Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1863-09-25
Grand Mass Meeting.

Grand Mass Meeting.
For several days the Union Central Com
mittee Of this county have been in cores
pondence with some of the most distinguish
ed speakers of the North west, includ;n ;ng Gov
Yates. General McClernand, Geo. c. Bates
. Caspar Butt, and General Logan, Of Illinois
Hons. z. Chandler, vi Michigan; George W
Julian, of Ind, Maj. Gen. Curtis and Hon.
G. c. Cole Of this State. The following par.
agraph from the Chicago Journal, Of Thurs
day, gives the result Of the efforts Of our
} committee, in part: r. s.t-. -.. %,
"a grand Mass Meeting of loyal Union
men of Iowa will be held at Muscaiine, Iowa.
on Saturday, the 10th of October. Governor
Yates, George O. Bates, Esq and Caspar
speak on the great issues involved in the
OF Governor Yates, whose reputation as a
statesman, patriot and orator Of the highest
order, we need say nothing IN these columns,
except that any man who fails to hear him
will always regret it. Geo. g. Bates, E-q,
has an enviable reputation as one of the most
|eloquent and effective Union speakers Of the
North west. TIE hattering mentions made
IN the Illinois press of his public addresses,
tcgsther with the concentrations from Hon.
T. B. Bryan, is sufficient to assure the people
everywhere that they may expect Union
feast OF Caspar Bu,z, we give the following
from prominent citizen Of Chicago:
| "Mr. Butz was for many years the editor
ofa German Democratic paper at Detroit, is
man Of fine education, and one of the very
best speakers among the Germans of the
North West. He is Clerk in our Superior
Court, but as Saturday is law day only, he
can 60 down to your city on Friday evening,
and return on Saturday night, so that, barring
unavoidable accidents, Mr.: Butz will be with
you. He was protege of General Cass in
the days Of Democracy when that term meant
loyalty to the Union, and can tell your Ger
man Democrats the real distinction between
such Democrats as Douglas, Jackson, Dick
inson, Logan and McClernand, and Fernando
Wood and Vallandigham.
The Committee inform us that they have
good reason to believe that Mr.. Cole and
Generals Curtis and McC Clernand will be pres
ent.- Daily, 19tA.
Troubled ON Every Side.
The people Of this country cannot have
forgotten the ugly looking faces made by the
Democrats when, some months ago, Mr.. Lin
coin suspended the writ Of habecs corpus
The Democrats Of the Copperhead wing eve
rywhere denounced that suspension as arbi-
trary, unconstitutional and an indication Of
our rapid fastening toward despotism. The
President was charged with usurping power
that belonged, under the Constitution, only
to the Congress Of the Union. They could
not ignore the fact that the Federal Constitu-
ton contains provision for the suspension
of that sacred writ in time of rebellion, and
the only question that could be ra sed in re-
ation thereto was, to which department does
the exercise of this power belong? At once
there sprang into existence an unprecedented
host of constitutional lawyers throughout the
land. These wiseacres having borrowed the
thunder of Va'landigham, Powell, Voorhees,,
Bsyard and Salisbury. and given the subject
a thorough investigation. came to the conclu-
sion that Congress alone had the power to
suspend or authorize the suspension of the
writ.
In the meantime, the Congress met and
enacted law authorizing and conferring up
on the Preside At, during the existence Of re-
bellion, the power to suspend the writ Of
habeas corpus in cases arising in the Army
and Navy of the United States. The time
has come when the President believes it his
duty to interpose this power between the ne
cessity Of reinforcing our armies and those
civil authorities who think more of treason
and slavery than they do Of loyalty and JUS
tice, and he has thereupon suspended the
writ in accordance with the plain provision Of
law. Immediately every rebel in the North,
from the Chicago Times down to the Musca-
tine Courier, with one accord, swear that
this act of the President is unconstitutional,
tyrannical and oppressive. Six months ago
they said Congress could suspend the privi-
leges of the writ, and now that Congress has
suspended them, they swear that it is wrong.
Can such stulti6cation-can such toryism
can such low demagogueism-such political
treachery and villainy-go unrebuked? Can
any loyal man avoid seeing the true motive
that prompts this opposition -..
~ Arrangements are being made by
number of patriotic ladies for grand Fair in
Chicago during the last week in October and
first week in November, for the benefit of
the Northwestern Sanitary Commission. Sew
eral public halls in the city will be required
for the entertainment. A dinner is to be
served every day at Bryan Hall, with accom-
modations for over one thousand guests. Each
evening brilliant entertainment will be given
at Metropolitan Hall. Donations Of fancy
ond ,,eof,,I art;clac nrovisions and money ara