The dollar weekly bulletin. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1862-1864, 1863-03-05

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A Good Definition OF LoyaIty-Which is
the Loyal Man!-SenatOr Fessenden,
of Maine, and Senator Powell of Ken
We make the following capital extract
from late speech yof Senator Powell, of
Kentucky, in reply to Senator Fessenden,
of Maine:
Now. Mr.. President, allow me to say few
words on the subject of loyalty. 1 am get
ting tired of having that charge continual I'd
thrust in here in lieu of answers to argu-
ments. 1 will say to the honorable Senator
from Maine, that when the whole history
through which this country has passed TOR
the last two years shall be impartialty writ-
ten, ! have no fears that my loyalty Will SUI
fer when contrasted with his 1t is true
/ have opposed the war. He has advocated
the war l dare say he thought he could
reconstruct this Union by force of arms. i
thought otherwise. Loving the Union, L
opposed the war, because 1 believed war
would be eternal dissolution. l believe 1t is
now q demonstrated fact, that you can not
reunite these States by force of arms. ad-
vocated every peaceable measure of adjust
ment that was proposed; aud shall con-
ttinue to advocate them. The Senator stood
in favor of the war; against it. dare say
he honestly believed he could bring the Sc
ceded States back, and restore the Union by
arms. l honestly thought otherwise.
Rut there are some other matters to which
will invite the Senator's attention. The
Senator has sat in his seat in this Hall and
seen the President of the United States
overthrow the Constitution in every vital
point. He has seen him assuming the war
power, adding men to the Army and Navy
without warrant of law. He has seen him
arrest citizens in violation of the Constitu-
ton ard laws of the land. He has seen him
drag citizens from distant States in violation
of the Constitution and laws of the States
and of the United States, which latter Con-
lstituton and laws the President has sworn
to see faithfully executed, and iucarcerate
in loathsome dungeons, many OF them Tor
as loL g as seventeen months, and then turn
them out without a trial. He has seen the
President and those in power overthrow the
freedom of the press. He has seen them
overthrow the liberty of speech. He has
seen them strike down the rights of the
States, and vote large sums Of money for
purposes wholly without the Constitution.
lie has seen the President suspend the writ
of haJeas corpus, and declare martial law
throughout all the loyal States of the Union
directing that citizens shall be tried by
drum cad courts martial, when the Constl
tuition OF his country says they shall be tried
} by the courts and juries of the country. /
, in my place, have objected to these usurpa
tons of power. The Senator from Maine
has sat still a nd has never, never objected t.
one of these usurpations. l am willing t.
G leave it TO the impartial historian who may
come after us whether he is more loyal tt
the Governm ent of our fathers to constitu-
tioual and civil liberty, then T-he who sa
= in the Senate Cham hor nd, saw the (t0uSti
= tuition Of his country overthrow, the right
D ofthe people cloVen down and they deprive
, Of their dearest liberties, and sustained tn
: power that did it, and uttered no word c
Il complaint against it; or I, who in my place
C protested against it aud opposed it with al
@ the power could command.
q The Senator may think, and others ma
think, that am disloyal because l oppos
the war. Twill not say that others are dis
= loyal TO the Constitution and laws of the
4 country because they tamely submit to thes
outrageous usurpations of power; but 1 wi
say they are not faithful or true friends
u constitutional or civil liberty. am willin
g to let my countrymen of the present da,
= and those who are 10 come after us, forl
,, their judgments upon that subject. But Il
me remind the honorable Senator that th
chief whom he now supports opposed th
war with Mexico, and made Philippics,
the other end Of the Capitol, against NJ
Polk. Did any body doubt the loyalty {
= Representative Lincoln in that day?3 I ne7
Il er heard it doubted. Others did the sam
thing. But, sir because 1 choose to act i
obedience to the convictions of my judgmer
= that this war never, never can restore th
a Union, but, if persisted in. mast destroy i
:. and advocate a line of policy that believ
- will restore it, am twitted every day wit
81 ooho Of 81 I Al
n future, Senators will meet the argument
:. that present on these financial bills, or
= least meet plain statement of facts; fc
:, that is about all L attempt to make.
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