The Buchanan County guardian. (Independence, Buchanan County, Iowa) 1858-1864, 1863-11-10

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INDUCED in a great TRADE about the sub
sarviency of the people 10 the will OF the
d.spot ABRAHAM LINCOLN. The cleo
lion, he said, showed that the power OF
the despot was stronger than the will OF
the people. We took occasion TO show
that there was no more restriction upon
the will of the people in the late cleo
tons, than at any other time, and that
consequently the result of the election
was Only the expression of the peoples
withholding more and nothing less
was not, in any sense, an exhibition oil
Presidential or military power.
We took occasion TO deny, too, chat
there was any reason for his dolorous
noes-his fearful wailings-about the in
security of Life, Liberty and Property
under The rule Of Mr.. LINCOLN. We in
dul red the belief that Life, Liberty and
Property was just as safe-that speech
was lust as free-in Buchanan County,
to-day as ever before. We INDUCED the
belief that Ro.zELL and his coadjutors
were not even restrained from their usual
lice ntousness Of speech AS the mar
tyr CLAGGErr is horest enough TO call
it. To all this RoszELL makes answer,
"surpose" and suppose. Suppose
Rlcu was arrested, suppose R1cH was
hung, suppose Rich was drawn and
uuar,ered, by ABRAHAM LINCOLN, what
would RIcn do about it? Probably as
we are not very good-we should have
to take our lot with the eyll spirits
SHOULD have to turn Copperhead, and &C
to rappipg out, in thunder tones, the
words unconstitutional '
RoszE4L, while depouncing the des-
potism of Mr.. LINCOLN, and bewailing
the loss ofsscrel rights, is forced thus
t. the frivolous argument of "suppose y
and suppose" II is certainly true,
tha: in times of great public disturbance,
such as we now experience, the usual
safeguards to Life, Liberty and Proper.
ty are much disturbed Ii is true that
The power Of the Ruler over these rights
Of his people becomes greater. This is
one Of The worst evils OF such strife-it
is ;nseparable from the disturbed condi
ton. This aggregation Of powers, how
ever, does not necessarily inure TO des-
potism. II has generally been conceiv-
ed By the trainers Of government to
recessary to the safety of the State and
of the people. And thus the trainers Of
our own Constitution provided that IN
cases Of Rebellion and Invasion, where
the public safety seemed to require it,
the writ of haJeas corpus should be sus
pended. The suspension of that wril
does not nuke Mr. LINCOLN a despot
lie has constitutional warrant for il
The trainers of the constitution virtually
declared that there were times when the
suspension Of the writ, and the possession
BY The Executive, Of these unusual pow
ers, were necessary to the safety of the
peQple and the State. Their assumption,
then, is not ar act CT despeism, but Of
constitutional right in such times Of dis
turbance. If the right is exercised for
the good Of the people, and the safety Of
the State, its exercise is not TO be depre
Gated. II is only its abuse that can be
objected to. Therefore Mr.. RoszELL
must 10 prove Mr.. LINCOLN a despot,
prove that lie has unduly abused these
powers. Thence comes in our argumen;
that The freedom Of election, the freedom
of speech, the right to property, the
security to life, in every part Of the
country not trod by conlending aImies,
puts the Iie upon every charge
RoszsLLs' respecting Mr.. IIscoLN's des-
potism There may lave been instances
of unjust accusation, Of un due hardship,
bat Mr. RoszELL will please 10 consider
that Mr.. LINC)LN ordered these arrests
upon aili lavils of honorable men, OF the
locality wherein the arrests were made
req uired. We believe, as rule, a present
ment by the Grand Jury Of lie county
vile elm the accu ed lived, Mr.. MAHoNy
was "se,l on The sworn statement of
General HERON and his recruiting off
GERS, thlt MAnoNY was interfering with
the enlistment OF the brigade Of troops
which Gen. HEBRON had been authoriz.
ed to raise Numbers of respectable
gap,leuleB of them old party
frie ads Of Mr.. MAuoNy fortified these
representations by their afiiIavits Des
polism cannot be justly charged upon
PR. LlYc LS for that act nor do we think