Of the State and the
Coas.i5uion Of the United States. The
dignity = our Commonwealth has been in
So .c3 II he outr re pcrpctrated upon her
citizens. At Philadelphia and AT Harris
burg Fr5pr' r'etors u newspapers have been
seized at midnight and hurried off TO Mill
tary prisons beyond the limits Of the State
Against acts like these, perpetrated before
the eyes of the municipal and State au-
thoritics, thcre is neither protection nor
redress. The seizure Of journal at West
Chester WAS afterwards the subject Of a
sui for damages in the Supreme Court of
| Pennsylvania. 1t came to trial before
| Chief Justice Lowrie Rehearsing the an
cient principles Of English and American
justice, he condemned the acts Of the Fed
eral officers as violations Of the law that
binds alike the private citizen and the pub
/ lie functionary He said All public
| functionarics in this land are under the
law, and none from the highest to the low
est are above it." Impatient at any re-
s;raint from law, partisan majority iii
Congress hlstenel to pass an act to take
from the State Courts to the United States
Courts AL suits Of prosecution for tres
pass OF wrongs done or committed By viz
tue or under color ofany authority derived
from or exercised under the President Of
the Tn ted States and such authority was
declared to be q full defense for the wrong
done in any action, civil or criminal The
American Executive Is. as the word i'm
ports, the executor CT the duly enacted
laws; vet the pretcnsion IS made that his
viii can take the place Of the laws. The
liberty. the character Of every citizen Is
pu II h mercy OF new tuac..onarie3 cali
e Provost Narshlls" \ secret accusa-
"a before these officials takes the place Of
O Ell hearing before lawful magistrate,
ana no writ Of habeas corpus may inquire
the cause Of ,hc arrest To Illegal arrests
are added he mcckery Of a trial of pri-
vate citizen, f5r h:s political opini ions be-
fore court martial, ending in the inhic-
ton of new and outrageous penalty, in
vented ~ the President Of the United
States. We need not comment on acts
like these The President of the United
States has no authority, in peace or war,
to try even an enlisted soldier by court
martial. save by virtue of. and in conform
ity With the military law laid down in the
a.: Z Congress establishing rules and ar
,.o'es Coz the government OF the armies of
he a.tel States Yet his proclamation
~. u.&ke - citizens amenable to military
courts y has violated tie great princi-
r.c Ell nee vernmen' onwhich " Nashing-
ton conduc.c! the var Of he revolution
an Madison the war Of lSi2-the pfinci-
PIE or the suborJiuation OF the military to
the civil power. He has assumed to put
martial law. which is the rule OF force at {.
spot where all laws are silent, in the place
of civil justice throughout the land, and
has thus assailed. in some of the States.
even the freedom of the ballot-box. These
are not occasional acts. done in haste, or
heat or ignorance bat Il new system of
government in the place Of that ordained
and established by the people That the
queen could not do what he could, was Mr.
Stewards boast to the British Minister
The military arrests of Mr.. Stanton
received the hearty commendation' of
the con1 ention that renomnated Governor
Curtin and it pledged him and his party
to "heary cooperation" in such acts of
the Admins tration in future Such is the
degrading platform upon which candi-
date for Chief Mag s,ra;c of Pennsylvania
ands before her people These preten
slons to arbitrary power give oninous sig
nificaucc a late change in our military
system The time honored system of call
ing on the States for drafts from their mi
litia has been replaced by Federal con
scription on the model Of European des-
poiisms. We would not minister to the
excitement which it has caused among
men of all parties Its eonstitutionaitv
viii be tested before the courts. # ad-
i'm ed to he within ihe power Of Congress,
the ncople will decide on the propriety of
Il sire eli Of II power, on which the British
P,rl.,mcn,-stylcd omnpotcnt-has never
ven'urcl On his, you will pass at the
pol,. and the next Congress- will not be
deaf TO the VOICE Of the people.
a shrewd trick was recently practiced
in London
"A dandy. dressed up in the most fault
less ~ vie callal af u l,r,rn iawalry .tora