Daily State sentinel., 1863-03-24


the Constitution. 70 personal liberty. and TO per
sonil security plainly perceived by tie Amer I
len people. and they have resUlved. A becomes
freemeu. % meet the storm and DEFY rs Jury I
Bot this i nothing in the history Of the race
e. which We belong. Executive encroachmsn I
and Executive outrages have marked all the re
gious OF the past They seem new and strsnge
10 us TO day, but you have only to turn your eyes
back over other ages to find that they we're ia
miliar TO our fathers and our forefathers- They
have assailed every experiment of self govern
ment in the annals of mankind. But Is there
anything IN the history Of the American peopieto
cause Us 10 doubt despair of the hn :, result OF
n contest between tie people and unlawful usurp
for powerl Does any one in view of these
multtudes and in view Of The high inspiration
which thew draw from the glorious example &c
their ancestors. suppose that the American name
and heart can be subdued. subjugated To the i'm
periOus and unhallowed will Of anv one man
occupying position aud place for brief season at
the head of our public affairsI We hear vain
threats and insulting boasts of power all hands
against the najorty Of the people by your tenn
porary servants at Washington. ard their SIT
rsps, minions and tools all over the country.
The Democratic party gave nearly a hundred
thousand majority of the popular vote IN the cleo
tons last fall l. IL To be crushed out and robbed
of the peaceful and happy fruits OF constitu
tional victory by an arrogant nsOleni and tyran-
nical minority! Shall We bow the knee OF sup
plants - those whom We have utterly defeated
according to lawg Must our tongues be silent al
their bidding, and our arms be paralyzed because
they swagger and bluster in our presence? On
what meat do these upstart Caesars feed. that
they stride over our BUNDLED and PROSTATE forms.
and scarce give us leave 20 hnd dishonOrable
graves between their leesl Have we masters
ready booted and spurred TO ride usI and shall
we, like lSacher. bow to the loathsome burdenl
Who are the lords of the hour who shall thus
strike down the high aAd immortal estate of lib-
erty In this land? L. Abraham Lincoln your
Governmentg l. Edwin NJ Stanton your Gov
ernment! The Constitution says the people con
stitute the American Republic Who shall gain
say this fund mental doctrine of free government?
tie who would do so is only fit 10 be n slave and
should wear a collar with his masters name on it,
He is too base To claim his inherent rights.
and readily becomes the abhorred instrument OF
those in authority who seek to inflict a similar
degradation all others
Gentlemen this serviIe class is. unfortunately,
at this time very large in midst and
content with their OWN ablsement thev seek to
avenge their self humiliation by 90 matizng and
debating TO men who possess uI right and true
souls They belong to very ancient aud very
infamous type of hum nifty. In all ages, in the
most remote periods of the world they have ex
isted To mar the peace and happiness of mhnkind.
wore sour faces and slandered their neishbors as
they do now. 1ney We're tyrannica and dict to-
rial IN their manners, aud sought To control the
opinions OF men by violence. they do To day
They thanked God that they were better than
other people when in the sight of the blessed
Master. they were generation of vipers In a
later day this same class of malignants and intOl-
Grants seen inside the walls of Jerusalem
when Titus was encamped before her gates
mol ah- Al it.lu
sacres against those who dared differ from
them in opinion. These lessons of blood and
crime are inherited by the lneal descendants of
those who perpetrated them and we see them
again threatened and reproduced in our midst.
The ancient Republics of Greece and Rome were
filled with this class of viruent per-ecui ors for
opinions sake. Nero and his abiect slaves about
him. who charged disloyaly and treason on anv
Roman citizen who dared to question the hateful
tyrants purity and policy. They did their mas
ter's bidding just as the hired spies and perlutel
informers in the pay Of this Administration do
theirs. They smote down life and liberty in the
name Of loyalty To ruler who violated every
principle OF Roman law and every instinct OF
Justice We are now witnessing exactly the
same thing-the same base principle ut work
here They now rage at such men as YOU, be
cause You dare to assemble here. although the
Constitution secures YOU that right. They saw
you are traitors, as Nero's soldiers did. because
in the exercise of your legal privilege you ques-
tion the policy ard the honesty of your public
servants You are TO be OStraciSed in social life.
oppressed and hunted down in business tradncod
in your characters, if YOU dare to your own
judgment in affairs which vitality affect all YOUR
interests You are lot to be allowed to select
what YOU shall read. To be seen with a Cincn-
natl Enquirer. is to be turned ont of church and
Chart ,bly consigned to the flames of perd
ton Your company is also TO be chosen for
you. Certain men YOU are not 10 speak t0 or be
seen in association with You are gentlemen
m all things, and in every furm. 10 comply with
the dictation OF these. your self-constitued mas
terS; and then, perhaps. they will graciouSly per
NIT YOU To be considered lnyal and faithful cit
zens. In what terms shill characterize these
mscreantS. these pirates the rights of the pei
pie, these invaders of constitutional liberty. the. e
most prolig,ie traitors t the l,ws of God and
MANI They have not been seen alone in civil
affairs. The men who are now den0uncng free.
dom of opinion and freedom of speech would if
they dared. do now as their prototypes have done
IN times past in the great struggles for religious
liberty Thsv would ,ve kindled the n ames OF
martyrdom around Ridley and Latimer. and liz
tened complacently to the diving groans of John
Rogers. They would have hunted to death the
Catholics of Mar,ltnd. and bored the ears of
QuakerS on Boston Comm Nv free born ie
low citizens tn uuhallowed spirit must be met
folds Of serpent IL will crush us The struggle
may he fierce. and it may be bloody, bur the issue
Is safe Eternal right and justice are with us
Some NAV fall, but their graves will be rs the
graueS OF Hampden and Russell Flowers OF i'm
mortality will hlopm over them Their name
will be embalmed in the rich odors of blessed
mem"iv. vhfl' those whn tetrav constitutional
libc. tn an,i TIE right of cnnscien,e will take rank
al.rg si!c Of Ailcitl in tie roll g. nfamy.
Why. how cane t',iS Government to he found
ed this land l., bc POS essed ,y our fathers?
They fled from the shallow of thrones TO escape
lu>; such lcls eCnicnS a nov asSai American
cl Z"rs. They c~c-ped. the we VIII also esea ne.
hu' in different mode from estors at that
time We will not flee We will abide here
We will f'i'hfnly obey all The hws This is
our strength We have ever been law abiding
party But bel'ue God and mar this day sol
emhy .rn lie Republican p,r;v that it shall
obey the law~ also u hes ieur iis last hour oi
lave Violence will imprrify We know the
lesSun of fhe Declaration of Indenen1ence h
heart Cc''ain rights re inaiienahie We will
not he lhed OF them King Genre tried that
He aItc~ie@ ciizer- without law they have
been are>lel here in Ohio Heu1nsporiei them
to distant rneinns. vour citizens have been
transported he held them without trial. So
has Mr. Lincoln The violations OF personal
liberty creatvd revolution in l7.6. and the tota
Abandonment Of similar outrages alone pre-
vent like result in 1863
d. We It md in Of those who would DENY
us the rights which our si es purchased nj Bunker
Hill and 1orktown1 | do not. nor do YOU
Death comes hut once To the brave while n cow