The Chattanooga Daily Rebel. [volume] (Chattanooga, Tenn.) 1862-1864, 1863-03-15

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1era authorities directed the seizure Of telegiaphiC
dispatches -ah order which ought 10 have been 70.
sisted by appeal 10 the Courts. But this s nothing
70 what followed. Next We had arbitrary arrests, the
seaclo OF h0u and SEIZURE uf private papers with.
out authority OF The law; then came the Suspension p
the hdbtJ CO.. pss and. lastly, marital Law which I.
no law at all but the will OF some de pot was Sxtend
led over a people remote hon theatIe of war
And as II these hipss were not enough TO break down
free people, bill is introduced into Congress, which
threatens TO take iron them what little Is le Of thel
liberties. refer 10 the senatcs Mill ~ Bill, for The
Organization OF lheinilta&a bill which, II It should
become Law Womb anpihilate State ivereigniy and
place our citizens at the feet OF Tx utige power
If, fellow citzeGs, tie spirit Of your patriot tather
yet burus In your hos your indgnat remODstancf
against these things should be loudly proclaimed
i kshOnld be glad tossy something OF arbitrary ar
rests OF the imprisOnr nt of unod1dng citizens iu
Jour American Bastlc5,a dark chapter In the hstoy
lUt this afflicted country but what would say 0l these
lourag ges nss be erved tora future occasion They
we're borne iI silence long while, and the wAndeEis
that hey were borne 20 long az they were IL seeued
lior While as II the people we're dead almost, to
senfe Of thet rights 4nd liberties aud incapable OF
asserting either. BIT they were aroused at last.
But, sir, VIC might have gone On n this way, regard
less Of the tue coalition OF things, but for another
i OF supreme ioy or something worse. The people
i hay plCslTate in the dust hugglng tic chains thai
bound Them cheated into the belief that this vhas,
tsement iother good and beguilcd by The false.
aood thai the var was bot waged sr the purpose OF
ntererng with the domestic Institutions OF the South
or the ri ehts ~ the States but fer some other mr.
lPose they might, sayl have gone on this way, max
ng any and every s-crice for the cause asexpained
10 reIn ii 1t had not been for the Abolition Proca
paton OF the 22d Of September That opened Aeir
ieJes; that aroused their indignation, and that it is
which has done Romething--nay it has done much
toward correcting puOhc opinion a8 TO the charac.
! Ter and Tealpu:pose OF The war. ...-s D..
/ But, gentlemen, tue PfOchunaton has not been ex
posed as u ought to have been II has only been oc.
casionay denounced when it should have been every.
where, often, and loudly rebuked. tIrpose "a vim
| a lew words about it before | take my seat There
le two features Of 1t which gre open TO The seyerest
condemnation. Ia the Gfst place, 1t encoiraRes the
bhcks 70 rise and murder their masters There s no
| getting away from this Now do not apprebend
there is aaDy great danger Of such a rising of the
blacks, except perhaps where the Federal arms may
have penetrated on some day next week or ext
monlhbut there is the damned license to initiate
series of atrocities at the South which If once begun
an it were possible they could become general wOul6
convert that portion Of our country into another st.
Domingo l...-I-t o. -u Ni' d
But r. there is another feature of il scarcely less
tevolting TO my mind than the one just named That
feature is this: Your soldiers many Of them from NV
! England worthy young men, brought up under tle
toppings OF the sanctuary, aud taught suppose, 10
love mercy and hate Iniquty; these men formed nt,,
bataIiens aad regiments, and sent South to follow
their leaders whcreVer ordered are forbidden by the
Proclamation to interfere Ia case Of sorvile insrrec
llOus III pJuoU NhuS tuGy 70 hGlnO Win folded
}s,ns while the bhck population seek the destruction
of the whites. do not believe tie troops could re
frain from interfering in such an emergency but the
baTbarOns decree TO them is Glands on Well now
let me ask, waits the history of cur relations with
the people Of toe South In The better da Us of the
sepubhe they came often TO reside among US: their
sons and daughters came With them tD ne eGdeated
! They "brQugt hlther tbeirgenjuse etO be kinded NJ
Ourresal l{erei ithefsyodhh men married andlgih
their Northerp wives returned 10 the pnntatltns tu
la sl their nd
Moth went South alsO aad married there aud aleW
to love the good people OF that county :, ,vh3 took
them by the hand, aud helped put them forward IN
the world. And let me te you sir, thot to-day there
ls probably million south of the 'inydiOus line 50
Iwaose ancestors arc buried 10 your graveJartls 6f
whp6e,gtandnMerts or parent, .aId brothers I'D ,ss
ter are residing NJ the North. And y0ur lroops the
Kindred blood still trckiug Va ther yeins are to be
madehe unwilling nslrninoRt ia this 1gsngg9f car.
