The New York herald., 1863-10-22

Atunapplu4 muro0Ys fOUOery, T8po eTc ~ ~ W.
punished and unredrsssed committed BY the order Of
the President under his authority The odious doctrine
OF tyrants that"the king can do NO wrong enacted as
law, in even more Objectionable FORM In tins repuoic
OF ours, and In the full blaze Of tho light OF sne
nineteenth century Will not the peopleof the North OF
a parties seek protection the ballot box against nu
act OF usurpation which would be tolerated in no absolute
monarchy Of the Old word2 Stop by step, as feeling
the way these encroachmcnts upon tho rights OF the
people have been made by hands have been
pound and recently as to complete the plan and stie
oven OF wrong the writ of habeas corpus sn
penaed oy tue Presidents proclamation. BY this act te
courts are parayzed Their powers and functions In the
protection or human liberty Pending proceedings
a, 70 the ground Hereafter there can be no inquiry
into the cause of Imprisonment SIC poio SIC iuLe0 The
innocent and tho gny hudded together In one COM
spread over the land In thousands. Their cupdity
Is. STIMULATED Ssc by raising The reward for arrest,
they were all honest, which experience dis.
proves, they could not fail 10 make many mistakes In
identity alone hundreds have already been made. But
they are hurried off handcued and fettered oath
some prisop. If you drawn as a conscript though
you may not be within the ages of liability, though you
are clearly, for any cause exempt the decision Of the
military board against you is conclusive. No court
is allowed 70 correct the error. Though Il be the
years Of age, you must submit to tho wrong. The
writ Of deliverance for the Innocent is gone.
such fellow citizens is now the condition Of this once
say "fellow subjects" But, though bound band and
foot, the people Of the North s struggling to be
nounced these arbitrary arrests 90 usurption and
crime," and majority Of the people sus-
taluou tDut Gen unclat1Ou Uy Tie eicCtiou VI OOV-
ernor Seymour. With that able and intrepid cham
pon Of popular rights at the head Of the State gov
ernment, we continue the struggle with confidence and
hope You well know how unequal Ia the contest The
whole and patronage OF the federal
brought to bear against Federal Office holders both
civil and military swarm over the land like the locusts Of
Egypt Federal generals abandon their appropriate field
Of duty to engage In partizan strife and preach abolition
doctrines upon the stump. shoddy contractors give
largely their suddenly acquired wealth 10 sustain this
administration at the pos for the end Of tho would
terminate their profits Corruption stalks abroad at
ho ad fhA
ffightered Yet in the face Of all this power and
patronage and terror nearly two hundred Thousand
arrest OF Mr.. yalandigham by Burnside and his
Punishment by the President, "as usurpation and
ences of opinion existing between Mr. vaandgham and'
many who supported him the policy Of the IT.
respective OF such differences the vote was due and
given as condemnation OF an outrage upon personal
liberty. Nearly 900 citizens deliberately rebuked
the act Of tyranny by their voes and the
rejocos beyond measure that 300 900. II well
knows that the majority who voted in Ohio did not
approve the act for most Of the loading republican
IS leading characteristic Of the party in power II
repudiates the Jeiersonan doctrine that "there is
nothing to be feared from error while truth is left
FREQ to combat IT," II would chain down the mind
as well as the body. It denies the right Of free
discussion. It's presses teem with abuse Of every
fairs. Following imperial example, It compols whole
regiments to vote In accordance with its will. Lieu
tenant Edgery Is stricken from the roll for voting the de-
mocra.c ticket and in the spirit Secretary Stanton
himself, with an impudence unparalleled, sends tele-
gram TO Mr. Forney, on learning the result Of the election
In Pennsylvania in which he charges in substance, that
that State in june with steel and cannon ' shot, t
deliberate insult to the democracy Of the en-
tire North as well as Of Pennsylvania. The
forgotten the ferven appeals he made to the democratic
Governor Of this State for aid In that emergency the
promptness with which II was furnished nor the profu-
sion OF his hankulness expressed to Governor Seymour
upon that occasion shame upon such ngratitude Let
me be more specific this point On the 18th OF June
Secretary Stanton in his emergency, sent 70 Governor
Seymour the following telegram
To his Excellency GOVERNOR sKYxouR:-
Ss q % sas Ss
army ,a is %Svng forward 70 the states S
NJ be;
dred ;housand militia for six months Unless sooner dis
shafgsd e %portsnt e have he isssat possible force
mi;is %s, STsdssd would
n hs w & e intern Inf %
sSss SSssS
State or what e. S y ss Es.sss ssses4s Of
Governor Seymour answered promptly in the afarma-
tive and Immediately set about raising troops. Not
moment lost Regiments we're their way in few
hours. and on the same day the following telegram
received
To Governor SEYMOUR
The PTesdsI directs me 70 return you his thanks and
strong movement your city regiments 70 PbiIsdeiphs
DO s si s oI 1Sd
& ss s e %
perhaps long would required Can you forward
city A. fi;s E'Rs sssss.s; s Of w
You see what asked Of your city regiments, and
how gslianiy they bore themselves in the 6eid fhey
did indeed gve great strength TO that state.n Their
example roused the slumnoring energies Of the peo
the effort Of the citizen soldiers OF your own
city, thrown into the scale at the right moment
and when 1t was nicely balanced, that enabled
army make successful stand against the invaders.
insist thai there has been manifested nowhere else
the action Of the Governor and his sa in
this emergency And so thought tho President and Mr..
Secretary stanton. Tho latter wrote letter to the
Governor, expressing warmly his thanks and also
to the Adjutant General OF the State the following ee
grant,
To Adju,ant General srRAcuE, s. N. G.:-
s 70 a1 5sqn m Ss m to HI: E
eetc and prompt action Whether further force is
by which time Is expected the movements of the
my VIII % '0'f EDWIN DIV NJ STANTON Secretary Of War
Tho letter was as follows
WAN DErAnrmxsr, w.snrscrox CIrr, June 27. 1863
obligation feel for he promp. support you have
given to the in the present emerssncy The
permitted personally oicaliy acknowledge without
g sny aVy claims on my part to such service
shall be happy always to be esteemed your friend
His E1cellency HoRAno sKYxouR.
The following the telegram sent the 14h OCTOBER
instant to Mr.. Forney:-
To JonN W. FoRxEY. ESQ.
Thanks for your telegram. All honor TO the keystone
State She upheld the federal arch In June steel
and cannon shot drove the rebel soil and
now. In October she has rallied Unien aud
EDWIN NJ STANTON.
repeat every word OF this missve gross insult 10
The democracy. Who upheld the federal JuneY
Who drove the invaders from her soil? Was t done By
republicans alones Ask the democrats of new York who
hurried 10 the and shed their blood upon the battle
neldf democrats Pennsylvania who were there
AsoY Were the persons overwhelmed at the ballot boz
really the rebc foo ~ charged, or were they the
democrats OF the State who had borne their full
share In repeng nvasionf How much more truthfully
Mr. Stanton could have said, tho democracy OF the state
have been overwhelmed by the appliances Of federal
power and patrousge. Pray, how many thousands did
Mr. Stanton send 70 Pennsylvania TO help achieve tho
resulS Let the depleted and retreating Army OF the
Potomac answer. This abuse OF tho democracy OF tho
North is becoming intocrabie. The state Of New
York has been especially singled out for misreprc.
sentation and caumny. While is confidently believed
that far than les just proportion troops have been
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