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himself., and hiaproperty,' byiaaking
not only(the' act bf taking away asin,
but ovefi that state of mind which
would tempt to such an act. Who
j: oyer; made human beings slaves-, op!
! HI; held them as slaves, without coveting
■■iWo quote again from the Bishop them ? Why do they take from tbem
“Wo come next to the proof thntSla- ®®j r ■tune;- I '.their liberty,
very was sanctioned by the Deity in their right of self-presoi ration and
the case x of Abraham, whose three >mpyovemont, their right to at-qtrire
hundred eighteen bond-servantoji pO worship accordifiy 16
borri in his own house (Gen. 14 c 14 v);j.conscience to search the scriptuhjs, to
are mentioned along with those bought j .with jtbeir familied, and ihcjr
.with his own money-, as proper sub- 1 to their own bodies ? Answer:
jects for circumcision (Gen.lTc 12v.) ] "’ey cove*, then all.. Why do they
His {wife Sarah had also an Egyptian ! them if they do not desire them ?
. eluve named Hager who fled-from .s'e- i They seize and bold-them, 'simply-be-
I Air-gVegatc.. 1 .....„21C,3T0 I j verify! Arjd Vt ho Angel of the Lord” I eunse lhey liad rather tlio lee, simple
a tooxnal' of !News and [commanded the! fugitive to retm n to i proprietorship of- their bodies and
'J ■, j ! U .r,.ti!re, T»e Tribune has politi-! her rnistrels and silhmit herself * (Gen.! m J nt * 3 fhorahclves than,that the right
■ Convictions Which are well charac- j 14. 9.) irpliilanthropia ta of age wbo-j Tj“ should hold.it. They cor et
i v thcslnsrlo wol d j profess to believe the Bible had beqn them, for purposes of gain, eonyeni
j* vilepiibUcart Tn its hcarty’adhewon j willing to, take the counsel of that an- ®n.Cf. jlicrsonal case; lus,f of dominion,
, ‘ Vac I'rcat t: uth -itat “God has! gel for their guide, it would, have pro* °* Sensual gratification, qf pride and
b!ood allmations-of men”! served peace and . Welfare -Of -the- omental'®'*- J They . break the .Tenth
-I’icbei'lican m ;U .assertion! of the] Union ■ by daj’ atid by bight,
duiil and inalienable rights of all! Will (the reader please turn! to and* 11 , pluck do(vn upon their heads the
nci' l-> ‘-life-, liberty. and the {pursuit |read . these passages (Gen. 14, 14):. P'hgueswrittenin the Book. •
of *' baiminess*’—Republican -in its | “And when Abram heard thutjhis bro- i tll,s text proves Ijiat servants
i«Vfl<!fa«fc earnest, defiant hostility to | ther was taken captive, he armed his !"’ cr ‘-‘ thb property of their masters, it
scheme end cflvu’of the Slave; trained savants, born in his own house, i p r °V'®B too iniich, for it proves that a
Pnw’br frum the Annexation of Texas j three hundred and.eighteen, And purtj »'tan s ;»//« , hi] his property. Indeed,
to thcWeat Ib'beiiio’i, io grasp t the ’ sfled aflei tbeiq into Dan;” Th? word; thl * |* ! assumed.. A proposition ihal
<inpite°b{ the Kew.-Woild and wield | servant is refused in the Hebrew, but | ro< l u such-[an assumption to sun
tlm .resource* of our country for ils jis sup;, lied by the’ translators. The} P° rt JM ‘’hbnid, by honest ihVnj bo
iiw4i u'girraii-iizeiiiei'it—Republican in ! Bishop Jays they - wore “bond MtrvaKfs” I abandoned; ■ Are noife and property
5;- ar.taV'Ki'iii to the despots of th;e | Uut the text says no such thing. It is j synonyms. ? This text is a part of a
Old World, ‘who fondly hail in the j silent as 4$ what they were—whether I * e s** code, ncomponnd of universal
perils -and calamities suddenly, thrust: servants, slave?, or hired i f u * e ?i >yhere >v6 should expect to find,
upim nr by ti.rir American conntqii- men. Until we can determine what! anywhere, the conjunction of things
part the overt ii rev and .ruin of tine is referred to, the text is not v proof to i that belong j together. Further, an.
