Daily State Sentinel

The Folly and Wickedness of the Radicals.

Ben Wade, the Republican Senator from Ohio, said, in a speech the other day in the Senate, that the Constitution was suspended, or that it had ceased to operate as the supreme law of the land. If such be the fact, then, as a logical consequence, the rebels are not guilty of treason, for they cannot be convicted of that crime if the Constitution is not in force. and its obligations binding on the citizen. Another Republican Senator, in discussion the confiscation scheme as advocated by the extremists of that body, illustrated the policy of those men in another regard. He said: "If in our zeal against slavery the Senate should infringe on the Constitution. it would make our institutions a failure." To carry their extreme measures we find one Republican Senator advocating the dangerous heresy that the Constitution is suspended in time of war, while others less scrupulous seek no apology for violating the provisions of what should be regarded and respected by all as a sacred instrument-the shield for the protection of the personal liberty of the citizen as well as the safety of the Republic. An infringement of the Constitution would make our institutions a failure. Such, we must conclude is the object of the radical Congressmen in proposing and advocating unconstitutional measures