OLUMBIA DEMOCRAT J'J? AND BLOOMSBURG GENERAL ADVERTISER. LEH L. TATE, EDITOR. TERMS: 82 00 IN ADVANCE. "TO HOLD AND TRIM TII13 TORCH OF TllUTII AND WAVE IT O'ER THE DARKENED EARTH." i.lfff.. 18. NO, 17. uu RECEIPTS FOB MAY, TO TII12 COLUMBIA DEMOCRAT. -:oi T!io following payments hnvo been mado to tho Columbia Democrat, office, during 'dlV month of May, 1804: Aaron M Vanslckle $2 on. John A Pimitnlin Hnq kathan Creasy W.'.,1!'1 '.' ,Vcivcr hit or John Broun sr WMlllbert Ilea i Kline (Mtricasaiit) 1 OOiCaluri'nlrlck Grady A M Mailcller 00 " Jolm Price brah.-!1.MaUlter 1 OOjl-ll U.nloti AbfnhnnlBvvepc-iilil.fr I IKI.S.itii II llutclilnoti hemlock School Ul.t I .'.tV;Jalric'l l.vett 4 00 II a.i 1 711 2 00 a mi a .in i an 5 00 a no 3 f H VUy'UKHB 4 IjOjl'cter lldniir i'hrlstlan von s-i saee Snydor llclianl Kilo jyil.s JamlC Blclu-r A J Albertson Wm Krlckbaiim Win I'lihcr Win Eyer Samuel Snyder r.uto I. Adams II M Amnierman At A Ainniorinati Mr Mary Ann Winn 1 .11 .. 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Prompt paymeuts nro very cncoiiragiri";. Our good friends, we are porKuadeil, appreci ate tho importnucc of eustuiuing an out spoken, iiidfpetidtfnt and uncompromising democratic Journal, aucb as always has been and ever shall bo tho old "Cor.r.MiUA Democrat." "Bargains! "" BARGAINS! IF YOU WANT TO 1HJV GO TO t'reasy's Storo, in Light Sired, Pa. Who Keejm ull Kin Is of CALICO, " MUSLINS, ' SILKS, '.. G I NO II AM, FLANNELS, . a CARPETS, i HOSIERY , SHAWLS, "T'jSbady-Made Clothing Sugars, Molasses, Syrups, coffees, Teas, Fish, U8nlt, Bacon, HamS, Lard, Tobacco, ct'ars, Hats, Root", (5aps, Shoes, Drug.?, Oils, Paint?, Sc., &c. In aihllllon to our large atoek of Dry Cnmla, we havo n l.nge ami full assortment of Iteatly .Mtnlo Clothing .tieti ami 1 lloj a wear wliirlt wo aro determitied to Vl cheaper th hi can bo bought olaew here, ('.ill ami sen. ami jndgo tor yourselves. II. W. CIIUASY i CO. Light Street, April 23. lfiOI. THE PHILADELPHIA TNQUIKER. 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The IjIiJ. nre alncinR all aiouml. 1'roni oN-cry hill ami tree, 'Till ull thin liri flit ami unity wortil Kci'iua full of inuloily, Ami lii-atl" mill olcen vibrato with Tho fUuiuicr toni'ii uf jlcc, Tho str.-ntitlct ilancca In Ilia tun, With rparklea on Its tlile, Aa hrlijhl an liming from braiitya iyo When lln-liilia iM It, ,,t,ie, Ur ilt!iv.ilroia pll,tcnlii In tho gram. The fori'ft lako bcflilc, Tho lllmv itli Ita itrnoplnit form la Initislin; oVr tho alri am ; I.ncli h11- hoiigh upon tho wavo la (.eon w ith Im.ijeil beam, A tnory palnta each Joy ami grief t'ponlhu sltcper'a ilream. Th rhllilroiion iho aprlnginn turf Are fpoflliii! 'mill tin.' ftoworn, With ponva tuntfall iipnulho heart I.Ike aprlMn llino'B early ahowora, Or niiiylc heanl far o'er tho aea On evi'iilug'a iiiooiilil lionra. Tin night, so full of poetry. Are iolt anil ilre.'iiuy now, Ami ilmiu inil bright nu4 cum like stara I'all on the watiher'n hroiv. Or light the Iomih a they breatho 'I lie oft repuati'il vow. Tin' mountain top is illmly aoen In uioiiiiiig'n piitplc light As on by one tho shailowa flit Like apeflrea of the niht, AtiJ ilay, uiiIimiiiiiI by nti.ty rubes. In bi'.uiiil'iil ami bright, 'J he valleya with their roltngo homcn Meep like u dream of love. Ami many a happy heart in there, t I'oro u. lite triiiting iluve ; For woiiian'i! ainllo islinlin all. Like ritiilight lrom nlmve. The wllil. vine cllngn arntiml the oak With many a graceful r.ilil. And II 'i cy Moroni, kcent tin: air With vw tilth of HWectn uiuolit. Wliilejoiiilieamn lltcker ihrntigh the Icarra Like llaKi'B of fallling gold. 'Tia June ; and every heart lietita u iih a wilder tlnill, Aafrom each acem; of loveliness llur apiritn drink their till, And days and hour, go singing on Like to a summer rill. RECONSTRUCTION. PSCH OF HON CHARLES DENISON, 01' PKNNaYI.VAKIA, DKLIVEKKD IN THE HOUSE OF UKPKESKNTATIVEd, MAY 2. 