Model Republic. —Republican! [in its sustain the proposition, “negrO alave-lexamination pf all the places in which
hope and miat; its ifaith and| ‘effort, ry is right.’’ i servants are; included among beasts,
i!i at this,’ atrocious..-. Rebellion must r * “He that is eight days old #hall be ! chattel*, "Ac., 1 , will shew that where
re.iilt in live signal overthrow of its j circumcised among you; every, male : there ** R n inventory of mere proper
jiinifers. and ihc Cfin establishment child in. your generations, he that is W* aafVUMts hre not included, or if in
•Aequal righisand equal laws through- born in the house, or bought with mo- ■ eluded it is in such a way as' to show
"twit t! i e ..whole! .extent of our country, ney of any (stranger, which is not of - l ' iat *H)®y are.not regarded in the light
wiicivia Lihe.-ly and. Union shall in- thy seed.%[ (Gen. 17, 13.) Do these! of property. _(Eccl.'2, 7, 8.) But
deed -he. “6ne and iaseparable 1 ’ hencp- j texts state' that Abraham had serv- i where the design is to show, not mere-
Ibrtli and fov-wor. i | !.'■ j ants, '“bought with his <5wMi J rapney?’’ybl:.fbe result, but the greatness of any'
Tut TKinr.Nt devotes attention in j Moat certainly not; is,' perSoiuage, that he 'is a man of die*
calim-r times, andao some extent in, “negro slavery is right;'’ theSeJtex4s-i tinotton, amUftnyiy, a njr(cr, u prince—
iliese, to Eduoutioujj Tempi-iabec, Ag- are, offered to support it. Do they do I hjs servants are spoken? of os well as
rici:it«re. Inventions, and whatever it? Bo they ever bearin that direction f\ 8 P r 9P er fT-^'.-'See Josh. 23, 8. Geit.
inuy minister to the npiritual and But if Abraham had-slaves, is tlieroj 28-' Job 42, 12. J Job 1, : 35. Gen
Material progress and well-being of one word of approval f "110, nbt even {i •
mankind ; llut.lbr-lhie present fts ener- an intimation ot it. Tlio case is simply !
pc* and its, colijnmS- are mainly do-j this; Does the'Bible record of a fact
wfA tn ti c iiivigoration and ; success j make that tael, right ? Who \villdaro
el V»y W-» V>r the Union. Its special j takejthat position 1 Xo, one. I Unijj
( ivs-i-i.'s accompany j every j tlia.t|is proven, the texts tire irrelevant.
c.i..-;'rti.'-;e st my and report ovary j Thp Bishop says Sarah had an jjigvpt
nnj-ci ta.ac Incident of tlmt Strug- j ian slave. The text says she was Sa
»|V ii .iiui. we trust to result in the j rail’s “hand-maid.” Are the 1 term*
>'> T -v..' and tonelhsive 'triumph of the ' synonyms ? [Webster says u har.'a-
Astici.al arms And in the. restoration (maid is “a maid that waits »,t hand,
i: I'-.'.-.'-n Mid Thrift io our distracted, j a fbipale servant or Slave.
l!v(-i:iig .country.- Wt- bclicy'e *hci nrit! he defines tiius: ’‘A person who is
efiierwise can a fuller , v r u.otc iaccii- 1 vfioV'y .sKbjwt to the icill ;of another.''
wti view'vf-the progrV-t and-, chantc i If hand-maid and slave were {sviion
ter ( of tills■ -monientoui connici be.; yms the text might be jproof.l As it
■(il-tiiir.cd thiUi' through the regular i is. it Is not, I f
of onr columns. And w!e | The assumption is. Abrabain held’
sohen the cooperation of, ~a vc, ... then, therefore, it is right for
h "! 1 ‘^" ,l * a cause w Inter, to hold negroes as slavesnaw.—
and uph o ..-Ii « that of| If tho portion is correctj it follows
to a.o ua in ex- tt# a ntatfer of course, 4 because Abra
tcpaing US ctrealauom. . , . ham married Hagaryk man mar mar-'
„, !; ry two wives. He married his' slave,
men m the price a man mav manw his slave
ot piniung paper and olfae. mater,a s• n 0 acd a , we^hav “ no w i,; te ; slaveB ,
\n cofnjujls ■he may riiarry his negro, slave. Arc
"o!, -1 ■ “• e i l,,(e . UE i RI *j not, those fair, logical consequences (
Jil.N*. Uur !.;*'V ••-ii; w ;rs,j •. . 4 t r>. »* > °
in.JJ.V/n'IuTTVF ' ■ ••: j»rpm. tlio Bisho/s reasoning. •; j ' {
iKiirtr ......... '....3cetitsi i '^“ en Hagaivhad left Abram, the 1
rr-.xr nil isitue-si tB. j. an gel of the Lord.'directed her to re-j
■[ b'tAIf-IVKIiKfvY. .-tlilßUSi!. ' j turn. From this it is inferred that:
i^i- 1 v| j. vrp vr.r (i 114 issues;,;.. the relation existing hbtwocnSafnh and
i-Lv":'!!!' < ' !, ' ! ? oar — Hagar was mistress antf- slnrc. I When ■
it can be provqb that that relation wjis:
that ol mistress and slave, x |t will-bus- i
fain lh[e proposition,and not-untii then. {
To prove that relation is the h'oublc. j
Sarah wits childless, and. desired off- i
spring; she gave Abram Hagar as\hisi
wife. Would she probably give him .0 i
: slave, or that fbmale next to herself. )
i Which is probable? \ The probaHilitv is I
I that she went away voluntarily, and I
returned at. will. As plight have boon
j expected,family discord was the rcslnlt;
jand Abram determines to remove |3a
gar;, and she was provided for and
;sent away. .'Are these #ransactfons
j those of .Slavery ? Let [the coun'ter-
( part of tlij.V bo found, in negro slave
ry. lif Hagar was a slave, then ter
son must' Jtave been also. Was Ish
mad a slave f
We quote again from the same au
thor: “The third proof that slavery
authorised by the Almighty, occurs
in-the last of the Teh Commandments
j delivered, from Mount Sioia, and uni
j versally acknowledged by, Jews and
iChristians, to be the Moral Law:—
{“Thou sbalt not covet thy neighbor’s
j wife, nor his man servant, nor bit maid
servant, nor his ox, nor his ass, nor
anything that is thy neighbor’a.’’—
(Bx. 17.) Hero is evident the
principal ofupropsrty, anything that
is thy neighbor’s, runs through whole,
lam quite aware, indeed, of the pre
judice^which many good peoplelenter
tain against the idea bf property-in a
human being, and-shall consider it, in
due time, amongst the oljectmns. I'
am equally aware that the wives of
our day jmay-take umbrage at the law
which places ia the same sentence,
with the jslave,and'even with the horse
and the cattle; Bntthe troth is none,
the less cerlairii- jTbe husband [has a
real property in the wife, bocanto be
is bonndilor life to cherish and main
tain her;] The character b( propofty-|
is Aoubtless thodifiedfby its aeaign.—
Bat whatever,, whether person i or
thing, tbje law appropriates to an indi
vidnal, becomM niS property. { This
isthe law! against covetousneas,and also
againnt slavciy. “Thou, sbalt oof
covet anything (hat U thy neghbor’s;’'
thns,-gaakding every man’s right to
< ■’) :;■■■■•' “
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Important Correspondence with
President Lincoln, j
| | Alu/Lny, -May, 19, 38G".
