M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1864-04-21
'Ehe Administration seeA-
p0lasibsr Fer the NObS,
\ SPEECu
FuR THe
LIBERTY OF THE PRESS,
DELILVEREO EY
HON. ARCHIBALD MAYO,
o2 surLRS cousTY
Ia the ioaSe OF representatives,
Garch 18th, 1864,
[cnNrlsCED FROM Last WEEK ]

| lC'NIINI NJ pNuA La W HF.h
1t has been said that "Ilistvry i
philosophy, teaching by example.
Its ,xalupiea give this SOLUTION to tn,
vh"lo matter, that q ieltcred lrcs
mas ever bc.n the hAntlnlil Vi uati
onnl ousIsyemeni, degradation an,
decay anl O tree Press tho hand,
uaid Of national liberty, groatncs,
and prosperity. And thu truth .
| itlstory is rsGnbIished 10 the m)nth'
Uf many HitutsseS Of the great uut
gppd OF every patty, sect aud creed
but ihCre urs many men, especially il
those latter days, who will not accept
the conclusions drawn from u survey
It lUrg established aad veil aScer-
Ia..Ga facts e they Cannot recon
clio Ervsl principle with a toW iso
Iafod and singular occurrencts within
their uGn knowlcdge, they are not
eaiiShud. Making premises OF these
iacls, they constrUcI s,llDgistn, aud
in the tacC of the "Iaw aud tho teS-
timIuy," insist that their forlnulistiC
Theory shall nuvs the world, whether
they have IL Iulcrum to reSt it on or
not. Their mental vision is arrow
I'd, iIks The pupl OF tho eye, which
contracts 10 proportion to the light
which grtets il. in tho blaz,' Of the
uin,tetntiI century, they revive the
hair splitting rttine.uents, with which
scholastic suLtil'y stioEB to hamper
tho huasn intellect. Gao .! their
pct theories is, that in time oE war,
tho Gu7crnment" h8s a right t.
supp ress all publications striving "
tending t. excite opposition /!
frea Press 10 Tho bulwark OF liLSlty,
ttHt ia the time we need i most.
Caurps.on crceps IN under c"yct Ol
civil ;unmotion. Thunder c}cP4 ara
not common from o}oudleJS ski,s
And tho minute 1.-The Government
lays hands on the Press on tho plea
ol necessity, alj History teacLeS, is
the moment when We SHOULD guspect
that sunolh'ns lie rotten la Don
mark" Ese Why fear tho Prsss (
The people, who are most Interested
in any event; und tvr Uhom the war
10 caIiie1 on, It it bS legitimate, do
not need tas; every 'JiaS aud Sian
derous article bhall bo wrapped up
aud labvIel "poiaon' to prevent
ihnig imhiOing itS nuxOns contents
They arc not lisblo 70 b. blown abou;
by every wini OF doctrine any mort
than their public sogvanta--uot 81
u,uch 50, indeed, lit ba trNe lhat tho
SecI etary of tbs Treasury has given
up his Presidential aspirations i'll d.s
pair, because all Insignificant caucus
in the Ohio Legislature resulva! thar
Lincoln WAS tho coming man.
" ateyer motives acluated that "ho.
nofGSle" clique, certain | am, that il
thieves asked after the health OF Rd-
lus Choats, tho grca. Massachusetts
lawyer, bcIure they began to steal,
there ia no reason Why tho placemen,
Contractors aul public plunderers of
his party should not be equally anxi-
GUS ter the political VOL Icing o!Mr.
Lincoln Ii tue people cannot b.
trusted with aH uutrammeled Press,
the sooner tho farcc OF popular SOW
ereiguty" aud the doctrine OF "lhe
capacity Of the people tor solf govern
Intnt" arc "played ont" and aban-
doued tho better! Another theory
8, that the Government" or the 80.
called Union party, or some other
seil.cons,itutei regulator of the "sov.
ereigu people" 10 justified IN depriv-
lny thGui Of u portion OF their rights
ami Liberties. in older to preserve the
Constitution, the Union. and i snp-
pose, the Republican party, and-I
know ut WI at beside. This ia By no
uioans orlgiua!. They borrowed it
lrom Sir Boyle Rocho in the Irish
House Of Commons, who declared
h nssli 80 devoted and enthusiastic in
tho premises, that he was ready, it
ncct saarS, 10 give up not only part,
but the ,ohvls Il the Constitution, in
order to preserve tho remainder !
Great prlncIp.es and fundamental
rights arc immortal mot to be bar
tered, sold, exchanged or suspended,
for any purpose however seeming
good. Men and nations are subject
cd to adversity, to test their fidelity
to right and principle, when honor
and greatness tempt their assertion,
The right is more thsa our coun-
try" The Preas must support the
Government, 10 the insane cry 81 the