The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1864-05-07
The Government-charge Of New York
Judge

ne chhfg' pf Judge Harnhgd. of thF
Court Of Over snd Terrniner ia New York
city j. deserving of public attention. Whist.
ever else msy - 'hnughi u il, be hnS Ger.
iainly done good service IN ~rematiz na
- they deserve sniueof 'hr political rxru...
81 me day; aud above ~ IN det4nd . The
right 10 frerdpm of speech. H ~sys:
FIR so'n- time past IL hs- been the con
s'sut prse'ice ~ the individusls cunnecte.
win he ciiv press 70 s'ismalizs.all who III
tered with ihrm 10 their views a. 10 any ac',
oi national sdn,ini-ir,iipn ~ secessioni-i-
With The intent fo degrsd fhrn 10 'be eye,
81 he community by holding Them oni Vi
ifAl'urs =" their country, and 80 10 leave
them with a reputation o. suliied rs that ol
B-nedic' Arnold This charge YOU. con
siitues ipel Perhaps 10 slme few instance
ou' ~ Q thousand. rhsrge msy be frue
and publication Of il be TOR q iDs;ifabe
purpose. tm' ,hS doss moi excuse The pa-a.
ding beiore the world Of . man - traitor
bee ciu-p he di-srn's from some views enter
Itsiner BY newspaper or ventures 10 dnuhr
me pforrlety of some measure 81 The Ad-
niri-'rs'ion. Government is one thing:
administration Is totally different thiag.
m theory of a republican G,veFnmenr y
hni i j. controls BY the viii of M. lo,'y
nv ne people, " slgnfrd through The ballot
box u, therefore, majority OF the people
saeu'd -igniiv their will through The balni
o.x hai the present war should no longer
be prosecuted, thar maj priv, although they
msy have mistaken the true policy, cannot
br justly raid 10 be traitors 10 the goven.
insut n H. oi the essence Of republican
ifesdom ihat every citizen saould have 'hs
N trsnmeled righi q endsavar by his votr
10 have those measures earned out which b.
considers 10 Ut conducive 10 the welfare ol
MI country. But does his freedom stop herei
l. he confined % dropping his silent votr!
j. his mouth 2sggedi C-rlainy not. TIL.
right 20 express his views by ballot carries
With u The right 10 induce sy fair Argument
ard persuasion others 10 adopt his views.
The prevention os interchange OF views il
a body governed bv The will OF the majority
would indeed be tyranny.
Mkt 70 the interferencs with elections
and The drsgooning Of voters by military
power, n,'bing i surer indrx q The down
fall cf republic than the tOtal prevention
o. an interchange OF We've. OF the prevet-
non Of expression OF any views other team
,hose in support .. some proposed measure
or candidate 'or office. I, is essentia! 10
the political freedom Of . republic that every
citizen should have the right "a express his
views on sny political measure or any ac'
Of administration. and endeavor, by arcu
menf or persuasion. to bring others 10 adopt
his views. Auything which dis'urhs this
right. whether il be hy armed inference or
BY printed articles. holding one up TO public
obloquv fcr entertaining any particular
opinion, tends to sap the very foundation Of
a republic. II is for these reasons that Il
view The indiscriminste application OF the
epiihet secessionist to all who do not Weld
implicit faith 10 every act OF an administra-
tion-to oil who do not subscribe 10 the
particular tenets OF some public journal as
extremely pernicious, and deserving your
attention. Although the right 10 express
oDe's sisws sod endeavor BY argument and
persuasion 10 win others 70 adopt them s
essential 10 the preservation Of the govern.
ment. and should be sacredly guarded and
kept invioia'e; yet the majority have a right
which is equally essential 10 such preser.
vation, and should just as sacredly be guard.
ed and kept invlolate. And that is the right
that the minority shalt not oppose their
constitutional measures in sny way other
than BY such expression Of their views, and
BY such endesvors BY argument and persua-
sion 70 win others to adopt them. This is al
right which the msjorty possesses at ali
iimes; and IL there 10 sny one time At which
il should be more sacredly guarded than an.
other, now - that time, " hen the country II
engaged in : fearful Struggle. Any infrac.
ton Of this righ, shouId At time like this
be visited with prompt punish hmeut and
frowned upon alike By the minority ss well
ss BY the msjori,y.'