North Branch democrat. [volume] (Tunkhannock, Pa.) 1854-1867, 1863-06-10

Wv CONSULTATIVE e""P'Se usIcn =, lIco:
"Congress shall make no law respee,;,. :.
establishment Of religion, or prohibitip, ,S.
free exercise thereof, or dbridsing tie fresd.ss.
Of speech or the press or the right Of IA ~.
pie peace0bty to assemble and petition H.
government tor redress Of grievsnces.n.
The rule sought to be established by K;,.
Abraham and bis followers, 10 thss all ,h.,'
people who are so fDolhardy - to attsfu,, =.
criticise The conduct and acts of His M.is.,,
shall Be dbridyed of the freedom Of IT,.
speech, and that it is base and traitotou. r.,
the people peaceably to assemble and puI;..
ly discuss the affairs Of their own govsran.uf
and the public acts of their own ssrvsn,..
Again. Article ii. reads:
"The right Of the people to keep and b..,
arms shall not be infringed."
King Abrshsm differs slightly from n.,
above authority. He divides up his kineds,.
into districts, placeo military commander,
over ,hem, with instructions to issue thf.
edicts that the people shall not keep ana
bear in arms" (%ee military orders is,u.a
in the States Of Ohio and Ind anal Dos
this not hook as though he had been doin,
something directly antan gnonlstie to tho in.
terests "' the peape, and that he fears their
righteous Judgment
Article 4. rhe right of the people Ia h.
secure in the'r persons, hou .ee. paprrs And
effects agains: unreasonable searches and sei,.
ia tal hA It'd
shall issue but upon Probable cause, snpuo,t.
ed by oath or afir'nat"n, and particularly
drscribiig the place 10 be searched, and N.
persons or thing 10 be seized"
King Abraham does not hesita,e to ssad a,
| platoon Of soldiers at the dead hour Of MD.
night and violate the homes Of peaceabls and
Law abiding citizens, drag them from their
| he mes and friends and immure- them in dsa.
geone, without warrant. without authority o.
Law, and without even an oath Of probable
cause.
In great Britain this would probably !.
! called kidnapping or stealing but here, in fss
America, it is nothing bu, a I" military srrs.t"
made, perhaps, to CRAFTY the 6endish nalis..
nry "r partisan spleen Of some Of Abrahssf,'
liekspiitles, or perhance snme indignant si,.
Zen has had the temerity to call the military
comma ndant of his district donkey Or afol;'
and hence the necessity, in the elegant sad
classic language Of all good loyalis,s, tha. 10
should have his mouth shut up"
Article /. section Q, Of the Constitution
reads:
shall not be suspended unless where in css~'
of rebel lion or invasion The public safety nsy
require i,"--and then this provifo is sa.tAy
vested in Congress.
Now il will not be pretended that then
Eas been rebellion or insurrectIon in ary ot
the great States north of Masons and DiIOFs
line. Yet, Abraham has not shrunk from
the awful responsibility 'of laying bio hands
upon This wholesome provision, eomplrtel!
snnul'ine and setting,i it aside. Even 'whu
the judicial branch of the government
through the venerable chief justice TAnsy,N
tempted TO bolster up the TO, tering Pillsrsd
the people and the laws Of the Ian !, this
u.urper got behind his throne aud the glitter
ing bayouets with which he 10 snrroun5rt,
and bid bim defiance; .-~. ..s. ..;
THIS great writ of right together with the
trial BY jury, WAS wrung by the peoples
England from the hands of an insolent iyrshi
over SIX Cen. uries ago, and has ever sipce bssi
watched and guarded by the people with jsI
Gus anxiety, and was incorporated inte oH
Constitution as one Of the chief corner stems I
If Am rrican lbt rty.
How like fitting shadow it has passes
away,
The preamble tn the Constitution red'
"Wa, the people Of the United States
order t. firm more pertrc' union, e'tsof'
Justice. ensure domestic tranquility. pfo''o'
ror the cummo defence, promote the gensn
welfare AMI secure the blessings OF ilber'!
ourselves and u our posterity, d" 3rdLln MI
establish this Constitution iur tss I'M"
States Of Amer:ca."
Then il seems 1t was the people Who%
among other purposes, to secure the ols''HP
of liberty to themselves and posterity. n"
Abraham changes the whole order oi 'h''''
He secures to the people the blessed ilO''
of thinking and acting not as their own J"'I
mert may dictate hut as his supreme WV
shall pre.cribe and dictate. Glorious isno'
Freedom
According to the immortal deearsu0n
independence, G. vernments are in''''u"
among men deriving their just power NV.
the c onsent Of the governed" NOV Wv
der 10 that the government draws ito pow"
from Lincoln, Seward, Stanton 4 Co., 600 ~. ~
the governed; that il ia for the ben'f' o..
governors; that tho people have no risn"u
ly to bow down in sbject servihty sna ~
themselves in readiness to do the will o. ""
august masters.
Suehiare' some among this dlferen"
tween the Old government Of the u'
Ce~S~a arN tha oa-SopA II remains I"