The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1863-06-24

fn0st.distant authorization of the military
war power against the State can be found.
On the contrary, when an effort was made
10 Incorporate such power, it was denied
oy Jefferson. Hamilton. Roger Sherman,
and all the great minds, including John
Adams. OF Massachusetts,. They denied
the power, and they finally declared to the
world. on that occasion, If there was any
coerciye power al all in the Constitution
II was legal and not military.
Therefore, my friends, If there be no
military war power in the Constitution, it
Is necessarily an unconstitutional war, and
all the instruments and results of the war.
All these various attacks upon the rights of
the people, upon the rights Of the press,
upon property, upon life, are all the neces-
sary results Of the first fatal mistake Of
the assault when there was no power in
the Federal Government TO perpeirate ii.
/ (Cheess.l For cannot, for nv. life, un-
derstand how those members of the Demo-
cratic party can consistently assai the acts
OF this Administration pretended 10 be me-
cessary for the prosecution of the war. |
cannot for. my life understand how these
men, who call themselves war Democrats,
can consistently assai the Administration
IN Carrying out what the Administration
believes TO be necessary for the war. The
President Of the United States is there un-
der the Con.titution-accordi to The
pror'ons Of the Constitution ; We cannot
deny that. lie is clothed with the fxecu-
tive powers controlling the military and
II IN h's judgment, responsible T. the peo-
pie, il j. necessary il the vigorous prose-
cuiion u the war, 10 commit thnse acts Of
which some men complain, say that men
who favor the war, who are in favor of its
Prosecution. that il is due TO the admins
tration that they, at least, shall not take
exception 20 what the administration deems
TO be necessary IN itsprosecution. That's
So"
Now. gentlemen. am opposed TO the
war. because il never ought 10 have been
commenced. Anamicahle adjustment could
have been made in the peace conference,
which was voted down and rejected. am
prepared 10 say thar until rerentiY know
the fact that an a1icable adjustment, Sc
curing the constitutional rights oi the South.
was within the power Of the Administra
tim. Therefore, am opposed 10 the Mar.
not only because il never should have been
commenced. but because it could have
been amicably adjusted and determined.
Again, am opposed to this war because
il has been diverted IRON us original pur-
poses. Instead nf war for the Union, il
haa g.. al al
tion AMI abolition OF State sovereignty. IL
i fot the abolition Of slavery, and the
abandonment pf State and territorial limits
II has been used as pretext of the bascst
partisan purposes Of plunder and political
powrr. Theers.) And when the Amer
isaa people committed themselves to ittwo
years ago. when in a state at wild lrenzied
excitement. our men rushed into the war,
they liltle thu"ght ihey were TO be made
instruments Of dcspptic power, that they
we're to he incorporated IN a great army 10
op used Tor tyrannical and unconstitutional
purposes, deprived of their rights as citi-
zens. deprived OF the comforts of home,
deprived of The righi 10 exercise any po-
litical ps~er; they ittle thought 10 become
machines 20 be used BY our tyrant masters
u the Capital. rneers.)
And. my friends, am opposed TO the
war because Il is rearing up in this coun.
Try new element in the government Of the
country. The military pomer has been in
troduced, and | have read history in vain
if do not know that IN every country, aud
in every age, where the military power.
arrant. despo,ic and ,yrannical, has BEEN
permitted to subjugate the civil power and
override the courts, at every TIME and at
every age, that power has not only destroy.
ed the principles Of the people for time,
but Il has become fixed, and Afterwards il
has been succeeded BY the rule Of innerit-
ing monarchies. Here the military power
A. arrogant. proud and dOminecring. IL
commenced in Kentucky yearly year