, 1864-11-04

vocate Hall, which kept back even mora
than 1t told, are enough to e1s,a e.s :
yagne alarm. and Wtu fooAasa
disuust; but We shall neCer fathom toe
deptha Of the dark abYss over which o15
liberG.s are now impending, until ums n,n sn,e
have clapsed for Judgment dag to g1Ve oposs
the historian, the secrets Of the grave aon
the dead One hundred and htty yeIs
borough. .Godo1phin ard their followers
were revealed to the public BY the mag1o Pr
Of Macenley. Yet the iDettnct OF ne Peop!e
Wis 1ght- Thop knew, though they k9eW @
not haE. that their ouly safety "aa ID w
Asna and the Hanne5ef succession. ana = =
elA :. the cunning arts Of the J4Go DIES "
excite theiE prejnd,ces agalnst tne Uosiam"n i a,s
who could ohlg c1ssyeEse IL Latin y n!e ~
tects, the subsidies to his Dutch iegions, nte
Dutch courtiere, fyorites sud body guard
and tbs Dutch mistrtsses Of bis snccessors1
they clurg closely to the only ship that could
save them from deetfuctfon; though d
ftrapger had "despolled the king OF his
own" and foreigner sat In the hereditary
seat, which for five centuries had been
pressed By none but English born eoTeretgns
It ia to be hoped that this fraud has been
stopped in time to prevent disaster. II not
more than fifteen or twenty thousand Of
these fraudulent ballots have been prepared,
It is calculated BY some Of the most expeH-
enccd politicians here that this timely expos
ure Will mtre than make It up for US. There
ia said TO be still a manufactory In New York
city which has not YET been found, and it ia
we'll known that every effort will be made
to east as many as possible In that sink OF
intquity, where Sin and Latter day Democracy
reign supreme without fear OF the Law. Per
haps The leaders MAJ, fear to attempt to carry
ont fully their Intentions Perhaps they will
be so ignorant and 30 reckless ae to throw
more ballots than there sre voters In the city,
Perhaps upon trial the law may be decided
unconstitutional, and the whole eoldIers'
voke be thrown out. There il no prophecy
ing With any certainty how tbs matter viii
end. Everything: Is uncertain. The enemy
who surrounds us is hidden in ambush
Ha1dly glimpse can we get Of his form or
cience, by the OF inouB silence, broken occa-
eionally BY mysterious noises, that our willy
and desperate foe Is plotting against u.s. Still
J the chances would seem to be in our favor
! TO cRrry the Slate Of New York
/. Since the testimony at the trials Of Ferry
and Donohue at Baltiaore has been publish
Cd, the rigbtfu1ness Of the charge Is no long,
; Democrats. They ut azst tried to deny the
facta- Then they tried to turn the tabies bY
declaring It Waa m Invention to prevent the
New York soldiers from voting. Even the
N9stoha! 1ntei!ge'cer (which the proprietors
acknowledge is only kept alive BY the contri-
{,
this puerile SANDER. But all this will not do
now. They therefore turn their attention to
,the Consequences and argue that military
court has no Jurisdiction over either the per
;sous or the parties. am ilcliued to believe
they will find themselves mistaken. Every
camp, tort, military hospital or othsr author
lied collection Of United States soldiers is
governed By the army regulations. Every
peEEou, whether soldier, camp folio oHer, mis-
el0nary, sanitary commission agent Stata
agent OF other civilian, who places himself
, within the boundaries Of any army ia subject
to the jurisdiction Of that army and is gov
erred By Its laws
Suppose party commits theft or murder
In camp, Is It NJ ecsssary to 70 through the
slow and tedious process of trial at law 10
order to convict him? 4 citizen Of ths
pfeaees, but should. he get into q camp or
military hospital, he eau only get ont by
complying with the military rules. These
State agents are precisely In that position.
They are here. On military business;
they are among the soldiers all the t1me !;
1bey have no other business here except that
which pertains to military affairs; trey are
precisely in the same position that one WonId
be who endea7ors to entice soldiers to desert.
TIE military jurisdiction Of the person could
not be Il ore complete. As to the offense,
it is Certainly as gross as that Of robbery,
and would scarcely come under that very
comprehensive had, "preJudictal to good
order and military dfeciplne.n Clearly, it
could be punished by the military power.
Gov Seymour bas sent on three commits
sioners to zee that the New York soldiers are
TO raise an issue on this point, 1t will take
something more than Copperhead persuasion
to incita 3 revolution anywhere ont Of the
city Of New York. ]. a. W.