1801. VI'O.V TIIU IIKCON'STUUUTIO.V Ol't STATES, VVlKlHi: AUI'IIOKITV ll d lll'.CM UHUlll'KU UK OVKItTllltOWN. Mr. DENISON said : Mr. Si'KAKEtt, I am opposed to tho bill under ili.i'UbKiou, :md I am gratified with thi oppnrtanity to explain my views upon tuc iMiiijuct. itio name ot tlie bill is "A o-11 to iuaraiity to ccrtaiu Sttitos, wlioso government', have been usurped or over tlirown, a rcptiblican form ofgovernment.' Tim objoei of the bill i to change the relations between certain States and thu General Guveruiucut, and to make it im ii . .i li . . - . e i . i po.snijio ior mo oiaics rcierreu to, uiuier any circumstances, to hold slaves or to be organized iiiulor any constitution which permits slavery. I do not think that any political tiarty, or any great number of men, excepting the abolitionists in tho uoithcii'. States, ever eared anvthint! about the cxten-ion porputaity, or dc- struoiion of slavery. 'I bey havo uotbci'ii interested in the subject further than they were betichttcd by tho cheap system of la bor iu the Soulh, and tho market which their nianulacturcs found in that portion of our country. 15ut that the General Gov - L-rnmcnt ehould assume the richt lo con - irol, by act of Congress, tho domestic in - stittitioiis of aoviueigu States, ia a differ- cut question. 'I lie State ol Pennsylvania a few years back iu her history determined to abolish slavery. What would havo been the con dition of tho queatiou if the General Gov ernment had denied tho power of that Statu to dispose of a mcro question of property in auy manner which tho peoplo ot mat oiato nilgai ouooso ; such as sumption of power would havo been resis ted by all the peoplo ot every otato in tho Union as an encroachment upou tho ro- served right of tho States. And such wou-u uu tuo case u me pcopio ot that State should see fit to adopt slavery at this time. Thero is, not, under tho theory of our Government, any power delegated to the Gei'cral Government to prevent that condition of things, or yo have all great ly misunderstood our own Lrovcrnnient and iho relation wh eh each of tho State has held to the national Government. Tho proposed law will change that relation, not' over new States asking admission iulo tho Union, but over btates heretofore existing as a part of the national Government, and which still exist ns States as fully as over they did, even if tho languago of tho bill he truo that tho Statu authority has been usurped or overthrown. If Iho people of tho State havo committed treasoutho mun icipal corporation oannot be guilty of trea son, nor torteit any ol its rights ns a blato any moro thun a township could coaso to bo a part of a couuty beonuso all tho able- bodied men should move out of it, or bo convicted of larceny. Whon other mon should como or children grow to ho men to nil tho chiefs necessary iu a munioipal cor poration it would still bo a township and a part of tlta oounty as muoh as if tho mu nicipal othces had never boen vacant' Ami such will bo tho condition of thu Status roferrcd lo, unless by this law or the amendment of the Constitution now pend ing wo change that stato of things. Tho law proposed in especially intended to govern men who aro not roproseutcd in tho passage of tho bill, und at a timo when wo have not the power to reconstruct a siDgio Dtato, anu it sucn ww cutuu cvorj i I - ii BLOOMSBURG, COLUMBIA become proper, that timo has not arrivod. th Army as Commandor-ln-Ohiclf. IIo This is only ouostop further toward central, wont as as President in his civil capacity, izing all power in tho General Govcrnmont, Tho roason given for this military usurpa whioh has been pursued by Oongross in tion is the cxamploof General Jackson at tho pasiago of law, and by the Prcsidont .New Orleans ; but ho was not then Prosi in his proclamations. Each of those do I dont, but a purely military officer, and ho partmcuts of Govcrnmont has treated tho aiaics as u tuoy uau no resorvcu riguts. State lines havo been disregarded, and all , State constitutions havo been trampled upou, and tuo riglits of the citizen ovcry whero havs been placed at tho mercy ol tho military power, and a solemn act of Congress has been passod to indemnify and I protect tho agents of this military power in the perpetration of any eritno whioh they may sec fit to inflict. Tho nassaco ol this law will bo the final gathering up of the resorved riglits of States, aud tho last vestigo of protection of tho oitizou under State oonstitu'.ioni will bo taken away, and all power centralized in the Goneral Gov ernment. This 6tito of things I am not prepared to sanction by my vote. liut I havo another reason for my oppo sition to the bill, aud it u tho fact that it is lounded upon aud intonded to legalize and pcrpeluato tho unconstitutional acts and proclamations of tho President. 