The dollar weekly bulletin. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1862-1864, 1863-02-19

sWer the purpoSes I'll So ne can aoollS
States, dispense with Congress, seize til
purse and sword, and proclaim himself so
PEeme dictator Indeed. in pufsusncs
this idea, the President did issue anothe
proclamation threatening to try men for eel
tain, YagpelY, defined offsnses, unknown I
the Jaw, mot by a jury, but by . militar
This same party have found out that
belongs to the President to suspend the pri
l'vilege' Of the writ Of Aa6eas corpus. kTh
idea Is born Of the -emergency. The priv
i lego OF this witt wasltoFp from the rexeoutiv
1 in the mother eeuptTy7by. revolution, arC
ever after considered the sacred right Of tn,
citizen. We cannot suppose that our fathers
so Jealous of personal liberty. would replace
Ia. the hands of an executive power Sc
much abused This writ, whilst 1t Is i'm
i piled in the Consultation as already existing
/ is moreover provided for by acts of Congress:
! passed both Houses and approved by the
/ President 1t Is absurd to suppose that an
executive has power, under our Constitu-
1 tioD, to dispense with law Of Congress in
any emergency. Of which he is to be the
judge.
But what Is the remedy for those eyils?-
II our executive were for life, supported by
a .law-making power of the same descrip-
ton, revolution would be the only remedy.
The men at Washington are, however, tenn
poraTy trustees of power that belongs to the
psople. The government is ouIs, and we
shall not surrender it for their ilTconduct.
As long as the political morality OF the peo-
pie remains, there is an unsubdued power in
the ballot-box to arrest such evils, It has
asserted itself, and is advancing to control
this government with resistless step. Ken
lucky can wait with the Democrats of the
North. and the patriotic men who have ioir-
ed them for the Constitution as it is, and the
Union as it was; and reject all lawless and
Unconstitutional rem edies which would only
prove worse than the disease. -.
Kentucky cannot compromise, with disun-
ionists. Their success would not remove
any of the evils we have described. It would
render them chronic and perpetual. The
two sections would never live in peace; and
out of the necessities of war, would grow up
SYSTEMS of despotism, inwhich every yestige
Of civil liberty would disappear. Kentucky
would be border State, with no power to
oVerrule the wicked ambition of either sec
.ion.ev She- would be the victim of their con-
.estsS and her limits would be desolate.torp.
and. ragged, drenched with the blood of gem
sFations. We cannot accept such azdestinys
Tor those who are to come after us.
The authors of the rebellion had as we'll
that Kentucky is the natural |
'nemy of their scheme. Their wicked am
'ition has brought these calamities on us |
md themselves, and their success would but |
nultply,a and -aggrayats them Ia
Much as we find to condem in the acts
nd pretensions of the present party in pow
r in the United Statos, the Southern hori-
on is still darker and more forbidding. A
9W ambitious men literally precipitated the
eople of the seeded States into bloody
sbelhon.
They began by the confscation of all the
ebts within their reach due to citizens of
Their States; and by the confscation of all
le property of those in the seeded States,
no desired to stand by their old govern
tent. Through vigilance com mittees and
.herwise they banisRed from his home the
tizeu who loved the old flag under which
Is fathers lived and died. Instead of hav-
g the citizen to fight for what they call
depend ence, they have only been able to Z
their armies by remorseless conscrip-
IN. They have burned and destroyed the
ivate property of their people, under the Q
etense of keeping it out of the hands of n
Q Government. They claim absolute c.
wer over the persons and property of their
mini0ns to use for their own purposes
ey have invaded kentucky, DESTROYED her NJ
'perty. and robbed and murdered her peo. c.
b. But 1t is needless to enumerate further CT
Lrages. NJ
This they have done under the necessities W
war; but, in time Of peace, their constitu- pl
q gives power to the Executive that is p
onsistent with the perpetuity of republic NJ
institutions. HI
{ his State will submit to such despotism
y when she has no power to resist it.
n the meantime it would be as idle to
cal to the men at Washington as to the
D at Richmond. The former have adopt. ~.
their policy against the well-known ~
hes OF this State. They would listen to a.
eason from us, however sound, no con- 70
rations, however just no counsels, how ~,
: wise. Against their unconstitutional f-o
I'M es we appeal to the constitution. We NO
submit to neither of these extremes. Of
Or of which is fatal to the Union, whilst or,
9 are bullets for one and ballots for the cef
conclusion, we recommend the adop-. a.
OF the following resolution. l. !
! AIe0D'Ys", 4 nay OUT insIltutlons are as VIII
q by an armed rebellion on one side. af
n can only be met by the sword; and q.
le other by unconstitutional acts of Con- ..-
, and startling usurpations of power by 0
Executive which, we have seen by ex- Tin
rent, can be corrected by the ballot-box. tive
y, as well as principle, requires that by
lcky shall await the process ofreform, boil
b is slow but sure, and refrain from ali part
'ful and unconstitutional acts which hou
already brought terrible calamnities thir
the country; whilst we invoke the aid girls
patriotic men, to avert the evils that One
ten our free institutions. .i.f. tAAr the
RESOLVED, That this. General Assembly the
'es, as before it has oftentirnes declared wha
he State of Kentucky hath ever been won
, loyal to the Governm ent of the Uni ladie
ates OF America, and is determined to 2
ain that loyalty against both domestic ~
reign foes. .@IEU.5 saE1 20