Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1863-06-17
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This Black Republican l6dor-lhe right
bower OF the Administration was COM
!, PEELED either through fear Of an excited
and outraged populace, or guilty cons
science, on the ith instant at Chicago, to
rehearse to the people Of that city the in.
, Vulnerable wrongs committed by his W
patty during their short official carear.-
!. Senator Trumbul was oyerswed and com,
PEELED to qsit telling his truths by tho
:, Abolition mob he was addressing, who
shouted for Jennison. This man Jenni,
son is the notorious Kansas murderer and
a ljayhawker-John Browns oo-worker in
. Kansas during the troubles in that State.
, Mr., Trumbull's~ surroundings we're some.
what similar to those Of Pontius plate,
who preferred the death offs murderer to
that Of an innocent person, but the mob
shouted for the deliverance of the murder,
er, Bara5bas but ia this instance the
mob preferred the presence of a murderer
and a highwayman, to that OF a United
States Senator who advocated law and
liberty. We reqnest a careful reading Of
this speech, 1t prefaces the death rattle
of Abolition rule.
From the Chicago Times Of Saturday.
AT the Republic IL meeting in tho Court
House Square on Thursday evening, after
speeches by the Hon. VIM. kellogg and
Senator Doolittle, OF Wisconsin, Hon. Ly>
man Trumbull, Senator for Illinois, was
introduced. The speech was a Signi fcdnt
one, and, in view OF the remarkable change
Of policy in the Republican party which
il i~oreshadows, will attract universal ats
%tention.
Mr., Trumbull said II was rather em-
barrassing to attempt to speak TO an aus
dience which insisted OH heuring some one
else, but solemn conviction of duty com, .
PEELED him to speak, when under ordi
nary circumstance he would have remainr
ed silent.
tie did not come to infame their pas.
sions already too much aroused. Their
country was in danger, and they nAlst look
the peril in the face. No adiectlves he
could pile up, no vile names lie could APP.
ply 10 those who do not agree with him,
calling them eopperheads and traitors
hASSNAAE iAA lNbtlllpAl VI
in asserting the supremacy of the consli.
tuition and the laws.
lie did not desire to inspire them with
a hurrah, but he wished to talk to their
judgments and inspire them thro' appeals
70 their reasons.
The times, he said. are gravel A ma.
jority of the people ofour State are taking
ground against the Administration,-an
| Vyhv ? In tho mama of IIooan rrl,, =,
this | will tell you why ; | will point
out TO you some of our mistakes that they
may be corrected in the future. The
reason is we have not adhered to David
Crocketi's motto, "Be sure you are riqht
then go ahead u A voice w are always
right have lived long enough to know
} that am not infallible, perhaps you are
have some respect for the opinion of
others.
One of our mistakes is that we have nj
lowed our opponents to make false Issues.
But this is not the worst. The great
} change, the change that has damaged the
Administration above all others. is that we
are in favo. of the exercise OF arbitrary
power, that we are opposed TO The freedom
of speech and opinion, to the freedom of
the press, in favor Of curtailing personal
liberty arc i'll favor Of despotism. Now
> we should not allow these things. We
have been the advocate Of free speech for
the last forty years, and should not allow
the party, which during that whole time
has advocated the gag 10 usurp our place.
We are lighting Tor the restoration of
the Union, and the preservation Of the
Constitution, and all the Liberties it guar
antees TO every citizen. And it makes me
; feel bad when | bear some honest friend,
trimming full of patriotism, say he does
not care Tor the Constitution and does not
want 10 have it forced IN his way, or thrust
in his face, until the war is over. The
rebels cannot thrust it in his face, for they
no rights Under il, save the right TO be
tried and hung for treason. lContinued
applause. ,
In certain districts the military law is
supreme. Gen. Grant is in command Of
an army in Mississippi, which is in revolt,
Will any one deny his right to make ar
rests, his right to suppress newspapers,
and to level fire like those around you to-
night, in order TO get Il range for his guns3
flNo. And yet these are all arbitrary powers.
Blu. these exercises of il are not the trous
Iblesome cases. The great difficulty is in
these districts, where rightiul, civil gov
eminent is in opperation, where the judi
Dial tribunals are open, and tho laws res
, tpected-the laws which afford a remedy
+ for every wrong. As a rule, We must re.
, member that the civil law is sup 'rior TO
i the military law, and the cases are rare,
, very ra,e, where the rule can be reversed.
IL here resolves itself into the plain, ma
/, ked question Of whether the President
and his generals, by the simple clicking
OF a telegraph instrument, can cause the
Imprisonment of A, b. ORE If one gen.
eral can do it another can do it, and whore
is the end who will fix the Limit? lGreat
sensation and murmurs.
Do you propose to idterfere with The
f ballot box ICries of'No! no never,
never from all parts OF the meeting /
am glad TO hear you say that, and glad you
, are so unanimous. Did it ever occur to