1 say unconslitutlonal nets of tho President, anij if my position bo correct then any lawi founded upon thoso proclamations will ho looked upon and actually bo the extreme of folly. . Iho acts and proclamations of which I complain and to which I allutlo -ire thoso which the President has dono and pro claimed in pursuance of his war power and as Commander-in-Chief of tho Army. Tho Constitution makes "the Prcsidont the Commander-in-Chiaf of tho Army and Na vy and of tho militia of tho several States when called into actual service of the Uni ted States." Rut before entering upon the duties of his office ho is required to take his oath that ho will faithfully execute the oflics of President ol tho United Statjs, and to tho best of his ability preserve, pro tact, aud dafend tho Constitution of the United States. It is by virtue of these provisions of iho Constitution that a Pres ident cloct enters upon his duties and gets control of bis powers. It will be ob..crved that tho only thing which tho President i required t take an oath to do is to "pro serve, protect, and defend the Constitution of tho United States." In all other of his official nets nothing is required of him but to act f&iliilully ; but in the defenso and protection of the Constitution thoro mast bo no quo; tion, and that is tho only out- thing especially mentioned in his official oatli. As it too Trainers of tho (nntitu tion regarded tho protection and defence of that instrument as tho paramount aLd principal business of tho Frcsidcnt, and in ordor that no might havo the necessary power to perform that duty, ho was mado Commander-in-Chief of tho Army and Navy, aud of the militia of tho States when in the actunl serjyoof the United State?. Rut ho must, from the naturo of the case, be t'ommatider-in-l luef of tho Arrnv and Navy in a qualified .-icnso of the word. It is not prcsumod that a mere civilian bliould have the qualifications of it general in tho field, nud if he were qualified ho could nut attend to the duties of a milita ry commander aud all the various duties of his office as President at thd same timo Tho Constitution presumes that the Prcsl dent is a ttatesman. It is not tho presutnp t.onof that instrument that he is cither c ' military or naval officer. Anil with very ' few exceptions tho Presidents of the United ; States have not possessed any knowledge of titlier military or naval affairs. By 1 virtue of his office ho can remove and fill iho places of all iho civil officers of the Government, and bv virtuo of his office as Commander in-Cnief he can appoint and lemovo tho officers of thu Army, and in that way control the Army as lie does coutrol the Treasury Department ond Post office Department, and in tact all ot the Departments of Uovcinmont. nor was it intended by the framcrs of tho Constitu tion that ho t hould boOoimnaudor-in-Chief of tho Army iu auy other sense than ho is controller of tho PostOffiuc, thoTroas ury Department, tho Mint, &c. IIo had token an oath to "preserve protect, and defend tho Constitution," The Constitu lion was tho dearest thiug iu tho minds of tho American peoplo. That Constitution had mado their Union of States, it con tained the civil nod religious liberties of their children, aud was their Government ' tho lifo of tho nation, and without this great covenant between tho rulers and tho people thero was no Government and no nation ; and to "preserve, protect, and de fend" that evidence of tho sovereicn will of the pcopio, it was necessary to lndgo power somowhero, and the tho Constitu tion placed it in tho l'rcsidcut, 1 hey could look baok over tho history of tho past and seo the whole ocean of timo filled with fragments of republics which had fal Ion sacrifices to the usurpations aud cu croaohtnents of military ambition and mili tary pawer, aud therclore tho Constitution which he has sworn to "preserve, proteot, nnd dofend," govo him power to rcmovo any military ohicf who should encroooh upou tho Constitution. IIo had power to surrouud the civil offioo of President with a wall strongor than adamant, nud that power ho had taken his outh to exort iu tho protootian