Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1863-06-05
Another Democratic War speech.-Hear Hon. Da
iel s. Dickinson

Fl on. D. S. Dickinson, from whose speech W
make ths following extract;
Liberty of speech is one thing. Liberty o
treason is another. The liberty of speech il
sacred; but this does not include the right tC
act as spy, and convey intelligence to the en-
emy which may destroy thousands of the lives
of our soldiers, endanger our armies, and je9p
ard the existence Of Government. Applause
Swords and knives are free; but this gives hc
one the right to commit murder. Fire arms
are free, and exempt from seizure on execati6R
and yet no one has right to discharge them
at his neighbor. Fire is free; but the one
who should employ it to destroy the dwelling
of bis neighbor would be subject of an 'arbi-
trary arrest"--in his house, if he should
be found therein the presence of his wife
and children.' if he had any. And these "ar-
bitrary arrests" in criminal law are of daily oe-
currenee, and in martial law of not unfrequent
occurrence, in all wars, especially such war
OF rebellion as this, with spies and traitors
Matching treason, and aiding rebellion all
along the border. Any lawyer who cannot
discriminate between civil law and martial law
should Oe treated for simplicity on the brain.
Shouts of applause and laughter. The
functions Of martial law, and the authority
upon which it rests, were freely stated by me
last FALL in speech made at the Cooper In
stitute- 1t is a dangerous power, but its ab-
sence would be more dangerous. 1t is liable
to abuse, but ne war can be conducted with
out it-especiaIly such a war as this Wheth-
er i! was judiciously exercised in this case, and
whether the paltry fellow worth arresting
l do not know, and do not for all present pur
poses, care. All we can inquire of is, does the
power exist, and if it does, was it exercised in
good faith? Ifit was, even though Gen.
Burnside was mistaken, he is to be encoura-
ged for his watchfulness and commended for
his vigilance Applause. Two great and
and hasty, and noisy meetings have been held
one in New York, at which Captain Rynders
and others spoke, and even the late Thomas
II. Seymour, Of connecticut. preached laugh
ter, and one at the Capitol, where his
Excellercy, Seymour, administered upon the
wrongs of Vallandigham by letter. The Gov
ernor says this arrest is full of danger to our
homes. Who is in danger in his home, pray
tell No one, unlese he has done something
to put himself in danger. The pious thief and
burglar, Gordon, of Brooklyn. who attended
eoniereRces and prayer meetings with the
young ladies, discovered where they kept their
ieWalry, and then entered their houses and
robbed them by night, was long time in dan
ger OF their homes roars Of laughter, and by
and by the cruel police went in large numbers,
and with their murderous clubs, and in the
night time, TOO, and arbitrarily arrested" him,
and put him in prison, and the Court sent him
to the State prison for twenty years. All for
stealing few trinkets. Yet Governor Sey-
mourn says nothing Had he eonnived with
rebellion for the overthrow of the only great
free Government Oh earth, and had he been
detected and arrested, it would have been
arbitrary" But it interfered with the
''fresdom of speech" How? VINO has objec-
ted to the freest possible discussion? Free
dom of speech does not confer the right to go
before All enemy ard stimulate mutiny and
disebedience and recommend desertion. 1t
does not justify anything which, in time of
war, is calculated and intended to weaken the
military arm Of the Government. The Gov
ernor complains that the Governors of some
of the Western States have sunk into iusig-
nifcance. 1t is certainly time to be on the
look out. 1 hope whatever may become of
the States, New FORK may rot find herself
in the same pitiful category. Laughter =
1t is certainly humiliating position for the
first State of the Union, when the scales of our
being as a nation are vibrating our
children are dying by the thousands in defense
of the Union-to see the Chief Magistrate |
turn from contemplating the picture with anx-
ious solicitude, 10 denouce the Government !
and encourage the rebellion, because a ranting,
foaming, frothing, gasconding traitor ferries
of "hang him. hang him, n has been charged |
with an offence cognizable by martial-aw, |
and has been arrested, and after a full and |
fair trial convicted. This is the species of
support which Governor Seymour and those |
who are with him, from the beginning of the
war, have given to the Administration, and
this he calls generous" one! They now
propose to pause" as he tells US; and if they
will but "pause" in their assaults upon the ad- /
ministration-in their proclaimed sympathy
with traitors, and in their encouragement to
rebellion-they will confer favor upon the /
present and coming generations. Applause. /
The people cry pause" but it is those enga-
ged in assaults upon the Administration, not
those who are striking death-blows at the re-
bellion. They cry pause" but they cry to
those who give aid, encouragement and COM
fort to the rebels. The soldiers are among US
here and they cry pause" but it is that you
pause" in stimulating the rebellion. They
have peried their lives in defense Of the Gov
ernment. With heads uncovered and bosoms
barred, they have met the enemies of free insti-
tutions upon the battlefield vociferous cheer-
iugl and they cry pause" to you who by
natl frait !
tance TO the Government and its institutions;
they conjure you to pause-pause in your mad
career; the husband and son have been slain;
your partisauship gives aid to the rebels
The father cries pause" in your encourage
ment to rebels in arms. Joseph is not, Sim
con is not, and you would take away Benja-
min also" There are others who cry pause"
l adopt the language of his Excellency, the
Governor, and cry pause" Our sons and
brothers sleep in death. Tongues which are
silent in death, could they speak, would cry
"pause"-they would say you have marched
US here-we came to defend our country's flag
we came to vindicate he honor of our ma
tion-we came to preserve the holy memories
that cluster around the banner for which our
fathers fought; you have lent hope and encour-
agement to the rebellion; pause" in your
course. Yes, say pause" When you sit
down at your table "pause"-set a vacant
chair there-a skeleton will be at your side.
When you proceed to your chamber "pause;"
death will be there. At the hour of midnigh:
pause" the pale face and skeleton finger will
point to the record Of aid you have given the
rebels in arms against the Government. II
these men are not punished at Judgment, if not
here, l shall be mistaken. For men who as
sist in this rebellion if mt execnted and dam