The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1863-01-14

With Pie 4064f 1D1HfuSIonS OF some OF the |
Estates, when earlier in the Message he
asserts that the President or no one else
I in power had done any such thingl But
the "sequel will truly show that David
does not himself believe that " necessity"
| is the supreme law of the land, else he
would not recommend the Legislature to
take action in the matter. Here is what
Message says on the subject:
"Before dismissng the subjects relating
to the military operations of the past year,
it may be proper. that remind you, that
the Executives of the loyal Strtes are CO.
workers with, and In a great measure a
gents of, the authorities Of the Federal
Government, in the raising and organizing
of the Federal forces X, In view of this, 1
doubt not ysu will be glad to know, that
in the discoarge of the various exciting
and delicate duties thrown upon nae by
these authorities, / have|been able to main
tain entire harmony and friendly relations
with them Sincerely believing that the
President and those who surround him
have acted solely with view of restoring
peace and harmony to our distracted Gov
ernmcnt, and to all its citizens, whether
North or South, have promptly rendered
them all the aid in my power, cheerfully
and diligently. Without feeling and mani
Testing such a spirit, the power of our
great State, in crushin the rebellion, would
have been wasted and frittered away.
This spirit and determination led me,
foho f,,l1 49, ~ fbo
al orders Of the President denying certain
privileges heretofore enjoyed by the peo
pie, and still highly priced by all. l al
lade particularly to the temporary modif-
ed suspension Of the writ of Habeas Cor
pus, and the order for the arrest of citi-
sens guilty Of interfering with enlistments
and with the order for the execution of the
draft; and their temporary confinement
before hearing or trial Necessity, stern
necessity, will alone tolerate such orders.
This necessity, in the absence of State le-
gislation, it is known to sll who read, did
to some extent exist in our State; and the
Individual who will complain of the exc
cutien of these orders, under the circum-
!, stances attending them, would complain
f Of the neighbor who should break open
t his mansion, whom ON fire, to saveh:s child
f from perishing in the flames. Eor the
/ honor of our State, it should be made
4 known, that but eleven such arrests have
} been made within our borders, so far as
known to me. Of these, three persons
) were removed from the State, four were
r confined for short time at Camp Mans
S fed, and the remaining four at Camp
5 Chase All those confined within the
t State, have been sset at liberty All The
arrests, SO far as I am advised, were made
by virtue of orders from the War Depart
mont, and but two upon my recommenda-
E ton.
From the knowledge I have, as to the
4 causes of arrest, I believe the action of the
Department was based upon sufficient
grounds That this exeacise of military
| power was necessary to enable the several
e State authorities to raise their quota Of
r trool s. | have no doubt whatever; and Sc
. believing, l most cheerfully approved it
e 1t is the duty of all good citizens to sub
/ NIT to any and all sacrifices necessity te
maintain our Government; and the man
: who will complain Of the acts referred to
when his neighbor on either side of him
has given up forever his darling son
should be frowned upon by all good men
God grant that neither, again, may ever be
called upon to make the sacrifice!
: As this, however, may not happily prove
s to be the case, and as we may yet be called
S upon to raise additional troops, it is re-
, commended that provision be made by
s law, to prevent all interference, by evil
r disposed persons, with the persons intrus-
: ted with that duty The Act OF fApril. .26
e 1861, entitled 'sAn Act to punish treason
and other crimes" should be SO amended
e. as to embrace this offense. The duly con
fstituted authorities Of our State wonld theE
II be able to take care of all offenders within
: the State, and thereby relieve the Prisi
q dent of the United States and all acting
n under his authority from this, to them
: unpleasant but necessary duty. ~
n This matter disposed Of, the Governor
proceeds to give the Legislature a raj
!. over the knuckles for refusing to pass 6
law allowing soldiers to vote, as follows
t ''The right of participating in the cleo
;, tion of the officers of our Government, i:
d perhaps more highly priced by the citizer
i than any other political right or privilege
r secured to him by our Constitution. ]
e therefore respectfully urge you to secure
0 by law, as far as practicable, to every citi
$ zen Of the State who may be in the mill
: tary service ofthe ceantry, this inestimablt
e privilege"
, The Governor, in speaking Of the pay
ment of our foreign debt in coin, make.
n an admission in relation to the deprccia
r tion Of our currency, which coming from
e ia aUnion" man is quite astounding:
3 "The interest upon our domestic deb
+ has been paid, like all ordinary transact
: ions between man and man, in what ii
known as carrency. which is now, and has
been for some months past, about thirty
per cent below coin."'
Upon the currency question the Gov
ernor has some difficulty. He recon
: mends that the banks be relieved from
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