Dayton daily empire. [volume] (Dayton [Ohio]) 1850-1865, 1865-03-06
9ailg empire.
The DestrOyers OF The COnsIItu-
ttOn.

10 we Lower House OF Congress- by bon D.
N. Edgerton, OF Indiana
Few, SIR, VINO witnessed IT. yii ever forget
me scene oil lew days ago, when the gedtie
man from ONO, lMT Asniey,l seemingly
proud ol niS i9nctons' ohelsted as higp
priest III th's tla''' "ni'e the Eonsttnloh oi
our country, the matchiess WORK, and bearing
tne nonoreq names OF washington, rranhlin,
Madison, Hamilton, ana their illustrlous com
peers. vas oHersu as a saGr'uee upon me al
Jar OF tne olood-s'a,Iieu demon OF pohucai
aoohuon, ana the Wi'd shout4 OF law deiying
muiiitudeF rang IRON the crowded FaiIeries to
applaud the deed ana, SIR, the majesty and
dighity OF tne constitution ana the laws rep
resented l, ~ your pace ot honor ana power,
sseuieu ~ W W gum o' iore 'ie eAultant shoul ol
,'' t.o.otlUus 'l Palt.aaS ', i5us sn, nsh ngh'h,
naYe y y ."e III a. ~ 10 po,ey sav1u nnu
tlo SO S.s " e Wy i'S "ie
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Nit, ,lI ~ Wy ~ ~ " 'iHleni toui
~" i4fEu ypui ~ uee'a'"'ions H Ne'
as tne rights u 'he oIales " sepi ~ las tne
war y epoi''lon saYep tue 'EeS ana Happ''
uess ~ our ow" ~,''.e feee lniu"e VI tne
GU u''iose ueaui asN lre ppso'a'eu uoihes, uoui'
mus WIN 'He w'uoNS HHu orPuahs, heasure
lle soItow " yroAeu ueurtsi nsNeu tpe mann
gu gu Y'1t'ins VI 'ue wa. asA 'us ."',ons 10
Whoun '"e TaV Hru tS Po"cy nave Drought
poSyrS w ~ sicAuess' "punus, solrow, SIN anu
uee.p t9rS ~e ~ l'ehep .L .i9 .ne 1u.Ien VI tne
peopinn law Wyt lI 'ne snueu PuraSe ol
JUUu leS'uess, uteu at ttHe'al weignts from
az sou,H ro0N "' sue "PPt"nns nBu'es
VI Vu' PuD'I uoO', '"E "oi n'Bn iVur
'nousa"u "i''''o" uol'a.s' un9ney "iore tnah
ehoHsh " nato 11uRns Huu Paid lor every
s'Ave "i'-iln Sue Su'.et ptates oelore tne war
peYan' suu ye1 tne arNnmeuc mountain oi'
pupHc ueot BFpWs "i'uou1 oeasinB'
INNS peep DER mus and Alps on Alps arse!
ASK the impoverished and responding tax
payers, "Are yonr burdens llghtT 4 And ask,
too, the contractors and manufacturers, the
national bankers and held mongers who
are clothed IN purple and nne linen, and
whose eyes stand out with tatness from the
wealth %rung IRON lhe hard hands oil the peo-
pie to iced lhe Voracious appetite OF war
Have We saved and protected the rights
and liberties oil our iree'born white men
Ask martial law Let the response come
from the white slave oi the conscrlpuon law
driven into our army branded ana ehained
like the galley-slave sconrged 70 his dungeon,
or sold INTO u as slaves are soid IN open mar
ket Question the writ OF habeas corpus,
suspended and denied Its rights before the
law; suspended and denied to white men, but
by this Dill extended ana made active Tor the
relief OF freed negro slaves. ASK also your
political prisons teemlng with the victims OF
despotlc power whose cry Tor right has but
lately found listeners IN this Hall ASK inno-
cent men and women time and again impris-
oned and 6anlshed, without cause, without
warrant, ana without atonement or redress.-
Ask Magma Charta, which has Tor centuries
guarded the humblest storm-shaken, wind
pierced cot on EngIands soil as sacredly as
the palace OF her proudest baron ask Magma
Charta It in the midst OF the war OF abolition
free America protects the liberties OF white
men. Ask public orators silenced, free
presses suspended, peaceaPle assemblages OF
the people overawed or dispersed, courts OF
justice and trial BY jury suspended by courts
ot military commission. Ask trucklIngi time.
serving judges, who IN the very sanctuaries Of
the Law, in the very temples OF public JUS
tice, are the ministers OF her dishonor. Ask
all these II the managers OF the crusade for
negro emancipation have saved and protected
our rights as citizens and ireemen before
the law.
Have public and private virtue been pro-
NOTED by the war OF a6olitlonf Ask this city,
the metropolis OF the nation, and type OF It's
morals, its manners, It's civilization ask the
city oi Washington, where l1centlousness riots
IN high places and crowds the public ways +,
ask the thousands OF haRiessf ill-iated women,
Drought mere Oy tae eS'Bsnciss OF war 10 S"en
the TIDE oil pubic demoTahzatioai ask the
plunderers OF the public Treasury, OF every
grade, the eorm@ants Aud thieves that feed on
the spoils OF war 4YIg.