Mt. Vernon Democratic banner (Mount Vernon, Ohio : 1853), 1863-02-14

              TiOffOd fit -'s- jaaX-V'j '"Pw -riVf-ftf. itl aim j k'.f , - . v - -l t J.:!f f.tKl J J -I J tie. 9 i T 4 Ji.iJ - l fc1Wit i-iti-'i-' t'" it ; -;..v i-": ----"-.-,- V A.-".., .r-IiV- WfTJi-ai -v? .i 1 rot-, o: iitr frr- Ofilee in tFooaw -1 TKBMS1 two tollArt jr aaninipaAl itf ad. ItBM Usnrpatlons of the President! EC H or ft - III tbe United Statesa Sensste, . JANUARY 8, 1883. ; 1 i ( the - Ma. Sauhb7t Mr. President, when injustice and intolerance of the Britreh min- istry were forcing an issue between the parent country aact the colonies in reference .to the power of Parliament to impose taxes upon the latter'xritb'out their conenf,; the , remoiistran-ces of the ablest English etateerr en 'were treated by the advocates of power - as the utterances of nedition.'. It was then that the noble Chatham thus'spoke: ! - : ' 1 ' ' -' ' " Sorrr I VnV'to hear the liberty of speech in tais. uouse inipuieu as a crime, du. .ae ini- which the gentleinan who calum'inates it might nave prontea. - " It has been frequently saM tpon this floor, aince. jthe , commencement ,of this, nntiatural - war. that we are' making history. '"Hirj. we are but repeating it. Repeating .its folliei", ' ita madness, its wickedness, Inptea'l of -avpidiiig Uhem, better instructed by Hsexamplee, ..iThey -would admonish us by thooe examples, and who would have us profit by; them, are.'by the advocates of , power, and the' tools of faction, charged, . like Chatham,,' with being siditiouS. -disloyal, and a being pym path isers with rebel . lion. Well, Sir, th is is not strange:' Great "popular commotions, great civil revolutions " .-always bring to the eurfaca ot society a class o -men too wise in their own conceits, bat really "-too? ignorant and. too debased to be instructed Tby th.eIessons of liistory. T Thrown by reVolu, tionary force into unnatural positions. and true to their native uistincittythey crawl around the feet 6f " Upnrary'-power, arid sWkthVir owri greatness, in the detraction of those who wouH '- have wisdom in coonsel and inodertitfowin a tion.' Such men glory in nothing' so rniicli a? ' in writiog-the oante -ofristideti oa fhebeJi. Jn his annual message ira-fwmitted la Can egress on the first day of the session,'- the' Presr dent thus" speaks : . ;t !;; :; - 1 " " " ; , . W-of this. Congress and this Admiuistra-. tkq will be remembered in spite of ourselve-. 30. personal significance or insignificance, caii pajre one or another of us. i . The .fiery trial through which we pau Will light .us dawn, in ,3ionor or dishonor to the latest generation', . X'.'.A. moment's lunacy after eighteen months off miadnees 1 A flash of reason at the conclusion '? in hour's in eon ere nt ra v ing i 1 W h at wi II t h e future think of me I How shall I and my A. 1- ..ffninistratioo Hve.io history T If. such questions ' lad oqjistantly presented themselves to the Ex.- ; ecutivc, and had he honestly and uniformly acteMn eference to the jaJgment of irapajti.tl history, how different would. have beenhis an J 3 feiir! situation now. -. But. '.sir, party,. not 'coun- veugeaace, not ;osiee.-bare been the. 00-. jecto tmet dear to this ! Abiuinistratioif; au i tChe evidence ef this fact which they have' an j n.4-riii ceKUuue to i urmsa. will Iirhttheui down 1- in "dishonor to the latest generationv" I know this language may be considered barak, uTbe Question may be akedvaa4t-4was often been -Ailaed teretefore, JWhyvfrfnoaHce'tTue r Adm'uijs-:tration? Why not denounce the rebels? I answer, sir, that the rebels, as they.-are called, jue not to be affected by denunciation or praise from you or me. - Tfiey have "gone out from! among us, and are not to be brought back by -denunciation, but by . wisdom in counsel even ! aaore than by bravery in the field. Tha t there ',, -there-may be wisiiom in counsel, "both for the - arpose of reuniting a dissevered ceuntrj. and So-rthe" still greater anfl nobler purpose of pre-' sef vl ng civil constitutional liberty, I have a f tight lo'speak my honest convictions in refer- 5''ence to the executive action and of partv ac-' --' lion ; and having the right, I shall be governed ( 'ilk its exercise by r tber consideration than '1 that of the publio goo I. . ' . i' At the cominencement ef tfce new year4 it i. Jnaj be" well to-review the political chart by srhich our action- has been- governed i that - 'thereby we may in future avoid the errors of ""' We athisCoTgress andthis'Administra-r- ttSrVTsays the President) will', be reini?mbered in spite of ourselves;' No personal stsn'iheance ot insigniflcince- ca'a. spare ibneidr isooilifer of y t Since, then' sir.' we are each to be ' u lighted ,,.idwn in honor or, Jisjionor to the latest genecr-jat," it is but rigixt that eaoh'make his own mppeal t ike' awul 'tribunal of . history and' s't-mdjcate ia'acUo'a in ' this, patibnaj catastro j ,i phe .even.heforeihelatest gen'eratidn," " fiat. y where , is ,'ihe- necesisHj, in makingWels own defense, of condemning the action of pothers i a Why find fault with that which you cannot control, and for whuou are not responsible? My answer is;ptaii Sonie ofs here can only, , . upon'mures'of public policy submitted ;rJto-os.by others.'3 -Ntf efforts' -6f bars to1 give a proper direction to poblio " affairs by propbsi : Vj iMUMhof egilatio6j of, teodf r of, a4Kee cf n -U4raii ?-AAdaMaiatratio& policy. ,MDportel -vfhyM toaljority. of ; thiSi Congrjsis is fcabmited as. hop war pvivwur rejection fi4we appr)-, l:timLii If wsreject tbeni as thedoma umiKi & . la -04 sed fijreed. is.' the . Adm'mistratipais -the .7'JChreromeat &nd the Government is. the Ad: V?omtaiMraiioa'!we are id Jbe charged-, with being -Opposed- to theloveroJent Aii in favor ofre--iii(beuioa. 1 -Theaaestidn. tbciH Upon which his- rZXirffo to decide are simply these: fa this Ad- miniatratioo rigbtec. wrong tk re its meaw- v ures.ata Keara.for hrsUratipB;5f the Union . mnd-the preservation of the Constituuon. wise Zior nnwisecroDer.ojr..im proper : and sboiiEtf 'fthey 'or, should they not 'receive the, supporiof fV4AO ICUICOCUUIbl1b4Wt UMMVO OUU VMS fvv-' til rtruaA". 