The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1863-06-09


ceedngs in relation to tho suppression Of the
Chicago 7anss and the revocation OF the
order, together with report Of the great
meeting held in tho Lake City. In which Will DO
found speeches and resolutions Of very strong
ana spicy description The object OF soo
demonstration was to vindicate the freedom Oh
the press and the freedom of speech guaran-
teed BY the constitution to every citizen OF the
United States AZ we'll in war a. in peace In
that object the public meeting was eminentiy sue
cessful-assisted. perhaps by . secret meeting
OF republican leaders and stockholders In the
chicago Tribune, who saw evident symptoms OIL
terrible retaliation upon that establishment
in the event of the order of Burnside against
the TINES being approved by the President
and thereupon petitioned Mr.. Lincoln TO rescind
despotic edict not suited to the atmosphere OF
the free and loyal states OF the North.
Thus great noise is made about journal IN
Chicago of very small account. But it was not
for the sake Of the paper, but Of the violated
principle of free press and free speech that the
people Of Chicago pronounced The people are
at last awakened to the necessity Of vindicst-
ing the bill Of rights contained in the amend
ments to the constitution against military des-
potsm. The same principle was Aagrantly
violated in this city BY mobs hired by govern
ment money during the time Of the excitement
consequent upon the fall of Fort Sumter in
April, lS6l-mobs who, under the leadership OF
the attaches Of the Tribune, visited various
newspapers with view to their intimidation.
There were no public meetings held then to
sustain the liberty of the press. But change
has come over the spirit Of the peoples dream.
Mr.. Seward, adopting the spirit Of the mob as
part Of his role. inaugurated the reign Of terror
by arresting, with 'the touch Of bell" citi-
zens in the Northern States guilty of no offence
against any human law, and by the suppress
sion of newspapers which had violated
no statute of the United States. The
Free'nons Journal, the Daily Ne,cs and the
Day Book were extinguished in this city and
throughout the country various small papers
were suppressed No meetings were held to
protest against such high-handed proceedings
But Mr.. Seward soon found out that they were
extremely unpopular, and. he assigned the re-
mainder of his role to Cameron, who quickly
used himself up by arresting leading democrats
who dared to speak their sentiments or who
were suspected Of holding opinions not favor
able to the conduct Of Cameron. He was COM
PEELED to quit the Cabinet. Stanton. nothing
daunted at what had happened and defiant Of
the will of the people, outstripped his predeces
sor in the outrages he committed upon the
liberty Of speech, the liberty of the press and
the constitution Of the United States. Among
his first acts was his atrocious treatment Of
Mr.. Ives for no offence, and sending him to
Fort McHenry. Public opinion was meantime
becoming aroused, and the administration for
a season abandoned its foolish course; but, like
"the Ethiopian who cannot change his skim"
the administration could not cease to do evil
and learn to do we'll. Tho result of the cleo
tions had rebuked it, and would have admins
tered q salutary lesson to any other Cabinet on
earth. But the radical Bourbons could learn
nothing and forget nothing. Stanton sooa re-
turned to his old ways, and under his inspiration
Wsdsworth squelched twopenny paper inHar-
risburg and another small concern in Phila-
delphia. Under his direction, too, the freedom
Of the ballot box was violated in several dis
tricts. More recently Burnside, who fathsred
the entire responsibility Of the Fredericksburg
disaster, and covered up the tracks of the ad-
ministration, surrsndefsd himself to the will Of
Stanton, and did his dirty work by arresting,
trying and Furnishing Mr.. vallandighsm, In vio-
lation of the constitution and every law of the
land and assuming the full responsibility of
these proceedings. The result is to make an
unpopular man the popular candidate for the
Governorship of Ohio. This was followed up
by themppression Of the Chicago Times, by a
telegraphic despatch and squad Of soldiers,
because it ventured to comment in suitable
terms upon the doings of this worthy general.
The President directs the orders to be revoked.
and Burnside is again the scapegoat of the
administration.
The popularity Of the attack On the Times
Is that it aroused determination in the popular
mind to take reprisals by demollshng the
Office of the Tribune, which would undoubtedly
have been carried out had not Mr.. Lincoln
wisely and promptly solved the difficulty.
And this threatened retaliation is but q speci.
men Of what will be inactive operation in 1866.
The radicals, having sown the wind for the last
two years, may expect to reap the whirlwind
during the next Presidential term
In the case Of the Chicago Tines nobody
cared for the paper. II is mere party hack.
representing set Of politicians the vlest and
meanest in the Union. Before the late Mr..
Douglas became entangled by these men he
was an ornament and . credit TO the coun-
try but they drove him TO drink, to debt and
to death. The Tribune ID Of the same stsmr On
the other side. Both are the representatives of
. corrupt city, those social depravity, az re.
vealed in the trials Of clergymen and merchants.
Is byword throughout the land 1t would
be well for Chicago and Illinois if both sheets
were dead and buried beyond the hope Of
resurrection. But bad ~ these journals are
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