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PETER HAY,
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• . Antonin Fair Canteia. Pa.
A. 9. WARREN,
. „
A TTORNEY AT LAW. •13Onnty, Back Pay, Pension,
and Exemption Ctalmp atteneled to. febl
tirOillee first door below Boyd'eStore,' Mention, Pa.
M. C. SUTTON,
T ICENBED AUCTIONEER, FriendaTille, Buten Co.
rann'a. Jan. '64.
OCTD. E. L. IIAgDRICK,
tlintSrciAtt 13111111/30N, feePeetranY teitgigs his
.a. professional services to the citizens. of trriends
ville and vicinity. IrirOffice in the odice of Dr. Lea,
Boards at J. llostord‘s. [July 30, 1863. ly
H. GARRATT,
INHALER In Flour, Feed, and Meal, Barrel] and, Dulry
Salt, Timothy and Clover Seed, Groceries, PrOVib'
lona, Fruit, Fish, Petroleum 011, Wooden and Stone
Ware, Yankee Notions, Ate. &c. Or Opposite Railroad
Depot. New-Milford, Pa. Mcb
A. LATHROP, 11. C. STIXII, J. P. W. RILEY.
LATHROP, TYLER & RILEY,
DEALERS in Dry Goods, Groceries, Hardware, Ready
Made Clothing, Boota. Shoes, Mtn & Caps,
Wood t Willow Ware, Iron, Nails, Sole & 17wer Leath
,
er, Fish, Flour and Salt, ail of which they offer at the
very
Eriri..acsweist Pirigoons....fiES "
Lathrops Brick Building, Montrose, Pa.
April 6,1865. y.
wx.uusrnmoommu..
WM. IL COOPER it CO.,
o.4.stortus,—Montrose, Pa. Successorsto Post,Cooper
& Co: Office, Lathroperiew Dnllding, Turnpike-et.
J. H. xcomarg.
McCOLLITM SEARLE,
A TTOUNIITS and Counsellors at Law,—Montrose, Pa.
Office in Lathrope new twildiwg, over the Bank.
DR. W.M. SMITH,
6,1 lIRGEON DlEliTlST,—Montrose, Pa.
I.7oflice in Lathrops' new building, over
the Bank. All Dental operations will be `ellassaa•
perfbrmed in good style and warranted.
P. LINES,
FASMONABLE TAlLOR.—Montrose, Pa. Shop
in Phcenix Block, over store °Mead, Watrone
Poster. AU work warranted, as to At and finish... 1 1, .
Cutting done on short notice, in bed style. Jan '6O
JOHN GROVES,
IMASMOVABLE TAlLOR,—Montrone, Pi. Shop
near the Baptist Meeting House, on Turnpike
treet. All orders filled promptly; in first-rate style.
Cutting done en short notice, and warranted to Ht.
L. B. ISBELL,
REPA IRS Clocks, Watches, and Jewelry at the
shortest notice, =don reasonable terms. All
work warranted. Shop In Chandler and Jessup's ,;# • ,
store, Morrrnoss, Pa. 0c25 tf
• WM. W. SMITH,
CalliNET AND CHAIR MANUIPACTIMERS,—Foot
of Main street, Montrose, Pa. aug
o.pciRDHAAT,
It yANITFACTURER of BOOTS & FlHOEMMontrose,
AL Pa. Shop over Dewitt 's store. All kinds of work
made to order, and repalringdone neatly. .leS
ABEL TURRELL,
TN BALER in Dru, Medicines, Chemicals, Dye
Stuffs, Glass Ware, Paints, Oils, Varnish, Win
(l.,w Glass, Groceries, Fancy Goods, lewebry Pert's
nery..te.—Agent for all the most popular PATENT
Al ElriClNES,—Montrose, Pa. aug tt
MEDICAL CARD.
DR. E. PATRICK, & DR. E. L. GARDNER
r ATE OR IJATE of the 'MEDICAL DEPARTNIMT
1 I viz' YALE COLLEGE, have formed a copartnership
sc the practice of Medicine and Surgery,and are pr
attend t 4 all business faithfully and punctnally,that
may be Intrusted to their care, on terms commensurate
wi at the times.
