The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1863-06-13

This he has the clear constitutional r,ht ;.
do. 70
ihess are the powers, ample and fnO g..
PUNISH treason and sedition, and all ~
aid and abet it, without overturrinc, no
great principles of liberty which makSa o me
Government worth all the blood being III Sas
TO preserve it, e1'so
Is 1t then wise 10 resort TO doubtful rr,..
OF Furnishing traitors, when we can roaan
them by legal and constitutional means
Inc greatest danger which now threata,s
the success of the Union cause is serions
DIVISION in the loyal States. With tho Iov.1
States substantially united, our suoess a.
restoring the Union is only question nf
time. Illinois, although the fourth S..tn
IN the Union, is, think, first in the nh
steal and moral power it has brought 70 a;a
the President in crushing the rebellion. A
serious division here between tho peonIa
ana Legislature of our State, and the Fed,
eral government, and our great causa
would be greatly jeopardized. Is it nm
dent for the Administration to bring on an
issue, involving the liberty of the Press
with the Judges of the Supreme and Dis'
trict Courts of the United States, and 10th
the confidential friends of the Presjdent
and our only Republican Senator, against
the Administration on the issue
Again, II you suppress the 7ymeS by mil
itary force, you must suppress the express
sion OF the same sentiments by whomso.
ever and wheresOever uttered. That which
is sedition in Chicago is sedition in New
York City. Fernando Wood speaks n,
rank treason as the Chicago Times pub.
fishes. He uttered it TO thirty Thousand
people last week in New York. If Won
suppress the Times, you must suppress
Wood. Shall the President 60 out of his
way to raise an issue with the Governor of
New York.
No, my fellow citizens, in critical times.
the Government must combine prudence
and discretion, with energy and boidness,
Wood and Storey both are dangerous men,
and should be punished. Let them be
punished by legal and constitutional
means. Punish them according TO law.
and all loyal men of all parties will sustain
you. Attempt to punish them by illegal
and unconstitutional means, and YOU give
them an immense advantage. With the
law on our side we will crush these men 20
atoms. With the law on their side, we pro-
woke civil tumult and commOtion, and il
you succeed in striking them down Won
strike down the Constitution with them.
My judgment, and my advice is, suffer
these pests and nuisanceS to exist until
they come clearly within the provisions of
some civil or military law, and then pun
ish them with memorable jS,7',ne3s and des-
sion.
Leu Inc Ttiiilll lTleNuS OF
another point. You remember when the
liberty of the press and freedom of speech
was crushed in the slave and now rebel.
HouS States. This cursed rebellion could
never have occurred but for the destruc-
ton of these safeguards OF freedom.
The Democrats, now sensitive on these
points, when their rebel friends trampled
these great principles under foot, had no
rebuke for them. We, the Republicans,
were the champions of liberty then, and
''timid" as the Times charges me to be, l
shall have the courage to stand by it now
even though the Times should damn me
with its praise, and my own friends de-
nounCe and condemn me.
Let me admonish my friends that the
pTecede',ts we make may return 'to plague
the ipUentOrS.''
Next year we eiecta President. ] suggest
that it is among the remote possibilities, if
we give our opponents the advantage OF
making the people believe that the liberty
of the press, freedom of speech and the
trial by jury are involved, and that our
party has trampled these great principles
under foot. it is just possible that they may
succeed. / desire to aid in the establish
ment of no precedent which will limit my
freedom Ofspeech or prevent my declaring
what l believe, that the cursed spirit of
human slavery is the cause of all our
troubles, and we shall never have perma-
nent peace and union until it has been des-
troyed.
/ believe this civil war, which is the sui
eide of slavery, will be the regeneration Of
the nation. | desire to see no precedent
established, which will prevent me from
expressing this and other sentiments
termed radical which l entertain, and
| which 1 hope to enjoy the privilege of ex
pressing, until this rebellion is crushed,
| and we enjoy, as in the early days of the
republic, liberty regulated by law through
out our beloved country.
have thus expressed my sentiments,
conscious that they will be condemned by
some of my friends, but with full faith that
| time will yindicate their soundness.
am, very respectfully, yours,
ISAAC N. ARNOLD.