, 1863-10-19

lGAOA4 tAE SAALaAt<& !apFeals aEpk. oelA-I
Two items Of information that have 1ately
reached US from the United States chow the
rapid progressI not the consummAtion Of fdes-
potism In that unhappy country The first
Is the suspension OF the writ OF habeas corpus,
as to all persons connected With the military
or naval service, and changed with any Of
fence tending to the obstrnctlon Of the MILL
tary policy Of the Administration. The sec
ond is the enforcement Of SO strict censor
ship over the press, that with the newspapers
at.the seat Of Government, .'even matters In
20 manner connected with military opera.
cIal Supervision" We ogree with the Rich.
mond Whia, that nothing more is lacking to-
mike the Yankee President IN absolute auto
crat.
The immense military and naval force Of
the United States is Internationally Aabject
to his control. The entire financial means Of
the country are at his disposal. Any citizen
In the land may at any moment be deprived
Of his liberty, By being thrown into jail,
without the right Of being informed of what
be Is accused, or Of being brought before .
The Press, whose freedom is everywhere
the measure Of the liberty Of the people, is
forbidden to publish anything without the
permission Of IN "of1cia1 supervisor" The
Autoc1at Of Russia, the Emperor Of Austria,
ers thar. these.. Invested with these attrl-
bntes and agencies Of supreme and frrespon-
sible authority, there Is no act OF tyranny that
may be practiced BY any ruler Of d civilized
race, that the Yankee President may not prac-
tice.
The people oyer whom he relgns are as lit.
orally and truly slaves as though he were the
descendant and heir OF o long line Of gore
reign despots, and they the children Of eerts
and bondsmen Of twenty generations. That
such should be their fate, sooner or later, If
they should attempt to convert government
f,v n Nrv nf
#as predicted by all thinking men before the
experiment Was made.
But the rapidity with which they have
moved to their doom, the bo1dness and reck-
: eerYile submission Of the people are matters
Of asto1lEoment even to those who thought
least favorable Of the Yankee capacity Of self-
government. They have succumbed with
/. scarcelF protest, or sign even that they suf-
flcfently appreciated the essentials to free
government to know when these are destroy
ed, or TO be aware Of the fate to which hey
few who at one time seemed to realize their
situation, and had the courage to confront
the destroyer Of their liberty, have
either been suppressed BY the strong
hsnd of lawless power, Or have supinely
which It mas most proud, and for which it
was most renow owned, is passing from it. VAL
landigham Is In exile; Voorhees, has narrowly
escaped hanging; Seymour has sold himself
to The war party Wood, Brooks, and the rest
Of them are dumb; Maine, the least fanastcal
Of the New England States, has proclaimed
itself In favor Of the Lincoln policy, The
overthrow OF free government Is complete,
and the usurpatlon stands uuchal1enged and
pnrebnked. The fact should make Us strug-
gle more resolutely to escape being involved
in the came ruin, and to preserve for our
children, and for the benefit OF mankind, the
principles and Institutions Of republican lib.
e1tY, rescued By us from the fabric before II
fell.
The above is almost verbatim copy Of ar
ticles appearing daily in the secesh Tines o.
this city.