Address of *et Democratic 'oowmitteS ampthlrei.. Democracy of 1171" w Hampshire As your anal. in vindi '-,Cation of yen! political Prineinle.s,-, not than - yoliepersonal character as citizens;,' the cannot permit a recent .transaCtion - to t pass: unnoticed;. nor can we in - anydeglree :Meet-the demands of . the 'occasion, With: out the.expressien of,our emphatic protest, against; .We refer to the.. dismissal of Andrew J. Edgerly . ; from military sera ice,, by the President- of - the United States, in acceidancewith the following. order Marehl: • spec ilit: r oi;aei. (Extract-4 34: By direction of :the President; the folloWinc . officers - are hereby dismissed the service-sit-the United - States; Peutenant •Edgerly; 4th New; Hainpalar . e. :Volunteers, for --Circulating ." dopPerhead tickets,"-and doing all in his power, to .promete the. success of the rebel cause in, his State..,.. By order of the: Secretary - of War : • • L. 'Thomas, Adj. Gen.. . . To the Gov. of.. New Hampshire. . We ongliti perhaps to apologize for nal having, at an earlier 'day, ;called your at-; tentionto- this gross assault npon the fun., dametital principle so vital-to the existence of an elective Government--tethia scorn=, ful Oontempt for 'your rights—to - this de-.- the - Moat offensive spirit of unbrii, died de.spotiSM, Of freedom of thought and opinion-4o this'shaineftil attack upon the elective franehise, in the,eruShing of which liberty must, perish—to this insult without. a parallel thrust -in vier facesindividnally. and collectively—to these - offensive:terms . with which you are assailed...7hat:apol ogy is to lie: found in.. the fact that not-. withstanding. the .humiliating experience, of the last two years, .we did not believe it possible that so extraordinary . a paper .could be-genuine. -We-could nut believe that thdresident of the 'United States wOnld exhibit such wanton disregard of ; the proprieties of fife as. to indulge in vulgar epithets in an official - paper, .even for the accomplishment of such a purpose. We were inclined, so long as. any doubt could exist, to regard this 'order as the fie- 'thin of unprincipled and shameless local: partis an s,for we were, reluctant to conclude that, even thisAdrifinistration had sank - to 40 low a level; and were, the ordereciprove really genuine; we desifed to wait and what possible - explanation coed be offered to lessen the . indignation with Which it - should be visited: But there is no longer doubt with to its .genuineness. The order has been - - .carried into effect - by . the _dismissal, of 1 'lieutenant Edgerly from tlreserviee,- and is left to speak for itself,. withont farther eiplanation than it. carries upon its We have no occasion to say anything in vindication of the officer thus rudely., and with attempted . indignity removed froin command. His fidelity,_ capacity, and courage have never been questioned. The order itself expreSses the, sole reason on Wrhich•his dismissal is based. That.reason - .enisisti in the fact that happening to. be at'home on the -day of Our annual election, -,Lieut-Edgerly, in the exercise of. his un doubted right as a freeman, cast his vete in accordances*ith his donvietion.SOf fight and duty:. • ` s tint election took place on -the 1041) of March. On the 13th day -of the same. • rtio & nth the order in qriestion was is Sued. - --- ' soready and swift.was - the Executive to bring, condign _punishment Upon One guil ty -- . 0f.. the grave offence of -voting-as his ' .conscience dictated. .No notice was giv-- • .en, no charge was made and explanation, desired,' no opportunity for . hearing. - was afforded, no time was taken' for examina tion Of the case even by the Government itself: Per the intervening period between the offence and the date of the order was barely sufficient for the. intelligence -to' reach Washington by the ordinary_course of mail—though - in-this case,_ as in others`, a" telegram 'May - have beeneOnsidered sufficient basis for . Executive action. , Under anyelionmitiiiiceWatich an order for such -:a cause would excite- the severest 7indianation • but if anythin ,-, were, want ing at the present time, to - add to such dignation„ that. want ,wonldjoe .supplied by the fact that the same administration - which so summarily visited: its vengeance - Pp04.1.404-.Eclgerly ter exercising. his, un , guetititnlable ;right Of suffrage as alree eit-, sizen of this State, .week after week, during the-late political campaign, allowed--'if' it - . did not order—military officers froth -rah ir-iitateSef - - the highest rank andreceiving , • the largest salaries to actively - participate . intim -cativass,and assume to dictate to . Ord People both their pplitical princiiiles ,And their political action; - It May be oflittle. public consequence whether lient, Edgerly is in ,or out, of the May 4ae of ,ei - isequence to him, personally: But,. it,,is'OY the high est importance to every 'citizen of New - , ' Hampshire •to; understand whether-lieis to, - enjoy the rights of ,a - freeman Without awe and without - linUißlinient; to ;know • whether inhecotuing a soldier ,for fenee'of the country he ceases to te=laired• • citizen s and-.becomes-the mere subject pf an - ...iirespOnsible despotism! -- If for Noting . the - Democratic ticket an officer is tebe punished : -dismissal,- what is- A r o be. the. limit in kind - or degiee of punishment which.officials in power :will inflict 'upon ,- the. private ' or. a- sunilar,offeni e.? -Cer fairtly-tiotiii4 less', - than eonsctiption Will force the: Democrats of this state into the, servilie,'if thereby they are : to: forfeit free- - - :and.the ideareat of .thii`eitiien.