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the preservation of" any attachments to a
political p:uty, caused me to withdraw
from all such connections, many years a-'o,
and they have never been resumed. I
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of party- ties, and disregard party objects,
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Curtis on Executive
Power.
I.:t!i- & 15rowii of l'Mston, have just
-Lii!ishfl a pamphlet on Executive Power
;::! the rights and duties of citizens,
rL:t!i. tVuin its jrreat ability and sound
r :niiii'r ami irresistible conclusions, says
Hi.-tHi I'xt, must exercise a jrivat ami
!. ;ik!.v iiiflii'Miec ujMin the public mind.
W avail oursi hes of the extracts an 1
iv:!iini'iits inii'le by the Cfuritr, to atlbrd
i, ;r n-a-lers an ila of the valuable serice
.lil.t t'liitis hn reivl'Tetl his country.
W,- citi- a few paragraphs from the in-
i iha1, o-nelusions inthesodark and dan2crous
j v'li n--iin.iiiiiiiv iiuuress mem.
.Tu.ljie Curtis then proceeds to define,
with that accuracy and precision of state
ment which all persons who have ever
0 00 14 00 i Moot i in any prolessional relations to him
10 00 12 00 20 0C are well aware are neculiar characteris-
15 00 22 00 35 01 I . r i : . i .i
",o i lmiKj, uip enormous owers
which are sisserted and claimed by the
Executive in the two proclamations in
question, and we think that every man
whose moral and io!itical instincts are not
wholly paralyzed by fanatical strychnine
will stand erfectly aghast at their por-tentioiis-
magnitude and extent. Here
is a summary of what was asserted- bv
force of the second proclamation (the only
one which directly concerns the people of
the loyal States) and the orders of the
Secretary of Wvr:
'The second proclamation, and the
orders of the Secretary of War. which
r!:i.-t.ry f-ftritions. as specimens of the follow it, place every citizen of the United
jTiivi- ami earnest tone a mixture of Statts under the direct military command
rum irt'u "ii and uiuiilected patriotic sln'' control of the President. They de-
iV.in? w-iirh pi netrates the whole sub- , lAn an'1 icfine new- ofFences,fnot known
to any law ot the I nited States. Iliey
smiject all citizens to Ik? imprisoned upon
i'"".!nIIei? we ,nake anot,r quotation: contending. Hut he it a UyisUr etill
' Hie. time has certainly come when j and whether his diets, are ciothed in the
he people of the United States M un- j f;,,m of .proc lamations, r of miSitan-
The
the
uerstand, and mud apply those great rules
of civil liberty which have Ixt-n arrived at
by the selWevoted efforts of thought and
..: it . -i. 1. '
L.i oi uieir ancestors, uunng seven .L4MsopIe, it is well. If nt, he usurp if
cwnnr ill UllI il-
ry power. If they fail to understand and
apply them, if they fatl to hold evcrv
oruers, by whatever name they mav t
called, th. y ;ire laws. If he have the
legislative power confeired on him bv the
uses ot lwvr. even m desintti'
monarchies, are in;re or lesr. controlled bv
u.-ages and custom-, or, in other words,
by public opinion. In good liands. and
in favorable times, de.-poiic mvr is not
commonly :d!owel to lie h It to lie oppres
sive : and, alwavs, the form of a fvw cr-
" lie has m more lawful a;ithoritv ti ' enunenl, w hich has once xistt-1. so far
IwlI.,1 nil J ... . A I .
All'IiJ. lilt
ivf;wol tin entire ccrmtrv. ( as !nutual!t ju o;i!'fu!Iv an 1
branch of their government steadily to tions in the field, amenable to his militarv docs n-t tn.-t it rendition and rights to
haiMiv aceid. lit of fatir.'ib!e liuie
1 t I .
military ' '1 n:tn i. it is e,,:,i;,s (t p iwer.
j-i't of the discussion :
"No citizen can be insensible to the
vast imjiortanee of the late proclamations
ordors ot the President of the I. "nited
Nate. r.reat d':ff,n-nces of oiinion al-
r.ay -x:s P'.nirnu'ng them. Ihit w hat
ever those KS-niii-'s of opinion may be,
u,iom one jkihiI all imi.-t agree. I'hev are
a-rt!oti of tnuisceudant I'Xicutive
I li. re i-poih'aig in the character or
.v;i hi. t ot the ( hief Magistrate ; theix' is '
preseut position ui connec- j
proclamations, and there
".i Wild lilt-:
a military order, at the pleasure of the
President when, where, and so long as he,
or whoever is acting for him, may ch'iose.
