Daily Democrat and news. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1859-1864, 1863-05-16

will speak to-u"y.
what NAV, the people will maintain iree
.neech. do not come to abuse any
man. but will speak against the system
that rims US. II the PIesldcnt endan-
GERS the commonwealth by listening to
bad advice, it is the duty OF the people
to speak, to speak and act.
The time for words has passed, we
will have to act, and il the people raises
its arms may the guilty party dread ''s
anger. Continued cheering. ! 40
not sneak revolution, speak for inc
riph, Of free speech. Cheers.I lhere
i. one man (iIslleck) Continued cries
of doun Min Hal2ecA ! Have you not
the r,ght Of free speech' Yes; down
with Halleck i 1t is your duty We
will do .,l-to express yonr sentiments
againet lIalleck. Lie Is tho Mephis
,oobeles who misleals Lincoln. Why
should we not solcmnly express here at
st. Louis, that II. w. lal.eck, the pres
ent commander chief, does not ENJOY
the confidence of the people. Con
,inued cheering 1t is easy to porse--
cute good men, but the people have tho
sense OF justice, the people are with IRE
mont, Butler and Sigcl. Cheering
loud aud continued II the people
speak. they must be heard. Our nnd'-
vlded country first, and everything else
next, and in maintaining this We VIII
speak freely. Two years ago this DAY
the GerlpaLs have shown what they can
10 with their f.ts TO day they rai,e
their voice, and it must be heard. The
Camp jackson affair toreshadowed the
great events that have followed. Po-
land, after sixty years OF oppression,
rises again the United States will mol
sink after struggle Of two years.
To this speech we append the remark
Of the Chicago Post which are very
much to the point:
These be parlous words, Mr.. Bnlz.-
Who sits At the helm OF tho ship OF
state ? Mr.. Lincoln and h. cabinet yet
Mr. Butt declares that "dwarls" Ill
there, while "A giant cope propcl the en-
gines ln what manner is MIR. Llnco
dwarf: Is intellectually, phs scalIy,
politically or morally? Answer, Mr.Bnn,
IN what particular do yon pronounce
Abraham Lincoln, President OF the nit
ed States, and commpndsr-in-chief, TO
be q "dwa,ti" Nallandlgham nor Fer
uaudo Wood, in their widest momei Is,
never styled Mr. Lincoln by 50 desrad-
log an efithet.
"Come what nav" declares the fear
less Caspar Butt, the people vii main
tain ifce speech" VIII they VIII the
people OF Indiana maintain free speech
by bringing the war policy OF the gov
eminent INTO disrcpute, and thereby re-
volt against the llascall Burnside order
Does Mr. Butt desire them to do IN In
DIANA and illinois whs, be did IN 81.
LOUIS put the military orders Mt def.
ance, aud in the presence of hls God and
the people, assert the nal'enable priv
lege OF fee speech Mr.. Butt declares
that he does not counsel revolution, he
does not ask that the people shall do
anything with their tsts, but he solemn
~ and empha,icaly aveIs that when the
people raise their voice it ''muSt be
head
notwithstanding the order OF Genera
Davidson, the meeting adopted tcsolu
ton demanding the removal Of Genera
llalcck they did SO because they
claimed the old and familiar privilege
granted by the constitution OF assemh-
ling 10 petition for redress Of gricvan-
ces. And Mr. Butt, the gentleman who
hns been hitherto regarded Ms the per
-onlhcation Of LOYALTY, to he talking in
the language of the "copperhcad democ-
racy," about constitutional rights and
constitutional! privileges
Does he not know that we arc at war
That it is dlsloyaliy TO critcise the policy
OF the government, Does he not know
that the devil never leads men but TO
their ruin Does he not know that i,
is giving aid and comfort to the enemy,
to assure them that the devil in the
shape and form OF Halleck is now, and
for long time has been " misleading
Mr.. Lincolni How jeff. Davis will re-
joice when he hears that Lincoln is in
the hands Of seritable Mephistopheles,
by whom he Is constantly 'mis ed.
Mr. Butzs speech Is filed with senten.
cos which We might quote If we were a
judge advocate prosecuting him for VIC.
lailng Gen. Burnside's order. We give
he speech 10 our readers, aud We are
sure that a perusal OF 1t IN connection
with the military proceedings Of Burn
eide, H.scsl and Davidson, viii occa,
ion IN their mind, rs it las in ours, the
solemn enquiry, has Cssp.r Buzz become
q "eoppeihesd =
Mr. Baiz cannot expect to be allowed
to 90 around the country representing
the prealdent as "misled" by Mephisto.
phe cs he cannot be permitted TO de
mandipg the removal OF l!alleck and The
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