The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1863-07-10


education to Gil, asd wheacs he viii 90
down through I'll history. IKE RicAaAd
CremvsH, = weak vain, aasisbls maa;
ridieulons for the Sin Of the world ;Tridicu-
lous because he was thrown By sccident
into place for which he was wholly NJ
fitted. a..t (, e.y .-:r fl sos. I'D
But the president is not the almfnfstrs-
tion.fs Tho 7rsAident is surrounded Lv
men Of vsrious staDps. There are fools
there; there are kuases there there aMS
men who are led away BY the smbi.ioa
Of shoddJ the corrop, Who are growing
rich on the mia:ortunes Of this nation;
aud there ars mss who are led By tho
ambition Of power. They are the admin.
istrati ~, and when | a,raign the admins
tration. here to night for the conspiracy
With which I charge them, it is not Abra-
ham Lincoln, but il is the men 10 waees
hands Abraham Lincoln ID more doll,
worked by springs; the men who goyera
the Administrations sod control the AFFAIR."
OF the nation. al se5zs st 7laa saa vsl
Gentlemen, I know I am m ed msar
and I suppose l am an old fogy. lsnP~
pose am supsraunuated, but l am fool
enough to bring here At this time tho
constitution Of the United Ststes, . dou-
ument heard Of BY our fathers, wholly for-
gotten in the present generation. / ha-s
before me in that constitution the guaran>
tees which the resolutions recognized and
reci,ed to day in your hearing. and now
| propose 10 apply those guarantees to the
acts Of the administration, speaking to one
of the resolutions adopted at the gres'.
the prcdigious convention which as:eubsd
on Spring street hill to. day: that reso!u.
,ion which charges the substance of wha:
l now charge. We have constitution
adopted and framed for every condition Of
society, for peace and war. And if any
man says TO me or to you tha. this consii-
tntion is very we'll in times Of tranquility,
but that is idle to speak of enforcing the
constitution in time Of war, do not An
swer him, you do not answer him. This
constitution answers him. We are told
every Gay that in time Of war the guaran-
tees Of the constitution are suspeDJed.--
This constitution declares that the crime
Of treason shall only be committed by lew
wing war against the United States, or BY
adhering to their enemies, giving Them
aid and comfort. Then the crime Of tres.
son must be committed in a state Of war
only. How is that crime to be punished
under tho constitution By Indictment
Of grand jury BY trial of petit jury in
the State where the treason is alleged 10
| be committed. -r3
Hero is an offense, the highest known TO
! the constitution, the greatest against the
constitution, which can be committed only
in state OF war. covered BY the guarantees
Of the constitution. And yet am to ~
told that a state Of war suspends the pro.
visions Of the constitution expressly made
| for a state Of war.
In this whole ccnetituticn there is but
one provision which can change in time
of war. Dnring the time of war the writ
Of haJeas corpus may be suspended by con-
gress. apd if suspended by congress then
the effect is that man legally arrested
shall not be able to enquire into the csuse
Of his arrest and every other line and
| title staLds As the supreme law of ths
land, binding the president, congress, OFF,
GERS and citizens.
Sir, the constitution is made for state OF
war, and yet every fipPant republican will tell
F! you it is made for time Of peace only. Wher
Mr. Vallan1lsham was arrested, they had th>
audacity to trample under their feet the consti.
! tuition. aud tell all ere that the President Of
the United States, ard his Cabinet. and General
Burnside, who got bis military education at our
expense, and every man who aided or sanction.
' Nod ko- IN h.
! highest sense hefofs God /; perjured before tho
living Go1, before civilized mankind. When
| the President entered upon his office, when Gen.
Burnside entered West Point and when he re.
ceived his commits sion "a Maj,r G neral, they
swors before God that they would not d, that
very thing, and they stand pe,jured. If that 10
bringing the conduct Of the war int, disrepute.
I cant help it. 1t is the truth, and must say
! it and abide thu cons quences.
Now what is the fr,t step taken BY this Al.
min stration towards the establishment Of tn,
military despotism with which charg, them
The presidents proclamation of Sept, 25 1861.
| hold in my hand my copperhead catechism 49,
| It is chiefly, almost entirely, composed Of ex-
tracts from the presidents proclAma 10, and acts
Of the last session Of Cong, ess. We have here
in this constitution, guarantee Of freedom Of
speech and freedom of the press. We have II
this constitution the guars1 tee that no military
ulou0aI Shal ever Try any Dut miHCaFy OHcnseA
| committed by persons in the service OF the Uni
ted States. We have the guarAE.ec ,h It no I'M.
reasonable searches and seizures shall he made,
and that searches and seizures shall not BE- m ads
except upou judicial warrant.
What Is the nrst step .aken In this conspiracy
to establish q military despo;ism in violation sf
the provisions Of the constitution! As sad
BEFORE the presidents proclaim ,tion Of the 25h
Of September, 1862. 1t provides that "during
the existing instruction and as a necessary
measure for suppres.ing the same, all rebels aud
in n.urecnts, their aidcrs and abcttors within tb
United St,tes, and all persons dis 'ouraging vols
unteer enlistments, resisting militia drafts OF
guilty Of any di.oyal practice. affording aid and
comfort to tho rebels against the authority of
the United States, shall be subject to martial lat
and liable to trial and puni> hment by cour. mar.
tial military commission" There is The pres.
ident Of the United Sta.es. What is the cons,i.
,uticn! The trial Of all crimes. except in O..
scs o! Impeachment; shall be by Try, aud such
/ trials shall be held In such st.tes whero the
crime has been committed" That Ia the Goh,
stitution! There is the constitution and there
is the president!
Fellow citizens, say the president has tram.
pied this constitution under bis feet and forsw orn
| a~,f hoE I'D nd II I,