They bold the citizen to trial before a mili
tary commission apjHinted bv the Presi
dent, or his representative, for such acts
or omission as the President may think
proper to decree to lie offences; and thev
subject him to such punishment as such
military commission mav be pleased to in-
tlict.
"They create new- offices, in such num-
bistoi v, Judiie C'urti-. -ives to coii-i.J.-r w hat isth - jwr elaim-
I eaks in a strain of manly, d-vp-toucd. , what I- it-ori-in : what is its extent;
stirring eloquence, w orthy of the K st what n-es mav U- made of it in danger
State papers of the p.-volutionary stnig- u,,s tim -s. and by men likely to lie pr-
gl: " i dmvd i. i such limes .' and wdiih- thev will
" I .... i t . .. ! .-.- tl...: i.e... .... i .. -n" ....
- ,11111 .mi uioucoiKu newspaper, i ih.ji juioe si-i:oiis. aui wiii pour
entire devotion to the 'Ut tlieir oean -t blood lie water to siis-
while oxptvssin
Pr
i .iLi-vj ') thestau- of the c..mt!-- which a!"1 who "-ciipants are to receive
: !vv,t.t a candid and din:J-sioiiate i ,.,c',l "'"l""' a" he Pn-sident may
Presidenf, and apro!ation t,f hi-
tarnation ot emancipation, savs:
" The I ).-!nocrats talk alKnt Mincoa
stituticn.d acts. NoIhmJv pivten Is that
this act is constitutional, and nol.odv
cxires wi'ther it is or not."
"I think too well of th Presid-nt to
believe he has jl-jnc an act involving l!ie
lives and P 'i t unes of millions of human
beings, ami tie entire social condition of
a great jieoph-, without mri7 whether it
tain them in their h m -st iin'asun
lor
taeir coimtrv's saValion. thev will de
mand of those s'rants oUili- nce to their
will, as expressed in th- fuiid.un.-utal
laws of the lo eminent, to the end thai
the!-.- shall not I: additl to ai! I he suffer
ing and looses they have U'lcomplainitig' v
lKni-. that m-ist irn-parapl-? of all earthly
losx's the ruin of the principles of their
free I lovcriimcr.t.
'What then i to l- d n-? Are w-
j direct : and the holders of these offices.
4..i"..-Si.'l!. Cither of their timet ie.nl ten.
. 1 . r ....... n. .1 1 . ... 1. ,1... 1 ... T.I
1
pjioseii to .-Jinog.
:-. or til
:t'V 'Iii-v are
chief inquisitor at Washington, are to in-
"I". ha- n attemtited I. v some parti- r '"'1 r"Iw,rt "I" the loyalty of the
- .i tm:a! i.) mist tli'.-erv oi di.dovaltv' vlUx 'n w,:h sl v,,w to ,hc slUwc &:n
.. . : . . - .1;, ii.,,.., ...i .i
.. . - i ir'fi in ih'i, I iiiiiik 'ir iiiii;i 11111111 ii'in.ti.i rmiii
pl.ouM ouestion these 1 . . .- ' -" -iw
i ...i . ..:...i.t . 1 . . . 1 .i - .,
ei i sui.iio.e in nr.- itiiii,u Jiumoniv.
-i ;mv oi;.- who
:.if ads
" li A the iN-.o ,.- ill,, fiio,., S?rit.. i Ii i not !rete::d.d that the source of
to
interpretation of
Y.i("T-. t,ur that it i. an honest and 1 i i r .1
,j , . ,,. 1 any oause or clauses of the Constitution
-H . . un- Mi.'iv wenaie oi
n.t y and to the great nriiieinh
iiiat lnj. alt i- not subserviency to a j these paramount and colossal poweis is 1
-r to a parn. or to the opinions of j 1h-foundsinanv reasonable interpretation.
T-:ujr-. bur that it is tin honest t.n.l t . " . - -
ir eo-i-titiition of govennnent ein
' hy which al.-ne that safetv and
r- -;l! 1. s-eur.' l!.
of the United States. No other source
lias ever leen suggested than the President
as Commander-in Chief in time of war.
