Juliet signal. [volume] (Juliet [i.e. Joliet], Ill.) 1844-1???, 1863-01-06

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due process of law. by the order of thS
executive officers OF this Government. q
the times and places where, In all csues.
courts OF justice were entirely open, and
the execution of the lave wholly unobstrue-
ted. The most remarkable page 10 the he
tory OF our race is the fact that willis these
outrages have been committed upCn The
rights OF our people, no resistance has bean
ehered. 10 violence done, and no life has
been taken as the penalty for the wrong.
Ihe desire of the people to preserve he
peace IN their own midst has restrained
them thus far from the Commission of ~
lence.
Attempts have been made to intimidet
our people at the polls. Provost marshals
have been sent verywhere, and vet our
people have not been provoked to violate
order. But they are in earnest. Thrf
mean to preserve their liberties and thsiY Z
rights. The results Of the last elections
we're ofho temporary character. Such :
triumph has never before been Witnessed
IN this country. There 10 not uan who
voted the Democratic ticket last fall
throughout the country. who is not prspaT.
sd. when the proper time comes, 10 LAP
down his life rather than sacrifice his
lIperty. We may as well understand this.
Let US talk plainly about il. Let us noS
Try to deceive ourselVes or others. We are
no aseassins. We are DO law bfeakers.-
Oar people have endured q great DEAL
They have submitted 10 arbitrary arrests
and IMPROVEMENTS. But let me say 20
you, In God'S rsme. pause, stop, you can.
not 90 any further" Our people are re-
solved that you shall not. They are de-
termined. Do nOt nisunderstsnd thsm.-
Ne are tor union. We are for liberty
constitutional liberty. Our ancestors, II
AL times past, have vindiostsd Il cad
descendants, after long suffering, win II
need be, Vindicate it before God and The
world.
repeat it, Mr. Chairman, our psopIef
are in earnest. They mean all that they
have said. They love the Gag, bseanco u
represents Constitution, order, Law. Thsv
do not wish to be slaves, and DO not ints1d
to be made slaves. We have had bill
passed here to-day, under whip aad spar,
without debate, without inquiry, extssds
ing amnesty to those who have thaH
vronged our people. think you had bots
ter also pass bill extending amnesty %
those Of you whom the people have sons
dsmned for your course here, 70 that voc
can have political resurrection hefeaEs
ter. That is the only way you can ever
have il done. 1t is the only way in Whish
you can ever have forgiveness. If you oE-
pect that when the courts come 10 lock e.
the monstrous bill which you have passed
to-day, wipiug out all the rights Of theS6
who have been immured IN prison, the1
will bold 1t as constitutional, you aregFssS-
ly mistaken. No court If justice vii held
that that gives indemnity for the wunton.
reckless, tyraDicsl exercise OF power. 70
is not Justice before God in Heaven. Ny
opinion about il 10 that you bad bettsY
have left the courts open to our people, and
let those men who had ruthlsssly aud rsck-
lessly violated every precept, law, end
Constitution, take tbs legal consequences
OF their acts.
But, Mr.. Chairman. there is no excuse
or pallistion for the arrests that have been
made. care not whether you take she,
case of the old man, like Mahcnsy, sctter-
ing to the grave or the little boy il New
England, who sells newspapers for q living:
or men of high and spotlese character and
devoted fidelity to the laws, Ike Judge
Duff, of Illinois OF the unfortunate boy
who was confined in Camp Chase, who
could not pay his washer woman's bill, and
was. therefore, accused of dIsloyal practice
ss or take the men of great intellect, like
Edson B. Odds, Of OHIO, or the unlearnsd
squirrel hunter from my friends mr..
RoBINsoN's district, who did not knoTbus
that JEFF. Davis aud Lincoln we're on the
same side ; or intermediste between there
extremes-there is not one Of them who
could not have been tried in the plsos
where the offsnse was said to have been
committed aud, if found guilty, eorrece
public sentiment would have seen that the
penalties Of the law weFo fully enforced
Upon them. In II these cases you have
violated the Constitution and laws. You
have disregarded them both. And nov
you turn around and pass an act of immu--
nifty to all concerned IN inhicting these OUT
| RACES and wrongs. You have immured in
prioon men equal, ay, superior, in intslD
lect to the President or any Cabinet Ofiosr.
meE more devoted to The Constitution and
| laws Of the country than all Of thea to-
| gether. Now, after sll these outrsRss.
you propose to invest the President With
power to suspend the writ of hG6eGs corpus.
the great birthright Of Euglisbmsn and
| Americans and which has never until
now, been disregarded under any eircun-
stances in this country. except inside de
the actual lines Of the Army.
Mr.. Chairman, have talked warmly en-
this subject because felt deeply. I havo
advised, and now advise. moderation. Our
| people want peace. They mean 70 pre-.
serve the Constitution and the Unieu.+
They kuow that you cannot persist 10 the
course which you are now taking. Thai
course leads TO the destruction Of both thS
Constitution and the Uaion. I am nse
authorized to speak or lay down the plsa
which is to govern anybody Ia futars.-s
/ do noi speak to-day for that purpose.
Perhaps | should not anticipate the eoursd
of the President Of the United States IN ~
gard to his proclamation. trust that he
will reconsider il that be will pace zee
not go forward with il. This Govsrnmsns
cannot be restored by the sword alone
You must carry with it tbs olive hran6hs
The President says We are making history.
trust We are not making such history g
the incendiary who swung bis lighted
! torch in the air to burn the teuipIs Of De
ana at Ephesus, and who has lels bic nsno
behind, while the name Of him who reared
that temple has perished from our meme
riss. think we may expect that uolsg
q change OF policy. the blessings Of the Ups
ion may JET be restored and made psFpStus
oil.
Mr.. Chairman, an very much ebIies1
TO the committee for the attention via
which il has listened to my remarks. I
have spoken freely aod fairly, and stteDp.
ted TO do ny duty in this great public sEfs<
is Of our country.
A lively Hihernisn exclaimed, al Q Bars
] ty where Theodore Hoax shone 20 The
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