of tho Constitution, That suoh is the war power of tho Prcsidont is shown in tho history of tho country. No former President over attemptod to act as Comwandi'r.iu-Qliiof of tha Army, excopi lu this qualified same. At tho timo of tho whiskey rebellion in Pennsylvania, tho Prcsidont,. General Washington, rclusuu to Uku command of COUNTY, PENN'A,, suspended tho writ of heubcus corpus only. in tUo city ot Now Orloans and in tho tin- mediate vicinity of tho operations of the array and only for tho timo necessary to prepare for and fight tho battle, and then it wai restored, and ho sudmittcd to and paid tho fine imposed hy fho court, and thus acknowledged tho supremacy of tho civil over tho military authority under tho Constitution. And tho American Congress after a period of mauy yours, approved of ms uso otthis war power, and confirmed tho interpretation which 1 claim for the Constitutiou by refunding to hipi the fine and its interest. " The Constitution provides "that tho privilege of tho writ of habeas cot nits" shall not be suspended, "unless when iu cases of rebellion or invasiou tho public satotymay rcquiro it." This power is not among thoso enumerated in tho Constitution as be longing to tho Prcsidont, nor amonc those granted by thatiusirumeut to Congress. it this power belongs to tho President as a part of his war power, thou tho Govern mcnt and tho people and all their rights arc at his mercy and liable to share tho lato of nil former republics. But if thoao tual commander of tho nrmv in tho filed is tho person intended for the cxerciso of this power, ho would have tho opportunity of knowing when the oporatious of tho army wcro hkcly to po interrupted by tbo civil authority, and ho could suspend the writ without dangor to tho liborties of the poo- pie ; and it bo shoutd mnko an improper uso of tho power aud encroach upon tho liberties of tho peoplo without this neces sity, thero would stand tho Presidunt armed with his war power aud bound by his oathlo remove such officer and place i- . . . . . . snier and better man in ns n acc. And that, iu my view, is tho limit of his legiti- inato war power. " Nor have any of the Presidents of tho Uuited States, from the foundation of tho Govcrnrnont, taken upon themselves auy , ot tho responsibilities ol duties of a com mandor-in-chicf of tho army in the field until sinco tho 4th day of March, A. D. 1801. Sinco that timo a new interpreta tion has been given to tho President's war pqwer. This powor was given to tho President that ho might defend himself nnd the dig. nityof his office, nnd that ho might have powor to maintain tho supremacy of the civil over the military powor of tho ooun try, that ho might ''preserve, protect, aud defend iho Constitution," that ho might se cure to the pcopio tho elective franchise , froo from military intcrferenco, aud to i every citizen of this broad land tho light! of trial by a jury of his equals, and, ' above all other rights, to protect the peo ple from tho susponsiou of tho writ of Aa (teas co'pus hy hi militaiy commanders, excepting in cases "when the publio safe ty" might require tho suspension. This ! new luterptetation makes the war power ot j the President a weapon for tho ovei throw , i... and destruction of iho very powor rinhts which it was placed in his hands to pro tect and defend from the aseauiU and usur pations of tho military power. The liber - ties of tho people aud tho perpetuity of our form of Government cannot be pre served under auy such interpretation of this war power of tho President, and the proof of this position is written in the his tory of this country during tho past three years. Look a moment nt this history, marked and bloody with the record ot blun-j ders occasioned by this new interpreta- tion of tho President's war power. j It was from this city and from this now-1 or emanated tho cry of "On to Richmond!" that ended in tho disgraco ful defeat at Bull Run, and sent our army back to this city n disorganized and a dangorous mob. It was tho controlling influence of this power in tho hands of tho President that desposed of our forces nnd led to our defeat at tho battloof Fair Oaks and the seven days' fighting in front of Richmond. And when Burnsido asked that ho might not fight the battlo of Fred oricksburg, his