j To his Excellency the President of the
1 United States,;
| ' ■ j
| i Thtf undersigned, .officers of A public
meeung bold at th&city of Albany on
jibe IGth day of -May instant, bere
: 'v;,h transmit to your E- v cellcncv a
copy of the ’woliiii., ..s ad Aed' at
; the saidjnceling, aiid respectfully’'re-'
| <]Uv«t eanie-t consideration of
'them. They dvcnv ji(propero»i their
! personal responsioiHiy to state that
: the meeting ivas one of tlia nv>-t re
spectable ns to numbers and charac
! ter, and one of the- most earnest in the
I support t of the | Union, ever held in
f this city. ; ■; N
Yonis, with great regard, '
ERASTUS CORNING, President.
ELI PERRY, Vice)President.
PETER G ANSE VOO RT, VieePres’nt.
PETER MON TEA Til, Vice PrJsident.
SAJI’L, A. GIBBS,! Vice President.
JOHN NIBLAQJvj Vice President.
H. VT. M CLELLAN, Vico President.
L. W. ROGERS, Vice President. j
WJL SEYMOUR, Vice President.
JERE. \ r i(io President.
W'M. S. PADDOCK. Vice President.
J. B. S.ANDERSJ Vice President. '■ ,
EDWARD MULCAIIY. Vice Pres’nt
D. V? RADCLIRPE, Vico. President
iWMi A; RICE. Secretary.' *
EDWARD KEWCOMB, Secretary. '
R- AM, Jb., Seerelhrj-. i
M. . ; Secretary, "'f
J- R' Sccrelarj-.
Secretary.
! Rcsolutwhs adoptea
I in Albany, N 5.V
! F of May, IStK
, the I DonK
New York point, to: their u
course p|T action during the two j
of civil jrar throjigh. hat
passed, to the alacrity iJßicli they
hare evinced filling the ranks’
of the army, to their contributions
and sacrifices, as the evidence of their
patriotism and devotion to the cause
of our imperiled country. Never in
the history of civil wsrshirs a Govorn
,ment been sustained with such atnple
resources of .means and men as the
people have voluntarily placed in'the
hand* ottbis ,.j \
; Resolved, (Tost, Democrats ; wb':
are determined to I maintain this pa
triotic attitude, and, despite of adverse
and disheartening circumstances, tfe
devote all our energies to sustain 'thS
cause of the Union, to sfecuro peace
through victory, and to’ bring hack
the restoration of all the States n rider
tbe safrguards of 'the Constitution. j
Resolved, That while wb will nidt ,
consent to be misapprehended upon
these points,.we .itr» determined not
to be misundewtobd jn regard to oth- *j
an hot, less essential. We - demand 1
that the Adminlstration shall be true ’J
to the : Constitution y shall .recognise ,
and maintain the yights of the States ,]j
«nd the liberties’of the citizen shall g
everywhere, outside of . the lines of h
necessary, military occupation find the j,
scenes of 'insurrection exert all* its I
powers, to -maintain tbesnpremacy of tl
tbe civil over military law. L
That, in view of these p
principles, we denounce the recent *a- b
*sumptiodof -,f military commander to
.wise and try * fitlfcUh df Ohio, Otero - «
- - -...p..-,,! Ol
= l ''."Vs 11 . I
• ’ i'li
evidence, and thoprj»|ege of habeas
i s-firpus, hut it striker Wow at
Itlie suprctpacy of‘
j th ori ty rf tho" State iiiit Pciderpl (Jon
'UtlMltK/liS. "■ iS ■ j - yip::, .