--the independent exercise - :of • • te the elective franchise. But this; - Order addresses. -itself to yen directly andndividnally. - . it - the Pres— . , individually.. ta,,4pplyto thit-. , 32,06 -:•-Denioetatie --- voterti -of NOw 1-Tampslol3,-the Opprobions epithet which - not . ..repeat. In it; lvithi•Aegite falsehog4glo l l- 43 4 - OlitY, l ?Y.lP l r d P rit Y; he charkes:Yett - r*itli laberitigje,Prompte i the it lief _Oittleo,l`.Tbitie)set'for F 13.4 _,Which 4 * ; -i li:T d)ilf . fhi' been iitaoirciat . i ; :v , irted a d punished; : ivus. l the .sametiek - et, inipporteinyeach:Of you, and 'the 's3hargei;the !insidt , and the,iiidig-: nity*fieli - thiS' order_ coliveYs: :to hiip, AI): ply, add Were intended tikapplY.,With equal . • . .., . .„.., . force to yon: .. '., ':--.: ,:„- .1' ~ .-- ;.,. , _ ~:, - --' Inyou r 'bane i an d - behalf "Wederiounee . the Charge Contained in" U eiderais . falSe ; and,. : ..tVithiittt..desecriding: - .:t0.... th&-level,of its author ;to, baridY epithets, '•We”.'4li_ress, year conteniptlor any denunciations - anti ,threati intended. to deter yeti .from . - - the fearless assertion and.:exe,vise of, your-inherited and inalienable rights: - .:.' ' ' - • jiove for the Union 'ainidevetion to -the Constitution are no. , new emotions. to ,the. Deinocracy of New Hampshire. All yoUr. lives long haveyonnasidnously labored, through good 'and :thiongheVil re-: pert, to preserve-the national unity b: - wavering fidelity .to the comnion :bond.— .No sixteen-starred-flags; with - treasonable inscriptions, have - 2been • . given:. to! :the breezehy, your hands. , ,In the past you . have believedno sacrifices too great to be niade_fortho preservation of the;, Censti- _ itutien and the IThion, and ire know in the. future - therewilt be no defiance too deter mined. to resist aggressions upOn. either. Tithe President is " pressed!' to issue or ders refledtificr.uponithe 'patriotic integri ty of the people, these orders might with ',greater propriety be addressed to theSe with whom he i§,at:presenepoliti,eally,ana sociallyaffiliatedt and whOse whOle Career hai: been .characterized ,by: unbounded de= nunciations4?f the compact whiot gave to, ns animdivided country4though in such case we' think his. ". orders"should con tain no .lan i guage : Calculated, to, mantle With shame the - cheek : of _every man .who appreciates the - dignity :'of . our • govern ment, or . possesses_ the. ordinary. pride . of _au:American - citizen, Your tried and - tree deVotion to .the Constitution and the -Uh -1 ion :. arid your , pottiotism*,:.are not to be con'foiinded - With blind and •m g, iquestionin acceptanee - of ' the .plitiefil opinions or . policy of ...any . ; . . p .tkeentiVe.. : Yon have opposedtlie measures of the present. administration, because yon believed theni 1.0.1),p fatal -to the Union-:- - -you'; have de . - Doi/need its illegal and arbitrary. 'acts.he- - 4, . :-.. l oause knew theta to' be not..only subver sive of the ConstitutiOni brit fatal 'to ciiil liberty. _ . An Army of Provost Marshals, The 'giand :a r tny:ofT i ro - yost organized .under the ConSeription aet pais ! ed by the last Cbngiess, wili soon be in the field. Elia day adds a new batch. to the - . list 'of 'avis6otmentS,,atositiiets.thera'veu, ous appetite` of blingry . :patriOti with the hohors-an4, qmoluments of office. First, there is d'-ProTost - Marshal '.oeneral for . the United ',StateS:'.. Then;, 'there is a Pre i:ost Marshal .for each Congressional -dis trict ; and rO4ble ipforM4tion, from Wash ington-Conireys' to- hs the intelligence that each, rrervOst MArshal.may :appoint 'Mil deputies,-. or ?more 'if necessary, at.salaries 'of not mere - sloo' per inonth each" . font special officers for detecting and resting sPiekor'..iteserters,: at from $45 per month.-eao, depending on' 'their'theirusefulness . offieers, at ceedrng V:i*riqioiplbt the: time actually ' erripl'n'ye.4l - -and 0:0041 ghardS., for : desert tern, At not' more _thau . 81 per diem, ,be side heirAllAthese,ap iptd4tmeuts are'to'berinnde• subjegt.,. to the apPro~ al_ o tike Prhifist s Mitriliar Gener4l . , [..who s 11 unquestionably l e.gnided by the liePresentati - 4.in Gingress frotu the dis ;teict, a by, prominent )oliticictn4," • , , It is imt to be supposed - that the party. not in power will,restiict' thcm, ,- elves„. in any ;degree, in increasing the ranks of this errand' atrnir , as long as its leaders:. hare • friend's to reward and partisan' followers to provide with plunder. The Provdst Marshal lin each Congressional district; it is said, :may appoint • " two deputies, or more if necessary, ' "•speeial officers," ." enrollingofticers," . anit 4 :.special guayds," act inPzitum; and in making these appoint= . meats, we.are informed that "he -Will tin questionahlY".,guided bithe Represen tati:reln Congress i'rOm :the diStrict; :if a dl,Oublitan;4l 'not, by< proniinenie'politir . •. .-: This; arrangement Clearly indicates that' the,- "unconditional loyalistseipett to have a...g00d time .tenerally, and, what is better for then; theVv'.intend