Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1863-09-24

who find Themselves invested wIih authority wiz
strive to ne u oppressively Ii = from The re
atmosphere of lnsurrertion and discor that The
sacred guarantees Of person ard property der We \
vital D We that gives them eff, acs
Exemption from punishment for committed
crime. no man has any right TO claim: but ex-
emption from punishment. unless hy due urocess
of Law, the vilest criminal that can De arraigned
: has right 70 demand. IL Is a right sacred. be
cause IL Is designed 10 protect the innocent-it|
cannot be violated. under any circumstauces
without danger 20 our liberties. De~potic power
il never at a loss for plausible preiexts TO justify
or excuse It's encroschments. Mr. Valiandig
hams case to-day nav be mine or yours TO
> morrow. Military necessity il plea capable OF
illimitahle extension It's recognition Is despot
ism five Weld the guarantees of our written
Constitution. we are the helpless victims of an
irresponsible power. have the authority Of
Mr. Clay for asserting that IF there be des
criptinn of rights which more than any o'her
should unite all parties. in all parts of the Union.
il is unQuestiouably the liberty OF the person.
No matter what his vocation--whether he seeks
subsistence among the dangers OF the deep, or
draws il from the bowels OF the earth. or from
the humblest occupations of mechanic ii e.;
whenever the sacred rights of American citi
zen are aS>ailed. al hearts ought TO unite. and
everv arm should be braced TO vindicate his
cause
have not snOken of the causes Of the rebel
lion nor of he policy of its SUBMISSION by arms
! am not % those who he'ieve the guilt of
this terrible calamity i all upon one side A
the deSoiation and suffering is by Providence
alike upon the North and South, so DO believe
that the North and South are both in a great IL
not an equal degree responsible for 10 disre
gard Of the great principles of justice between
man and man. citizen and citizen. is at the bot.
tom of this whole controversy. Reformation.
however can never lead tn its satisfactory settle
ment Il is not only by self accusation and open
confessions on both sides that Union such As
existed before can ever he again attained. Upon
these topics | have refraned from entering
From all the mighty questions involved in the
present struggle, have selected single one. but
il is one which concerns you more vitality thas
any other-for what shall II avail yuu if the
South j. conquered and desolsted-if YOU are To
tie the slaves of arbitrary power? IL YOU shall
be liable TO he torn from YOUR house and family.
under the order of Provost Marshal in defisnce
of the guarantees which the Constitution and
laws of YOUR country have prescribed for your
protection, what is there left that is worth living
forf
But can not believe, nv fellow citizens, that
the cause of constitutional liberty Hs involved in
this struggle here among TO dav for the right
of personal immunity from arbitrary arrest and
punishment after its signal triumphs in past ages.
will meet with discontinue in tins Those pre-
scriptive franchises that struggled for a.
the birthright of our ancestors. and were msde
secure 10 u BY express constitutional provision.
will vet emerge resplep6ent from the smoke and
carnage of this terrible revolution and will be
reasserted again here. as they have been time
and again in England. in new and solemn act
of popular sovereignty. You 20 pronounce
your judgment upon this momen'ous issue
when you deposit your votes at the approaching
election. The crisis is here. "A breach has
been made in the Consliiution--the battlements
are dismantled-the citadel is open to the first
invader-the walls totter-Nhat remains. then.
but for us to stand foremost in the breach. and
to RIPAIR 1T, OR PERISH WITH 1T"