Cedar Falls gazette. [volume] (Cedar Falls, Iowa) 1860-1895, 1864-09-30
Nh. pAhwIs's SPEECH.
lie said the President had not violated the

He said the President had not violated the
Constitution. He went on TO show that the
suppression Of the rebellion, and that only,
had been the paramount object of the admin.
istration, Ito defend the Constitution, and
that that instrument did not deprive itself OF
being defended There were different kinds
of law. There was military law as well as
civil law. The President, by virtue of his
Office, was commander in,chief of the army
and navy, and in time Of war had the right,
full authority to employ the military law
Was an act OF war any less an act of war in
Ohio than in Virginia! Certainly not. fla
John Morgan band should come north would
it ever become so small as not to be liable to
the military law or could it ever get so far
as TO be beyond the grasp of the President :
! II so, how small, or how far Where would
the line be drawn? lie held that the Prcsi'
, dent had power to MAKE arrests under the
military law, and that such law was recog
nizcd by the Constitution. He ronfcssed
that the bower was Liable to abuse but the
power was OILY used by ABRAHAM LINCOLN
during the infancy Of the war, and for two
years no arbitrary arrests had been
made and none were ever made unless Of
, men more dangerous, more insiduous, than
the southern rebels. The cry Of abolition ]"
was no new cry. 1t was raised when it Was
sought to make Kansas free State, VIXEN it
was well known that there was no idea of
interfering with slavery where it existed. II
was raised none the less during the first
eighteen months of the war when the admin.
istration was very tender OF slavery, and did
so much TO protect it. 1t was abolition
war" before the appearance Of the Procla-
nation Of Emancipation as mu oh as since
The rebels seeded from the Charleston Con.
vention in 1860 because a plank making
slavery national was denied them. The slave
mongers were determined to rule the MAORI.
-ty. The majority refused to yield. There
fore the Democracy was the cause of the war.
Were Northern Democrats ready to yield
now Every blow at slavery has been struck
on the principle of sef.defence. An Abo.
litionist vas something higher than the ad-
ministratlon. What, he asked, has slavery
done for you Democrats that you should love
It 20 much9 In reply to Mr.. BANKERS
qut stion he said that when the South laid
down ,i.eir arms and came back to the I'm.
ion, all war measures ceased toward them
lie thought then the people would vote for
an amendment to the Constitution prohibit.
ing slavery, and he knew very well which
way his vote would go. lie had not much
to say on the corruption charged upon the |
administration. He would like to know what
great war was ever conducted without cor.
ruption. The Admir- istIation could not be |
held accountable for it, He would like to
know what the Democracy proposed to Go in
case they got into power? Why do they
have nothing to say IN condemnation o: the |
rebellion, and so much in opposition to the
Administration The rebellion was inau.
gurated under Democratic rule; every rebel
State seeded under Democratic admins. !
tration. Democracy then had no power to
coerce, no power to interfere. They propose
now to preserve the Union in the future as
in the past. Ii the war has been failure,
who ia responsible for it? The Democracy,
Via harc coast,'v thrown si,imbIirs. !