j Resolved, That tbejjCfenplUtition of
I the United Suites —tb# supremo, law
I of the the crim<tof
| treason against the State sto
“only in levyim| : war against
Ithera.Jor adhering' tlpkbeir enemies,
({giving them aid;| aWrComfort,” and
jhas provided that n a&e'rs o sdi a 11 bo
iconviijtcjd' of trea’oqEnnlcss on the
|testimony of |twd the
{samp oyert act, on mi confession jn
jopon court.” And it|feriher provides
jj that “pdjpci son shallMe Id-Id to an
jjswcr fo.rjf a capital ipl? .dth-g-wise info-:
jmons brime. uilU’Ss tiJP it 1 pihsontment
lor indictment of jury, except
jin ease9|hrisiiig in tlib land or’naval
'forces or intbomilitia, when-in actu
al service in .time (IlLwarj or public:
(dangerandj fuitw, that “ic all j
(criminal Jthjß accused I
jehalrtnjby the speedy andi
ipublic trial hy |an injfmMai jary pt the |
(State and district the crime
iwas committed. j j
| Jkslhcd, That itj&fco safeguards ofi
iljio rights of : ilio «firen; against thej
{pretensions of ftrbittory ppwer wefe j
(intended: more jcsppdinlly for his pro
jection in limp of|i civil commotion, j
{They kero sccnredjjabstantaaljy to the j
(English people aU»r yeara-fof pro-1
(tractejd civil «kr.-tf|3> were -adopted
{into opr ConstitutWQ at tbp close of
involution. the tost of
leeventy six years Inal,-under oui
(republican systenk iprider circnrnstari
jees wbiph shpw thiti, while]they‘ coo-’.
|*titptp the fdundatlim of all; free gov-i
iernment, they areSdie elements of the
(enduring the republic.
| Rexol vd,■ Thatfc'in; adopting 1 ' the,
{language of Webstjer,'we de
clare, ‘-It is the qmwnt and undoubt
ed prerogativejohws people tc pan
vass-piihlic mehNH&nd the .merits of
men. I*hlt’Mfcfaorncbred 1 *hlt’Mfcfaorncbred right,’'
a fffee ids' been
joyed in every Lome, cottage, and
cabin in the nation. It is njs undoubt
ed as the right of hreathiijicf the air
or walking on the earth. Belonging
to pt-iym c life as a right, it belongs to
(public; life as h Jduty, and j it ;is the
jlast du*y which-those,'. wlijo«o' repre
sentatives wtf.avo, shall fir.dj us to.tf-
Ibaudoh. j Aiming at ail times to be
jcomacbiijs and [temperate in its use, dyr L circumstances which show v |lhat
|exceptwhon the right itself is ques- while they Constitute the foundation
jlioned} Vb shall place ourselves in the jof all fi;eC government, they nrej the
Icxtremo boundary of our ojwif right, I 'the element 1 ! of the enduringf stability'
jand bid ij defiance to any am thatj of the Republic.”. No oho denies that
jwouldjinOvc ns from ouf grojnnd “This I they have sq stood the test up to.tKe
high cormitutlpnal privilege, w° shall' beginning of the present rebellio i,; if
defend and exercise in all places—in t-we except !a certain occurrence at
time 61 peace, in time.Of win;, and: at | New Orloank; nor docs any one cncs
all time*;. Living, wo shalli assert it ; | tion that thtiy will stand the same test
land should wo leave no other inheri-j much longer after the rebellion do
jjlance to jour children, by the blessing! ses. But these provisions of the Oon
lof God we will leave them tlie inheri-'j stitution havjo no application to the
Uinhe of | Irce principles aiidj the exam- case we have in hand, because tbji ar
!ple of a manly, independent, and con-j rests compliiihcd of wore not" made
jstitntionhl defence of thenf.i’ jfoi treason—--that is ; . not for the ijrea
| Jtesolv'ed. That, in the ejection of;son defined |in the. Constitution, and
jGovernojr Seyniour, the people of this j upon the conviction of which the ])un
jStafe, by an emphatic-., majority; do- ishmenb is depth; nor yet were t hey'
,dared their condemnation o;f the bjsj- made to hold persons to, answer: for
jtom of arbitrary arrcs*sjmd jioir doi any capital Jor otherwise infamous
1 jtorniination to stand by the! (pnstitu- j crimes; nor jvere the .proceedings fol
jtiod. That the,; revival of tljtis lawless j lowing, ir. any constitutional or logiil
jaystem can ImVe ,bnt o.ne jrcsiilt; ,to 1 sense “crinunpl prosecutions. - ’
jdiyido arid disUtocfthe North,and de-; .The arrests weie made or. lot
sfyoy its confidWee in the purposes af. different grounds, and the proceed:
jthe; Administration. ’That Wo depre- following accorded wilth the groi
pnfg itjaslan element of cohfusjon at of-the arrests. Let nsfeonsidor'
borne, of] iwyaknos.s •to our j armies irJ real case with which we'are deni
jthe Cejd, |and ns calculated) to and apply tojit the.pafts, of the (i
jthe estimate of ‘’American. character, stitiuUon plainly made for such ccses,
land magnify! the apparent peril, of our j Pripr to my installation here it had
pause [abroad. ; And that, iregbrding j beqn inculcated that any State hiid a