orders from our Common-der-in-Clncf wcro to fight tho battle, aud thousands of our best and bravost meu were left hooped up dead upon that un fortunate field, sacrificed to tho military ambition of a niero civilian, in his attdmpt to bo tho Commander in-Chief of tho Ar my, and one huudred thousand widows and orphans aro to-day heaping curses up on his head for tbtu attempting to use a power that was placed in his hands for a different purpose, hon wo look through this history wo cannot fail to sec enough to mnko us doubt thu interpretation that places this war power in the President to control our 'generals in tho field, onibarrass our armies, and sacrifice our soldiers. It must havo been placed there for a differ ent purpose. ThQ,,assuinptton of this war power has inado tlio Army of the Potomac almost worthless in this war ; and it now remains to be scon whether General Grant will ho permitted to command that army or whether the disappointments and dis grace of his predoessors await him. This power proved tho disgrnco of Popo and Burnsido, and the sacrifice and removal of Mci'lellau, II tho President behoved MoOlellan incompetent for hid position, or dangorous to tuo uuuruos oi mo peopiu, or liable to onoroach upuu the Constitu tion, then it was his duty to removo. him nud appoint his .ucoestor, und that Was tho limit of his war powor under tho Con stiiution. .i it.. . t i SATURDAY, JUNE Rut when wo turn from tho conscnuou- ces of this now interpretation of tho war powor upou the Army to its effects upon the Govornincnt, the Constitution, and tho civil institutions of tho country, wc seo tho danger of this interpretation. It was to proteot this Government, the Constitu tion, and these civil institutions, that ho. as the servant of tha pcopio, was invested with this power, and it was for this pur- poso ulono that Ins olhcial oath was re quired of him. Our fathers left us, roar ed and finished, tho temple of liberty, so high that the oppressed ot all lauds could aco it, and its shadow fell upon and pro tected tho riglits of ovcry human being iu this great laud, and so simplo nnd so beau tiful that a child could comprehend and admire it. This bright tcmplo has been torn down, aud a most cruel, wicked, aud monstrous military despotism has been rcarod upon its ruins. Tho rights of citi zens aro not respected under tho laws ol States or tho Constitutiou and laws ol the United States, and all the protection af forded by the Stale courts aud State laws and constitutions to tho citizeu is set aside and disregarded. Tho Constitution declares that "the privilcgo of thu writ of habeas corpus shall not bo suspended, unless when, in case of rebellion or invasion, tho public saiety may tequiro it." What rebellion has thoro been, or is thero now, in tho State of New Hampshire 7 In what respect did the publio saiety rcquiro its suspension in tho State of Pennsylvania I And yet thero is not legal power enough in thot Stato to take a man, unjustly mtrniuel of his liberty, from this military power, aud scenro him a trial Mcu aro arrested without warrant, condemned without trial, nud puninhed without conviction. It is said in the dUcussiou upon this subject that slavery must ho abolished to produce samencbS in our institutions, our a ' jntoresU, and our opinious ; and it is called ; ,i,i -iii. . . i ?. . i I "iioniouonoiiy, ami is statou iu unotner way by the words "irrcpre.ssiblo conflict." Tho man who first made use of tho term ''irrepressible coniliot," did not say ti now thiug, but a very wicked one. Philip H.of Spain, was accomplishing tbo same thing when ho attempted to make all of his sub jeets to think and believe as he did, and nr. a nrrhnl wlinn Snnln wn. thri innsc natr. nrfl nstinn nn ntirth. with n nni:tinitnl stream of gold runuinginto his treasury, ho I carried on a most cruel and destructive 1 war for thirty years, with all the powor of bis grcbt empire, against a few Dutchman 1 in tho Netherlands, and was beaten and defeated iu tho contest. He fuilcd to either ''conquer or exterminate" them. The Puritans of New England were at tempting the same thing when they burned tho Quakers and drova clergymen from their colonics. And if it were not the ne gro and tho South toward which this fa naticism is directing its energy, its zeal,and