Diseases and deformities of the EYE, surgical opera-
I ion., and all surgical diseases, particularly attended to.
,1 - "OtlIce over Webb's Store. Office boars from Oa.
in. to 9p. m All sorts of country produce taken in pay
tivint. at the highest value, and cam' Nor armour.%
Montrose, Pa.., May 7th,lS62.—tpf
FIRE INSURANCE.
THE INSURANCE CO. OF NORTH AMERICA
AT PHILADELPHIA, PA.,
Has Established an Agency in Zontrose.
The Oldest Insurance Co. in the Union.
CASH CAPITAL PAID IN..
ASSETS OVER,
Tft rates are 6s low as those of any good company in
New York, or elsewhere and its Directors are among
(he first fur honor and integrity. •
Crtatmes PLAIT, Seep. ARTHUR COFFIN, Pres.
Montrose, July 1L,'62. BILLOWS STROUD, Ag`t.
MIC 31S. IM
IMAM COMPANY,
CSI• 2Wc•lagraielircorls.
CASH CAPITAL, TWO MILLION DOLLARS.
AMBITS Ist Jan. 1864, $ . 3,288270.21.
" .. 78,80822.
J. Milton Smith, Body. Qum a, Martin. President.
John McGee, As% " A. F. Wilmarth, Vino "
Policies issued and renewed, by the undersigned at
his office, in the Brick Biotic, 'Montrose, Pa.
nov29 y
BILLINGS sisiltra, &nit.
S. Z. PettengM tr. Co.,
NO. 37 PA= BOW, New York.and 6 State Street.,
Boston. are our agenta orte Iron/rose Democrat in
"Ukase cities, and are authorizedf h
torah° advertisements
.and subscriptions for twat our lowest rates..
J. B. RZLETON,
Zanbrotypo aaol. Photographic
datrose, '
'lMlO'iletrres taken in all kinds of weather, inthe bee
, style of the Art. oetle
,
R. EE 'BO3lO. P. Littit
Attorneprilmuleuors ctlaw,
ca
=ter Ciwilure; 3p4)31az0ia,..
OFFICE on Main Street.. Particular attenti on given
to Corm.e3l2.9in.X.' §a•eful,'
1 11 4C1 .-
THEjr*:).E
subsetiberherebrrespeettnfinclires notice that
he has taken License_ to anationserip On, Conety .
of Snsquihanna;and e ff ete his serv ices to the publW
VillTharges reasonable ; and al! t win treprompt e
y Wended Ro. LETTLIES ELM S/3: 1
Choeciaat, 31/0011, 1864. tf j
83E'.1EkEICZ2Et
lion.. Charles :Denison,
Tat
oiltep‘resinktitives• flay 211,1864-
' Mr. Speaker inn opposed to the bill
under discessidn, I . am glad. of , this )
opportunity to 'explain inY views noon
the subject. The inane of the bill it; ", A
b ll l to 'pier:J.l4y ise 'enitein StUtes, whose
governinenhi have been usurped or over
throivn, a republieinfcirtnagoverninerit."
The'object of the bill is to , change the
reletionS betivein' certain States and the
GGenteel Govertitherit,' and to mike it im
possible for the Stela referred — to, tinder
Mir cirefim'stilneetf, tolold'sleveS or.to be
Orpnited Under a catitititathin which per-.
Mita iakte4. I dPiA.trthink that Any , pew
litkot aFO, ot any great number of men,
excepting the abolitionists in the northern
States, ever 'cared nnything., about the ex
tension, pegfietuity, or destruction of
slaVery. They hive not been interested
in the subject farther than they were ben
efitted by the cheap system of law in
the 'youth, and the market which their
malitifactura found in that portion of our
country. Ent that the General Govern
ment should 'asinine the right to control,
by act of Congire„ the domestic institu
tions of sovereign States, is a different
question.
