Holmes County farmer. [volume] (Millersburg, Ohio) 1857-1926, 1864-08-04

revolutions, the people have conceded 1T
tle here and little there on the
cround of necessity until there Is but
Gttle left. Cormwell in the revolution in
England turned out the Parliament upon
thc plea of necessity. Napoleon, when he
assembled the throne of France, with the
its chamber. He permitted none TO take
their seats but those who supported him
A minority of that convention declared for
him as Emperor. The bayonet did the
work. 49,.
Sir, what's our situation to day? Where
is our trial by jury, your hd6eds corpus
your freedom of speech, your freedom of
the press, your liberty. Of conscience ?--I
Where are your free ballot, the first great
birthrights of Americans, and without
which liberty cannot exist anywhere for a
single moment A few days ago certain
newspapers in New York published bogus
proclamation, and they were suppressed by
an order from Washington, and the editors
imprisoned.
Mr.. JOHNSON, They were not imprison-
ed. They were ordered to be imprisoned,
but Major Gen. Dix did not do it,
NJ. RICHARDSON. The order was given
from here. Not only does the President
and Cabinet imprison citizens who have
committed no crime, but Generals and Co
lonels and I'd Lieutenants who do not know
the difference between Wcbstcr's spelling
book, with the leaves all out and the leaves
all in, and it is justified and sustained by the
President. The only hope for liberty in
this country is the defeal of Abe Lincoln
this fall
Throughout the entire North to-day, in
every Congressional district, you have Pro-
vost Marshals, you have them in your coun-
try, too, sir. To Mr. johnson. The
Provost Marshals claim the right to try all
cases that arise, criminal and civil They
doubtless have never heard that there was a
provision in the Federal Constitution that
the military should be subordinate to the
civil authority. They are contcsting with
our, courts whether they shall try any cases
In the courts or not. That great right con
terred by the Constitution of the United
States, that no man shall be tried for his
life or liberty unless upon due presentnlcnt
by a. grand jury is gone. a Lieutenant,
who has never seen the inside ofa law book,
who would not know what you meant if you
told him that there was such a thing as lib
erty proclaimed in every article Of the Fed
eral Constitution, he would tell you, Here
is a military necessity"
l know it may be replied to me, as it has
been, that these things are done in pursu-
ancc of law passed by Congress. True it
is so; but before you passed your law, be-
fore 1t had an existence you and your Pro-
vost Marshals in every district throughout
the country. Civil liberty, the liberty Of the
citizen, was stricken down, and it is gone.
And now the gentleman from Massachu-
sets tells US that we must have universal
freedom. Sir, / am in favor Of freedom
too; freedom for the white race
Mr. President, | care not who admins
ters this government. The time has been
when | felt anxious to elevate u statesman
and friend to that position. That time has
gone with me forever. Give me the man
for President who will give Inc free ballot,
trial by jury the freedom of speech, the lib
crty OF the press, and the right of con
science, and | care not by what name you
call him, nor what he is; but so help me
God will resist to the utmost of my power
always the one who has stricken down all
these great rights.
When the Conscription Bill authorizing
the establishment of military courts was
pending and under consideration in the Sen
ate, | moved an amendment to limit its op-
Grafton to one year. That amendment was
adopted unanimously. Itpassed the House
AS believe. The committee Of confer
cncc struck it out, as ! suppose. At all
events it is not in the bill now The object
and intention is to have military tribunals |
overthrow the judiciary and make despot
ism. The machinery you now have in full
operation. l do not believe that AL or even !
half that voted for this bill are in favor of
this, but the power is exercised by those
who will do it. | repeat, then, have no
doubt that the Senator from Massachusetts,
will press and pass this bill No matter
what becomes of the white man; let him
go; let him starve; let him fight your battles;
nd inn tp hn lnn h.
behind; let his wife and children perish
wherever they may be; but you must take
care Of the Niger
Mr., SUMNER. If the gentleman will
permit me- | wish the ''colored gentleman"
TO 20 to the front.
Mr. RICHARDSON You said he would
Mr. SUMNER. | want us to allow him to
go. lie is anxious to go forward and per
form military service | want him to do it
and to save our tellowcitizcns
MIR. RICHARDSON. ! know of no Sena- !
tor and of no man in America who could
do more TO lead them to the front than the
Senator himself, if he will 20. | have no
doubt if the Senator will go down to Gen
eral Grant he can get at lshead of those
Nicgers, and if he will make one of his
glowing speeches in favor Of universal libcr-
ty and the black mans superiority, they
Will go with him to the front. ] want them
to 70 to the front, too but, sir they will
not 20. They will eat you rations and they
will take your pay, they will guard your
posts that do not need guarding; and that
is all they will do
Sir | am opposed to this bill and all sim
liar bills. The time has now come when
We must talk in reference to these things
and talk plainly, and for one, intend to do
So.
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