its vengeance, it would bo tho Quaker, the Catholic religion, or some temporanco question. The trouble is not that slavery existed, but that a wild, unrelenting, vindictive, wicked, and cruel fanaticism existed, aud ' happened to fasten its deadly fangs upon an.:. f ni.ni:t.;n slavery. This necessity for abolishing slavery is nn effort upou tho part of the strong to justify its crimes against the weak- ' This sameness of institutions, interests, nnd opinions cannot bo accomplished, ami it would bo wrong to do so if it could. As well might wo attempt to level the niouu tains and Oil up tho valleys and the rivers and lakes and oceans, and make the whole otirll. nno rlnnil lovul. nln-n nnd wnrtlilnsn. rinri in-nin fi,o ,nnitnt-,in n.l iho vnllnvn I and tha rivers and occcans d occcans for our good, n.wl t. ,,,. ,,,nn A ifTomn t n,t nrU . i n torr.tB . institutions, nnd opinions lor our good, aud tho remedy for thoso who differ with others in institutions and opinions is for ovsry man, and tho pooplo of every Stato and of every Government, to mind their own affairs, aud respect the opinions and the interests and institutions of others, and not arrogate to thomselvcs tho right to uianago tho affairs of others. Our system of govorumcnt is fonuded upon thi3 idea, and it had bettor be respected. The bill speaks uf States whoso author ity has beeu usurped or overthrown. That happens to be the condition of all tho States north orsoath, and we miht turn our at tention to tho rcconstraetion of our own States : or it might bo .interesting to in quiro whether some gonolenieu in tho southern congress, (rebel, if you please,) liko tho nsiho: of this bill, anxious for no toriety and perhaps a position at the head of a bureau, might uot be osganizing a system for reconstructing tho northern States, with constitutions rcquirinu a re publican form of government, with slavery. Neither party has power to onforco such law if passed. Thii word reconstruction appears to charm the advocates of tho bill. Tho on ly rccfoustr notion that evor can bo ia to spread tho broad powers and tho kindly influence of iho Constitution and laws over all thu land, when tho usurpation of this military war powor shall bo removed ; and tbia applies as woll to tho North as to the South.- 1 do' not justify tho secession of tho southern States. It was brought abont hy wicked and foolish mon, who desorvea punishment Aviokct, for they preferred their ambitious project to the good of their country j foolish, because thoy should, havo fought their battles with in the Union nnd under tbo Coustitu- tion nnd the laws, and uot uuon their luin, But I havo believed, and still do, that thero aiogood mcu, patriots cnout'h.Norlh rnd South, to eontrol and disposo of the abolitiouista and secessionists and onou uiotc restore our gloriou3 old Union 25, 1SG4. Tho Constitution was tho only bond of union that bound tho States together, and that instrument has been equally suspen ded and destroyed North nnd South, and thorc is no Union ; all laws and ull con stitutions havo been swallowed up by tho new irrt'erpretation given to this war pow er. There is no Uuiou to day among tho States not robcllion ; thoy aro kept togeth er by this war power, tho force of habit, and tho iniluunco ol tnonuy ami plunder, and tho necessity of meeting a common foo. We aro now floating at tho murcy of cliuueo nnd tho waves upon a mere frag ment of our broken Union, und our pilot is bewildered by tho contradictory "pros suro" of his advisers. And tho New ling laud wreckers aro not burning blue-lights to render Aid und comfort to thu oncmy, but thoy aro holding up falsi) lights that will complete tho wreck. One set of men tell him 'that universal emancipation and reconstruction without slavery, as proposed in this bill, will save his craft. 