The State of Pennsylvania a few years
back in her history determined "to abolish
slavery. What would .have been the con
dition of the question if the General Gov
eminent had denied the power of that
State to dispose of a mere question of
property in any . manner 'which the people
of that State might choose ? Such an as
sumption of power would have been resis
ted by alllthe people of every State of the
Union,
as an encroachment upon the re
served rights of the States 4 And such
would be the case if the people of that
State shoidd see fit to adopt slaveiy at
this;time. ,There is not, under the theory
of our theverntrierit, any power delegated
to the GoiernMent to prevent that condi
tion of thinge, or we have all greatly mis
understood our own Government and the_
relation which each of the States has held
to the national Government. The pro
posed law will change Unit relation, not
over new States risking admission into the
Union, but over Stains heretofore existing
as par t of the- national Government, and
which still exist'nit States as dally as ever
they did, even if the bnignage,of the bill
be true that the ` State authority has been
uslirped or overthrown. If the people of
the State have cquunittatiesmon_tha ECM--
nicipal corporation cannot be guilty of
treason, nor forfeit any of its rights as a
State any more than a township could
cease to be a part of a county because all
the able-bodied men should move out of
it, or be convicted of larceny. When oth
er men should come or children grow to
be men to fill the offices necessary in a
municipal corporation it would still he a
township and a part of the county as much
as if the municipal offices bad never been
vacant. And such will be the condition
of the States referred to, unless by this
law or the amendment of the Constitution
now pending we change that state of
things.
The law proposed is especially intend
ed to govern men who are not represent
ed in the passage of the bill, and at a time
when we have not the power to recon
struct a single State, and if such law
could ever become proper, that time has
not arrived. Thin is only one step.furth
er toward centralizing all power in the
General Government, which has been pur
sued by Congress in the passage of laws;
and by the President in his proclamations.
Each of these departments of Government
has treated the States as if they had no re
served rights. .State lines have been dis
regarded, and all State constitutions have
been trampled upon, and'the rights of the
citizen' everywhere havebeen placed at the
mercy of the military power, and a 'solemn
act of Congress has been passed to indem
nify atulpptect the agents of this milita
ry power in the perpetration of any crime
which they, mayoeern to inflict. The pas
sage of this Luv will- be the final gathering
no of the reserved rig,hts of the States,
anti the last vestige of,protectiouef, the
citizen under State co n stitutions wil loe
taken away, and all power centralizeillit
the - General Gevenunent. This state of
things lam not prepared to sanction by
my vote:
4:r ..
IMI=I
4500,00 C
154200.000
Bqt 1 have Walker realm* for my oi)po
sition of 68 bill, l and it is the fact that }t
is fotipludiipen and intakda - to legalize
and' 'peipetuate the unconstitutional acts
and:Welimiti o 4 B dale President. I say
unconstitiftl*l Acts ofthe Presidemt,and
correct, then any laws
kileded 'Ton them:preelamdtipna wdl be
looked upon and actually the extreme
of folly.
The act and, piociamatigns of which I
complain, andlo - Whichrande, are those
which the President has done and ; pro.
claimed in pimusimictif power
and: 6 0301111 33MideArKiltef of the fttm_Et
The. Peti#4.tigien =hes
the edinnuiader.in-chie' rof the army. ar44
Davy fte4,. .o,f the. milliWor the several when called into the *Anal 'service
of thelThited,Statese" But he49to enter'
lu g,--ru the daises of his, office he
quire latake his oath that' he will faith
riietaite the office-or Zreeidelit ofll/0 ,
United StateN and to the lutst, of t&
• -
'MONTROSE, PA., TIITTESDAT iJITNE„9I
i . • „ „ .
ty presetve, protect ! and' defendtlie,Con- 1
atitution of the United States... It is bye virtue of these provis i on s oftbe Constitn-.
tion elect enters upon his,
duties and gets control of his powera,. It,
will he 0140.. wifed that the only thing whiCh
the Presidentis,requirect to take ate. oath
to do is to "preserve,. protect, and-de
fend . the Constitution .of : the United
States." In all other of his official acts
nothing is required of :him . butte act
faithfully ; but in the defence and protec
tion; of the:Constitution there must be no
laggi9D• and that is the only.one thing
especially mentioned in his official oath.
As if the framers of the"Centlifintion re
itardedlthaptu.tuid defenecfolthat,
instrument as the paramount and.frinci
pal business 011ie Ptesident, • and . in or
der that he might -have the necessary
power to perform that duty, he was made
common der-in-chief of the army and navy,
and of the militia of the States whenever
in the actual service of the United States.
