Dayton daily empire. [volume] (Dayton [Ohio]) 1850-1865, 1864-10-31

"ttCh oNef hlih tuu CouUol hil MS pouIcAl
movements "Charlcs, os Maccaulay ex.
presses It, "in truth vas impeed by aa pcu
rable propensity to dark aud crooked Ways
and hence We End "that in every promise
which he made there was an implied reser.
walton, that such promipe might be broken in
case Of necessity, and that Of the necessity he
was to be tho sole judge This fuithess
King, in the name OF this "nectssily," exer.
cised extraordinary powers, usurped legisla-
tive authority, aud threw the leaders Of the
opposition into prison At the same time he
excited the greatest alarm and the most fear
ful forebodings in The minds Of the people 49,
Their lives were in jeopardy and their liber
ties endangered, Companies of soldiers
we're blletted on the people, and martial iaD
was in some places substituted for the an
cient jurisprudence Of the realm During
this part Of the Kings reign, the provisions
Of the Petition of Right were violated by him,
not occasionally, but constantly, and in sys-
tenn; and that persons obnoxious 10 the Gov.
ernment langnished for years in prison, with.
ont being called upon TO plead before any tri.
buusl' Recurring to the Same historic peri
oe We obtain an impartial picture Of Secretary
Stanton, AS the cruel, impcrous and oyerbear
ing manager Of Lincoln Lord Wentworth
"a tnan of great abilities. eloqnence and cour-
age, bat Of IA cruel and impefong nature, was
the counsellor most trusted ia political and
military affairs. He had been a prominent
member Of the opposition, and felt toward
those whom he had deserted that peculiar ma
lignity which has, in all ages, been character
istic OF oposlales (Stauton is an apostale
froia the Democratic party)
He perfectly understood tho feelings, the
resources, and the policy Of the party 10 which
he had lately belonged aud had formed vnst
aud deeply maditated scheme, which very
neatly coniounded even the able tao.
tics of the statesmen by whom the House Of
Commons had been directed To this scheme
in hiSconGdential correspondence, he gave
the expressive name Of Thorough (Sianlon
aud Lincolns military ReeessiWO
The church too came forward to give the
yrant King the weight Of its pious Influence,
aud was ably rcpresenlt by Archbishop Laud,
He was ianatical and cold-blooded in the
extreme "prone to the error common in su.
perstilous men of mislaking his own peevish
and malignant words for emotions of pious
zeal Under his direction every corner ofthe
realm was subjected to II constant aud minute
inspection, Every little congregation Of sep
aratists was traced aud broken up. Even the
devOtions of private families could not escape
the vigilance Of his spies Therefore in the
holy aame of "religion" and OF God, as welt
as Of necessity, the King oppressed and
usurped and committed tho most outrageous
crimes against the Constitution and tme-hon-
ored institutions of the realm
Eminent tatCyers, too were retained hy tho
Government who promptly and with great
learning kept the King advised in all matters
of constitutional law, and ably sustained all
his measures.
Wentworths Thorough, like Lincoln and
stantons military necessity, was juatGed and
sustained By eminent legal talent and learn
ing.
The CourU, too, while more free and indie
pendent than other branches Of the Govern
ment, were Obsequious and ready TO sanction
the Kings usurpations, aud legalize his "mil.
itary necessity" Notwithstanding the devo
ton OF the Judges and their willingness TO
bend the ia'C to suit the purposes Of the ty.
rant and usurper, they still adhered to legal
forms, and TO the subject there was still a show
OF Justice. These obstacles we're soon over
come for military necessity must not encoun-
Ter legal forms or be embarrassed by law
The cipii must Of necessity be subordinate to
the military aulhority--so claim Stanton
and Lincoln. Therefore the English Courts
were rudsly thrust aside Gas now in the loyal
! Norih), and in their stead the Infamous "Sar
Chamber" and the "IIigh Commission held
forth in the ancient temple of justice, execu-
ting, Without iaO and against law, the ;yran.
ical and ruinous behesls of the usurper aud
his Elood-thirsly advisers. "The Government
was able, through their fundamentally, to
hne, imprison, pilory and mutiste without
ioaNaihii anu theIe was hhFuy man OF
note in the realm who had not personal expe-
riencs of the harshness and greediness of the
Star Chamber"
These outrages and startling usurpntions
created the greatest alarm in England, and
filled the minds of the people with the great
est fearful forebodings; just as similar act
of tyranny and usurpaIon are producing wide
spread alarm and discomfort in the loya,
States of the Union. At first the people bore
these eAlamities in patienoe, though with deem