'M . -ft iaM A w-Tr W ''.' Hicatry to determine theaeoaestione we must . iYvt-tt o eora? exwat itx past, jiaa.cpnsmer - ' the ""tnifinn rif th Tirrmf ..X"k arft. and for II . , r . . ... .. t'hteen months have been in the midst of the v ;CT-::te8t pocal revolution the world has ever rty I mean to' exercise .No gentleman ought, to be afraid to exercise ft. 'It ia?a liberty by; etm." 5tIWt delaJ WnlT fflxroe njrt-mn I the truth: of thi aefertk,: there nvrerl It . . & . J 1 r 1 Aw sma I jrerolationr withPBt iooie cause, more or Jep meDto coMiderrBvoJatioajajnsUhwAutbo Hty as withoiu caaae. . ,Wref thejr judgmenta of the righteoua or wrngfal w tbea anee thereto bj othere a4wttd a,the iofalU-hle mle. liberty couki not exist.- bat despqtujm wcmki everywhere prevail. , Apconjiog toaacu 'Standard 0 judgment, the great. Englishrevolution- was etupendours: crime bourbon 'could see! taught i bat; crnninality; inthe French revoiut.ioa. Aqd thie, Aoerican struggle for-iadependeace waa regarded,, by: the :EngJijh king ana fniintstry-usdreveiH by the French people; veith.aa jrreat abhocreBCe.as a wicked resutaaee t rijEhtfal.aCboritv as we affect to regard, the resistance of- the revolted Sfates to; federal ntbonty a he iawOf.rouUioBa,,or thatbr lihich Aheir character is: most eeneral-i ly deterniioed.-itf.ahat- mgot makes rtghtr mat success i-jitsucaHoni -ot j fii'-,!'- )1 lie impartial student oi.'IMStory, nowever, ' will be forced to the conclusion tha t there ha ve been revolutions whiejv haTe failed iha ought to have succeeded and that there have Veen; successtal , fevolutiojis -which; ought, to have failed.: My own opinio, sir, . that Uia rev olution ought to faiUl-uniessyou -make that 1 -- -1 " ,1 : i.:u " 1 risniiui iu lor comjjMBiwM, whm;m iwwruiigii . . . ... ?. .. lit in the beginning not-tHseabae ,h i.waa wrtotiy without cause, but .because' it causes . did not amount to a. iustifieatioa. j IJo . portion of a neoole have ariirbu for iijih t or, trivial causes, or from apprehended evil, and. without ret ex-; hausting all reasonable ; ana ' proper means to avert iU to plunge the whole country into civil .war. i.tkiC'eif.tWnile a bpneatly , Relieve, the causes of the. preeeot revolution were .noteuf- ncient toamount to ia justification of, it and while, therefore,'! believe it paght aot.to suc ceed, I arb.:tqaily. Lowest- in. my convietien tlmt il vtil kvccetd or practical pyxpatt during this . Admialstration,- at . leaatpun lens this Administration and this Congress fhall change their policy.,; )fnH goyerneil by. wiser counsels jn tbe'future th4nlbey-have Jbeen in the past.;' .This, may be., coaskiered plain. talk1 in thrf-American Senate. Some may. even af- fot.to treat it, as the honest warning of. Chat-' ham to the English Parliament, was treated, as' disloyal. Had the English ;Parliament listened to and acted upon his advice th,e, colonies bad been saved to the -.crown, -Had this Ad- ministration listened to. and acted upon the ad-' vice of those whom they, in their supercilUous-ness and bautiness of power, bays presumed to distrust, instead of war and earn agei, peace and harmony would, everywhere throughout, the. land have th is day pn-railed. ti ' l" thi CAtrsis-or thi ' aavoLtrriox. " ' ! . ' " - -t ... - -- : -. I . - ,'. ' ;The cause.9 of revojutipna' do. not generally lie on the -surface of things. .They are not usully -what they seem to tte. Tbey are not so often isolated acts of oppression on' the part of Government',' as the assertion of the right as a principle on the part of the Goverrrmeut to do them, u it .was. not wmplj the imposition of a trifling tax upon lea that caused the American Revolution, but it was the assertion of rarlia-5 ment to tax the colonies without their eemsenti . - - . It was a controversy petween tne crown ana his nmiistWs on1! he 6lMde; al t fi 4 "people of the colonies- on the other in reference to the powers, of Oowrnmeut under the English con- stitulinn. :i:l he imiositioi e4 : toe tax and tile a' tempi to collect it were only the occasion of testing the' rtght claimed, by force .of arms. The student of history will find no .difficulty: in tracing the causes of enr present revolution to a radical and fuddamentaLdifferedce of opinion amontr our -people in reference tothe: true the' ory of onr Government, and the limitations upf on Feleral or State authority. Is this aKJov-ermnent of the:'peopre of the United States as a ywaii. political boy, acting rightfully by force of a popular numerical majority, the. voice of which majority constitutionally , deeides the character of legislatton, or is it a Government of the people of the States, representative in it character, and limited in its power; legislative a well as executive and judicial,' by .the delegttion of authority-expressed in the "Federal Constitution ? . The nan -delivery of fugitives from serviee ami labor, the raid of John- Brown into Virginia, the' ejection : of Abraham Lincoln as President, hone of these were the cauqe. many opinion, or this revolution , nut tt was the assertion of the power and dutv of Coiigr&ss and of the people of the free States', to abolish slavery, so as to circumscribe and limit it that V the pHblie mind-could rest ih'the conviction oi its nltimate extinction'.' . It was the assertion nf the right to abolish accompanied ly svth nets as fndenced the pttrposeto alolishi4fuit Uadtt this revolution.'