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lie lnatter lightly during the past two ses
| Sims. and merely sounded The nuh1jc TINS
| Hv fam1liarizinr The nronle to II urndno11v II
Is ]iycsted Of much Of its terrible hideous.
ncss' Rv mnninnlatsno with fhe mvsterv of
I secret sessions on the subject they hops to
| dcn i1isn1oT of Gn;st}nc y 1n;i;farT ;i;cto4n,
NM, w nsy,,n4-! ~ 4Tar -ant - 3ro.ti.
nj, nnnosft;on a,;a ni;}ire tha ncon'e r. h4 anh
Mi IL thai which Ia isocsomn1;shcd nresn,n;n,r o
that ffcv viii snccnmh ns fhev All ~ tiS
| outruges of The conscrintion aci. Th3s sna.
The vital interests of the Conf.ieracv arenot
| in The hands of safe men and w:se senators
! when such trcason to the civil liberties of thn
| republic is perpetrated: therefore It ia mat.
| ter Of serious interest 10 The people that this
question Of dcspotic government especially
men dare to pcrpctratc deeds the preliminary
| discussion Of Which they fear before the pco-
pie.
We bcteech our authorities at Richmond
not to be too sFnsping In their demands for
| power and dominion and vi warn our Con.
gressmen not 10 be too lasty in thus eurrcn
dcring the rights and Liberties Of their con
stituents into the hands Of tho military
| power. Hthere be any who really favor such
| policy, they certainly have not weighed
| well the consequences oft; for II such pol
icy shall prove successful, it will not require
l / u
event Of AeClellan's election, the CHICAGO
| platform will yerv soon muster Yery strong.
! II not predominant pnrty in these Gonfef1sr
ate States. Much disaifection: has a|rc,dy
! been produced by The extra.constitutIonal
| lccislatfon Of Consress and thc harah nonnar
IN which r. iaw. sra haa., ~ a<an,'taa
itary oftjcials. and ,fe cnn assure fhe Pros;.
I dent and his Secretary that they arc Int NAV.
+, Ing into the hsnds OF Mr. Bovcc and his f6l.
| lowers By their continued graspIps nfter des-
! potic power. The germs Of dissension arc
| already too painfully visible, and wo can but
deprecate the adoption Of my policy ike
this this that can but hasten them into full
fruition. ~@'
Under the inhuman and ba.barous manner
In which Lincoln has wnged the war upon us.
the people have submitted without a mur-
mur to much from their own government
that wonld have met with resistance under
continue to bear up under whatever burthens
may be Imposed upon them in the event Of
the reelection Of the Ape; bnt We almost
tremhle for The fate that awaits divided
South, If the unwise recommendations Of Mr.
McClellan's success.
DAVIS WHOLESALE CONSUMPTION L BLOW At
CIVIL Liberty.
lFfom the Montgomery Appeal, Nov. 81
There is no political maxim fuller of trnth
and warning than that power in al,.aYa
particularly Is this the case In times ,;,zc the
present, wheE The country Is involved In war :
and the people, wrapped up in the idea Of
achieving their liberty aud independence, are
apt to sleep upon their rights Until they are
eifectua,ly uude. mined or 1lsurped by tbs nov
erning few.
II the telegraph has done Justice to Pres,.
dent Davis and Secretary Seldom, 1t is nlain
that the subject Of wholesale conscr;ntion ; IL
to be revived at the present session df Gona ~
cress. by which not onIy The serv;cca ona
prrsous of the n..0nle Of ali clnssea Int ta ~
eonduct Of thefr tradcs ,,rdcsssfans' ,!! oas tne
and occnnations arr t. * na ~ pursuits
sole md EXCLUSIVE cootrot ~ ~. uaen ;;, me
rnwer If Is assumed th.t tho " sta,. LUG mlnlaly
emption by Conoress ia nr%sc that u Lex, eA-
NM IN tbs Cort9.aos, ~. - hs' w. seas every
dntv shorid eeuslHy ~ e,,sa3 eapao.I u mlhlary
nnr5n}ts nf 1i3s si,on1d iy1de ~ nna tnat me clyn
failrd men ftorr vaa H. ae ue c1rs.eo or oy de-
be ed By detained preaeher, @ oS putpas m1s.
detailed teachers. o,ir nv ~ y
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