Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1864-09-21
THR GREAT CRIMINAL TRIAL.
IHE PEoPLE OF THE Supreme Court of tn Q
UNITED STATES, Ballot Box-October
rersw and November terms
fTup No, roe.

: Indictment drawn up and presented by
r the workingmen of New York, represent
ing the "toiling millions" of the Uni
, ted States Of America II is charged
!, against the defendant in this case, (the
. Abolition party,) thet-
1t has consigned to untimely deaths five
, hundred thousand human beings, the
, great majority of whom were working
, men - producers, contributors to the
wealth of the nation.
1t has arrayed brother against brother
and pitted the father against the son in
mortal combat.
/ 1t has deluged the land in blood
whitened the fields of the South with the
bones of the slain.
1t has brought grief and sadness to
nearly every fireside.
1t has opened up broad avenues for
peculstion and plunder of tho public
finances.
IL las deranged the currency OF the
country.
1t has enlarged beyond all necessity the
pubic debt.
1t has taxed the present generation be-
yond all precedent, and entailed burthens
that will fall with crushing weight upon
unborn millions.
1t has taken from industrial and pro-
ductiye pursuits over two millions of
men.
1t has shielded the rich from the
clutches Of repeated drafts" by the pay
ment OF sums Ito them petty and signiii-
CAN'T to the Government; while it has
compelled the toilibg masses to enlist, for
the plain reason that their actual necessi-
ties required it for the immediate support
of their families.
1t has given US shin plasters, green paper
and petty postage stamps for the common
currency of the country.
1t has created fluctuating and uncer-
tain standard of value.
1t has used the peoples money without
I legal authority, in useless and vain at
! tempts to better the condition of the
negro, at the expense of the white race
1t has inangurated schemes to thwart
the plans of the Almighty in co-minglng
the races.
1t has allowed defaulters and defraud-
ing contractors, pay masters, public officers
and even private individuals. to swindle
the people out of millions Of dollars, and
has dared to send some of them on for
casiity. @"'""' 90 """""d 70" 'hAi" roe
|, has Ignored we'll established laws of
Congress.
1t has disregarded the Constitution un-
der The plea of military necessity"
1t has taken the edcts Of the President
as laws of the lard which laws they con-
travened.
1t has Unidentified public officers from
suits at law for damages on account of
ou,rages upon the rights of citizens.
1t has arrested good and true men and
patriotic citizens withou! legal authority;
dragged them from their homes, friends
and families sent them beyond the limits
Of the State in which they resided; incar-
cerated them in bastiles, and falsely de-
nounced them rs traitors.
1t has trampled down the great bull
warks of civil liberty, the freedom OF
speech and of the press.
1t has abolished the writ Of habsas corpus,
a right which no other enlightened Gov
ernment- under heaven would seek even
to abridge.
1t has set aside our system OF trial by
jury, and substituted arbitrary power for
the laws o! the land.
1t has declared military control wnere
the civil tribunals were in the faithful dis
charge of their legitimate duties.
1t has created unnecessary departments
in the General Government, thus causing
more expenses, increased taxes, and heavi-
er bui thens for the people.
II has organized new States from the
mere fragments of the original admitted
members from these so-called States TO
seats as members of Congress.
1t has sent its spies and iniormers
through the principal cities and towns, to
listen TO and report the murmurings OF
the people touching the manner in which
the Administration is conducting the
affairs of the country.
1t has regarded opposition to the Adj
ministration as opposition to the Constl-
tuition and Government, than which there
can be nothing more false.
1t has inaugurated system by which
one tenth of the citizens of State, Instead
of majority, may form State Govern
ment.
| 1t has prohibited the circulation of
newspapers in the United States mails
because they criticised and opposed the
acts of the Administration it has actu-
ally suspended their publication, and
placed censorship over the press and the
telegraph.
1t has circulated falsehood and sup
pressed the truth.
It has multiplied, 10 an indefinite ex-
tent, the number of subordinate officials,
simply to appease the persistent appeals
of mere demagogues and political pau
pers. ,
1t has disregarded the reserved rights OF
the States.
1t has invoked a spirit of mob-law,
which has developed itself in the princ-
nal cities in the destruction Of life and
property. 9
It has destroyed immense amounts OF
public aud private properly; imposed on
, industry burthens too grievous 10 be borne;
enriched the few at the expense of the
many; overiiowed our hospitals with dis
abled men, and crowded our streets with
: lifelong cripples. . s.
I 1t has infamed all the basel passions OF
, tho hupaan haort