The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1863-06-24

TYem~uAsus speech by DaDset y.
Nirkt o. .. l. be rsy oa speech
mot Lteen~e OF speech.


Liberty OF speceh - one thfhg. Lloer-
~ If trea. on is another. The liberty oil
snsecb is sacred; but this does not IN
ciuie the right TO act as spyand convey
Intelligence to the enemy which may de
stffoy thousands of the lives OF our sol
diers. and cndanger our army, pnd leopard
the existence of the Government. APP
plause Swords and knives are free
but this gives no right TO commit murder.
Fire arms are free and exempt from seiz
ure on execution. and yet no man has
a right 10 discharge them at his neigh
Dor.
Fire is free; but the one who should
employ it TO destroy the dwelling OF bis
neiphbor, would be the subject OF an ''ar-
litrary arrest'--in his "own house, II
he should be fonnd there lin the pres
enee of his wife and childreb,' it he had
them. And these "arbitrsry arres's,' IN
criminal law, are Of daily occurrence,
and in martial law of not uBsrequent oc-
ear+eHee IN sll- wars especial such n
war Of rebellion as this, with spies and
traitors Matching treason aud aiding re-
brllion all along the border. Any lawyer
who cannot discriminate between civil Law
and martial law, should be treated for SIM
plicity On the brain, lShouts of applause
ADD laug liter, the functions OF martial
law and the authority upon which 1t rests.
were freely stated by me last fall In
speech made at the Cooper Institute. 1t
is liable to abuse, but no war can be con-
Quoted without it--especiaiiy such war |
an this Whether it was judIciously ex
ercised in this case, and whether the pal
try fellow wks worth arrestine, ! do not
know, and do not for all present purposes
care. Al. we can enquire is, does the
right exist, and il it does vast exercised
in good fai,hg If it was, even though
Gen. Burnside was mistaken. he is to be
encouraged for his wstchfulness and com.
mended for his vigilance. Applause.
Two great and hasty and noisy meetings
have been held, one in New York, at
which Captain Rynders and Others spoke
and even the late Thomas H Seymour Of
Connecticut preached; [laughter and
one at this Capitol, where his ExcelieDcy
Governor Sewn incur, administered upor
the wrongs Of Vallandigham by letter
The Governor says this arrest is full o
danger to our homes. Who is in DANCE
of his home, pray tell ? No one. uules
he has done something TO put himself IL
danger. The pi US thief and burglar
Gordon, of Brooklyn, who attended con
ference and prayer meetings with tn
young ladies. discovered where they KEEP
their lewery and then entered thei
houses aud robbed them by night. was
long lime in danger OF his home, roars o
laugh,er] and by and by the cruel polio
went in largo numbers, and with thei
murderous clubs. and in the night time
too, arbitrarily arrested him. and pu
hrn ia prison, and the court sont him Il
the State Prison for twenty years. Al
for stealing fow trinkets. Yet Govern
or Seymour says nothing. Had he con
niyed with the rebellion for the over
throw of the only great, free Government
on earth, and had been detected and al
rested, ii would have been arbitrary.
But IL intetferred with the 'ireedom o
srcech." How? Who has objected Il
the freest possible discussion Freedom
of speech does not confer The right to q
before an enemy and stimulate muffin
and disobrdience and recommend desel
ton. /. does not justify anyt thing which
Ia time of war, is caleula cd and intent
ed to weaken the military arm Of tho Co
erpmcnt, The Governor complains til,
the Governors of some OF the " este
States have sunk into .insIgnihcance.
is certainly time to be on the look, out
Lope whatever may become Of Il
nd 4
in the same pitiful category. Laughter
1t is certainly humiliatlug position
the best State Of the Union, when I
scales OF our being as nation are vlbl
ting-when our children are dying
thousands in defence OF the Union
see the Chief Magistrate turn from &C
templa,ing the picture with anxious
lie iude, 10 dcnounce the Governme
and encourage the rebellion, because
rantine. foaning, frothing, gasconadi
traitor lc,ies of chang him, hang him,
has been charged with an offence cogni
Bile by martial law, and has been arrest,
and after full trial convicted.
This isthe species oisupport which q
Seymour and those who are with hi
from the beginning OF the war. have &
en- to the Administration, and this he q
generous one. They now proposs
.pause," MS he tells US ; and if they ,
but npaase' in their assaults upon
= Admit ,tration---in their proclaimed sy
pathy with traitors, and in their enco
avcmeut to rcbellion--they will confe
fsyor upon the present ind coming &c
fseious. lApplause The people
Hpause,' but it is to those who give ;
encouragement and comfort 10 the reb
The soldiers are smong us here. and &
cry ..pause," but it is that you pause
stimulating the rebellion. They b
periicd their lives in defense OF the q
ernnept. With hands uncovered apd
sons bare, they have met the enemies
free institutions upon the battle field [
eiferous cheering, and they cry ''pau
70 vou who, by patbizng with TRAIT
encoarsge resistance to the Govcrnm
and iss Institutions; they conjure you
rause- pause in your mad career;
kusbsnd aad son have been slain; J
psrtscrhip gives aid to the rebels.
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