But be inner,. from the nature of the
case, be commander-in-chief of, thearmy
and navy in.a qualified-sense of the word.
It is not presumed that •a mere. civilian
should.have the qualifications of a general
in the field, and if be were qualified he
could not attend to the:dutiet eta milita
tary commander and Blithe various du
ties of his office as Presid tat the same
time, nor could he co id the army
and navy at the same time. The Consti
tution presumes that the President is a
statesman. It is not the presumption of
that instrument that he is either a mint&
ry or a naval officer. And with very few
exceptiens the Presidents of the United
States have net possessed any knowledge
of either military or naval affairs. By vir
tue of his office he can 'remove and fill the
places of all the civil officers of the Gov
ernment,
and by virtue of his office as
conimanderdn-chief be can appoint and re
move the officers of the army, and in that
way may control the army as he does con
trol the treasury department and.the post
offic department, and in fact all the de
partments of government. Nor was it in
tended by the fnunersolthe Cotustitntion
that he should be commander-in-chief of
the army in other sense than as he is con
troller of the post-office, the treasury de
partment, the mint, dfcc. He had taken an
oath to "preserve, protect, and defend
the Constitution." The Constitution was
the dearest thing in the minds of the
American people. That Constitution had
made thew IF.TULOII of States, it contained. .
the ; civil and religious liberties of tim
AWALCFebay-.•.41 cluyernment, the
life of the nation, and without this great
covenant between the rulers and the peo
ple there was no government and no na
tion ; and to " preserve, protect, and de
fend" that evidence of the popular will of
the people, it, was necessary to lodge pow
er somewhere, and the Constitution
placed it in the President. They could
look back over the history of the.paat and
see the whole ocean - of time tilled with
fragments of republics which had fallen
sacrifices to the usurpations and-encroach
ments of military ambition and military
power,
and therefore the Constitution,
which he had sworn to "preserve, protect
and defend," gave him power to remove
any military chief who should encroach
upon the Constitution. He had power to
surround the civil office of President with
a wall stronger than adamant, and that
power he had taken his oath to exert in
the protection of the Constitution. That
such is the war power of the President is
I shown :An the history of the country.
I At the time of the whiskey rebellion in
Pennsylvania, the President, Gen. Wash.-
ington, refused to take command of the
army as commander.in-cbief. He went as
I President in his civil capacity. The re,a
ion given for this military usurpation is
the example of General Jackson at New
Orleans; but he was not then President,
but a purely military officer, and N. ans
pended the writof habeas corpus only , in
the city of New Orleans and in the'imme
diate vicinity of the operationh oF . ttie ar
my, and only for the time necessary to
prepare for and fight"fhe battle, and then
tt was.frestored, and he submitted to and
paid the fine, imposed.by the con and
thus acknowledged the atipileinaeY rt,
of the
chill over the military authority under the
Constitution. And the American Con
gress, after a period of many' years, ap
proved. of .his use of this war power, and
confirmed the interpretation which I deka
for the , Constitution by refunding to him
the fine and, itainterest.
e PoPlltititicta ProYidea ig that the
Pr/Ige,gea of , AJIP -writiof habeas, corpus"
shad ne!,. swyended,, ",nuless, in cases
rebellion_ . fo7o. Lome • the public : safety.
'maYAMPFP. Thin power is not, among.
those enumerated rn the, Constitution ;..
belonging , to the PrCsident,: mot Jonong
ihoao graute4,4 that inetrementoto Con
greql3. this Power heleoge .to. the Uses.
went, as a ; part of his war power, then. she,
government •and ,_ the ,people and. all. of
thillryieits,arp at Ma mereh - Apitilabio tot
- ebArg.thiii4e.pfAferraor repubiimi But
if the, .44 1 ,e0temen,4efar the: army , in
:the 444 lathe PeMMilikcendedfer the m
ere:in of this power t lie would ham tbe,
opportmehi of.knowing when, the "Mr
tioßq of the anuY ‘rtire lie be Inter:.
