M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1863-05-14

| dSo'l1 ilOSos tl'C NhilS VI tIO hoodoolth
and the torch Of the incendiary, will
be the only law recognized, and ulii-
mate exhaustion the only check 10
their horrid dominion. 1t is more
than folly, it is madness to suppose,
that this complex machinery Of lava
and constitutions, 30 nicely and sens
itively adjusted to measure as we'll
as control the various powers Of
the government, will necessarily find
now genesis for its reproduction,
when onco broken up, and destroyed.
AS we'll might the surgeon or pdysi.
clan expect to restore to the cold and
Inanimate corpse the mysterious prin-
clplo o! lie, when once the silver cord
is loosenod, and the subtle spirit has
departed forever. In times such as
these, our only safety is fidelity to
the Constitution; our highest duty,
obedience to tho laws. Nothing ia
moro painful and alarming, than to
hear statesmen and lawyers, both in
Congress and out of it, hippantly
speak ofconstitutions and laws, az
though they were the mere toys of
the hour, to be thrown aside and dis.
regarded, as wilful child would
cast away its play things when sur,
ieIted with amusement. 1t is one OF
tho signs ofthe tunes full of the por-
tents of evil, because it is unnatural
and revolutionary, aud is discordaut
with all the traditions of history
The legal profession, in all the great
struggles between power and liberty,
has always presented a noble bn!warE
in defense OF the rights and privile-
gea OF the people. Both on this con.
tinont and in Europe, the Bar has
always been found in the foremost
ranks OF those who have fearIessly
stood up for legal and constitutional
rights against the arbitrary ass1mp-
ton Of unauthorized power. Some
OF tho no0leSE specimens OF human
eIoquenco have been uttered in de-
tense OF violated constitution, by its
great exponnder, DANIEL WEBSTER.
Ii his great speech on the Protest Of
Gen. JACKSON, in the Senate of, the
Un!ttd States, on the 7th Of May,
1884, he says:
Through all this history Of the contest
for Liberty. executive power has been regar-
ded as lion which must be Gagged So far
from being the object Of enlightened popu.
lar trust; so far from being considered the
naturn protector of popular right-it haa
been dreaded, uniformly, always dreaded.
as the great source Of danger.
"And now, Sir, who is he. so ignorant Of
the history of liberty, at home and abroad,
whoiS he. yet dwelling, in his contem pla-
tions, among the principles and dogmas Vt
the middle ages; who is he, from whose bo-
som all original infusion OF American spirit
has become 80 entirely evaporated aud ex-
haled, as that he shall put into the mouth Of
the President of The United States 1he doc
trine that the defense of liberty naturallv
results to executive power, and is its pecnI-
lar duty ! Who is he. that, generous and
confiding towards power where 1t is most
dangerous, and jealous only OF those who
can restrain it.; who is he that. reversing the
order Of the state, and uphea,ng The base,
would poise the pyramid Of the political sys-
tenn upon its apex who is he, that, over
looking with contempt the guardianship of
the representatives of the people, and, with
equal contempt, the high,r guardianship Of
the people themselves, who is he, that de-
claes to US, through the Presidents lips,
that the security Tor (leadom rests in tha
executive authority? Who is he that beies
the blood aud hbels the fame of his own
ancestors, by DECLARING that they with So
cmnity of form, and force of manner have
invoked the executive power to come to the
protection Of Liberty Who is he that
thns ChaIgrs them with the insanity, or the
re 'klessnv's of putting The lamb bte.lalh the
ilun's pdw! No, Sir. No, Sir. Our secu-
rIty 10 in our watchiulness of the executive
power. 1t wos the constitution of this de-
partment, which was infinitely the most
difficult p,rt IN the great work of Creating
cur present Government. TO give to the
Executive Department,such power as shoull
make il useful, and yet not such as should
render it Gunserou.; to make it efficient in.
dependent, and strong ,and yet to prevent it
lIom sweeping away everything by the UNI.
ion Of military and ciuH auth0riiy by the
Influence OF patronage, and Office, aud favor;
this, indeed, was difficult. Tney who hal
the work to do, saw the difficulty, and we
see 1t; and if we maintain our system, we
shall act wisely TO tina. end, by preserving
every restraint and every guard which Tho
Constitution has provided. And when we.
and those who come after US, have done all
that we can do, and all that they can 10, il
will be well for us and for them, if some
popular Executive, by the power Of patrol-
age and party, and the power, too, Of tina.
very popularity, shall not hereafter prove all
overmatch for all the oher branches of the
Government"
Tho attempt to establish martini,
"a" @".ty"H' over me St entirc5 territa,y Of the
Not'norn )" ,I' I'm. e'"'s', mi the susi custom
,, ,;;. me VIZ. Of. uabess corpus, without
'"tlon, oftime or place, is gu "a.
,Iinpt-on on the part .9E those who
a.'e exercised tkis extraordinary
power, that there is sun general dis
dIlectlDD and ,oJ - 49,. n OF tipa