Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1862-1865, 1863-09-21
Ths LAST Of the "Great Republic

T1o items Of ia oimton that have LACEY reached IA
fvm Il United show the rapid progr s. it not
the contamination of dspo,ism 10 that unhappy cOun-
try The fret is the 81. pension the writ Cf Ha6eGs
Corpus TO al persons connected With the military
or naval service or char ged With any CEce tending to
che obstruction Of the military policy Of the admins
ration. Toe SECOND IS enforcement of SO strict a
oer soshp over the press hat with the newspapers at
tie seat Of Government, "even matters in no manner
eted with military operations Rave 10 receive the
approval of the Oli,ia supervisor" We know lot
a. a. is licking to make the Yankee President az abso-
ITO au'o,rat The immense military and naval force
Of the United States Is uncoHditOnally subj ct TO his
couro The entire 6nanCiI means Of the country an
At hil disposal Any eidz ia the land may at any
IA .uent he deprived of bis liberty, by being thrown
mic IL, without the right of bong informed of what
he is accused, or OF being brought before judge to
Est the Legality of hs mpr stn~ent The Pres, whose
freedom is everywhere the measure of the liberty Of
the people is forbidden to publish anything without the
permission Of an "oGcisI supervisor" The Autocrat
Of RGasia the Emperor OF Austria, the su tan Of
Turkey has 70 greater po"ers than these. Invested
with these attributes aud agencies Of supreme and r-
responsible authority there Of tyrsnpy that
tie Yankee Pre,ilcnt may not practise. The people
Over whom he eigns ae literally and uUly slaves
though he ere descendant and her Of a long line
Of sOyerega despos and they the children Of srs and
tOldsmen tor twenty generations. la. such would be
Their fate, eooGer or later If they should attempt to
convert a government: by consent" into govern
men Of force was predicted By thinking before
the fatal experiment. made. Bat the rapidity with
which they have moved 10 their doom, the holiness
and reckessness Of the usurpers and the tame aud
vile submission OF the people, matters OF ssoaish-
ment even to those who thought least fayoraby Of the
Yankee capacity for self-government They have sue
cumbed with scarcely protest. sign even that they
Sufficiently appreciated tue essentials OF free govern
meut to know when these were destroyed, or to lie
aware of the fate to which they were themselves SO
hurredy bono. The ieE sbO at Que tine seemed TO
re re their situaop AID had the courage to confront
the destroyer Of their Liberty have either been suppressed
by the strong hand Of aEess power, have supnelY
sought safety in silence Tho county was ever more
qeceut than now, when all Of which it most proud
and Tor vi in il was most renowned Is passing from it.
Sa andigbam Is ia exile; Voorhees, has narrowly es-
cso.d hanging; Seymour has sold himself 10 the war
D r.y; Wood, Brooks ard tie rest of them ERE dumb ;
Name the least flnstieal Of the New EoglIpd States
has procla med Itself IN favor Of the Lincoln policy
Toe overthrow of free government is complete aud the
UsurpSdOn stands unchalleuged and uHrebaked. The
Acs should make struggle resCluely to escape
bling involve in the ruip aud to preserve for
children ard for the bene6: Of mankind the principles
aud institu ions of Rpobiosn oorty, rescued By US
from the fabric before il f,l.