, . the civil, outlier*, ,aud.be,
could th,e,writ.wjthout.dqngef.to,
Op; liNirtiffLot, .the ii t eOpie ; Aed :Ile
ishblifd'make an impr o per. use Of the pow-
or t and encreeeh upon. Lh Clibe. ll 4 B l of the
-PeoP l @:,:cfithotlt tkoPeeerly c tkemwould
stand the President, arm withids war
.Power. ,l 9 l o !muWiehY, to,remove
such officer and place a safer and better
man. in .hi? place. , And that, in my opin-.
ion,
_is thehtuitof his legitimate Kir power.
N
• or liavefany of the tresidentsof the
United States,from the foundatiooof)the
goveminent, taken ',pion themselves, any
of the. resporisibilitie4 or duties of e com
mandevin-chiefaf-the army ,in the . field,
. 11411, tirlee 09 4th d4r, Air -Muck.ut. D.
38 0- 6 4 20 § 644, 4 1 0:4' Pbw;interliZetglon
hus'beee gnien the-Pypsident's .warpower.
This power ivaii.givpn wthe.; resideut
thathe Might efeudl.sekand the .dig- ,
-4ty 41* R in.4 ;that ofttmtlave -
power to. maintain the, sup:Mai:Tor the
Ova over the milit.arypower of the cenn
try, that he might pxeserve, protect,and
defend the COntifitiltion,""thit he Might
seem*, to therpeople thd elective'finaahise
free from Military interference, 'arid' tO
errcitizen of thisthrOad land thn,right of
a trial by spry &Ids ecpialk`sina l above
all other nghts, to protect"the
against the suspension of the writ Of liabe•
as corpus by hfg,cetatilanders,
,dicepting
in cases "when the public - Oefety" Might
require the suventlion. This'oew'inter
pretation Makes the iv& power of the
President a weapon for the destruction
and overthrow' of the 'very powera 'arid
rights which it was placed in his Minds to
defend from the assaults and usurpations
of the military power. The liberties of
the people and the perpetuity of our form
of government cannot bepreserved under
tuliy such interpretation of this war power
of the President, and the proof of this po
sition is written in the history of the coun
try diving the, past three years.
Look a moment at this history, Marked,
and bloody with the record of blenders
occasioned by this new interpretation:of
the President's war power., It ivis. fro&
this pity - and' from this power that emana
,
ted the cry of "-On to' Richiliond
.!" that
ended in the' dia . :graceful defeat at tall
Run, and sent our army back to this city
a disorganized and dangerous mob. It
was the controlling influence of this pow
er in the bands of the President that dis-,
posed of our forces and' led to our defeat
at the battle of Fair Oaks and the seven
days' fighting in front of Richmond. And,
when Burnside asked that he might
n i et fight the battle of Fredericks
burg; his orders from our Commander-in
ch; bastrerantrtninfic
ands of our best and bravest men were
left heaped up dead on that unfortunate
field, sacrificed to the military ambition of
a mere civilian, in his attempt to be com
mander-in-chief of the army, and one hun
dred thousand widows and orphans are to
day heaping curses upon his head for thus
attempting to use a power that was
placed in his hands for a different purpose.
When we look through this history we
cannot fail to see enough to make its
doubt the interpretation that places-this
war power in the President to control our
generals, in the field, embarrass our ar
mies, and sacrifice our soldiers. It must
have been placed there for a very differ
ent purpose. The assumption of this war
power has Made the army of the Potomac
almost worthlmS in this war ; and it now
remains to be seen whether General
Grant will be 'permitted to commafid, that
army, or ;whether the disappointments
an disgrace of his predecessors await
him. This power proved, the disgrace of
Pope and Burnside, and the sacrifice, and
removal' of "McClellan . If the President
belieVed McClellan incompetent for his
position, or dangerous to the liberties of
the people, Or liable to encroach upon the
Constitution,, then it was his dnty_to re
move him end appoint his successor, and
that was the Haut Of his war power under
the Constittgion.
