The Placer herald., 1864-10-29
THE GREAT CRIMINAL CASE.
The People OF the United States W.. The
Abolition Party.
Supreme Court Of the Ballot Boz, October
and November Terms, 1854.


and November Terms, 1884.
Indictment drawn up and presented BY
the working men of New York, representing
the "toiliag millions" of the United States
Of America. 1t is charged against defend
ant in this case (the Abolition parly) that
1t has consigned to untimely deaths five
hundred thousand human beings, the great
majority Of whom we're working men-pro-
ducers, 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-whiten-
ed the fields of the South with the bones of
the slain.
1t has brought grief and sadness to nearly
every fireside.
aton and plunder of the public finances.
| 1t has deranged the currency Of the coun-
try.
1t has enlarged beyond all necessity the
public debt.
| 1t has taxed the present generation beyond
all precedent, and entaed burdens that will
fall with crushing weight upon unborn mi>
lions.
1t has taken from productive and indus
trial pursuits over two millions of men.
1t has shielded the rich from the clutches
of repeated drafts, by the payment Of sums
Ito them petty and inconsderable) to the
Government; while it has compelled the
toiing masses to enlist, for the plain reason
that their actual necessities required it for
the immediate necessities of their families
1t has given us shinplasters, green paper
and petty postage stamps for the common
currency of the country.
1t has created fuctuating and uncertain
standard of value.
1t has used the peoples money without
legal authority, in useless and vain attempts
to better the condition of the negro, at the
expense Of the white race.
1t has inaugurated schemes 70 thwart the
plans of the Almighty in comminglipg the
races.
1t has all allowed defaulters ard defraud.
ing contractors, paymasters, public officers,
and even private individuals, to swindIe the
people ont of millions of dollars, and has
dared to send some Of them on foreign mis-,
oiouo ms IoWdTu LOT tneIT
1t has ignored well-established laws Of
Congress.
1t has disregarded the Constitution under
the plea of military necessity"
1t has taken the edicts of the President as
the laws of the land, which laws they con-
travened
1t has Unidentified public officers from
| suits at law for damages on account Of out
RACES on the rights of citizens.
1t has arrested good and true men and
patriotic citizens without legal authority;
dragged them from their homes, friends and
families; sent them beyond the limits of the
State in which they resided ncarcerated
them in bastiles, and falsely denounced them
as traitors
1t has trampled down the great bulwarks
of civil liberty, the freedom Of speech and Of
the press.
| 1t has abolished the writ OF habeas cor.
pus, 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 of the land.
II has declared military control where the
civil tribunals we're in the faithful discharge
of their legitimate duties.
1t has created unnecessary departments in
the General Government, thus causing more
expenses, increased taxes aud heavier bur.
dens on the people.
1t has organized new States from the mere
fragments OF the original; admitted mem
bers from these so-called States to seats as
members of Congress.
II has sent its spies and informers through
the principal cities and towns to listen and
report the murmurings of the people touch.
ing the manner in which the Administration
is conducting the affairs of the country.
1t has regarded opposition to the Admin
istration as opposition to the Constitution
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 government.
1t has prohibited the circulation of news
papers in the United States mails, because
they criticised and opposed the acts Of the
Administration; it has actually suspended
their publication, and placed censorship
over the press and telegraph.
1t has circulated falsehoods and suppressed
the truth.
1t has multiplied, to an indefinite extent,
the number of subordinate officials, simply
to appease the persistent appeals of mere
demagogues and political paupers.
1t has dsregarded the reserved rights OF
the States.
1t has invoked spirit Of mob law, which
has developed itself in the principal cities in
the destruction Of life and property.
1t has destroyed immense amounts OF pub
lie and private property; imposed on indus
try burdens too grisvious to be borne; en-.
richsd the few at the expense Of the many;
ovsgAowsd our hospitals with disabled men,
and crowded our streets with lifelong Grip
pies. ..-s a...4