1 tell him it will extinguish Stato rights and make our form of gov ernment different from that left ns iu tho Constitution, Another set of men toll him toeouliseato tho lauds of tho Sonth iu feo nnd in violation of thu plum provision of tho Constitution will restore tho Uuiou. I tell him that it will destroy Ihu last hope of reconstruction, aud bring us to tho painful alternative of rccogniziug or an nihilating tho South ; and to neither of these conditions am I prepared to give my consent. You Bpeak of brineiu" tho South back. I ask, back to what? back lo what? 1 cannot bo hack to tho Constitu tion, for the Constitution has been destroy ed, nud all civil riglits havo been destroy cd with it. Ami should they como back, to the crude) and chaotic proclamations of tho President's military war power, that has mado a catup of the entire land ? Thoy have enough of war power at homo j rtnd with this war power and its procla in flit im 4 . n nil m,i mm hunnlwiii nnla nnil rv matious, and our coulisontion acts and re construction bureaus, thero is no motive for tho -Smith to como back. Thoy aan but furw worse than to fight, and fight thoy do. Ouo hundred and forty thousand of tho Amorican pcnplo iu my distriot have sent their sons to the army to fight for and mainUin their Government us Inid down U" tho Constitution. Thoy have sent me i crc RS lll01r representative to maintain , tl,c samo tlllnB aml in 'heir name I ask , what you have douo with their Govern- me,lt 1 On the -1th day of March, 1801, t the3 placed their Government iu y6ur iiauds. And in that Government was sc oured to the peoplo free speech, n free press, security of person and propcrty,and tho oloetive franchise undisturbed by mil itary power, and to thoso saspeoted of crime a fair and speedy' trial, and to nil tho benefit of tho great writ of habeas corpus. What have you dono with this Government? Tho one which you havo furnished secures none of these righta. Shall I tell them you aro not bound b'y your oath in timo of war : that whon you mado your oath to "pfescrvo, protect, and defend tho Constitution" il was upou con dition that wo had no war I When do you propose to restore lo the people their Government ? t Tho interpretation which I claim for th'o President's war power is the ouly one which will perpetuate our republican form of Government. Tho history of ovcry . day which passes over our heads is full of meaning and confirms this position. I'hcro doe 3 not exist on earth a moro duppotio UOVCrtimCIlt that! tha. Ot Government than tha. of Abraham Liu- coin. Ho is a despot in fact, if not in m. na consiuuuouai ngut oi .uu ' citizen to near arms uas been uenicu, anu houses scorched rind arms takon from the I citizen. '1 ho right ot trial denied, and ' citizens have boen banished tho country , w'ttl(,lt lal or Conviction ; and I only mention sonic of tho outrages perpetrated by this war power to say that if our Gov ernment has bean fairly administered un der this new interpretation of tho war powor for tho last three yoars it does not matter how soon it is destroyed. It is not worth to the people a dollar or a battlo or a man. And it docs not matter to tho pco p'o whether tlioir libcrtior have been "aken away by Abraham Lincoln as Prciident or as Commander in-Chief of tho Army : he is no less a despot and they no less laves. It is moro than eighteen hundred years emeu a itomau emperor tirst ompioyeu spioi und informors to which tho citizen, overheard his private conversation iu hours of social intercourse, for informa tion to convict tho best and wealthiest cit izen of disloyalty, nnd their property was then coufiscatcd and divided between tho Government und tho informer. This was less than1 sevonty years before tho Roman empire was put up at auction by the im perial cohorts and city guards to the high est bidder. And thu right to govern that vast etnpiro was pui'ch'asod by a jcwclor, who had heaped up great wealth by sell ing jewelry to tho army contractors, tho men who Had mado haste to get noli out of the corruptions of tho times j but tho eity of Rome had then been founded more than eight hundred years before nn em peror oould bo found wioked enough nnd a pooplo corrupt enough to inaugurate this stato ol things, ro nave uot existed as a nation n century, and ye,t wo hoar of spies and detectives, and aro pained to know that American citizens can bo found de based enough to net iu that oapacity ; aud this is ono of the results of thooxcrciso of this war power. Tho Prcsidont, by virtuo of this nowlu tcrprctation of bis war power, makes laws hj proclamation, and does really dispona ' VOLUME 28. with the action of Congress, IIo usurps iu himself ull tho pow.ru of Govcrnmont Judicial, Icgisltuivo, and oxecutivo and bclioving, as