But when we turn from the consequen
ces of this .new interpretation -of the war
power lzpcni the army_
. to its of neon
the government, the vonit*ttion, and tho
civil institutions of. .the Country, wO see'
the dangei of this interpretation. • It
wins to protect this Government, the,
Constitution of the 17. States„ and these
cisiil fnsiltUtions, that he, ,, as the servant
of thopepide, was invested with thla ppw
or, audit was for this pn . rpose aloud that
his official bath was reqwed of him. Our
fathersleft ns, reared and finished, atcs?,;
pie of liberty ; so high that the oppressed`
of all lands could' see it; and its shadow
fell upon and, protected the rights of eye:
r 7 human bfang In, this great, land, and:So •
simple aild beantiild that a child could
comprehend AMC wire it, This bright
temple lias been torn down, and a most,
itiohea . , and
o munstrons • military
IdenT#*lteo'44o-uPPI in ruins.
The righ ts;of: Citizens „are not respected
under the laws, orStetiii, Kir,•the ,Cocetitc
. den 'm,4leWs a the Muted sitices o nd all
the pruttxstliM, affordefi „by Slate courts,
aoll§tatif fswii ;Ind coi*titions to the
eitii*,la anidOma dismitrded.
pp, ,C(iistitution dipAtres . p A h4 ;
prlvaego' of 43' writ 9t . bia*„ clinty4
shill ad he fitispende4, unless whin/ IR
OW* 9f q l . l 4 l . l 9F.9r.invildidN :VIP. 009
03440 1,,reM. 1 1 1) 4 4% 1 704t;. - -relm P
had. ifilgA eeo. ilksre now,
Statti.of, siv lij o rTfb4t,...ye4i l
pe4tAid•thc, On'hisarety,imir* c its atm
,pension, the Stage
, A`nfii . Pe.,tflgrg is, Apt lega i pwricr
,eppugh,
in that . titate e to i take a man , =Judi—rep
ME=
ntrained of thfallbartrjrian iiiii#nry
'poiVet and teaare itittrn - Itial. Men tkre
urreated Warthet,' icoiidettmea
with - out triall;and•punish'ed"Withebtivitl
„ ..•
It is mid in the dileitssiens'aptin_ ! thie
d he
subject that:slavery bin *Millet; ti•
producee tatteihifee dietteinstitntiene; bur
'mteresta,ttEdioiti tind it fs call
ed '" homogentity,??•;.tu4-ie 'stated in
another way by the words "'irrepressible
oodflietP — Thetnessrha
. first made use
Of the "'irrepressible'eenfliet" did
not says , neir thing,,lnt ti ''veryl'wicked
one. vat' heioniplish
ing the same thing when he attempteett•
make altehieciatibime of - kniev . wilgiort ;
bellitigungettrall Achlabteipible'ediliflibt,"
to compel all brills Wilms tortiiiiik and
believe all he .did,ntitidst 9 a period when
Spain was the most: powerfial iiatiCat "on
earth, with ificaitititialr'stteliiii of gold
running into his tMisur, he tarried on a
most cruel and idestrdotive war for thirty
yearkwith •rdl the 'power of his great sta
ture,' against a few Dutchmen. in the
Netherhinds and wait. beaten and defeated
ib the contest.: He failed to either " con
quer or exterminate" them. The pant.
ana eflifeW Bitten& were attempting the
someiliing when they burned the gnakeri
and drove clergymen from their (bionics.
And if it were tor- tho negre and the
South toward which .his fanaticism is dir
ecting its energy, its real; and its ven
geance, it , would be the Quakers, the
Catholic religion, or some temperance
question. -
The trouble is not that' 'slavery existed,
but that a wild, unrelenting, vindictive,
wicked, and cruel fanaticism existed, and
happened to fasten its deadly' fahgsspon
slavery.: This necessity• for abolishing
slavery is au effort upon th e . part'. of the
strong to justify ' its crimes- against the
weak. - , Thissameness of institutions,•' in
terests, and opinions cannot be eccoinplish
ed, and it, would be wrong to' 'do so if it
could. As: well might we attenipt to
level the mountains and fill up the'Vtdleys
and the rivers and lakes and ocean ' s, ' and
make the - whble earth' one dead level plain
and worthless. •
God•made the morintains and the valleys
and the rivers and' oeeans for Our. goOd,
and he gave men different:minds, tereste,
d
institutions, an opinions fbr ,good,
and the remedy for those who differ -wit h
ot h ers in institutiona and opinions is for
every maps acuLtlurvi,,y -etyma:
ana brevery Government, to mind their
own affairs, and respect the opinions and
the interests and institutions of others,
and not arrogate to themselves the right
to manage the affairs of others. Our
system of GoVernment is founded upon
this idea, and it bad better be respected.
