The Cass County Republican. [volume] (Dowagiac, Mich.) 18??-1880, 1863-06-11
Views of the Traitors on the Arrest Of VAL
landigham.

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lion of the close alliance in opinion be
tween the Rebels and the Copperheads.
We append to it some of the declara
tions made by the speakers at the
Wood Indination Meeting at New
York, on Msy Is. They have The ,rue
Southern twang. Here is the Rich
mond article:
When the late Federal Congress was
engaged in passing the three laws
which converted the President of the
United States into an absolute mon
archy, the stock phrase for the country
signi6ed total disbelief in the practi-
cal exercise of the powers conferred.
The laws were powers given to the
President to be held IN torrorena over
the rebels and the disaffected. Such
is the invariable coating of the pill of
usurpation. We have heard such
phrases from some Southern lips, to
excuse the projects of laws which
have happily never been passed in the
Southern Confederacy. The sudden
Imprisonment aud probable sentence of
death on Mr.. Vallandigbam, for simply
oondemning the "policy" Of his Gov.
ernment, show how much these phrases
and such apologies are worth. Arbi-
trary powers are never inert. No
hand is too nerveless TO clutch scep-
tire, and make its weight felt Oh the
backs of kneeliug slaves. A nation
that barters its liberty to accomplish a
temporary purpose, will surely find that
the payment in full will be enforced
without mercy or delay.
If sympathy for an indiuiduaI and
an enemy soers permitted, sorro,s for
the fate Of Vallandigiana would be felt
by. most men Of heart in the South.
Vallandigltan, Pierce, and one or too
other citizens of the United States, have
displayed the highest courage. and the
most honorable patriotism, amid the
,oild ioickedness Of their country. They
will hold, in the history of their times,
place not less respectable than that
allotted to Chatham and Burke, in the
parallel story of the war between Eng
land and the Colonies. But we are
not sorry that the events has at last oc-
Cured. 1t marks new chapter Not
Commence the measures of terrorism,
by which Lincoln and his party can
only reign till the sure step of reiribu-
ton overtakes them. IL was the wise
remark of the present Emperor of the
French (made before he was Emperor,
and when he wrote for newspapers, j
that arbitrary Governments invariably
perish by the operation of the identi'
cal measures which they invented to
extend their power and defend their
existence. The Government of Lincoln
will fall by its own sword. Terrorism
may do for a while in France what
prescription did i'm old Rome. But the
success of any expedient in Rome or
France is proof presurnptive that it will
fail in England or America. No por
ton of the Anglo-Norman race, how
ever degraded and depraved, will long
abide the loss of one privilege which
they have hugged to their souls since
they were savages in the woods-the
great privilege re-asserted in all their
character, that no freemen-" NuUus
li6er honae"-shall be imprisoned, ban
ished or put to death, except by the
jury OF his peers. "Nullus H6er homo
-uncouth WORDS" said the elder Pit; ;
sounding poorly in the ears of schol
ars, these three words are worth all the
classics"
Now for the New York Meeting
We begin with Mr.. McMastsrs, late Of
Fort Lafayette. He says:
Freeman, how are you to save your
libertiesf By fighting. Yes, if nee
essary by fighting" Mr.. McMunn
says: SIN eighteen months this coun-
try will be too hot for the men who are
now bounding and hunting ont those
who advocate the liberty of free speech
and free Press" M. Mnllaly saws
''The men in Washington are like the
British tyrants in the time of the Revo
lu,ion." Capt. Rynders says: "War
is waged here by military despots upon
the rights and privileges of American
people, worse than the war that is now
waging in the South. 1t 10 for us. to
fight for our liberties here.' Says
Tharin: "Step by step had Abe Lin
coin departed from his promises, until
bv oraduations of infamy he sat on a
kingly throne and aspired TO regal
crown. Says Birdsall "Were vallan
digham arrested here the whole popu.
lation would rise en- masse to rescue
him." Says Mason "Every one the