slbe blowjstruck! at a citizen of Oiiio ; lawful rightj to seoedo from the ha
assmincd at the j rights of tjvofy citi- lional Union, and that it would i I be'
the North we denounce it" as expedient to!joxercise the right when
jigainstHbo spirit of oar lawif and Con- ever- the. devotees of the doctrine
jjtilnlipnjWna most earnestly ball up- should fail to elect a President! ;to
pn llreiPrjesidfent of the United-States their own lilting. I was elected c’on
to revejrjej the tbp action- of| the mill- trajry to theiy liking; and, accord ng
tary tribunal which has passed a ly, so faf os jit was legally possible;
j'erael Ana unusual pdnishinent’’upon they had taken'seven States out; of
ijib party arrested,prohibited in terms the' Onion, tad seized many of the
py the Constitution, andto restore United State.ji forts, and bad fired inp
jiim to/thelibevljy of which baa been on the Unit6)i States flag, all bcfoVe I
deprived. , j I . [ x wasinaugurated, and, ofcourse, bc-
That the president, vice- tore I had dpne any official act what
presidents, and secretary of this meet- ov ? r - The rebellion thus begalh s ton
ling hi, requested to transmit a copy of rundpto the present civil way; and,
theseiesointions to his Excellency the in certain rekpects.t it, begun on very
Presiientkpf United States, with the unequal terms between the partiei—
issniincp pf this meeting of their The insurgents had been preparing
WrW arid earnest doairo io support f«r it more than thirty years, while
hd (fovornmeht ip constitution- the,Government had taken no slips
‘ and la viol measure to suppress the to! resist them. The former had cilre
uslng rehellion?V f . fully considered all tho moans which
I '. ,| i ; i could ho tamed to their account. It
I WASHrsatON, June 12,1P63. undoubtedly was a wc|l pondered re
r.J n ■ \ . :,i - liunco with them that in thdr own
lojXrastw.CornHUf and.otheri: efforts to destroy Union.
, Gentlumcw Your letter! of May Constitution and laWj all together, the
9,lnclosing the resolutions pf. a pub- Government ; .Would, in great degree,
icmceting hold in Albany, NpvyTork, bo restrained'by the same Cdrjsli|u
'nthe 16th of the same mor.tls.was tion and law Irdm arresting their pro
salved several days ago. \ gress. Tlioirj syrapathizers. pervadod
fhe resolutions, as 1 understand all departments of the Government
h/m, are rc«olvablo into tWo- propo- and nearly all communities of the
the expreaion pjfw pur-, pyople.. From this,, material,! under
Ac to sustain the ciiuse of the Union, coyer of “hboriy of speech,” ‘ jlibefiy
fsecure peace through victory, and of ' the press,”; ond ■•'habeas, corpus"
support the Administration inev- they hoped to jeoep on fopt amongst,
ooostitutidoai and 14wfuf measure us a tnosli oC aptes, |n
~ |! ' ‘ i \vyt*: jnd ".tij'-.l- ■«;;{
i| ' ■(! : ;• loj fti oidaiia of--
at the meeting! held
N the 16(A das-IZ~
cratf. pf
iform
:ars
tha'ri"Hts of assemble
and discuss .the 1
the’liberty bfW})cccS' !> Noff-tliei press;j
the right of. trinl by Iv-the lust of
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to suppress thcrebollion s and see
bf> •' censure* npon
Administration for • supposed an
ntitulioaal action, bach as the inn I
of military arrests. Arid, from
•two' propositions, a third is detin
which i* that the gentlemen <
posing the [meeting are resolved
doing thoirpartto maintain our (
mOri Government and .count r|yj
spite the folly or wickedness. as ! 1
may conceive,.of any Adnrinistva*
Ijhis position is eminently patW
andas suob,.l thank flic 'meeting,
congratulate the nhl ion foe it. ,
owr. purpose is the same'; no that
meeting a ml.’myself have a com
‘tan have no difference
,cept in tbojchoice. of means or- no
urea for effecting that object.
| And here 1 ought to close this
..per, and would close it,-jf .there i
no apprehension that more injm
I consequences than any, merely per
al to myself might follow the cens
j systematically east upon me for d
ijvhat, in my,view of duty, 1 cbulc
I forbear. The resolutions promis
suppoit me in' every constituti
and lawful j measure' to suppress
rebellion 1 ; and 1 have
employed, nor shall kriowmgiy
ploy, any other. But the moel
by their resolutions, assert and ai
that cerUiti military arrests, and
cecdings,! fallowing - them, for w
:JI afn ultirjiafoy- responsible; are
jqonsdtutional. I think they are i
•' The resolutions quote from, the C
■ suiiition the definition 1 of treason, a
and also the .limiting safeguards' ai
guaiantees therein provided for tl
cjtizen on trial for treason, and or, hi
hold to answer for capital oi
otherwise infamous crimes, and. in
criminal prosecutions, bis right |,o a
u speedy and public ttial by an impar
tial jury. j 7 / ‘ p-"!'
