The Buchanan County guardian. (Independence, Buchanan County, Iowa) 1858-1864, 1863-04-21
Union Meeting.

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GF- 1t was most encouraging to eve
Iry loyal heart within the limits Of the
walls OF the Court House. last Saturday
night, 10 witness the good feeling, the
enthusiasm, In the great crowd there as
sembled. The house was crowded to its
utmost capacity, he aises being filled
and many gong away who could not get
even standing room. We have scarce
ly ever seen SO large an audience in the
building, and certainly never saw one in
which there was more genuine good cel
| ing manifested The Glee Club and the
baud enlvened the scene with their stir
lring patriotic strains, willie the speak ers
held the audience in wrapt attention
Esquire HART presided, and introduced
Judge Burr as the first speaker. The
Judges speech was one OF those cain.
but earnest, logical aud able discussions
OF abstracl principles which are charac-
teristic Of him 1t WAS reple,c with
Thought. and illustrated the relative du.
ties OF citizens and government clearly
and forcibly. The effort greatly enhan.
ced the favorable opinion which the
Judge has made upon our people.
The next speaker was +. BissELL, Esq
who, though conlessedly one OF The ve y
ablest lawyers IN the STATE has been bul
liIle known as public speaker, and we
believe the effort OF Saturday evening
was among his first attempts before u
popular audience. How unjust his rei
oence in this regard ha been to himsel
and TO his neighbors and friends, the
universal testimony of the audience OF
Saturday night will prove. They uni
versaliy testify that they never heard 4
better speech OF lis length. He com
menced with a glance at the origin Of. ano
tho necessity for, government paaseu
rapidly in review the relation of the gov
erument and the governed showed III,
true lotce Of the term individual liberty
and the necessity for The curtaiment o
j that liberty in order 10 secure the goot
OF society and to prevent anarchy, the
worst form oil tyranny showed that TIA,
very idea Of government involved the re
stricilon OF individual freedom, and how
essential il was that government SHOULD
have the power to protect itself tracet
the difference which must, in the very
nature of ihings. exist in the relation o
the government and The citizen. in times
OF peace and in times of disturbance
He made the arg ument as plain as it wa,
forcble. and applied it TO the presen
state OF things among US showed tha
the government. in lis war measures
was exercising only just and essenla
powers. which in times OF good orde
were suspended lie discussed the sus
pension of the writ of habeas corpus, ant
commended that the Constitution intende,
the suspension 10 be an executive act
He discussed, TOO. the state of the peopl
South, aud. like Ben BurLER. contendet
that this rebellion was rebellion OF tn,
aristocracy. and was made possibly only
through the ignorance OF the Southern
masses. lie reviewed the objection
against the measures of the adminslra
ton. and showed the unreasonable ma
ture Of these objections. and the egiti
macy and efficacy of these measures n
acts OF defense against attempts TO over
throw the government. He reviewe,
Mr. D. a MAuosY and that species {
Copperlpa3s. and scolched them thor
oughly. Mr.. B spoke for about hal
hour, aaeu:ly sod finely. leaving moth