Vnd wh. those ' -n,-ls was franklv stated by the l'rcsident
i'. are put in jeapardv evcrv tmlv ir - i i . .i " t- r .1
a -v.-i n. , - .. .- . - I mmself, in his reply to the aduress of the
""i-i u-ieipose. accoruillg tO hlS ) .
.'; "! an unfaithful citizen. 1 v-,1,c;,', eiergyinen, wnen lie said, s
n t a government of nv-n. It j Uommander-in-Chief of the Army and
-- -ninii -nt i;j laws. And the laws Navy, in time of war, I suppose I have a
T'sred by the jH-ople to lie in -on- j rj rlt to tukc any measure which may lst
V their will, declamt by the ' . . ,, ,. , . , .
Ui,0i:. I liir iiv:l.lf ili t.t th'rt . . -7 "
' ll- LV & 1 I L 1
);ir oUtf,, ihv is due to these laws :
- would induce submission to
Curtis pertinently remarks:
It must le obvious to the meanest
",-"priiiiiSfr.-.iiisou-esofiwcriniI,,'w",ty that ltthe 1 nt of the
: '.n- i:i thep viplo, but in ci-ual 1 uhcd Statos h:ls an constitutional
- . i- 1 1 ' !:..i. e . .i .
m the mere will of the oceu- ! '-o.uoi.ui.iei -m- niei oi me
"i ':' of jH.wcr. divs not exhort ' Arn,-V Nav-V in ,im' of war to (Vl!'1'c
bat ;o udes-rtionof om-i" nv one isitive prohibition of the
Constitution, or to exercise anv one power
" H ; .... ' i I not delcfated to the United States bv the
V. I I i ! MiMT tl.H lie 1 1 1 tl 1 ' - l
1. 1 ei.ii.iaet ot public ailairs ;
"".!'!.M m:in' m'ist critical ; that pr.b--'!".iity
is highly neeess.'irv- while
'I:i,"'-.-ffl.rrl suiHcient reasons to re- i to HsiTg!ird each and every provision of
n a11 'pp'tion upon anv persona! ! tll institution, and to exercise ali power,
:M-'V tiiiiiI. .i .t "i i in fill til. in Itm (million- to enable him iK-st
-, ' iii-v can aiioru no goMi .' 7
.i'i V. . - s : . . .1 i .1
"' " .v a plausible apolo-'v for I l" lll "'
!." u-urpation of ' fwer, i " 1 lie necessary ivsult of his in
n a.quiese-d i :lIl established. ,10" of t,,e Constitution is that n
Constitution, ln-cause, in. his judgment, he
may thereby 'best sulxlue the enemy,' he
has the same right, for the same reason.
a ::'
:rv war.
' I') tf l.-Tr- .1 " . . .
" in ii ii'v -in. I .hi-i-i.. l.t
I - - 51 viii i i iii
'!. the Constitution of the
r.i v..
l;
ltcrrircta-
in time of
' 1 a free ! .v.-n.ni. ..t ,v:,! lIie 1 '"Mo'-nt has anv ana all power,
:" in whicli we are eivaged i a xv,"u"h lw ,u:iy il neccssiiry to cxer-
' ih-. Ti 4:ilkflitk Tli nnfiini' Mini Ihot ft-rwr
private and jxrsonal right of individual
security against mere executive control,
and every right reserved to the States or
the people, rests merely iiik.ui the Execu
tive discretion.
Judge Curtis then goes on to show that
the President, in his military capacity of
! ( leneral-in-Chief must act in subordina-
It tioi-t b nrn-
l'::'i the Whole for-,, of this firt-
,., I?' t! I the liiiiiiarv iKiwerofthe
- : 1.-..'
an t thev submit them-
'the supreme law ,,f
rV,.'"VVi:'" '-VU:lt x-nse of right can
W.eru l.v
' I t! c I.
anus to oliev the Con-
1 . 1. - . - I - .... in.
tllllll. u Hi e:lti iniifrini ,,-ii.it . - i. n. i ,.!. .l it .......
. . " " KUlu- , rmcis, man no lias to hokt all the i,rr,t.-rti i m
out ot this great and desperate struggle? j of the cv;un!ry adject to his militarv'
i lie miiirarv tioeer ot .i..io.. .i i i : it - ... ... - i w. . .... . .