The bill speaks of States whose author
ity has been usurped or overthrown.—
That happens to be the condition of all
the States, North and South and we might
tarn our attention to the ' re-eonstruction
of our own States ; or it 'might be inter
esting to inquire whether some gentlemen
in the southern congress, (rebel, if you
please,) like the author of this bill, anxi
ous for notoriety and perhaps a ponition
at the head of a bureau, might not be or
ganizing a system for reconstrntions re
quiring a republican from ofGoverninent,
with slavery. Neither party has pbwer
to enforce such law if passed.
This word reconstruction appears to
charm the adirocates of the bill. Tbe only
reconstruction there ever can be is to
spread the Woad iioivers and the kindly
influence,: of the Constitution` and laws
over all the land, when the usurpations of
this military war power shall be reMoved;
and this appliesraiewell to the Nbrth as
to the - Sbuth.l • I do notjuitify the secess
ion of the southern States. It - wasbrought
about by wicked and foolish men, who
deserve punishment-wicked, for they, pre
ferred their •prolettii to. the
good of:their country , ;. foolish ! ! because
they should, fought their battles
within tb'e Union , and under thoConstitwi
Lion and the laws, oxidant upon their rain.
But,l have believed,and ,stal do,, that
there. are good linen, patriots enough,
North and r South, to control and--:dispose
of the abolitionists, and secessionists and
once more restore our glorious old Union. I
The popstittition: was the only bond of
union that, bound the _States to Cher;
.and that , instrument has been..equaily
Tended and destroyed - North and Seutll,l
;and there is no Union'; alt laura't and. all
constitutions, have been swallowed up by'
,the new interpretation given to this• war
power.. There 41110 Union. today among
the States not in' rebellion; they are kept
;together by this war power ; the force of
and-:tha influddee -Of money 'and
'plunder, lan& tbe• necessity of , ineetifig a
common foe. We are now floating at. the
mercy of, chance,. and: th e
, - waves: upon ,a
!Mire tragment•of enr, broken Unionoind
our pilot isbewild'orodrby toe' contras-,
101 7."j)reOliure" of 14 adrhlers. ,And the
New England ew urickers • are not' burning
blue-lights to render aid ,and .iomfort to
theotuAlYtbut 0137 arc.holding,up, falai)
light* gititrwPl uomplatethe woo f ;
QpßilotAPf.ux- - 14411,1414 . 00 ,
ptuanapanon . leconstrnstiou without
slaveryi proiorieff inAbla 'OM
bisferaft. bita it twill extingnish .
State ;41401 end make oar Sprnrof
different AO% that left Wilikthe
eon,plAWi9e.,t,,AtijoOker,qetyßrinieadAen
' that to 6101308E0*e lap& of-the tient!'
ivOttME xxi.
in fee and in violation of the plain :
prow
lon of the"Conktitntion will restore the
-Union, kelt him. thatit , wiff destrortlie
iasthopeef•reconstruction, andLlbrinKtin
to the painful , alternative •of , rommititig
or annihilating the South;and to
„nei t tliff
tliege conditioen am I prepared to:eve
ity ion'tittit. you nPonk ofbringin'g, - de
-South back.. l ask, Wk•fto what ? , back
to viler° ,Ifeennot be back to theCon
#titutiont{ for that .Vonstitution has Aitien
rights,.-have been
destroyed with it. And should they. come
back to the crudeend - chaotic , proclama
-tiding of the President's Milita ry pow.