! . " , , . . jj j . ; -. , : . , , . ; -. Mr. Lincoln's iNDirrxRSNCB to it; t-!.' It must have" been! apparent tolthe Pteside'nt, aa il certainly, was' tt everybody else,; after' his election, thatSiuless some -means of paciffca-. tion, were adopted, that an' attempt at natiopal, disruptkin was inevitable. v'Such an attempt be mty have regarded as unreasonable as crj-minal ; but neither its unreasonableness nor criminality" could excuse the jocular inditfer-, ence with which he - seeified to regard it'.4- He' had been' victorious' fri jfrje polTt?cai '.race' 'for Bower, and couldafe Sffonfed even tol ave een gentcruf toward tirose UWrinsrtrwer ap-prehensions of evil to themselves froih his Aq-r ministration.' A - -U --'K : - But. sir. when he saw that1 tb whole conn- country was agitated - ar 15llad'fwich'; alarm,' ana tuac ine' jtrors 91 uinrupuoir 1 naa - in lafi. cOitiraeoceJ, it; waa cnmmaI Hdiffeence '6n 11 nr pari'io rire aoHurairce w-bh' xunirToien that the constitutional rights of the people i of me several oiates bbohiu semHiawnea,' ann the ' Un ion perved', totHmp ired.' 'J Where lb en was ' his"1 love for the' UftteflT'Wherf those who' Were patribtfcalry etrbgglingty day and night Tor tiie-atoT)tiOw-Tr'eome Ueacemi and honorable mode of adjustment were Deed ing words xffencoif fagementrnnf were anx iously seeliiagiainee.rrc those about to -t installed into-power did;h- ebif per augbt df hope in their, ear 7r bem.i m disruiae,i fee sought the eapitil of Ihe Bepuldic; aadJoin goor'-ana'1we! raen-j representauvesioi tae States that had Jiot aeceded' ?endeavdrine to devise some means toarrestlhe workif .ia tidual, dismemberment,' didiveaid them by iiia 'counsel, rxr encoaragef them . by Ihie r premise T When; before n inaurarmbosri as sirestdentr he entered Una Jhamiee and Ibund-j luntten- , ' r , ' t . I , , - , L1 uen ana uovsiam sna.uieu'oiaoarjera teaaeayf orine to procure the adoption of meaanreej tof houorabfe -compromwev did he request one or OMOttorte To, A UfjOjiiftfponi pev f fr . dflf; gnevie.nia 4n;quwiDg ana jrji8Lreea cqunt men was the diimified assarance thaUlaolx) . is hurC'-? -JMtalled ' Tnto rof!rj;r!he .hetakies himself jib the - agreeable T work", pt difljrjbatipg oces. to his followers, And main festa no, tlr-t ner, jntereet , it. public. aSaira than jioreiee whethef avpretextforA war'C??net be had bv te-ApilDgithe flacederaQ 1 tpkelhe frtblo!w It is atruckand j irpmediatelythe t crT.rfnW thrpughrjjU.the.lanAthat tha rebehr have fire J upon-the ct;oaaJI fog.-th.it Sute'-elii frim; oeveniy-ove laouaaoa voionteers are called in U . , . ). r n i m , 'i . t j .... J, ' f Belter lair fetter ld;lh eouiitrt, la uite 3 iC akJVak ftkAaMr - r ' . W . tbi wa could Hirr MfJf atzsxp,,. Ibr it was flODecewary; If dwit' It waa l olil B? f lle wb,T ot wesertiBg at1kai people. If -indisbenBable .fot th&e'-parposea, ;tr, was jOTUfiable.lfoovep, indispensable, it was , a erira e. t Wa it. peceaeary f , ,CouJI the iJnion have been preserved, and-the conlitu- liohaf riffhts o'f the pebpie main taitfeVJ. Without a resort to wmsljlHe whojiseerts-tbe edntra ry falsifies history and attempts an imposition upon publiecredulj'yr, v These fire the?nljr legitimate obj'ects "for- which this war, could "have been incept etT, or tor wtiicnl "can nw or could iatiahy timebe waged J'itt isnil? id) say that, the pioplf pf,faeit4sjre4thejirst gun. - lue quetsuon iDimraisKij arrises, couiu nut l thein have eels I. il assert tbat'it couM,-aoXhiatorjj !nrill fp Adjudge; -.. Whenciyl war.is, certajn unless averted by a 'pedceable 'and' honorable adust-men t Of differences; -and; when;eutbi. ah-adjustment is practicable, to refuBe adurstnleeit 'it6 et4; jfriminally,: .OHknOw:, the . ';coatkry k to wa. and . h istory . wi 1 1 record . -and has recor- aea lue ihjci mat, secession neyer wouiu . uavc occurred beyond the limits bf riohtH Carolina, had Congress adopted promptly the'Crittendeu compromise measured, . which. !were;.iir- sub-etance nothing more; no? .less " than a solejnh guarantee that 0e Cdiietitution should hereafter re" considered to mean what' it had solemnly decided byeheihigheatiegal tribunal already to mean.r.,.Cy thetr,adoptioH,' waf .rpuld.haye been averted, peace maiiitajned, and the. Union preserved. . .. ' . ' . .' ..' ' '.' ''' " !. ' .--.TBI BEIGIJ.Or TEBBOR., . . . Misjudging the temper and character olTlhe American tveople; they sought to 'prevent all (-remonstrance against whatever.' means they I euose to adopt to.accompxish llieir.vipiirposa, by governing a.fnee, pwple by. appeals.ta their j ... . . H tears. m.ova oecame uieir instrumenis 01 ven-; eafte,''fld-whefe these eoJl not con veniently , be invoked, executive; tyranny JajdJ Us Jawieee hand upon the unoffending but sue pec ted-'vtc-ti 111 . and forts and bastiles opeiied) and" closed their ponderous doors upon hinaj Was vnotj A hraham Lincoln Presiden't;'-ahd '-was 'not William H. Seward bw ; prime- mjnistery. and who dared say a tight against their. ipfaJlibili-ty ? rhe espioiiage of Napoleon sank n'to in-i signincance as au agency 01 oppression in com-parison 'with that piaoticed under ' the admin-tsiration of. Abraham. XitnpljjJ (v ...; ;. t 4.;.,--, . Men conversed in whispers; even women: dare not, speak above her breath. A deadly treftfor seiied upon all' elapses, except those w ho, : thenieel vesV- bei ng 'spies' ''and s intortrterk were coiwciouajof reposing nnler: the shadow of executive protection. Finally tbe law: and Constitution were . pealeJl . to Jor protection! against executive 'tjrannyv Tli'at Constitution-which was made for all times, fbr peace as well' as war, deeUrei that noi man ahouhl be depri-i vel of life, iiber'ty- oy property withwit dya process of lawv :. f bis cuaruntee . of iDersonali 1 ' - , , 1' - ' f .-,-. "-T. 1 . A : 1 reeaonv nan teen extorteu oy inc ngnen oar-t ous, swora in nana; ai tinnnymeae; Trom tne liaughtf "and oppressive' John, five hundred years- ago, and has been the birth.riirhc of every bnglihman since.; It. was the bu-tlright of the framers of the Federal. Constitution, and they inserted it in that instrument, that hQ power should ever deprive', their children ol rt.. ." . ..' .'.. .- "-'' ... : . That creat writ of right, the writ of habeas corpus. had ueen .passed two hidred yars agO'dUring'the oppressive reign of Charles II, to relieve one bngiisu suoject troni" i.nprison-ment bworder of the English Privy;, Council. contrary to this provision of, Magua" Charta, 1 -: j j-?.- it.'