Democrat and sentinel. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1853-1866, 1863-03-11
;. s. TODD. Editor s Pnsl:saer.
Wednesday HhaCH Il. IaE3
Are we hound 10 submit


The proselytes of -Aboiition;sm having |
secured majority in our National Leg
islaturc, have wantonly trampled upon The !
great covenant OF our liberties: and |
against The e17'aesss,3 wishes of :lfe people, !
have lately passed several bills, which !
have, not only the effect of multiplying The |
al Government, but seem to have been~
intended, By those bad men, 10 menace |
and to defy the sovereignty CT the State
governments. They have given 10 the !
President, power 10 suspend the writ of /
Ao5eas corpus, wherever and whenever his
diseased imagination may perceive the
necessity = they have, by the Bank and
loan Bill, placed at his absolute disposal,
all the wealth OF ;he whole country; they
have conferred upon Nj Lincoln mo
narchal power, ,c.rci ticg Hicas,lses bad no
cosshtdia.al at:tiOa'i,y 10 gre that vii! place
every inan, TO matter where, or in whit
state hc live, at the finite mercy Of SIN
gle biped, having hu; one idea. Ana
some of these infamous acts, contrary to
fixed rules and ancient usacss, were, h.
some sort Of legerdemain, jugglcd through
and passed while Democrats were end.ay-
oring TO reason against such madness.
VIII the people subni; 10 such tyr
amy? VIII they stand .dly gaping,
willie n growing despo,iSGsl euthr;.;.s them
in slavery far greater than ihe wic!>eilcsz
O: PKaroh ever imposed OF ;i,o children oi
Israel The Declaration of Indercii-
dence, which caused the revolutionary
war, and 4 final separation from proud
England, was based upon less grievances
than, to-day, are about 10 en-, iron the
posterity Of those noble sagcs, who were
two spirited 10 bend 10 Ike hand OF Yp-
preston Have their progeny detcr:ora-
ted IN civilization, or viii the third gen
Grafton from those vcneratcd heroes of
american independence. willingly yield
those sacred liberties, 50 dearly earned, to
the Ebertinism OF New England fanati-
cisln! No. the people, The :,sse s7u9tsns
OF this Republic, mast not, all net sub
nit to an arbitrary f.ower, which tie
Constitution docs not sai,,ticn. II we
give up cur State government end allow
The privileges oi those legitimate So
vereigni,ies, which ss,JSsgue.,t|y to.qs;ef TIC
Jn'oa, 10 b. iorn from us ani consigned
TO the arci;cycs of oblivion, we will have
retro,.raded in the scale OF Uaroarism far
from the point from which cur fatll,.rs
started. The Constitution invests the
Government with aTaplc power 10 prose
cute this war and "thcre Is M war
power outside the Constitution SO.
also, does the civil law and The cs:ab-
-Tshed courts of justice. atord a sufficient
tribunal to Try any ofitnca that may be
committed against the laws: and courts
martial are of very limited ard inferior
Jurisdiction, and mos; frequently have
little or no knowledge Of the civil law
whatever; therefore no person should be
subject tc them. 50 ''except suci: as are H.
i1,e af:icaa5lc 20 such trial.
u, therefore, the people OF this great
republic, tanely submit to these fragrant
viol:gtioIis of their dearest rights. thev
VIII soon b1 cyerpowerei with 7 calamity,
f:r 2.r-aisr i!an G,at wtic!, surrounded
the ealy colonies, in the darkest days Of
EnEish oppression. History does not
show . single iIs;.g.:ec where great peo-
pie have lost thcir f5or;ies at a single
blow; bit Oh the contrary, tina. step by
step, yielding ona privilege after anoti.er,
free people may become ens!aved, AMI
lose their liberties altogether Sol; will
be with the American people if they raise
not their voice against iniiingements upon
the freedom of our institutions. Thus,
little by little have the people of these
States yielded to the usurpations Of the
Abolition party, because they wished 10
frrnis,, every possible Support 10 the Ad
ministration, in order that the wicked re-
bellion of the Southern S;ales might be
crushed, till now, the lasso OF tyranical
oppression, IL about to bc drawn tightly
,s.sfd,-sse..Eseis arsuni i..c accks Of IN over
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