Lls Wide camp 4if: the entire
4anq r yenehef puvier . btR
; and ivith . this , porei . and
its
Ilittiolanitithifis, and our • e.ofilicktien",ects
mid , reconstritetion bureaus, -there In- no:,
motivator the South; to come back: :They
pia .but fare worm than to fight,. and fight
nehundied and terti thousand of ';Vp
Amerietin people /lit** dfatiget havilitt
their sons ,, tothe uttng tir fight 4 •forY..itid
maintain their Qovernment as laid aiawn
in AR, cquatituti"POt Pin IhaVe , MK *:
here as their rep'resenlativa q.,Faamtalg•
tho ante thing,: and theii anit
ithat:ion have "done tii 'their' Govern=
went ? • On the 4th dayollftreli; 1861;
they, placed . LGo.vernined.t in -your
bands. •And in that, GoAllament was; tie"
cured to the people - free Apeee,h, a free
press, seciirity. of 'person and property,
and the elective franchise undistntbedily.
military power, end li, those suspected' of
crime a fair andospeedy triakand L tcrall t the
benefit oftile greet riot of the writ of-44w
corpus. What have yon done, with or,
Government ? The One which you have
furnished secures none of these
Shall I tell them Yon are not boinidl,y.
your oath in time of war that .when you
made your oath to
."_ preserve, ; protect,.
and defend the Constitution" it was upon
condition that we had no war ? ' When.
do_you'propost
.to restore 'to the.people
their Govermierft ? • !•
The interpretation winch I claimAtr the
President's war poWeria only - dne :
which will .PerpeViate oar republican' form ;
of Goventment. * The history of ever y da
w hich passes over our heads is full - ;fo f .
meaning and cen fi rms this position. There:-
dose not ezist en earth a: more .despetic.
Government than that of Abraham _Lin
caln. lie is' a denpof in facit.oot; 14,
. , Imm — twin of the
citizen to bear arms has _been denied, and
houses searched and arms taken from the
citizen. The right of trier dented,. and.
citizens have been banished the country
without trial or conviction ; and I only`
mention some of the outrages perpetrated'
by this - war power to say that Lf our Gov
ernment has been fairly administered un
der this new interpretation of the war
power for the last three years it does not
matter how noon it is destroyed. It is
not Worth to the people a dollar or a bat
tle or a man. And it does not matter to
the people whether their liberties have.
been taken away by Abraham Lincoln as
President or as Commander-in-Chief of the -
Army ; he is no less a despot and they no
less slaves.
It is more than eighteen hUndred years
since a roman emperorfirstenNloyed spies
and informers to watch the citizen,over
hear his private Conversation in hoard of
social intercourse, for information to con
vict the bestand wealthiest eitizaris ofdis
loyalty, and their property was then con
fiscated and divided between the Govern
ment and the informer. This was less than
seventy years before the Roman empire
was put up at, auction by the Imperial
cohorts and eity'guards to the
bidder. And the right to govern that vast
empire waaptirchased by a jeweler, who
had'hesped up great wealth' by • selling
jewelry to the army contractors, the men
who had made haste to get rich out of the
corrriptions of the times ; but the' diti of
Mane had then been founded more than
eight hundred years Wore an emperor"
could"be found wicked enough and a peo
ple' cOrriitit enough to inaugurate this
stiite,of things., ,17. e have ' not eiiSled.,
1 4,0 a century: and yet we bear of spies
and detenOtts t aid are pained to knou!
that American citizens can be found de
based enough to actin that capacity and
this keno of the results of the exercise of
:this wait power.
'The pr9sideet, by virtue total& eitiacal kt
lerpretatiOn of his was power, makkajo irs ,
by proclamation, and does really.op me
witWthe action, o$ Congress. lite, usurps i t
in himself i4l! the powers of Governnient-qt
legislative, And .exeentitte—And
:believing, as I do, that .his •proclamatiorca
of freedom to the slaves is not- only.a vie= .
lation of thoConstitntion but of bit official
,
'oatb,l shall not vote to senceaminny Such
interpretation of the Constitution, norfor
any:law intended to perpetuate that pro,
claroatioft. And the hour is just beibra::,
the American! peopl9 '. when they must '-
, choose bd weep the Adrainistration,
its peculiar views of halve*. power, ands'
their, liberties. Vibe people permit ,this
peweri fis ansumedby their agents,' tot-be.o
continuakianother term of fbuic o rt s til
Vlietherilk.votoie or' militior dintat 4" .
for dnbehaltregard '
ourold form ofoir.
eminent andtholiberties of the people
esiogitharoahuotriPirtveftvzi
- it le the peop . their .
erithoisid:whOseitous it iv to
enengroarblwalutuno 4_ll44Wil l t
want ,as 4 itimo d ared 1 47 smini.(lo.aoVPri:
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