Democrat and sentinel. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1853-1866, 1863-01-28

uOuDt as 10 the truth and propr1ety some
| thing which the god had advanced, Jupiter
Immediately threatened him with his
| thunderbolts. Now. said the country
man, you threaten me with your thunder,
L know you must be wrong as long as
| you resort TO reason, yeu may be right,
but whenever You appeal to thunder, L
know you are wrong.
There is a moral in this pleasant little
fable, which the Government would do
We'll 10 lay at heart. As long as ii rca-
sons with the people, and cndeavCrs within
lis constitutional limits TO use all the en-
ergies of the State in this present war. it
may retain the confidence and co-Opera-
ton OF that people, but the instant it COM
mrnces to launch its thun,lcrs against the
rights OF personal liberty, the right OF free
discussion and Il free press, that moment
the feelings of the people revolt, ard like
the countryman with Jupiter. 'sthev know
1t Is in the wrong" 1t Is bad enough TO
have the Executive sanctiOning violations
OF the Constitution, but TO have Judges
in the land vieing with each other who
can be the most scrvile in sanctioning
such usurpations, is only reviving the
memory OF those corrupt judges who gave
a judgement for the crown in the matter
OF ship money, in the time of the said
Charles. Said Justice Cawlev, of the
Common Pleas the laws know no
King yoking policy the law in it
self Is an old and trusty servant of the
king-it is his instrument. | never heard
that lex was rex, but it is common and
most true that rex is lex" Vernon. an
other disgrace to the ermine, gave his
opinion in these servile words -: The
King pro bona puJ!,co, may charge his
subjects for the safety and defence of the
realm, notwithstanding any act of Parli-
ment, and he may even dispense the laws
in case Of necessity" 1t would appear
that we have Nernon's and Crawley's in
our day.
In the days Of Charlc~, too, they had
..r0I. THorOslh." For the State and its
cXigcncics, threatened tr,H rebellion, | am
for Tioygvgf," said Laud. BY this word
Ttorough, this bold primate meant thor
omih absoIutism in the crown, Morolg5
muzzling OF the press, h,0roUgh checks
upon the license of the tongue, and
the liberty of the subject The
wagging tongue he stilIed with lot
scorching iron-and the sin of Hbeling
the State, by cropping the ears OF the
offender. My friends, we have just such
men all around us to-day. They are
that fail from my lips-men who reason
now Just "a Land and Strafford reasoned
then-iust rs Cardinal Granville and the
infamous Duke Of Alva reasoned before
them. And what was the result OF
Laud's and S:raffords plotting against
the liberties OF the subject! Both per
ished on the scaffold-and Prime with
stumps of 81 his poor lost ears" rooted
out by Laud's knife and his checks BRAN
ded with glowing iron for his iibels upon
the Senate, yet lived TO conduct the i'm
parchment against the prond prelate, Of
whose relentless power he had been 50
often the victim Tyranny, like any
other vice, has it day of retribution, and
will sooner or later perish with lis victims.
Remember that our Constitution is only
"a formal Declaration of principles held 10
be true centuries ago. The Constitution
created no new principles. ''Ihere are
certain primary rights" says Kent,
(which, under our Constitution, the gov
| ernment cannot IN any emergency arbitrarily
interfere with; among these are the liberty
of the person, the liberty OF speech and of
the press. These are rights inestimable
| to freeman only"
! Our fathers caught tie inspiring strain
| from Magma Charta, and it was prolonged
/ in those sonorous tones sounding forth
| from our own glorious Constitution; 'sNo
one shall be depr,reG o. Et;5, liberty or prop
e,ty 5citioh Gae process Of tar" Cherish,
my friends, these great rights thus guaran-
teed TO you by your Constitution : Never
| surrender them never allow them to be
compromised or gainsayed, for they con-
| stitute the keystone Of the Arch of Free
dom. Once destroyed, and the sun of
liberty is extinguished in your sky, and
! the dark and horrid night OF Despotism
Will wrap you in Its gloomy embrace for
ever. We only call that government free,
which not only shelters Its subjects from
the injustice of the many, but the tyranny
of the one or the few.
We, as n people, are free, because
from ancient times there came laws writ
ten as if with the finger of the highest
Free. because to us, In this day, il was
thought conscience and opinion were free
1t Is a great thought that the law of the
land recognizes there is a part about
every mans affairs 50 sacred that il must