-- it . f'- ' aim oiir jaiuers proviueu 111 iiie&vpnstiiuiion. that the privifege of- this-' writ should not . be suspended, unless in case of. rebel lion, pr .jva pkhi, when the pubhe safety. should- require it; No one ever dreamed that the Preeide'rtt'lcou'ld suspend the privilege of tl is wTTft lo "states man had ever so spe4cen : no comraeutatpiuiad ever .so written ; and no. court it ad eyer so . de-cideti. Congress, had provided for the, issuing of this writ upon proper application ' .made1 to any jndge of the Supreme Court, or: judge-' of any district court of tire UnitedStatesand the venerahle-Chief Jusueawas apaled to to award.it fr thpuxpse ioeuiria' into the legaliiy ofsuch "execiif fvV larrest's"' The exe cution of the writ was resisted and', the. judge informed-' to the amazement of 'all-savei the minions of despotic power that the President had authorized the commandant of a fort to suspend the writ of habeas corpus, end that he. had complacently obeyei h is- master's - com mand. ,sAAd this bribes' tne, air. voa cohsfden-' fttion of the' questicn,"' hasi the- Prescient ' the- pdwer -to suspend the -privilege of the writ : 'of niibeas corpus', and If he has not, and Congress has, should they confer that power 11 pon' him, or ' exercise it-1 hemsel ve in ' reterenpe to- per- sons aomicnea in estates -not nveeoeUionv and where the courts-of iilMicae rxwn? ni : f Here' Mri' Saulburv- coes thto a leaTneft ana anie review of tins qnejitfon, qaotlng from nhmeroUB authorities. "-We1 ; regret :tliat.!Our sace compels us- to Omit tliia able legaL argu ment.. XjBJ tf-Atfuq i- JVTO-iq ;-U.W , CHIXr JUST1CB AND LPTHBBj JIABf IN ON The lastrauthontv which T w It cite! U'Mim exhaustibe ppuaion of, the present' veier'abje vi ivf w uiLii a ef lI TJ:fa.tniliaY extract Jjrom .that whuib aa.a whole, is so svnv nretrtcat arid cotiooiBrveA1K rttBaeve-b answered, and Wilt ft&war&emain unanewer- Able;! .rn.3.-r ' " ! - :-.'.:;..-: -.. v-' I ! I.t,will be seen MrPrewden; rjyh reference to the proceedings. of the.&Mivention that framed ike ConsUutipn, aa reported hyr. Mad-' taonthat threetatea, voted against!Kat pro ylkion a4iborizjng.theaispehsioh' bf heWnf of hpfysa corpv in .car ea of rebelion4ahd'Vriva-' "fV '.Vh wiAHWt-they .ybtedyiseT Vfor wtuWif wejy bvebUud wbch if ?nfexa;ahpuM Jieyer. , be unyoked ' exeept in ffyfunw wjvu.ii jqienivop .na lorjine pun-. strument and by. the. authbfi tv ' of -Con tr: f Bukwt uuu9yii luaiurpvee oj ms Amiflislraxijpq hae h,own.hat thia'pfovisibn pression; was foreeeeri and made ' known'? bvi S-f fj.?e) -mVPCim, I tioo,,and assigned by eome.of theirafcreal son for withholding their Assent from jti'adopf tion ia,84dre8SjUutherjll fllijpamn-i 'wii '! --fti-Bjr' h.Dxir8p3fJ.Oeperir-novVi ernpent to iavetne.. power j 01, f.eusrenirij theAa- rpec$ xtLC?'fi joi 'rebellion. k itrvgsioni A3 the t tat pverrip zit'fi sy ?; power" of auspenaic' ,t- habeas corrn 'act in tnose cases, y. was eaiu tuere waa no. reason ie ovcaeiyu maucing mriUj ,fa 11 (Truing ' the -prre'teXtrif ydu pleaaelb'sobMng tteen honOrahlvcAvrndedub wiiM! ifoiin ? giving lclvaVwef tafihe eraloVl dment; since; wLerievex.tlieVuti 'whlcb ernne invaded or in Si htch ; an Insurrectioii. place fiida itar safety ; req u iris feit rwilJ ?nak'e use of that power i mod it wa nrged'tbat t e glsive this )wer to" .the ' General Government,' it wohld'be'aiif engxtte of opprasuM iti its hands i since? Wbeoever itate: iibduld ;oppeef. lis yieW a? b ow eve? arbitrary afid ancotistirbtrotial; and ! refaW sii mission -.to "them; "he'. General Government may declare iran ail of rebellion,' iiftdi anspendiiig" the halcw'corpui act; HitiLy seize opon th? persona of -tjose,. adyocateebf- irfeuom woo osve 14 an virtue ana Tesoiuiiou etiongh to excite' & A'bpotf 'atad' iHkf1 5i& prison tbeitt'datingMte pleasure Jn the! remb test Mrt bf the Union,- ihat1 ,dttieti of and lBeir:everV 'eonnectiohi ' These cbnsidera iiotas induced ,me iii, itd, give hegktive also to fii'fs d'ausel' : T'H6 p6pTieto3ovrd bjr tli! !c6otitr7 how I BotJ airi'eyeVtjhie jgnrSit Wisdom ' ' bf the framers- oT the 1 fcdhsti tution "cotild.n'ot fbreseel:(ha it v'as'pbfftihle ithat M Hian mizHrbe plkhed;ia We PresidenUar chaTr in'less'tha'n elghtV fears fn;ffie adoptfbb bf lue yniuuiionwiio soouia so piar.ine tyrant rmottnit part or the UnronVSir1, ;had cir fatherer fcnownrHhat such" acti hf 'thittirnhU bpprWekm' icdti Id oe ' pfitciioitt't ' th i iiam!e: 6f iioeiry, ana wouia oe suumiuea 10 dj ine' people, 1 verity" betteve'They? oeverwduld have lormedhiFederalaWooX Mr:Prwmen't;;MwltuUndmgrt grese -alone i can 4ighIfHlly'uspen the :priyl-Jege of - the .writ. Of Jutbsw cerrnts, Abraham X,mcbjn,1elwted to be President fit the United btales, out ty hisracts assuming to te ttbijt oveb the liberties "AND'iiVES of-h'is' cptriitry- -rtien, has Mdlht nndantyT oeroremaH,)'and the temeritye.ore beaveavtQ presume loausv ueud.-bv his proalemaiion. of the 24th of Set- tembe.r fast, the privilege of ihis writ; not only Ill iiic uiatco vy iciviv, - vu mivugiivui .luc wliole UniliB! tf atee ;; to'oeize peaceable, citizens in niine andoiher tkaei and to f baatile? l hein in,, the remotest .part oftbe rjn.ion.iV and "hear'it, vh.ye heavens : arid give ear, oh e'art!v.,! the-p'arieht and long buffering' people of this cohniry have-lamely submitted to t his exercise oflaspotfci power.; : Not satisfied with this usurpation of rjower. he ha prpclamied that air rehels afi'd. inBurgents their - aiders; and ftbeftors,'' nor onlt In thestafes in revolt, i but witbfn he- Uniied JJtatea?'. and 1?' Ser- sona discouraging emistments.'Teeieting nih ta r v tira its.: or . gu i lly of aDy,-dishyal prart iceM a supposed offense, one created by hiniseLfl Jin-: kndwri to the Consfjtutihh Mod I'a'ws ot any; civil&ed-tfr 'barbarous pvPpl bn earthTjuhde-l zmeu even oy biui, snuifj ueaaiitua vinaion tests sole)s in his own.