I do, thai his proclamation of frcodom to tho slated is not only u vio lation of tho Constitution but of his official oath, I shall not vote to sanction any eueh interpretation of the Constitution, nor for auy law Intended td pcrpetuato that proc lamation. Aud tho hour is just before thu American people when they muat cbooso between tho Administration, with it pe culiar viowa of its war powor, nnd their Ibcrtics. If thu pcopio pormit this power, as assumed hy their agents, (n bo contin ued another toml of fo'iir j'edrs,. whothot by votes or military dictation, I for on. Bhall rogard our old form of government aud tho liborties ot tho pcopio us at an cud, gathered up by this stupendous war pow er. And it is for the pcopio, whoso liber ties havo been trifled with, and whoso business it is to make their decision, to settU this great problem (or themselves. I have thus warned them, nnd I have cleared my skirts of tho responsibility. Careful of tlto, Negro. Iu tho groat "Battles ol tho Wildornoss' on Friday, tho Oth iust., tho New York Tribune's account sayd : '(Tho negro troops) of General Burnside, commanded by Gen. b'crrero, had been placed at tho disposal of Gen. Sodgwiok, with tho request that, unless absolutely necessary, they should not bo pat into tho Cght. The negroes remained within a mile and n half of the front during the entire day until dark aud were not brought into ac tion'." This was the most liereo aud desperate of tho conflicts of tho campaign nud wai in fact u drawn battle. If wo had a num ber of reliable trbcfji3 equal to tho number of negroes thus kept hllo, it might have been a decisivo victory. Also in ''Carlton's" account of the bat tle of tho 10th, near Spottsylvania, de scribing Burusido's operations at an im portant crisis of tho fight, ho says ' the colord tioops wcro not iu tho charge.' So in Banks' disastrous battle on Red River wo ro told that tho n'egrob troops wcr not used. Why was this! Aro these blocks roliablo I And if to, why wero thoy not made to do their part in tho bloody work ? Thoso facts are significant T They show oithor that tho officora in com mand havo no confidence in tho negro troop's, or that thoy arc very careful of not placing them iu a positiou to bo "hurt." DyiNti Dying. Senator Doolittlo aid iu Congress recently, " Shivery, Mr President, ia dying, dying." The slaves aud thcir,familio3 arc also dy ing, dying, many of them from starvation, On the border womon and children iu groat number.;, whoso proporly has boen destroyed, nro starving and dying, dying. Uabcas Caqnts and trial by jury nro ul" so dying, dying, or rather in many oases dead, dead' The ConEtituliou ia dying, dying oii'd tho Baltimoro convention has been digging its grave Civil liberty is dying'. Tho Monroe doctrine is dying, dying. Otir ourroncy is dying, dying. Free discussion, State's rights, honesty and economy, our tons and fathers aro dy irig, dying; Robbery, dcspostisni, fanaticism, con scription, immcuso taxation, and enrnago aro living uud growing, growing. Tho remedy of this death of right, and growth of wrong iBto vote, voto. Good. Prentice, of tho Louisville Journal has tho following i Gen. Butler mado war on vromeii at New Orleans and sucoecded. He mado war on dors at Nor folk and gained a oompleto victory. IIo made war on men near Petersburg and was ingloriously vrhiped. lie will oonfino himself honacforth to the womon and tho dogs if ho knows what'B good for him. 5Sy The King of Dahoraoy is on tho war path, and with his Amazons rcoontly tried to conquer his neighbors tho Egbas, The lattci1 wero too strong, however, and killed the Amazons, who fought desperate ly, oapturcd Dahomey's cannon and sont tho King Bkulking homo to his own do minions. Tho Amazons nro thoso pretty virtuous creatures who cut off ono broast and fight with a ferocity whioh few men can equal. Thk Now York Evening Post bosooch cs his party to lay asido the namo of Re publican and adopt that of Domoorat, j It will uot do, Mr. Poit, Satan would bo t Satan still, even if ho put on the wings of nu angel. S3f Solomon enumerated four things in his duy, which said uot, it is euough. If ho Wcro ulivo uow, he uTight add a fifth - , ,,, u.,,. T.,,w...in, fiimi.. .i.?ah ; '. b, n,,w Mi
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