ryiug into eject proclamgtiQ1 Q lhe most R1called
tor and batbar0us character ST. 7 have 10 augtaRe
10 characterize It Ast ~ 0eserFek IhapE Gddi New
York has rebnked il; Ohio has rebuked III New Jer-
sey and PenhsyBahia have rebuged II; Illinois and
Indiana have Tebukedti Iowa aud WISCONSIN, have
lreBuked IL and n1CsS than two months Connecticut
will rebuke u in snch tones Of thunder as Shall be
heard from Maine 10 New. Orleans. rra.sg ip1ll
But there n one other topic / would notice before
qattngiths subec These des1otlc acts kof which
have spoken aud especially the last one are iusti
fed ON the grounc Of estate necessity This doc
trne of State neceqBity vas admirably exposed and
torn T. pieces years ago By tho eloquent Senator from
New Hampshire. aud true patriot, the Hon Franklin
Pierce since president Of the United Sta,esy regret
you sD extraOt from H. which would be more 70 the
purpose than anything ! can say.slf 4 httd adj
The plea OF State eessy, which Il sometime es
called ghe tyTantB plea nas 10 business N the aAiiA
q (reeRen. gergny, Y Y Plse NRisAshOdld nev
enment. Who're there Is a written Constitution wei
must abide by, chat or 60 RiTaightt 90 despolism
The nahy therefore, ID Government af4rs, who sets
up any such plea the Que just named as an excnse
SaIeo; and Sho6bh Ike ay save beerf misied 6y' bad
adviser, AsffHt sseapst beuneaHenpes'of M
SipasJ ovetgte nataefdis idftcAodsof SbeH lSon,tl
tuition, soNs pbEhsh lJeterFed 10 only mo-
nehts snCe nhd fake what IN some respecisia the
worst bt al,ahe PfS6lAHhtioh Of DECENTRALIZATION Iand
ask yOl toJpVk at thEt as ittgsa1 presehts 0s the
militia yh V ty 81 The case. Sir, IL was preciselyt
hiskhdof military heoesiiy Whleh dictated The en-
poyment Of 'merclless sayagel 20 bntoheryour feb.
el ioreathers This was Justified by Lsri Suffolk ibl
The British Fariiam6Gt, ontle sr'ind that the doEsd
ernment should employ all the means that (1d and
natdio had p tin bis hands for suppressing tbeWibk
ed rebellion. The indignant reply Of L6rd Ghatkan
/ lam.Ii3F & z sTy7csgeSRSy hsl iaeas tad
oD and nature i1tnoN nGtl hue this do khow ehatl
such sntinepts a4ho has sAyQWed ary equally abh5f.
mt t0 iellgibhand hhmanhy. 10 was-s some plea oil
hs lTt tbnt laid wyoming IN ashes, aud AZ laior
lay and withia the DeoOfy Of most of Es pgOnIpied
Nc mhlsbcre of Textn ptisorets az The Alamo. nd
qming down ~ the case belgm u.s. it isthel lplta Of
ho haltrs ot She South who VIII he safsed with h0 II
lhbe lessthha ~ dettrhetinn n \
Il II from doeirines like these lhe people, without
lbtncii)n of pnriy turl away VITO undissembled
luror and dlegut aud seek, ihthe rind Of yom po,i
itea urganizltion the nleaDa OF putiins anseHd 10
uch ullraism, and of nauguntng o new and betterl
,ocv, which shall have some kind ~ ionRdatidh ipl
Gospel precepts In no other way. tAlinw citizens
an account for the recent Victories IN New York
nd other Sateal The mistakes, the err0fa the fol II
lts and tie worse than pnnAers Of the IBcoR Adj
bythese victories Rignaly rebuktd
y the bluot iSA maFa sham, and the marcb'uf great
vents no moro consequence than the shnlng sands
4 The deaeTt. SOL hEH tN N..A = TDN. "
But, teowcitiEens, have something mora 10 Eay
4 this before quit this stand. n ever there was
lens qsIFsk piit rad speak pidtly now u thai tlms
-tosmorrow may Ne TOO late, IRsk no one 70 b. 20
ponsb lor any thing have sRia Ot TOT What elsd n
iy h4ye ~ say I,iaRd hero % sSs ties utie,mcs
my thoughts on The present crisis In our HatiWr
RAysg Hithbot Mar 6r iAy6rof ahy uiSn and AA 6oBI