-arbitrary will-'affopd- ing aid aiid.comfort to. tKe rebele . agains Uiej authority, of the TJnrted)$tatesV. shafj: vbe -.'aubj ject XO ikdrtidi foiiv and 1able:to trial arid1 pun-f ishment by oeurU martUu or military commis- k .Ai(l ttfat.thre-Wt.noi b bility that the victims of ui. oppression - hal; escape his vengeance, he has declared that the writ of habeas jprpv4 au spend J in, yes-pectlo.aJijpersoVs a8.tvi;re 'th prete'nded "iuspepsioh, ' or yhd' a!?e .nowj, or hereafter during the rebelliOn-BhlMi.nSprisj bned in any fort, camp, arsenal, niUitary . prison, or other place of confinement,' by Any jMA tiary authority, or by the sentence of ay 0?i ffiartial' or military.! com mission." Since th'ei i'ristitfiiibn ofcivil gdverneiits,; 'since tbe fbV ination 'of human eoeiefyi sine's God. made man (here never, has been such an u n tva-rraa ted as sumption of power, or such a despotic exercise of it ; ami regardless of pers.onaj consequences, I will, in, behalf of thy cbMitrymenV ' ' in ' the name of the violated CpiistUutroif brtiry cbqh-j try.'and ' in defense or dtl !iher'ty, :pVote8t againrt- it i and he that says thal'for so? "doing Im'rdisIoyal to rhy couritrv. Hea before men. and in the presence of high JJedvenV 'i : . .. .i.use 1 nie language oecaiise vprr miocravic .Alitiort prepa-ahd Ahruiohi6iin' tbe 'lan.d dares to tjbarge wifhi 'disTbyalty ar man wh'o honestly utters: lus sen Umente differing froinj the! views apd policy pf this Admtnlstratiqn. j It may be that 1 1 'manifesf eomeJ feeling pri this subject : H may . be tha'. I manifest 'more than some: persons think . ought tq exhihif i ut I have been Jiiade la. feel onihis subject iiiy pogetdtuefttji hayf fuffeed ; aod wfnle 1 people Of that State; thoagh the heavensjlhem eelves (diould fell.i (Jj ;i m-A & rw. licdviii fcBSiafr'.lO XWe DBATBt aaiTBMf . .. Sir. k may be said' that ..there, is rno danger fwer 00 the part'oftLe'Preeident that'helis bbnest ; that his ony objeetiiitoppreasthe rebellion, and s thati the: innocent -will lin-. no ma n net an ffer. " 8ch a nOn fid ence r may ' wel I lrfecomllte"willurjelTeaioi poweriorrtbe LtJ L II C 1UTB t31LlZt?Il lfUlU mio Aoruuf.'iiwM w onsclouw fls-ofldePPOtBrniif. It 'becomes not BC10IM tOOIS-Ol XWpOitauMVi' - wswu w 'i(tfhf price o beAyt isseternali'vigl-jey'-fT he lstguamntee. ofliberty'V the ervance of the Coiistitutiooioiiue'a-icottnf- lIlhceQ observance "' f kai?fwi iortfidence H:4he'r hOaiesfy 0 any vnao -.wJmk' after harvtiig aolemnly vrbr stb of tb Urhed Stales' irft!yti iu destruction 1 know that there is danger to the niet;ty70fihTdrJgePrunL:thT8:aasuniptioft of powers fiaohawhl-inSeeit hivesuf I refed'fromiw Jrfcnowtna peaceamewnu uu-.ofleWinthtaofiaiy;;" bastiled". in difiereot .parts of the .y nited States- ".cot off from tbeirU ailjV,fnea-MxS WititKrv-Vgon'neeliPIa .lie- alfotthe pebpleor mytthifeppeiiU eI TnpersonHbhVPreBi ' efJ tions of that Union may from this .epnvictiqri iia1n'.becbmVreuhitd ;nbet4 sajtlthe peop!eorJni. tpeakjng11 p them -i'nA:vT.ti?lihtiwho:: ttre'f bohscioua sthat thev hav vopiwen trb ilnf failhfuPtb the ConstitulTon indM a of .llselruTJtry beidg conscious ;?oiP vcaiinic4hca ?c.ju8t -cause Of offe vroZ-ttl weift-'-'DiSFLli i)' :"i OUivJLL.V U3f and wi! i'dWa tcj'j !iH-.at v..:o-...tc: 'Llwh'UfietiSaa'y-f-r.ypJ- I and -Kli&tevrxhall tbi r :',TC r Tidv-ct 1 will t4 i-i.ccrdpe v i',h t l."-( t'se l.n preorgia vmeui oe oasruea la me iunaei pan Wu'Wek laropshkemracitixeb1 W Ni'tf armpl'hire, In ,rthe .larthe extreme -oT itf EMAtb-eoirfroi ib'eU'iav'tfttrewd&' etanq ,111 iQia fe!.ate. a represeptai,iyeKiiif w-uej bt the B6vereTgnty of one of the smayst 'StatM of this tTiiibn: I ViH'dicharKe my ,n Yblhe retafy orWkf; 'rplf appearnas-ueea-HU. vam-J I have appealed tbtbia bbdaresefcl-T I. pbteesiprf. ,J My afiparhas Deep eTusedc 1 lnTtalibJbteW& ! lowWtiZes-bfn-bw laveand ever ehallcoTriisel nfy relbjpthe astio abandbn' the(Federal UnTor, rhfd w htch sheas fiVfo ehierrrnil ptIeifrtrV'ait 'akillia torn ftrn reafbne1 lahalf i6brif vihcll1iectibna tkt' nhV!best faectxrityr their righte bf Hfe, btcty antpropeftyif!i,ir tliaXt?hH?indNwdefthrCbtW hub fethemWiriL1 aKd the'fflniemberedl eee- ct -injand'-ViJ r athe approval cf a r ..UouaUoJ. -aaonllf rou taU tll i?Tdefcnseof t:--U;v'c;:i 1 and wAl -r'atthearrrovalcf ar ..IcOuaCio- 'Ba.!airfJet-iexamiaoUh.Tiro.i thuf fexfriiordiiiaT iotrt riTpw tWK It and united by the affect kwofihewnaw t,004 beiepttogetheeM peb752c2 decIareasUAt ,p f-pKU. a in-iy -Vi,:fi;rlwhi the-oebole of tbe different -.awiJLvW - No peWdil afiaH bd held ;nswef capicair'OF vwwwhw 'mianww crime, .wiiese ob ft pteeentmeat 'Or Indictmebt of ar grand i jo iff zcpe in cases arising ra tire land or naval fbrteb, bt io themihtia benfitt actual service tartlrae'Of -rar5r or be"deptived 'of Kfe, lib eHy or-, property Without th dbe proceserof When "there is ikJ offense;knb erfmef of coorse beahall hot be held tbfenswer at .allir Critoe can Onljr be defined or declared by -law The Prident 'declares that -not-only; persons engaged 1n the land or naval forces, or in tbe miiifta whebin' active ervce in time war but all rebels artd inmrrgents; their aiders and abet tore, wi'thth the United St'te;vehall swer; not as the OcstitnifoW fivodeajnpod presewt-raent or indictment of a grand jarr, but by-ar raignment before a court martial or military eommissiO,tf. t AbeA;or; inautpgeRty, jLeirt aiders and abettors, are guilty of treason, , .,Trear son.is.both a cam'tal And . an infamous crime liTi defined in iheXrietituriop W fpjrowsi consist Only,, ihfeyg'' in adherfiig to their 4ueniles, giving them or aid ' ByfJie'CbnstitnIon this crimeiihall tfot'. be held ttf 'answer or it ( declares! 'a new cii tlie'bf :dislovaI nrarrthrM. Mj' PreaideiU' for twenty teara I .have atiidied and 'andfersfiid; Lhi'lnr. 'of the land. For 'seyehteeh" years I 'have; practiced- inVtbjr courti.'.ljDuring twelve years ' bf that "tniie J hare defended,' persons' charged' with alpSbst eyeryr'cr 1 me' k rto'wb tb ther cri m wal code. 