The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1864-04-06
The Military Dsspotism In the Uni.
ted states-Speech Of senator
4aulshury.

Illinois and Missouri, following cIoss upon the
speech Of Senator Salisbury, Of Delaware, shows
that the people Of the United States are getting
ured OF ths military despetism OF Lincoln--,ired
unto deaia, for In this 'sIe affair" In Coles coun
ty, they have put their lives In the scale for free
dom The speech Of s'r. Eaui-bary wac directed
against. military Interference in elections. he
said:
The Senator from Michigan, (sr. Hsward,) had
said lat inc time was unproptious ior the passage
OF such BILL as this. He would commend TO him
and others Who thought like him the example OF G
distinguished British statesman. who, when the
rights OF the English subjects were al stake rose
IN his place In arliament and declined TO discuss
questions 0f war so long "a private rights were In
Jeopardy. Under these constant encr0achments
OF power ~s shall wake up heteailer and 6nd that
the dream we have been tnduIatnR Ia was deiu
sion Cur constitutional rights were secured to a.
not only tor times Of peace, but times of war
Ihey were a. suddGTs to the ship, and II abandon
ed the ship was lost Neither 10 tine p.e;eXt that
tho surrender Of these Liberties temporarily IS
necessary for their preservation g-rnaaentiy.-
What ali absuIdty thai lie Union can be preserved
by the destruction of the Constitution. In his
opinion, those who have the matters in hand nave
not tn view the preservation OF III. Consiution.-
lhe effect OF their uiteTsRess evioce the Tutn ot
- hal ;ts said.
Let any public man say that he il In faycr o! the
Union as II was, aud the Constitution US Il is, and
what is ths judgment passed upon him Why,
ttai he Is disi0ya man and uniait ithfu 70 the Gov
ctutASht unuST winch no lives anu the EOpitst oI
usi sentiments uttered In this day Is adjuG.ed by
tue very men guilty OF perpetra,iny acts i'll viola
ZION OF the Constitution rs dsloyai. Tie thought
thas the only disoyal men aud traitors In the cOun-
Try were those who secuted at tlie Constitution.
II was to that Constitution, ard that alone, he
owed his allegiance Had he right To Cherish
any love or attachment to anything else besides
TIE Union and the Constitution: Those who ad-
vocate the policy OF destroying these the real
traitors, and deserve TO be branded as such. Yel
so enormous had been the abuses perpetrs'ed by
this Administration that the power that SAL en-
thronet at the other end OF the avenue found il
eessary 10 send armed forces into State 10 pre-
vent free people trola expressing their iovo for
free COnst tuition, made by the fathers, and under
which they still desired ic live.
Thelr only disOya.ty arose from iha fact Of their
following in tho pTeccP;s of their fathers, Was he
asked 10 support new Onion under the oath lie
took Was he asked to enter the new house built
10 Butler on iae ruins of the old fabric built by
Washington, Adams, Jefferson and Madison 2. Ills
people 4 not desire to enter the beauteous palace
of Archbishop Butter. In spite Of the ad0rnnents
which he picked up in the Gun OF Mexico They
did not desire TO look into the costly mirrors nor
10 hear the strains of the music from stolen ins:r,I-
i,.snts. They preferred the good Old strains which
came up from the past, which they have heard in
infancy and manhOod-taa mus,c Of the Union and
the Constitution; and for 4 declaration OF this
kind along have the people of what once his
State. but auW .iiiit-gy PROVINCE had tho ;yyap-
Mica, hand laid upon them for pre.u.rinv to va;e
for tho ,ep ssentatipes OF iher choice Yet the
gentleman from Michigan said If thes. things were
the state or the times. Such response as ,ha.
nigh. we'll come from those who desire to pick Ia,
the crumbs which fall from tie Presidential table
The sole offence OF the dominant party in his State
was their attachment to the Constitution and Their
refusal 20 vote The Administration might die
tate.
