The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1863-06-02

in the enjoyment Of permanent peace IL viii
Of Of ns sysr ssve ao on the subs" rougS
the ballot box ind who will contend that they ehoa.d
DO required 90 deal with such vital without
restrained dscussionin the press ana on
tho rostsa. Many Of the poor men OF the country re-
gard that clause Of the CoDscrption act which presents
ready pe Tor the rich from the carnage OF the field
whio il doosas them because Of their poverty
ngly unequal and unjust and think should be repealed
no right 10 express that opinion and to ash their fol
how citi2es, when they 70 the polls, 70 displacc
those who adopted tho offensive measuresS trust not
This right Of free speech is the essence Of
system Of government, and hence the clear aud en-
phaiio protection thrown about Il by the cosssisn
ton. Its freedom must be maintained and vindt
Gated In this crisis or the country DO abandoned
TO desperation. The democratic party are for uec
snd ana s Ss non ~ ana w
the blessing Of God, they viii maintain these priceless
ss sps or much @
that had committed the overt act OF treason. He had
not boosted his abors Of twenty years 70 break up the
Union He had not denounced the constitution ~ Q
covenant with hell and league with the devil" II
not charged that he had, at any time, main.
allowed TO depart in peace' and yet tho men who said
these things are enjoying the liberty Of speech IN the
banished from his home his many ardent admirers
No sentiment OF disloyay to the or nddey
With the aSnnsrSun was as g shs beat mssns Of
sustaining tho government and saving the Union.
That Is precisely the diusrence between the admin
israton and the democratic party as also
between Mr. Lincoln aud many OF those who assisted 70
make him President. yield to 10 devotio 10 the
Cnion, ana yet could not reconcile support or the al
mnistraOn with that devotion, because believed that
many or s leading calculated 70 destroy
rather tnan TO re.establsh the Union; and surely
not Of those who rate the and the admius
traton as the same and hold that because one Ia IN
friendly TO the administration, he 10 necessarily unfah
full To the government II would be about sensible 10
claim that railroads and the agents who them arc
and the same and that he who would condemn and
dpacc incompetent engineer because he was abont
20 run the train on the track and kill the passengers was
therefore traitor 10 oil railroad enterprise &c. too
es!ance TO an administration, s usuYpations and its
aggressions. may be true fidelity TO tho government
subject THAT ope would suppose that Mr.. Lincoln
would readily convinced that every effort 10 suppress
free speech would be fuel names and that IL Is his
true policy, from restricting 70 invite free discus
Sion and defy criticism. Should no do this have no
doubt that time the country would abound with
more liberal sentiment toward his administration and
its But the people will submit 10 restric
lions the freedom Of speech and the press and they
convpCe Mr. Lincoln and his friends Of this deter
mination in any other way they will do so with the bal
lot. Now gentlemen, have already said much than
had intended for the condition OF throat renders it
unsafe for TO make long speech 10 night air. In
decd, Twas strongly inclined when came here to say
moro than that the late letter OF Governor Seymour,
which am confident you have oil read expresses oe
ter terms than can command my views and sent
monts touching the and banishment of Mr. vaan-
dgbam.
The proceedings very orderly. The name Of Val
landgham frequently eheered on its repetition by
the several speakers also that or General McCe
lam The meeting adjourned at half past ten 0'coc