'Fbr five y'eara, asnhe ,!4vir ot?icerFrbf ray State prosecuted in- theirihifhJi9l;cbiirts.!and efady-bried lb fartfiliariiemyseff with thy . principles ot .he criminal i law. -v But. I confess,! sir, lb-' t never d.ld. I read Whiear bFthVcrime'bf !dis-loyai j practices ''ahtJ- it: waa proclarmel by Abraham' Lincoln. " lie does pot .define it; he does' not inform the" 'American;J people what Vt is, that th ey ' ma V &ybi d its. commissioti ; that secret hfe kee Da locked uo in his DWh' dfscretiort-. But "be' proclaims 'that .all '.petsons f guilty of Vt::J '"JTi iju:. -M l-w . JLi.: law tfnd liable " to ; be , tried ' and punished Iy iiiiq fi iujc diwicwi w eu uicvt w.marimi that people 'MUld.'not read lbm9',JThfiPresidekU not to b survihs'sed' wiik''cruMtyi 'Ail" ta'bt defined. "A r iA. n .H.W't'ii . ?( . Hat sir what imartia,l . la wfr to which every man in the -United States contrary to the Constitution, is ma'd subjecrby this. proclamation, and what are courts martial and military coni-mrssione t : The' Dake -of r Wellington; who f wttxkttt-Jbft Kxk4 tttAvority: ajjoft. th is, su bject, . m a,uexiaie ln.raruamenc ueciarva aac .mar tial law was neither 'm'ore or leslNthari' the wilt, of- the General " whb'dom'ma nds the afmy, and heeontentitd that the "General who declared jmartial.lav and dOmbanded that it-should be' carried into, effect was bound to lay-down, dls-l tincwy tne rates ana regulations ai,a tipiits ac-cbrdlnff tb 'which' his5 will was'-'to' be! earrieii out.". The'Presidentof ihe Uaired States -im Coinmkodertin-ehief .of the. army of t he United States,. ,Umler ; bis procla.mationr wha he willfl to-hedislbval prac' ices are 'such.'-'-fty one. whom lie wilfB iriay be rfrrested as a viola-tor tf-hie willFviTb' m"W by! wJiicb he declares a viola-or of his will shall be tried ds -ihis en-- ent I by :his antborny' 'alone. sTIib'tjBonisbirteAtiuh- flictei, a? tha Presi den t!will4 tbato -hi ft U Uha befn violated,-lajust. what fhe.Preaidit .wills; no more, no: hVss. . It may "be" th deprivation bfrltfer:1ibertyor Cbhstftutfon deelafee that no ohe hajl bevde-priv'ed offhese withbut diief process pf lawjry-; iU; wljat Jh-the Cof$itut ioa whe we.haye a President that has a. wilt? All these . things -the President professes to have 'done 'to save the UWion' and preserve thetonetttauon. ' la he-mad iHv:l '-'---?i ii:o -v-t ?;--!.. -j Among .all the pauses jthat have, been potent t'al in dividing Dublic sentiment and prevent- ing concert and harmony - of action -Jb the 'ad; herinjr'States, hbne'have beeh':m6re,:so :than these -us orations 1 of powersiTabdJ acta of ;6p-ppesaibrt by -the'-President Tbei-questa6n ceased to be1 so'trtuehi.whether-negroee shall be free, as, shall white men be madc slaxief:i&v ery ba8tiIe7bbeif5cedifltrous : to the Union can's "fKan an'fcrmyl"?esi and every wrongful imprisonment of the citiEen more in-- junoua than a.defet4 v .. .. . ,(I M , : j ,?-Ti ;?r;TBBOJr-rpN: -?B051MAtp-J.j:rT -A noth er:; imeaaorre adopted by, !tii cPesiden t ; jprofessebyy'aajpecessa raeasyre fosuppres rebellibar is Iris proclamatibriof the iw'instan't; proclaiming freedom to nearly TtSree 'toiflibfts OT alavti inthe revolted Statetc lAbrntum-fu t&cn'A: Pope's buy. a he hijnself, haa weJl said( 'decfarea.' free in bis possession or; that of thf'' HgHms jae j-proei refine eiav"i.,.w uuiu u- masters ? 'Has he bf they control bver them? hissaper biill give therff practicad Jiberj vyifi-A t:can,auieiy jfceanQ sqniepwM-r-i-more. etScient 'things toward, expressing rer Wllion ' If ills ebrpdteii'tia!. why not I88" another decfaring ihat tlfeieyea the Irebele shall all imnediately drop but t a rThraouId not then see to fight agawstdhimooiW3y(POj still another, that the guilty sipners baU all immediately become lame! loey" .cou; not therimkrchagainsr Mm: AVdiyet othef, ihetn JRhmpnd la ikVenf They then-fsrooW- hive ofaconflscaVottn K KLl.Tn tn 'anitiibeXgoolr tUjkfifl art: iSdebwUoxhiaLoitterTy' un- dristiriitiohill and aboftp ma iilyWjv&& iiX9cl- 4 fliAtiop -ctrj be, ocnose ,the Aituon, .it win, wuw i 'remtTted Tb ' be xecutedvojirevehF a peaceful reunion of the States. I say PEAxJJJr FUL REUNION. Kr'l nevei dreamed of h reKtofiy 'fbrteiYOU-NCVEa CArCOJ- Qtirn THE COin'trThata?.y'pe?a' haUtir tLat eiteht cm:rritdryr hsvebever l0ucaenJU!SftBnl.9crU:beanwa ioXk frJst aneilly t3 rivairpclitfcil tn- '71 r2ii:Vri'3fe'V&-1 --- If jrt.'"-Iicc r-i.T2l.ve t'Jen presHCcd ljfrcSi.)- . ou!J some -: . -.- , r-.--. . --,'' ' - : ' c-r ;jf 'i. -rfl-an. .-:L.-;-.-J.: , Lo: : -.o.a t3 tftU tlvcse w !; Lf-1 Ar in c4 : u v...-. --u.J r-l unless. fiu. X ; preBentment or indictment of' a gViba iJnrj?M ; But 'thia assumption 'bT power doe , not satisfv." the' President: ' Ha mafrw. courts, martial or mima commission; ' gita Aung ixp his.btdody .cede of' bivtrt high will. ,,hertfroun.at Dtvwjiiot.tt)e rajeOH der is to be tried is co . etituted as the rresid wills, for the ihiritarcommisaibrt fsappbfiA 1.6 capitalr 'ne-mpfUa withbu"h4r?,:ThW-i1nrdWeit'1)6ea-i&na! wohldvalP escheat?'' andvwithbut the'aid. been? becojtaiieatedtf 2fbe waaotadiK-aiii : uc or seeeseioniaU ior belie Vinir thafL.what on bmvetbe modern preteodento mtriotiantL: f baft wboae patriotism how'ev-rri. in tod urny: 6asea. resalta finompoblie contracts,:, on .from feeding at. tbe t-ab)io Crib - to- charge me' and thoea whortbmk with me. with being disloyat to;tha Govern raent of aay Icountry, ror to tbe CoBstitbxion.'and li& l the laadfeecause we bdieveaa.be be! ieTedfv , What. interMts have I to be dis,loyal:to the Government aadCon-statib-k of my country th What -benefit could aecewion. bring to me:or-yf. peopJefft J)o. we wish to invoke fire and sword to sweep" over our little State ? vf Do we want the contending factions, inideoed devUitdi profane,-"to tread our soil, and destroy onr 'substance ?: y Novate ; we only pray that tbe God of heayen mar even Aam,in- and eoMhB, -r. "yjp7 "egnlH cabse' one .'national nag to ye not. only Ov the Stpte bf'Etela-W are and the States. -r-bv!.rin !the: Contederacy; but agalb to'VavetroWtUh-'Iiakea-t'tf the'Guff, and rfroro ocean to oceao, the emblem 6f a tenited, !