j; They proceed to resolve “that I aese
safeguards of the lights of the citizen
j against the 1 pretensions of arbitrary
j ppwer werej intended more etfieciullg
j for bis protection in times of civil com
l motion.” And, apparently to demon-'
jstrate the proposition, the resolutions
| proceed: “They wrefe secured sdbt'tan-
Ually to tbcj Jinglisd people after $ ears
jOf protracted civil war, and ‘were,
adopted into onr Constitution at; the
\dose ot thoj revolution.” tVould not
the demonstration have been if
it could haVe been truly saul-.that,
these safeguards bad been iSpiteJ
and applied 1 during the civil wartand
during our revolution, instead of if(er
,0? one one and at the dose of I the
other.? r, too, am .devotedly for them
dftef civil.i.yror and before civil -War,
land at all jtimes; “except whoii, r in
' cases ol rebellion and invasion,'the
public safety may Acquire’* their Sus
pension. The resolutions proceed to
tell us that these safeguards “have
rtood the test of seventy-six year s of
trial, under.pur republican system un-
itaT^lisli
formars,. supplier*, i n
abettors of .tbcHr caos<
ways. They knew th
ns they* wero ir.augdi
'Co jstitution itself, th i
might be suspended;
i know they ) had frier
irtake a tjnpStiop as f
sußpend it ; mean wile i
I otli ers might re'main n
1 J>n theii>cnnne; Or if,
'fed, tho«execntive shoe
t without ruinous
''instances of arresting
I ao.r SKmighttoeoiir, as ar
to : - : tfeur in| Riie'h ’case l
: cla |fbr could bo raised
ijtliiif whiehi.might be, u
jseryice to the inpprji
•needed no very keen
discover '-ibis- part c|
'program me, so -sobii au
tilicies tlielr mabhiriei j
in |moicn. - Yet, then
with a reverence for,l
rights of ir.diviidnals,
ail op t tho s! ron g' meat i
degrees'! have been for
being within the ex:
Constitution, and as ii
the public safety/ |‘No
known, to history tha
justice are utterly
such cases. Civil cou
lEoil chiefly for trials
orJal most, a few ;ind
in concert, and tl‘ if*,
and on charges of tSrit;
in ihe daw. Even ;ip
bands of horse _ thieve
frequently grow tioO
powerful for the ohli
justice. . Hut what
numbers have snehj ba
to the insurgent syfhp:
mahy of the loyal Su
jury too frequently ha
member now ready! ib 3
them to bang 1 the tra
again, ho who diesii!
from. • volunteering,(.‘a
soldier to desert,, weal
cause as mitcb ad 1
Union soldier in ba
dissuasion or induceW
ducted as to. bo no rd;
which liny civil court
nizance. ’
ond
the
qon
ring
the
cod,
!om-
,'ex
caa-
pa*
rore
fobs
son
tircs
iing
nt)t
5 tO
I Ours is, a case o
| cal|eJ - by the resolutic
[in fact, a clear,itfagi-at
j casje bf .rebellion ; and
jof Constitution flu
, of the writ of habeas t
ba suspended, nnlesls •
JsSellion or incasiob, 1
.mayTjßquiro.it,”
BptjfiaiN- applies.to' in
1 Tb|is provision plainly
i d erstiuiding'of ihyj’e
/Constitution tbat;oi-di
ijoctinff aref {nbdcqnnt
', r e t.j o! lib n,-’4— h<
iii si|yfi eases,/•men nr
j custody-whom the l cm
| ordinary rules,- jsvo
Ilubeas corpu4 docs no
who alrc proyod to be
crime ; and fts.-sti spoil
byj Ulio'Constitiituin o
men.may be arrested
. camiot.bc- proved tjoj-' b
| fined crimd, “jwhenp- ir
lion or invasion, tliopi
require- it.” 1 This i is
present case—a h*i
wh’erein the jiubl’.c sat
iKe suspension. Indi
process of courts, and,
of rebellion, donot pre
upon the same basis.-,
directed at the small
ordinary afd continue
of. crime, w-liilo. tin
rented, at sudden and e
■s: against,the Govei
most, will ’succeed
rat length of time,
te, arrests are made
| what, has been don
ibably M’onld bo doi
ioro for the proven
'PS :
iit r
grei
CASf
for |
pro
klly
ings
inds
jtlie
| n f?i
Jon-
the
sad
vindictive tbiii;
h cases' the pnrpo*
much «iioto;casily’[uhii(
casfes of ordinary cri
wh ) stands by and fin}
tljtc peril of his rj.oV.e
Siisjed; cannot bo miss
§t hmdorea, bc.isjqui
enemy ; pinch more, il
talks icrdiis
-‘bills’’ and and -h
little value the cohbti
sior s 1 have quoted w
if arrests shall never
definederjimes shall hi
m;l.o«l^in|iy’to illddu
notable j Gi
Breckinrijlge, General
General Joseph E. job
John ,JB. Mtigraicr Gt
B. JPreslon;fGenoral| S
nbr, and Comrnodbre
ebanan, now oeejipy
highest places in the re
wore all within the
Government since the
andUvere nearly as Jr
traitors then as riqi
bly if wc had seined
the insurgent cause
weaker. But o 6 01
t.hori committed any| k
the law'. i Every onel
rested, would havej l
on fiab&xs'corpvsivrorc
ln view ;
1 think the time not
wheii I shall be bli
midp top few arrests
many. ■ -,M
' By the third resol
indicate their opini
arrests may: .be con...
calilies where rebellio
Un.t that such ‘arrests
V- ■ J|‘-
44
■if=s , Business :r*rds, 76 cents a line; per ynrr.
