Democrat and sentinel. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1853-1866, 1863-04-01

yours Republicans rioted in power.
Now sirs, the times are changed. You
are passing away; the people are wrest-
ing from you the sceptre of dominion
and men who. like Andrew johnson, are
willing to trample the Constitution under
foot, are in transition; they will in the
early future, be buried in dark oblivion,
and men will stand upon the grand bull
warks of the Constitution, the noble pull
>aiion of whose hearts beat in sympa-
thetic unison with thirty four States, who
viii bear aloft the banner of our country
with not a star erased-;hey are the men
who are trampling upon your heels and
viii soon follow in the places you now
occupy. Sirs, this is the past and pres
ent Of the rebellion, these arc the signs
of the times
am opposed to the reception of Gov
ernor johnson for no personal reason !;
but, sir, am unwilling to recognize his
present official position. He is not the
Governor of Tennessee in my view of
the law. I am opposed to the resolution
because Republican Senators are unwill-
ing TO yield the same courtesy to General
n fClci!an- am opposed to the resolu-
ton because | am unwilling to counte-
rance any o! those men who have rem
dcred aid and comfort toward sustaining
this dminis.ration-mark me-towards
sustaining this administration in its un-
constitutional, unwarranted and unneces-
S;,ry measures Andrew johnson is one
of those who has gone farthest, who has
bcen the most ultra of the ultra in sus-
I tanning The violent measures OF the ad-
ministiation at Washington.
NJ. Fuller VIII the Senator allow me
to ask him question
Mr.. Wallace. Certainly.
Mr. Fuller. Does the Senator refer TO
/ the war measures Of the administration :;
Mr. Wallace. I do. To those and TO
all other unconstitutional measures.
| NJ. Fuller. II is for that you condemn
+, hinls
| Mr.. Wallace. No, 81, rot for that
alone, but because he has been Il c'msist-
ent and warm frierd Of all their radical
measures.
| Mr.. Wal'ac' He has sustained the
administration in its emancipation mea-
s.ires, in its suspension of the writ o!
kabeas corpus, in all its prominent meas
| ures Sir, the Senator cannot point out
single measures, of this administration
that was opposed by the loyal people oi
the North, that has not been sustained by
Andrew johnson. 1t is for this shall
vote against his occupying this hall hall
Mr.. Fuller. Do understand the Sen
ator to say that the loyal people of the
North are opposed to Andrew johnson
1t is for this / shall vote against his oc
cupying this hall
Mr.. Fuller Do i understand the Sena
tor to say that the loyal people OF TIT
North are opposed to Andrew johnson
because he has sustained the Government
Mr.. Wallace. do not say any sucf
thing, and suppose that that sufficient,
covers the inquiry of the gentleman.
shall proceed In Its emancipation
policy-in its control and absolute sus
pension of the right of free speech and ;
free press-in its repeated arbitrary ar
rests-the administration has gone con
trary to the Government The Govern
ment of the United States can do non
of these things In the organic law o
the land, it is plainly written that tn
rights of personal liberty, freedom G
speech and freedom of the press ar
rights upon which no man dare lay hi
hand. Yet the right of personal hbert
has been repeatedly violated and the an
thority of the law contemned and defed
The courts wore open; the law of tn
land was in full force; none were inter
fering TO stop its execution; the peopl
loyal and submissive yet men have bee
taken by this administration from thei
homes and families, deprived of their con
stitutional right of trial by jury, and i'm
INJURED in distant forts and prisons.
The eternal principles embodied in th
bill of rights of Pennsylvania and cor
taincd in the Amendments of the Const
| tuition of the United States are the STRAIT
upon which rest all our political rig
! | It was to preserve these that the Const
tuition was framed. 1t was to secul
, these that the revolution was fought a
the other provisions of the written la
were designed as the outer barriers ft
the protection of these. These gre:
r principles are immutable and can nevc
, be subverted and our liberties preserve,
| These are tie Government To prote
= them is the highest duty of any admins
tration called into existence under the pr,
visions of the Constitution. No admit
/ istration can strike out of existence the.
r great principles without destroying Il
, the very institutions they are to supper
t And, sir, there is another thing to
, said in this connection Vacillation I