National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1879-04-09
THE ooNrEDERAoY REDIvIvUs.

War neccsstatcs despotism for the time
being. During times of war the hdbCdS cor
pus act and such like civil laws must be
suspended War could not be successfully
carried on with them in full force as in
times of peace. Such Southern men rs Mr..
CHALMERS, Of Mississippi, must know this.
Yet on the 1st instant, in the House, in at
tempting to reply TO General GARFIELD, he
foolishly endeavored to make false repre-
sentation, in order, if possible, to injure the
effect OF that gentleman's grand speech. To
the statement of General GARFIELD that
Congress had no power over religion, he
would "call attention TO The fact that power
",had once been given to United States
provost marshals to remove ministers"
No loyal man will deny this. Still it is no
credit for one in Mr.. CHALMERS situation
TO refer to q thing of this kind. If in
times of war man would take ad-
vantage of his calling as minister
to preach disloyalty to the government,
or in any way even to preach against the
| conqueror there is not n power in the
world that would tolerate it, and there
never was such liberty granted to the
enemy before as by the United States Gov
ernmeut in the war of the rebellion; while
on the other hand there never was power
more severe in this particular than the de-
funct &C, S, A. During the existence of
this shareholders government it ruled with
an iron hand. It's despotsm has not been
excellcd, in modern times, at least.
Aud yet the men who were partallers
in this despotism, who forced States out
of the Union by all the diabolical acts
that could be conceived of who perse-
cuted loyal citizens even unto DEATH
who had no respect for youth, old age
women or children; men maddened with
the blood of slavery, who could tear the
infant child from the breast, separate man
and wife, drive out Of the country its most
honorable citizens-all in the interest of q
government to be founded on the corner
stone Of human slavery; men who, during
the war, organized and maintained a most
powerful and mercicss provost guard to
crush out every act or sentiment that would
in the least compromise their miserable
confederation that they would exalt into q
government; men who were partakers in
the worst forms Of tyranny that could pos
sibly exist in the nineteenth century, and
who, even now that the war is over, still
maintain, in opposition 10 all moral teach
ings, the worst forms Of social Ostracism ant
oppression against those citizens, white a.
well as black, who will not unite with then
in opposition to q most just Government
Men guilty of such acts as these now turn
up in the Halls Of Congress and indulge il
their high talk about the tyranny of er
tain measures that were necessitated By
their own disreputNble acts. The worl(
bears witness that this nest of traitors cal
now come into the very halls that they hayt
desecrated and talk more glibly about "ty
granny" Oppression" &c, than the mel
who have stalled their all on the salvation
of the triumph of those noble doctrines o
free government, and who have eXerte,
themselves TO hand down to future genera
tions the liberal and civilized Government
established by their fathers.