-hay;t'prosperooi' ;&hd c great-peo-paoplftk rtl:hni.;iT-j Vj afUiih ;3t rV-4ilvrdigBaBI call aUeutiotj, b be utterances of Mr. Adams in referenc to these qnestions, that y eayse whet her those who now entertain - the opinion be "did are properly: tb be ehargedJth.bfflseJactuated by . a different sentiment from that by which he was actuated. Ipjeawoa it will not lMj"deniel thaJT Mdi-Tna.uUeredjthe-woirils which I m about to read " T liaye ; jjot "ih'e .Idresa in pamjhle't'fbfnit "but I' have 'tkkeh" it from a htrwspaper professing to gie the ' time- and piape, and the,eins who were present oh the occasion. The extract which I shall read is contained in an address before the II is-t6rtcal Societv of TSefYoTK delivereil fh the city of Se-j-f York-on the-30th- QfJ-April, 1839. Mr. .' Adams argql jri the , ail Iress ,that .no 3tate;had a risht to ouIJify au actpf Codgress; that no State had a right to secede 'from ! the pnkn..- t believe ever word he'sard in' refer-; enee tor both those matters, hd I clioose. now, sir, to believe what he further said on that occasion, whea. he declared.: , . ;;. "But f he indissolubleiink of Union between the pppre of the seVera! States b? th- confed-eraled nation-is.' after allrnofrin tlie:right,f but is the heart IfriheiadaFj should ever come (may, heayen avert it I ,wbei tbe affections pf tlie people of these States' shall be' alienated iiuui -cavii- uiuct hiicii iue iraiernai soiru hshall gie wsy-' tbiJOlJldifference.'-or collis- aiona 01 lnxeresxsj soaii . lester .tnto natrea. toe bands, of political assojation iwill I'pbfe. -.long ooiOJgfXuijartiea too . Jonger attracted by the magnetism- of-eoncilittted interests rand Jcindly fympathiei and jar betfer. will jt.be Tor the people or the disunited States !toipart; in friendship from each other, than to be held together by edtwitai'nt 3. iEh'eW wijl the lime ibr reverting to tbe rDEecedenta.whicJi wvnirred! I at.jthe. formation and adoption bf the Cpnttit-J f'tlon.'to formV again'a more rjerfecit "union: tilt fuumnny uuu ivrucn cuutu no longer oina, ana u reave tb sepa rat ef parts :'to oe reunited ' byj the. laa-f .oi., poiutcal rgrayitation tOt. thaV,oen- Mr. President and Senator. T. want no dTs4 solution of thii Union ; - -wknt1 to se'e"a!f'tWd hfcates reonitedr.bn I idb 2 i not Relieve : in youri policy oroiqg ,. jfu.riaiiioet.cer taice waCh- ing.111 time. , itq jou not hear m -every breeze tne utterances, in, a very, populous and power ful section or this country, tbayTie folly ofex- tremes; ha dissolved vthe Uutn' and" pltrnged us . into war, and that the time cffly,COipe. w ben selwnterCTt ine-y dictate that they, to; escapejnefluGTepftvcajJ h-j-Umse.and to rtg now Is but m -nhag 1 t-I for yoo to cosiderbtheiapetsiitease in 'the . insane -rxlicy. of-thia--iAdminiWratioA wiUr.ootlead to sach a LAraeaaUle, catastro-' CONSENT THE ONLT TO BESTORE. TBI tJ.VION , The only meana by which the Union'.ean be restored iaj& ctinitciir Sffa baseM upoti 'suehterms'!!aa Bhall; beagreeable. to both. The proclarnati that "the Executive Gbvrn'otenfof jbe United States, including the rnilitaryahd fTaval ailthqrUies "theredf,' will recognize'and maintain -tbe: free-! dem osaid slaves.'?:- Thfa effect bf this decla-rajtion ia. hafr if the people pfthe South 1 shajl at,any ti.roebeeafterhe wiJJipgtb jfturn to. ther allegiance to th Government of tWerii-j ted StatesAnd tb five 'under '.tlie Cdnitlibtion as it ia and ill; the1 Union as U wasthey raliali not be pei-ariLted fo- dpi so tbaj an,; absolute eondition to.tle)rreurx, shaU7be.the .feenoi prtheir'sfavesnda7''continuance. of ' the wSr until that freedom U recogniEed by ;Vhentl-t This proctainattonTsoTe'tffhly commtre this 'Ad tnia istrarida f-: to - prosecute'" th a warT far t th e freedom. d the shvevcn ,houldc every other cauce oT difiScultj-r be adjusteil; ,tbe..pbject for which.T verily believed itwaa".accepted a'droeecWed bf tb"e S4dnifnptratJrin rfr6m the besiaarnJ and -r-vMthewbiebno' war -rool4;have beenagedwiMoreheffeetuaiHyiol prevent arenn-on,, this rpuajntatlon. invites a servile insurrectibn' ! fbr ' vising the slaves' lo' abstain frohi 'all violence.' thta'is grven wp6 the-cbndiriofHhat ihey are no. opposed by. thetromastexr'M their-. e'Siartd .rjracttcally to."becomje .free, fbr?jrheo;acting..in- they may; even hder ircesiaenf- 1 berebyJeajoirt trpdtt tlio: person bo declared lb, W l.Baya tJu.PrBenfci!WatoUiol from gW- lerauoA, Jct Mini -not JayJbe fiattcnig -oao- . - . -1 . fThMrocJ the slavcs'of iritaUeTuOBditicii. xwUl r be. received fntb'tha armed service bf the'-TJnited States, to garrison lorti, positions' atallons and othertlce3i ant to manivessus --op ad ' "&rt3 in.faid etxiceJl&JTLe'laveito-- L'ecorle;lh dun defer of &U vvuttrJ-Ajvl this, $q r t-. r'-"-re the Union nd jcane "hia ma?ter to 'r - t to live1 irP political fellowship ' v, iiV't-o. - i. Is :c3ii- add -ori" It 1'- VcrHy? !r-'"i a.ei. - i. Vj.-i'i t'li.t'a:--i 't irrrL'il'.ctJ,'!. '3,;t-sy j-;t t .-!t, r-i - cc"""Tr---r.i. '-grr"--: tf'T-;, ; ,t,it!: ! t i r..w."..- 3 whl. - . ' .'t !?r1 :t,.t .itriy. I e s aci::?. c f t!,3 ,V Le"'La3' unto? rc-toreLe k il'l 9T - - r---y.; ? ; -r- v - Uon, I l.i.-, ,rc:i : tJcrled- -orer-ied !ty o fatllni of X " "I-- . yciiijjuiea counsels Ol mis isiniiion tnat. tney maj etrace their steps. thAt bVnrfadenee ''ftf iw havefsecunty for the future, may. be-bound tot forma union, among themselves I "It miy be that the thing hW" fa btit it 'Wkgfnatfon.---- (T?nJ,?aao uecesary2y-deense.? These words,, nttetjedr amid the fiery ordeal Wphisforyl-f2?rWa SS?JJI.?-.h, n '' ViT .yri.L.ii v. lycactaredby-oUf: cavalry waaat lhe tA.ar bat .jtbe iecord,:oC oarrtpoiUicaJ rfoUiea,aod; criinel. affcrdaOcoaisiovo-iIyfDB4ierpet eeiil ; abasement. Senaton. can anythicg.ered lf: bTdova-vesibre otir-Oae. glorlotU Ubiott,-tt-fdto preeerve out- once, boasted tra- tiOnajity 7.