North Branch democrat. [volume] (Tunkhannock, Pa.) 1854-1867, 1863-07-29

ted every home, it spared no age, no sex, It
pitied no condition, 1T sacrificed whole heca-
4 tefnbs of victims to suspicion and private
malice, it converted all. France into a field of
tlood... All this may. transpiTe here before
reyes ifhe doctrine of the Executive,
lately announced, is to receive our submiss-
ion. Well might leading Administration
journal (The New York Tmes) excam a
few months ago: hitherto President Lincoln
has gwen us no Constitutional Administration
l. ~ *l* he has assumed himself to be the
sole Executiye-to control in his own person
the whole action and conduct Of the Govern
ment, and that, too avowedly without any
fixed and stable policy, but according to the
shifting drifts and currents Of public senti-
lnent and the changing judgments and caprces
of his own mind. N No monarch in Eu-
rope at this day, however absolute, attempts
or dreams Of such an undertaking, and Mr.
Lincoln must abandon it, or the ruin Of his
country will be the price Of his presumption"
But let US indulge in some inspiring historI-
cal recolect.Ons.- The history Of New Eng
land is full Of glory on this subject. The
wrts of assistance were the cuntrivance of a
servile Parliament in aid of the usurpations
of tyrrannical king. They gave the right
in mode however pointed ont by law, to do
that which our present Executive authorizes
his officers to do without color of legal en-
actmcnt The spirit of liberty took the
alarm. The flames of the Revolution blazed
up under the eloquent denunciations Of
James Olis. quote from the speech Of that
lervd apostle Of American freedom: IA
the third place." said he, g person with
this writ, in. the daytime, may enter all
houses, shops, &C., at will, command all to
assist him. Fourthly, by this writ not only
deputies, &C., but even their meniaI servants
are allowed to lord it ovec u.s. What is this
but to have the curse of Canaan with wit
ness on us: to be the servants of servants,
the most despicablc of Gods creation. Now
ore of the most essential branches of English
liberty is the freedom Of ones home. A
mans house is his castle 4; and whilst
| he is quiet he is as vel guarded as
Prince in his castle. This writ if it should
! be declared legal, would totally annihiIate
| this privilege, Gus tom house officers may
may enter our houses when they please; VIC
are commanded to permit them to enter.
may krcaak locks, and everything in their
way /; and whether they break through malice
or revenge; no man. no court can enquire.
! Bare surpicion without oath is sofficicient,
y What a scene does this open
Every man prompted by revenge, i'll humor!
or wantonness, to inspect the inside OF his
neighbours house, may get a writ of assist.
ance. Others will ask it from seli-defence
one arbitrary exertion will provoke another,
until society be involved in tumultand blood"
And out of this question Of personal liberty
and the security of your ancestors homes, in
the language of John Adams, speaking of this
event, " American independence was then
and there born. The seeds of patriots and
heroes to defend the non sine dis dni n,osus
iatanS. to defend the vigorous youth were
| then and there sown." And shall we at this
late day abandon those very principles for
which our fathers enacted Lexington and
Bunker Hill I? Shall we deliver up into the
hands of tyrrany the Declaration Of our In
dependence ? Shall we surrender all that our
Constitution has gained from the system Of
one man power? Alas the American revolu-
tion is in vain2 Did it produce no permanent
policy2 Has the existence of American lib
erty been a sweet but temporary dream?
"Oh Liberty can resign thee
Once having felt thy generous flame?
| Can dungeons, bolts and bars confne thee.
- Or whips thy noble spirit tame p
From this spot, and on this holy day set
apart in the calendar of time to the cause Of lib
erty would soemny warn the Executive and
his advisers, in candor and not IN malice, that
civil war has but just commenced ia this un-
happy country if they cotinue to pursue their
present career of license and upsurpati on. -
By the shades of the mighty dead who died
! for American freedom, we here swear to pro-
tect and preserve the great inheritance. But
! all that have urged to-day in behalf OF the
integrity of the Constitution will be met by
the ancient, venerable AMI odlous plea that
nessesity exists fer its subversion. Shall
this abonination in the sight Of reason be
dignifed by an argument? Shall we pause
| to explode this thousand times exploded doc
trine Of depo:ism2 Is the experience of all
history lost upon the American mind Are
we deafto th voices that issue from the tombS
of ancient Republics2 They all died rom
military nessity. This is the story of the
school books, and the children Of the civilized
world know it by heart. But in defiance of
reason and experience the usurpers Of the
present hour have boldly intrenched them
selves is the worn out maxims of king craft,
and demand the surrender of this last for
tress of Constitutional liberty. .. ......
$50 spake the fend, and with necessity. ,.
The tyrant's plea, excused hlsdevilish deeds