You can never conquer the spirits of brave men
though YOU may Keep them from the poll by brute
force, and thus deprive them OF their rights, be-
cause they do not desfte to clash against your
armed power; but they will retire TO ti,er homes,
such OF them may not be provided with prisons
and seorn your power and DEFY your malice. Sup
pose the President should be a successiu nominee
and row in power with his army of a million and
a haif OF men with ;ae power OF roofing on. OF il
cvary man politically obnoxious to Lin suppose
Eat after the exercise Of this power he finds that
the array approves of his acts, the senator from
Michigan does VIVA. is 10 hinder iim from perpe,-
ua:ius his power, after eight years, and thas be
coming ore of the grea est mona.chs and despOts
that ever sat upon throne
Suppose tie army should become, after from
four eight years. service, his willing instruments
to ooniiaue him in permanent power, ana his chii
dIen alter him, what is 10 prevent 1t: The people
of thls country could not prevent it. He wss met
here with this wer, "That the soldier was too
HONEST, and loved his country too much, to be
guilty OF such an act;' but confidence wa, plant
Of slow glowth. Ih this connection, xr. salisbury
Quo..d from Gibtons'e "Daeline and Fail OF the
Roman EmP!re,'' showing that fifteen thousand
well armed and disciplined men kept In subsection
ten millions Ot unaimed men. If that be true, Wha.
could mill on and a half Of armed men at the
command Of the President, Executive or any ether
! man, do In population Of twenty million. he
i That Sol.tiAs entered into the present con.
les. for the nubiest purpose-to preserve the old
and u0i 70 make a new Union; but ilan could
tell tie changes that might cone over The minds OF
men, The power being exercised, and the eci.
tfers being placed under officers having common
purpose, with the executive Ia the hands of an
bilious man, aud one regardless OF the riahts 0f tho
people, there would % no chance ior the piasSFvh-
don OF our liberties.
IL was safar for the people that = change should
take place in four years than that Tie same psIson
should he continued, 10 order 10 siIaDSiaon hiu,-
self in power and have greater opportunity foT as
purposes Of ambition He said the Senator from
Michigan lays down the bread proposition ,ha, the
military orders concerning elections are law and
therefore the proclamation of the Governor OF Ma
ryiand was usurpation of power; yet, strangely,
he compliments the man who never was Governor
OF the state of Delaware by the vuce o! the pe0
pie, hat who was Sc, over thea BY the force Of the
bayonet, because he Issued proclamation !3T tie
people be Obse9aiousy Obsdient 20 the orders Of
their master, Gen. ia seheHck Ii she soil of Ma
ryiaTG had bean redeemed with biocd, az ihe Seaa
tor Indicated II might have been, against waoR
would tho dead account stamds Not against Gov
esiGr Bradford or The citizens; but against him
who eh.hronei az the other end Of tue avenue,
and Major General Scheack unh those associated
with him. In regard 10 military Interference in
his own State, he quoted from v0npls OF three
hundred pages Of sworn testimony taken before a
committee OF the Delaware Legislature.
The Governor says taat lie had no 0faial in
formation that troops would be sent into the state
al the election OF 1882; yet the of the day
Of election svefy village Of the Siats was filled
win so'a!ery. They swaTmed 4; ever? poll except
one or two on the day Of election. Where did
they come from, and for what purpose He de-
MED that there ai been any trouble IL that State
demanding their presence. The only authority fur
executing the laws Of the State was entrusted 10
| the Governor, q Commander Ia Chief except when
he seeks the protection O: the Federal Government;
yet, because that State vas sna.i and feeble ia
numbers, Out na! In patriotism of her s0ns,) these
troops were sent among t1em. he cited the tesfi
| mony OF Mayor GiIpih, sf Wilmington and others,
WHO had never been Democrats, 10 show that IL
had been avOwed beforehand that Unless force WAS
procured, the State would 60 for the Democrats !;
and Provost Marsials had commissions eigaed by
Edwin NJ. Stanton, and sent In blank, accompa-
Bed by orders, and yet the Secretary Of Var denies
thai any orders had been sent dir OF from his de-
partment. He could not show these orders, hut
the testimony would Prove this crime on the Sc
cretary TO the satisfaction of jury Of twelve hon.
| est men. The blank commissions, 1t IL testified
| by several of the Provost aarshas, who are of
course Republicans, were filed up on the Sunday
preceding the Tuesday eiest!On, by 0eorge F.
Fisher, the Republican candidate for Congress
and now Judge of the Supreme Court OF the
District
| He wished 10 let the country know that we had
| Secretary OF War who sen, out blank conlmis
sions en- the eve of election, and allowed partisan
candidates to ill them After this talk not of the
purity OF eeetions: This was pafisanship Of tho
easest Kind, and would be scOraed by all pattioiic
and honest men, 0e commented upon the Prest-
dents-instraci:ans to Gen. Steele IN reference to
the qualifications of-voters In Arkansas. They
were to be permitted to vote under their State Con-
TOO, they would support his procla,natiOni-
Mighty man! Oh! what meat IL this on which
our modern Cesar feeds that he has grown 80
grent! He quoted at length from Piutarch's Life
and Lincoln. II would be seen that our President
was not the 6Fst man In the world who had sent