- If so. we should be stimulated td ; raakeltie vort thrtecolJectkm of ail -Our 6ither-did fbro;-by all the bfessinge we shall lose, by all tbeill oar eUldren'andbar xhil dren's children, for all - generations, msy bi forced tpffefiTmil that weyna-rescapenot onlyHheecorn- and derisida -or thb preeebTbut-that emr roetnoria easy .'not be cjirsed by the indignation, of the wise and -rood for alf tiraa to .come, ; I f,011 "feeble-, voice coald-oow be-cp'in'e otentialr: t .would say, I't hostilitiw jhi- A medfateTy cease ihrongbOtHtlie whole land : - let an armistice, by inutdal coosedtofoon tending .parties, be . immediateiyuprocJaimed; lei both sections, honorably, and. as braife mep acknowledge, theirttautts,' and; as' far as 'pbssi-blej reiract their errors.'.''."Let-the people bTlti' ery State, ! ?ortb, lkmth, 'Xast , ivd tWest through, their delegates. ..meet,- jin. ( tiationaj ; convention. ahJ there. Jmitaiting the. example brheir fathers;' agree ii pon a common! basis bf ttrtiob fbraHtinie to eOme.-'Tben; indeed"; wooH a h a ppyland - muUi ta 1 inoos people rarise. fgatfv a! mid ahoota Of joy that .aame old l.naV tinali3.WAthe:yeTy star reset, and with no stripe erased: andf chastened by afSIctiop, rind ! ma'iei' wiser - by "experience' Tekindlinrf - the' W'a'tchSreB of oOnatitutiobal liberty o pon every mountain top, never again ;to Wextingtiished renew Lheir.iuarch, iithe pathway to a comf mon destiny pi batk-nal glory , , greatneaa, and renown. ": ' ' " What is thVMeaifriff of TBi-rr!A& ;'-ini ,. oi 3 VI a ."'i"i-'iw ,!iv' - The' foirbwing proceedings of the Indlaiil Legislature, on Wednesday; are Mignidcafat: aid call fbf art explanation fr-Hn Gbterholr Morton f -'. - i :r'w o &.--;'j 1 rf-Mr. Brown thoughtr a we - Wd aifeadV called upon the Governor for iufarmt ton ;.tj the rejtcd. it yfuld. be rwpectfurto give, Hia Excel Iencyv Unie ' for a hearing.- fie .'Mr.' n- t - . 1 . - . -. - .-ju-i - uiyviij aiicir nub nriliB uiuttum, au a UuT- munitioa for the ma!4cets---were beifg chipped to Jackson. County, -4nd. were; tHboted iri that portion .of the co-infy . deiiaeiy pppulated! by Abo liy bursts. . " Kvj '(x, ' ' -,-r - ' i: ".Mr; Ro'bef -tdth1Siri this General Aa54yJ!ei!bid" 1 so w-.fof wha : purpose -thw"ir4ievi4trthVed! : people should deranrid.OJpbe isiTary amhoi ties an" accciit1irth'87nattfr- They iug! lie driven,: by' 'ttie-9nse d'actbf thbse" thorities; to .force to'asseft theirs rights. Hb hoped-.euehla jing, would- aotvOcur4 Jbttti tt mighn5.-:'i-it1t .ifthe. oeopla'a rihta Were' t". 'tmrV..''i'-t?.-A.,.'T,i.jj,i-' v --. ;ItfWtxUi T. ; id 1een-.mKrtHeJVbyTTei-pOnafw-bileiae thar -tiinrtily -of rfevol-; ' rfd-baishpJijU 44 ehnciSurhty Jtoa pia JTyjVe hands of tiepilblfcans He objected tOthe placing q-f anils byithe nlUiTary" anJthbriiiea in the JjanUs Of th people by thoe' ln-aufibrftyi ifTh4 beophr had a rtgh f td Vear arms of their. owu .taiO the tithe's weie siieh now. that 4t was hazardous ik thb.extreme- for the aujhoritiesAtb take arif steW in! the'' dired- fVMMr.arteyard-thai.Uheri awnft -by,tUose,in authfvrity Jad been going! on sotjjjJ eVCJt. had wakebed a. 4eri Jel-inhrouhpdrthe StateThese arnia ' ha4 invsterioos ly enoh jffiSfaetipl acei ta' he ha h'ds of those friesSfy t&4lbXuvbrnor.iIt ' WaV'evV dent toih' ju'i8Al,a( these arms were: cot dia-tributed ."far. r :rpose ofdefense or fbrnaii taining th'e"ii-i tranquility.- - lie ws fr sifting the whoie matter at otifeei' f'rJt.'-v MrJ Spencer a U& u iof-imrlh thorough tfyeatigation.? 4-;? -!f-J nrf-l-.,, Finally, ou.rootipn of Mrj-Bro the : Turther, consideration- of . the resolLitiob wav'! postponed butii Saturday next; it tea A. 21' .iri;-; - r"'"-' '''w;" ' y":'r 3 if. "tZS -' . bfflcial' Sispitilt' .from Addirai' Dupoa!, ' !;' about tlie'Uiiarlestoit Aairi I ' WAsWfNdtoNFB.'mh:----Omda have beeti received from Admiral Dabout: re-" ganling the. recent affair off -Charleston ; aJsS.' ' inclosing the account of Commander : Stillwa-. gen of the 'MercediLa. The accounts .db'nbti! differ from that recently sent tF telegraph?,and-pre-ient no new features , ; . ' " . tr-.. The Merceditavand lleystbne-. were the oalv two vessels injured though other vessels ofhe squadron were struck by the enemy!a shoti - The oflicers and crew of the Mefceilita were paroled, but nothing was said about the. vessel vihich, together. ith the Kejstoue. are r pair ing at. fort lioyai. , i tjerama came; upon the fleet durifig a thick fog, and were .not seen nni- til close alongside theMeTcedita; ' - -- One rant' being so low ih lhe trater tile lier- cedita wag unable fh brings a gun to bear on her,, andif ws,iisay ed by the first a hot from the taiuj whiepaiseit clear through. hef. and. exploding her; steaui' drum,." depriving her pf .t. - . :.-" -:iir- 'Ii - . me power 01 oouon, auung uie runner aua ecalding a number of the wA;.v',v')!'rj . .Tlie.ram. afjer being detained half ati.hbtti : by the Mercedita, started for tile Keystbu'e and soon disabled.her by. kehot ihjougn' both her - 'Btaam.'eb'ea'ireUtHa ebellaa'dclt. her 4t!d ' two vara jon .J,e querier uecK, . t .?.,T Jt --' The Ilansatonie gave chatte. and a'sho( frybi ber struck.thej?Uo hpqsejpf the liam, doing;-it is tbdaght eome.datnagQ AUd carrying away Jhwtebel reeseU then paased northta ' and took refugeirf the Swash Channel. : "About pn'e-fourUi bf the: crew of! tiieIIey Stone jr ere killed at!d Wdundei; MostcftLeni died from' theeecapihg steam. : Commander SteUwairea has asked, and Ad- w W.-apont rderei an, a yesUsatipn ,b (il - - : . Department to day. foe the pqrpoae of effecting. ah exchange. ;!-IIe is a Methodist preacher,,of rivuh'tAleQt:;'lIe sUted to-dv to several per- -fsenASattLe wi tcho'rd bf the rebel States wai tb cnq'aer br diexthat ths last chance of alre-uriion waade? txoyed arid tHat the recent f-"ech of Jeff Davis was'beartily indorsed. ' h) did not attempt to , conceal "tLe -liS Jen . iJ c!othin',&nd"'eo "nnjeali actong ILe rebel r N .. leconsolei hirnself tn f t! t l'r viJer-c-v wLd fadUe ci:: : - - -TO-uli.laW.-- ' : 2 s?ys;nf 'T fd theatric' r'" -J, sni t l . ; -Ic.-.raL.:-: .e cruel mar.;. f nc t - I t. I 6tor! i.i kecs Lai united th- Pit. -i- l-rr. v.v!-Jl ' i ; "r i e ssa- : -r.