M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1863-07-16

ton which You are thus creating when
you say that our persons may he
rightfulIy seized, our property coniis.
Gated, our homes entered Z Are You
not exposing yourselves, your own
Interests, to as great a peril as that
with Which you threaten us! Remem.
Der this, that the bloody, and treason.
able, and rerolutionry doctrine OF
public necessity can DO proclgimed by
a mob as we'll as by q Government.
Applause. Remember all the teach
Ings Of history and we implore You,
with regard to your own interests, to
stop aHl iaS,iro if you arc not doing
yourselves and your own families, and
all that you hold dear dear to YOU, an
infinite wrong when you sustain prop.
ositions that tear away from them, as
well as from us, all tie projections
which the Constitution of your coun.
try has thrown around public liberty.
| [Great applause,l
Can you tell when ambition, love
of plunder, or thirst for power, will
induce bad and dangerous men to
proclaim this very principle Of public
necessity, as a reason why they should
trample beneath their teet all tho laws
of our land, and the institutions flour
countrya | ask you again to think ii
measures like these give power, dig.
nifty, or strength to our Government
ask you, Oh the other hand, if these
governments have not lived out the
longest periods, which, in these times
Of public danger, instead Of shrinking
back from the principle OF liberty and
the barriers of order, have raised alott
these great principles, and battled un.
der them, and thus given strength to
the heart of the people, and gained
the respect Of the world. [Applause. !
| ask you if it is not an evidence OF
weakness, defeat and discontinue,
when, in the presence OF armed re-
bellion, the Administration is com
PEELED to assert that very charter by
which it holds it's power has ceased to
have q virtue that can protect a citi.
zen in his rights.
Suppose wo accept this doctrine,
what will be the consequence to this
Government. To-day the great mas.
ses are conservatives who still battle
for time honorcd principles-for char.
tered principles OF government, amid
denunciation and contumely, and
abuse, are then only barriers that
stand between this Government and
its own destruction. five accept to-
morrow this teaching--if we to.mor-
row should acquiesce in. the doctrine
that in time Of war Constitutions are
suspended, and laws have lost their
force, then we should accept a doctrine
that the very right by which this
Government administers its power,
has lost its virtue, and we would be
brought down to a level Of rebellion
itself, having an existence only by
virtue of material power. Would
not vital blow be struck to liberty 2
live should accept this doctrine, what
would be the consequence Z When
men accept despOtism, they may have
a choice as to who the despot will be.
The struggle then will not be, Shall
we have constitutional liborty.
But having accepted the doctrine
that the Constisution has lost its
force, every instinct ofporSonal ambi.
tion, every instnct'of personal secu.
rity, will lead men to put themselves
under the protection of that power
which they supposed most competent
to protec: their their persons. And
then this Administration would find
that, in putting military rulers over
us they had made military masters
for themselves for this war teaches
us that the General who will betray
the liberties of the peopole for tie
purpose of gaining the favor Of power,
will when opportunity occurs, seize
power itself. [AppIauso. / came
here to-day to appeal to YOU, who
may be politically opposed to US
Don't do yourselves wrong,anG push
US from that position which we are
trying to hold. Do not use abuse
and contumely against our persons,
and threats against our property, be,
cause we stand up to say that you, and
we, and all shall have our rights !;
because we stand up to say, your
houses shall be sacred; because we
stand up to say, the family circle shall
not be entered, and, in English par
lance, every mans home shall be mis-
castle, within which he iS'sate from
intrusion. EApplause.] s'-
Why. what-is the glory of people
and the glory Of nation! 1t is not
the magnitude Of IT'S power; it is not
the extent of its dominions. 1t is the
fact that the humblest' home is safe
under its protection. The proudesl
lhoast ever nttered hv Pritain's nroud