KjjTiageJ snd Dcailij, Heligi'ns, BoUticV
J_C5 ; and other Notices of a pui'lio r. itlurh, free. ‘
iier* andJ Uonall iiv localities whetfcr I'efcoJJjtpfo.r.
thousand j insurrection docs not actually! exist,
imes eych i They insist that sneli arrests «ha!i not
.by."the! J>e n.ade ‘’ontsiilo of this lines of no
flc.s.sap- military occupation, i»i)d ■•tii'o
boy alsbj bcci es of" insurrection/': Inasmuch,,
10 would howeror. As the Constitution itself
j to tnakeS’no such distinction', I am ana
(pies and bio to believe that there is any such t
sto Jiclp , conislitiitiymul distinction. I concede
;bnj>poii-p tluvt ilie class of at rests complained '
nond ■ thcv ot'citii bo constitutional only .\vlien,iii
j oases Ipf rebellion or inyajsioi., the pub-
.ml u.
in n
win ti
3 know
da ;wli
\u whfi
their a
it la.rgj
as has
Id f<uf'
want
.innocent pop-.: lies /safety' may. require'| them; and I
•e always likely | insist that in'sriph (•asesi.tijey are edn
s;_and then ;aistilutiona! wherever theJpttbti.c safety
•. In - ibgft.Kl; < tO‘’iioos require them ; as;, well in places '
it loast. cif some to which they s may prevent the rbKel- |
;ent ejanse, It lion extending, as in those where--it!
perception to may be already prevailing; r.s welfc.
f thn| enemy’s where they may
I -by .Jfwn iios- ('interference with the raising and Suprl
was ijairly put | plyijig of armies to. suppress the ie
oughly irahut-d/ iK-llion. as where the .rebellion may
he gi aranieed-j hetnaliy he ; as well wl uro they liiay I
I.wanj slow fo -restrain the enticing men out Oil the :
mres.which by 'army,;as where they tyoul? prevent
•ed to cgnrd as ypiutiny int.Chu a. my ; bqpal-ly coasti-':'
jepUojV of the:! tiiiiotiafatali places where they |will
ndispensable'toj cdDdiicef totho public safety, as ag.-jir.st- :
otai.ng is better j the dangers 6? rebelliba or inva'v
i that courts o: \ sirfh. Tike the pari icnlitr ease rt-en-V
incompetent to I finned by the meeting, It is assyrte'd .•
irts iiijo organ- iin substahee. that iir. TMllandigham !
of injiividual.', | was, b 3 a military com nar.dor, seised
ividnaisr acting ■ and tried ! ‘for ‘no dthr ,! than
in quif-t limos, | words addressed to n public meeting,!,
tes well dofifned jin criticism of the coiii>,o of the j Ad
timos of pcays ; rninislrattoh, and in c -ndemhatida of:;
is, and robbers!,the mnitai-y orders of Min
numerous and l iNow, if there he no mistake, about ..
nary 6ojirt» of it Ids; if this assertion is the truth, and
compirisrtn in|the whole truth; if there was 1 no
uds eV jr,, b6r|ie | other reason for the arrest, then I s
utilizers, even in j concede that the-arrest was wrong.— -
ies? Again, a j But the arrest, as 1 understood, was
*l* ateast one j made for a very different reason. : Jlr."
jhang ;bc panel Viillandighani-avows hisi hostility
jtor. And yet, the war on the part of the Upion,;-
jadys one njan , and his arrest was made hecmuss-be
Jr i. id v. cos brio J was laboring, .with some effect .tojpre-'
phs ttia'i Union 1 vent the raising of troops; to
id who kills a j age-desertions from the army ; and to
...... ... ■
leave the. rebellion ■without 1 an j ade*,
qnate military force to suppress it.-—'
■lie was not arrested because Le i was ;
! damaging the political j prospects of
it he Administration, or , the, pcrsor.nl'
febt . i intcrcsts of the commanding general
is bef>ra ineW-j but; because be ; \yr,s, damaging the'
i a,rd gigantic| array, upon the existence and ylgoii
jtho provision ;of which the ‘1 i of the nulioii de
c'll?o lb r ’ v 'l?K e ; He', whs j warring up .mi; the
o’pv§ shaji-'nbli.military, and gave'-th’e military jeonr,'
.vhc|it m case qfj stitiuion jurisditirin to iay.biyi i.-ruaou
ho public safety \ him. If Mr. VatlandigiianVwr.synot:
projrit. on wl'icTfi damaging-t!»o ''military power of the
* present case. ■ country, then his iarrestwas' in ad- oh'.
