The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1864-09-30
The Peoples Indictment OF Abraham
Lincoln.


atoms, pursuing Invariably the same OBJ
ject, evinces design to reduce The people
under absolute despotism, it is their right,
it is their duty, to throw off such govern
ment, and to provide new guards for their
future security. Such has been the patient
sufferance of these State. The history of
the present President Of the United States
is history Of repeated injuries and usurp-
atoms, all having in direct object the es
tablishment of an absolute tyranny over
these States. To prove this, let facts be
submitted to candid world"
LIST. "He has refused his assent to laws
the most wholesome and necessary for the
public good" Read the Wade-Daois
manifesto.
2nd. ssHe has affected to render the
military independent of, and superior to,
the civil power"
3rd. He has suspended the writ OF ha-
beas corpus in peaceable States in direct
violation of the Constitution, which says,
| Art. l, Sec. 9:
| The privilege Of the writ of habeas corpus
shall not be suspended, unless when in cases of
rebellion or invasion the public safety may re-
| quire it. sL.lU. 'sgilyf3 UI
| 4th. he has oonfscated the property Of
the citizens of the Southern States, by an
unconstitutional proclamation, in violation
of Art. 8, Sec, of the Constitution,
which says: -
The Congress shall have power to declare
| the punishment of treason, but no attainder of
treason shall work corruption of blood, or
forfeiture, except during the life OF the person
| attainted. ,ac .. - .'., ..
9Th, He has wantonly seized upon news
papers and individuals, and prohibited the
free exercise of religion by closing up
churches and debating terms to ministers
of the gospel, in violation Of the first
amendment to the Constitution, which
says: ...r .-.~.....
Congress shall make no law respecting an
/ establishment of religion, or prohibiting the
! of speech, or of the press; or the right of the
| people peaceably to assemble, and to petition
the government for redress of grievances.
9th. He has denied the right of peace
able people to bear arms, by issuing mil
itary prohibition in the States of Illinois,
indiana and Ohio, in direct violation of
the second amendment to the Constitu-
ton, which says:
| A well regulated militia being necessary to
the security Of II free State, the rights of the
| people to keep and bear arms shall not be in
| fringed.
| 7th. He has unwarrantably, and without
due form and authority, sent his military
agents into private houses to seize upon
persons and papers, in direct violation of
the fourth amendment to the Constitution,
| which says:
The right Of the people to be secure in their
| persons, houses, papers, and effects, against
| unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not
be violated, and no warrants shall issue, but
| upon probable cause, supported by oath or af-
firmatiOn, and particularly describing the place
to be searched, and the persons or things to be
| seized.
Sth. He has despotically deprived
American citizens Of life, liberty and pro-
perty for public use without compensation,
in violation Of the fifth amendment to the
OOuStlIubiOu, WHICH says: ..-
! Nor shall any person be subject for the same
offence to be twice put in jeopardy of life or
| limb; nor shall be compelled in any criminal
| prived of life, liberty or property, without due
process of law; nor shall private property,
be taken for public use, without just compen.
| satiOn. ,.aes, r..
9th. He has repeatedly and wickedly
deprived innocent citizens, wrongfully ar
rested and detained, of the right to trial
by jury, in violation OF the sirth amend
ment to the Constitution, which says:
In all criminal prosecutions, the accused en-
| Joy the right to q speedy and public trial, by
an impartial jury of the State and district
wherein the crime shall have been committed,
which district shall have been previously as
certained by law, and to be informed of the ma
ture and cause Of the accusation; to be con-
fronted with the witnesses against him; to
have compulsory process for obtaining wit
nesses in his favor. and to have the assistance
of counsel for his defence. fF
10th. He has violated the rights of the
States by an unconstitutional proclama-
ton of freedom, in contravention of the
tenth amendment to the Constitution,
which says: $500. ..4.'s..
The powers not delegatedi to the United
States, by the Constitution, nor prohibited by
it to the States. are reserved to the States re-
! spectively, or the people.
18th. He has interfered with the right
of suffrage, by the shameful exercise of
military authority in the States of Ken
lucky, Maryland, Missouri, and Delaware.
18th He has subverted the civil by mil
itary law in States not in insurrection.
18th. He has denied the right of asylum.
! 14th. He has employed unusual test
oaths. o, .,;.,.f. ~. .,....-
18th. He has shamefally disregarded his
duty in respect to our suffering fellow
citizens who are now prisoners of war, thus
violating the plainest dictates of humanity.
10th. He has wantonly wasted the lives
of our soldiers in the field by interfering
with the plans of our military command
18th. He has adopted a policy of dis
union by making the " abandonment Of
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