Daily Republican., 1880-02-25


say was never reposed in any Presiden
or Cabinet. Congress alone psssssse
the power to declare war, and in th
present case | protest that our peopl
have never been allowed any opportu
nifty to vote and express their wishe
on this momentous aud terrible issue
But the infractions Of the Constitu
ton by those officials into whose hand
the reins Of government have passs'
have not ended here. The invasion
of personal liberty in our sister Stat
of Maryland have been such as to just
ly alarm and almost dishearten thos'
who believed our free institutions wer,
not mere forms, to be blotted out at thu
caprice or tyranny Of our temporar,
rulers.
The seizure Of telegraphic messages
the invasion Of the privacy Of the mails
the arrest and Imprisonment without
judicial process Of citizens, have follow
cd each other in startling succession
These acts are simple usurpations
not only without color Of law, hui
against express rights.
You and | are citizens OF Delaware
To her laws and government we owe
allegiance. Through our State We ows
allegiance to the Federal Government
of which she is member.
A palpabls infraotion Of our written
charter Of government by our rulers
justi6es disobedience upon the part o.
a citizen as much as lawful orders are
entitled to loyal compliance. And, fel.
low citizens, never in our nations his.
tory were her citizens called upon more
strictly to call their agents to account
than now. The so called "military
necessities" are beguiling and danger
our in the extreme. The conquest OF
the South will be poor recompense to
the North. II our system Of government
bs the price We are to pay for 1t. Who
can say with the present war measures
Of the administration and the spectacle
Of Maryland before us, how long trace
Of constitutional libertysswjll remain
for the other States in the Union, and
how soon q stern military despotism
may usurp the place Of the Constitu.
ton and the laws. Let us as freemen
stand prepared in all lawful ways to
resist the Inauguration Of such a de-
grading condition Of affairs, no matter
how plausible or specious may be the
plea under which 1t Is urged.
The matter, in conclusion, ask you
to hear and consider carefully.
A gentleman from New Castle Coun-
ty, who has been your United States
Senator for ten years, l have the honor
to call my father. II there be one
thing he has tried fully and fairly to
do, 1t has been to represent the people
Of this State. And you will do him the
justice to say he never deceived you,
nor ever will. His worst foe will agree
to that. The present issues which dis
tract our country were not in existence
when he was chosen as your represen-
tative, and of late, as you are aware;
having taken decided ground upon
them, he has been called upon by
voices many and loud to resign his seat
In the Senate.
The motives Of those who have been
most prominent in such request are of
little moment, although their disguise
Is in many cases but fiimsy. To Just
nan, however,a sense Of good faith and
would prevent his remain
ng at any time in false position. II,
therefore, he processes to represent a |
people, 1t must be in fact, not in name
'nly. The Legislature now in exist
'nce were not elected with reference to
present issues, nor can they claim to
epresent public sentiment in regard to
hem. The proposition Of Mr.. Bayard
hen is that the Legislature shall re-
ign their seats, and he will then re-
ign his seat in the Senate. The Gov
rnor, under the provisions of the Con-
can call special election to
II the vacancies in the Legislature,
nd at an extra session in the next
lonth, the public sense can be fairly
AIKEN, and the will Of the majority ex-
ressed.
If it be then found that the people of
'elaware are in favor of carrying on
ais war against the Confederate states,
ley will elect such a Legislature as +
i'll send proper man to the Senate !
carry out such policy and sustain
le present administration. If not, they
ay elect whom they see fit to lend =
Is powers to restore peace to eur
nd%
Let us, fellow men, follow peace as {
If bright north star whose radiance
ay bs mild but never delusive or un-
rtain, while in the oalamities of war,
I'd in that worst of wars, a civil war,
9 shall only reach by sheer exhaus.
On the peace we can now command in
Il days by treaty.
After Senator Bayard's address, ,
r. Adam Il. Kinga deprecated the
ar, and eulogiz3d John J. Crittenden,
and concession. Edward
dgeley, Secretary of State, spoke G
,ainst coercion, and denounced those
no advocated the war for having op-
'sed the proposed compromise at the /!
cent session of Congress. He said
at the South could not be subjugated
the Union restored by force. MIR.
anderson of Maryland remarked that a
came from State whose Legisz ze.ure 81
ID dared to say in the face Of an in I
ding army that they would not bear =
y portion of the expense of a war 4
at had been unoonstitutionally and y
ckedly brought on. O 3
"He ranted and raved" says the 40 g
ant in the WILMINGTON "Rspublioan" aS a
and some half dozen young men o,
outed, 'Hurrah for jeff Davis = This o.
idencs of treason was unrebuked. " % %
le Republican" said that "the es
eakers uttered not one word in con- in