attest i tha uiiij mistake ot tact, which I, would
ninde tbt |'to correct 'on reasonaliy :
nary courts of evidence. - I _ i ;
s. tb ‘cases di |' I understood the” mcefibg, whose;
ir puV )Ose that. | resoliitibus I am; considering, 1 tef bo in '
ay |bt hold' in "favor of sdp prcsshigtiie,ycbgjl iok by
irts, ~aeting' onjlrnilitary force—b\parmios7~ 7^R»6#4«4 e .
uld;' 'iiseiiargc./porienee sh own“that
i discharge men - not bo maintained unlb»s desertloil :
guilty 1 shall tie paf.ished by penV
siop i; .jallo ved | alt vo; death. The' cas'o|requires, and
a ipbrposo that j the law and the jConstitution,«anCiion,
and held who i this'punishment. Must I , jsloot, a
3 guil y of dcr simple mindedsdkier boy Who[ desert-p
ca^es jof! robo.l-'. while I must not touch a In-dr of a
Mic safety may wily agitator, who .induces him . to 1
* precisely onr .d«ser t t : ?, tlte.leaf- injo.rl
i of rebellion,! ous when getting a lather,
ityido is require for brother, or- friend, ipto a public
:ed,| nrcsts by j’meeting,' and' there' working upon’his.
arresti in cdses I foqlingsilii L he is pir-cudo 1 to-; write ;
eeed atogetiier j the soldier boy that he a’
The former : is j,bad cauio, for a;, wicked | [Ad mi nistra-.
Of tion ot a cOntempljble Government .
aa plmbetratibn toosweak to.arrest and punish him if
iii- he/Shall desert. . I think'that in such .
xteiisive upri|- a. ease, lb s'l'lencc 1 lie agitator .'andsave.
nmeptl l .whim,. tire boy. is not only coasti'tuiibinii!,. blit
ot fall in no withal a great merer-. „ ;
In the latter If I oeWrong on' this, question of .
"nqt |so much '.copsCiuitioniil power, my'error JieS'in
ahj for wixpt I belicviirg-that eertaiii proceedings aro
The latter-.j constitutional when. in cases qf rcbel
anjd less for j lion or invasion, ihc public safety
>rmer. Li } quires them, which 'would not be tori- •
men are. j Htitutional When, in rebel*.'
than ;r.j lion or 1 invasion, the. public safety'
he- man, does nbf require 'them! in biheruvordsy
ug when that the Constitution is not, in app)!-*
t? is dis., e.ctidna in all respects tjio sahee, /in
food. 11 j .case Of rebellion or invasion involving*
help the; the public safety, as it is; ih timcs df.
ilks a/n; profound peiioe andpublic. security;
.ry ,wrth 'Jne Constitution itself mylces thel<Hs*
Of how ti action ; arid T can no more he jiieK
Yet this
iy bo con-
Crime of
take cog-
■nt Did
dined
vould.
• . I
llion—so
fm
of
OOr
I'lr
es
'■T&U
me.
s noth
.1 iprot'fi
'endure**!,
dc‘ until
en eoifi-.
y a &\v
John a
• K. J;oe,i
General
William;
!. Bnck-i'
ilin Pj!:
,ie very
•fierviee c
ioE the,
: n* bCj>«u y
■ Q to b&
dost ion a*
1
shaded that the,Government eah-ediv* ,
stmitlonally/t'ak.e'no strong
.intim’ij r> f ircbpltidpi- because jt can
be shojwn that the isaripe jcf>nld*'if^i ; W v
lawfully fn time of peace than
1 can bo petsuadedj that a partfcnln* ’
ding is uot\tpod medicine forseicht!®
man, t because it cap bo shown to 'Pot
be'good food for a 'veil One. 3?or am
able to appreciate the' danger appre
hended-, by the meeting that the ,
ArnerieOo /people will by means of *
military- during rebellion,
lose the' right pi public
the liberty of Speech and the presejii
the law of evidence', trial b y 3nty>iia
habeas corpus throughput the in6fe&.
pin i
be l
itioral
R>ber(
iii’tbri,
nunil
mon 1
Fran
ing t
>el w;i
power
ebtllk
I knov
Unqi
d hoi
would t
e df th
:rime de
of then
)e jrv dis
tcjo writ
nils: peaceful future, which I trial
I € much
lem boa
ined itf
i, if ■ ap
icharge'd,
: allowed
laf cases,
to, come
having'
ban tod
lie* before thorn, any more tbadddib
able to bplieve-tbat a man cobid c6B*’r.
tract so strong an appetite
tics dorijig 4
feeding noon them
the reihainder.of hia b«Bltt ful lifti ;T
la giving the thot.efcrtj* ,
j est copsideration which yin
[•of me 1 , t cannot overlook tbe fccdthat
■the laoetihg. speak os
iN.bP am Ij. with lull r&pect
kopwa ioteUigenceJand tbo fairirjflSlT
: sumed delimrationilwith
prepared their
tod to suppose that.this
Occident, dr in an# .dwy/!i|h^^pKfe
1 fiimii
likely
:d for
ther
tk
tit
|n'i
aeetipg
lilitarj
in : lo
exwts,
instltu-
in tuo
that
.oiiona
actual!
.ra unc
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