Evansville daily journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1863-1866, 1863-09-22
Great War Meeting at Aba
ny Tremendous Speech by
Danl. S. Dickenson-Liber-
ty of Speech not License o.
Speech.
From the Albany Journal. !
EXTRACT. I

~ sPSNNh 10 ooSlOui DuJ IulS uOeS no
include the right to act as a spy, anc
convey intelligence to the enemy's which
may destroy thousands of the lives o.
our soldiers, endanger our army, anG
leopard the existence of Governments
Applause, Swords and knives are
free; but this gives 30 one the right To
commit murder Fire arms are free
and exempt from seizure on execution
and yet no one has right to discharge
them at his neighbor. Fire is free; but
the one who should apply it to DESTROY
the dwelling of his neighbor would be
the subject of an arbitrary arrest''-in
his Gown house." if he should be found
there's lin the presence of his wife and
= children, if he had them. And these
arbitrary arrests" in criminal law, are
of daily occurrence, 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 can not
discriminate between civil law and mar
tial law, should be 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 Cooper Institute.
1t is dangerous power, but its absence
would be more dangerous. 1t is liable
to abuse, but no war can be conducted
without it-especially such a war as this.
Whether it was judiciously exercised in
this case, and whether the paltry fellow
was worth arresting, do not know, and
do not for all present purposes care. All
we can inquire into is, does the power
exist, and if it does, was it exercised in
good faith? If it was, even though
Gen Burnside was mistaken he is to be
encouraged ssfor his watchfulness and
commended for his vigilance. Tan
plause. Two great, and hasty, and
noisy meetings have been held, one in
New York, at which Capt. Rynders and
others spoke, and even the late Thomas
II. Seymour, of Connecticut, preached.
laughter, and one at this Capitol.
where his Excellency Governor Seymour
administered upon the wrongs of Val
landigham, by letter. The Governor
says this arrest is full of dangers to our
homes Who is il dangsr 4Psg in IA danger
The pious thief and burglar, Gordon, of
Brooklyn, who attended conferences and
prayer meetings with the young ladies,
discovered where they kept their jewelry,
and then entered their houses and rob
bed them by night, was a long time in
danger in his home, roars of laughter,
and by and by the cruel police went in
large numbers, and with their murderous
3 IL 41o ,orI,1
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 Seymour says nothing. Had
he counived with the rebellion for the
overthrow of the only great free Govern
ment on earth, and had been detected
and arrested, it would have been "arbi-
trary" But it interfered with the free
dom of speech" How? Who has OBJ
iected to the freest possible discussion?
Freedom of speech does not confer the
right to go before an enemy and stimu-
late mutiny and disobedience and recon-
mend desertion. 1t does not justify any
thing which, in time of war, is calcula-
ted and intended to weaken the military
arm of the Government. The Govern
or complains that the Governors of some
of the Western States have sunk into in
: significance 1t is certainly time to be
| on thess' ss'look out. | hope, whatever may
become of the States, New York may
) not find herself in the same pitiful cate
CORY. Laughter 1t is, certainly, q
l a humiliating position for the first State
of the Union, when the scales of our be
/ ing as nation are vibrating oul
: children are dying by thousands in de
n tense of the Union-to see the Chic
Magistrate turn from contemplating the
J. picture with anxious solicitude, to de
: nounce the Government and encourage
: the rebellion, because ranting, foam
e ing, frothing, gasconading, traitor
Y cries of 'hang him, hang him, ha
o been arrested, and after fair trial, con
n victed. This is the species of supper
e which Governor Seymour and those VIII
V are with him, from the beginning of tn
war, have given to the Administration
d and this he calls generous" one
t. They now propose to pause in their a.
!. saults upon the Administration-int thei
e nroclaimed svmnathv With t~Si:e--- ~, :
ss their encouragement of rebelhon-the
e will confer favor upon the present an
m coming generations. Applause. Th
e people cry "pause," but it is to those ell
st gagged in assaults upon the Admlnlstr
ID ton, not to those who are striking deaf
blows at the rebellion. They cry pause
al but it is that you pause IN stlmuiatln
II, the rebellion.
5 They have periled their lives in
ut fense of the Government With hea
of uncovered and bosoms barred, they ha
TO met the enemies of free institutions L
,ts on the battlefield, Tvociferous cheering
and they cry "pause" to you who by sy
,es pathising with traitors, encourage resi-
an ance to the Government and its instit
asst tions; they coniure you to pause-par
ON. in YOUR mad career; the husband a
on son have been slain; your partisansl
,ou gives aid to the rebels. The father CT
ned "pause" in your encouragement to reb
ave in arms. Joseph is not, Simeon is Il
m. and you would take away Benjamin
,or- so" There are others who cry ''paus
adopt the language of his Excellel
,er- the Governor, and cry "pause.
ent. sons and brothers sleep in de'
der Tongues which are silent IN death, CO
ices they speak, would cry "pause'--t
Df a would say you have marched US her
mar we come to defend our country s fla
we'd. we come to vindicate the honor of
re- nation-we come to preserve the
hese memories that clusters around the
nave ner for which our fathers fought;
flag have lent hope and encouragement to
very rebellion; pause in your course.
! be say ''pause"
what When you sit down at your
'pause" vacant chair Their
ed to skeleton will be at your side. When
sad proceed into your chamber "pau
ii as death will be there 1T the hour of
and night "pause )" the pale face and s
ex- ton hnger Will point TO tne record
God, you. have gwen the reoels IN
rican against the Government II thsse