The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1864-07-20

auherlng still 10 the Union, ter the express
sion ofpolitical opinion while hundreds in
public assembly and through the press,
have with license and violence in which
| never INDUCED criticised and condemn
ed the acts and policies Of the administra-
tisn, and densunced the war, maintaining
even the propriety and necessity Of the re-
cssnition Of Southern independence.
/ lndorsed by nearly two hundred thou
sand fresmen Of the Democratic party Of
ny native State, at the late election, and
still with the sympathy and support Of
millions more, | do not mean any longer to
be the only man Of that party whs is 10 be
the victim Of arbitrary power. If Abraham
Linceln seeks ny life, let him 50 declare I;
but he shall not restrain me of my perss.
nal liberty. except upon "due process of
law" The unconstitutional and monstrsus
Order Thirty eight" under which alone
] was arrested thirteen months ago, was de-
fied and spit upon at your State convention
Of 1865, by the gallant gentleman who bsre
the standard as your candidate for lieu
tenant governor, and by every Democratic
press and public speaker ever since. It is
dead. From the first il was against the
Constitution and laws, and without validi-
ty; and all proceedings under it were and
are utterly null and void, and of no effect.
The indignant voice of condemnation
long since went forth from the vast majori-
ty of the people and press of America, and
from all free ceutriss in Europe with en-
tire unanimity. And more recently, too
the "platfsrm" of an earnest, numerous
and most formidable convention of the sin
cere republicans, and still further. the en-
phatic letter Of the acceptance by the can.
didate of that convention, Gen. John G.
Fremont-the first candidate alss Of thu
Republican party for the presidency eish
years ago, upon the raIlying cry Of fres
speech, and free press-give renewes
hope that at last, the reign Of arbitrary
power is about to be brought to an end in
the United States.
| II is neither just nor fit, therefore, tha
the wrongs Inflicted under "0rder thirty.
eight" and the other edicts and acts o
such power, should any longer be endure,
certainly not by me alone. But ever,
ordinary means of redress has first beeI
exhausted; yet either by the direc, agen
ey Of the Administration and its subordi
mates, or because Of want oil jurisdiction il
the civil courts TO meet case which M
American ever in former times conceived
to be possible here. all have failed. Coun
sci applied in my behalf to an unjust judg,
for writ Of habeds corpus. II was deni
ed; and now the privilege Of that writ i
suspended by act Of Congress aud Exscu
tive order, in every State. The Demo
cratic convention Of Ohio, one year ago, b,
resolution formally presented through
committee Of your best aud ablsst men, il
person at Washington, demanded Of tn
President in behalf Of very large minori
" OF the people,, a revocation OF the edic
Of Punishment. Pretending that. the publ
safety then required it, he refused, saying
{ at the same time, that il would afford hin
, pleasure to comply as sosn as be could b,
. any means be made TO believe that the pub
lie safety would not suffer BY it.
, One year has elapsed. yet this hollo,
pretence Is still tacitlyosserted, and to-da
dm heIe W prove " uniuuhueu III idCts
/ appeal TO the Sprsme Court OF the Unite,
States, and because Congress had nevs
| conferred jurisdiction in behalf Of citi
zen tried by a tribunal usknown for sue
{ purposes to the laws, and expressly forbid
. den by the Constitution, il were powerles
to.redrsss TIE wrong. The time has thers
lore arrived when il becomes me as citi
zen Of Ohio and Of the United States,
, demand, and by my own act to vindicats
the rites, liberties and privileges which
never forfeited, but Of which for 50 man
{ months have been deprived.
! Wherefore, men oil Ohio, am again i
your midst to-day. | owe duties TO th
State, and am here 10 discharge them
( have rights as a citizen, aud am here {
} assert them; wife and child and homo