. r . i , n-.usuioiis. jie is not the military com- 11 Knows that oJ alt earth! v things, it is
States being destroyed what then ? j mander of th- of the UiSl.d -that thing m:.st likelv to U- a!.unl ; an 1
W hat is to be their con.htion? What is ! States, but cf it when it Hiects a nation, m -t d tt n.-xi..-
to be rt-ondition? ; As to our duties in this solemn crii ' hv "its abu-. Thev wi'.i rou. th.-m-
-vie the great principles ot tree gov- of our country
eminent to be used and consumed as
means of war? Are we not wise enough
and strong enough to cany on this war to
a successful military end, without submit
ting to the loss of any one great principle
of liberty ? We are strong enough. lie
are m'.e enoarjli, if the people and their
servants will but understand suid observe
the just limits of military power.
" What, then, are those limits They
are these. There is military law ; there
is martial law. Military law is that sys
tem of laws enacted by the legislative
power for the government of the army and
navy of the United States, and of the mi
litia when called into the actual service of
the United States. It has no control
whatever over any person or any property
of any citizen. It could not even apply to
the teamsters of an army, srfve by force of
express provisions of the laws of Con
gress, making such jiersohs amenable
thereto. The persons and property of
private citizens of the United States, are
as absolutely exempt from the control of
military law as they are exempt from the
control of the law s of Great llritain.
" Iut there is also uinrVttl lan What
is this? It is the will of a military com
mander, operating without any restraint,
save his judgment, upon the lives, upon
the proerty, upon the en tint social and
individual condition of all over whom this
law extends. lint, under the Constitu
tion of the United States, wvr iciom ihes
Furi hnr exirwl f
' Will any one be bold enough to sav,
in iew of the history of our ancestors and
ourselves, that the l'rcsident of the United
States can extend such law as that over
the entire country, or over any defined
giHigraphical part thereof, save in connec
tion with some particular military opera
tions which he is carrying on there?
Since Charles I. lost his head, there has
necn no King in J.nglan.l who could make I that be and a'l other Public servant..
such laws in that realm. And where is ! should oh -v ib nnMlmfinn I'...-:.....
is comfortable to that Constitution which 1 to e-ase our utmost tfrts to ssve our
he has, many times, sworn to support. country, bvaus-; its Chi-f Magistrate
Amng all the causes ol alarm, which : seems to have i.tllcn, tor the timu being,
into what we lielieve would ! fatal errors
if persisted in by him and acquiesced in
by ourselves? Certainly not. It the
people but lo right, and no Pr.-id -n! can
long be wrong : nor can h e ffect anv fatal
mischief if be should lie.
'The sober seci n I thoti'ht of the
now distress the public mind, there an
few more terrib'e to reflecting men than
the tendance to lawlessness which is man
ifesting itself m so many directions. No
stronger evidence of this could b aft-.vded
than the open declarad'Hi of a rc.-p -ctable
and wid lv circulated journal, that Uvt-
body cares whether a great public act ; P"oplc has yet a controlling power. Iy-t
of the President of the United States is in ' tnis gigantic shadow, which has Ki n
conformity with, or is subversive of. the evoked out of the jKwcrs of th? Com
lav of the land the only basis ujKn I mander-in-Chi: f. once Te placed Tiefure
which the (loveMinit-nt rests,- that ' 'he people, so that they c;ui s. cieariv its
our public af.airs have Ijecome so des- .proportions and its nicin, an 1 it will dis
pense, and our ability to retrieve them
by the use of honest means is so distric
ted, and our willingness to ue other
means so undoubted, that our public ser
vants may thems.Ives break the funda
mental laws of the eounfrv. and become
usuqiers oi" vast jiowers not entrusted i thi-ir utmost efforts for their nmnin's
i- in imung
solve ami disappear like t!
cloud K-f .re the rising .-tin.
'The -op!e yet can and ai!1 take
care, !y legiliinatc means, without dis-
turiiing :uiy principle of the Constitution.
: or violating anv law. r rrl.-ixi::g iinv of
to tlwm. in violation of their solemn oaths
of office: and MioIkkIv iniis.'
"It i-n.t to Ik- Ic!j-ved that this is
just to the p-op'e of the United States.
Thev do care, and the President cares.
sahaiio.i. ti-it their will. iiioohed m the
Constitution. shall le of.-y.il. If it
needs aii:end':ieni. they will amend it
th-nisoives. Tliey will suffer nothing to
I.- add.i! t.t it, or taken from it. by :;ny
other iumvr than th'ir twn. If thev
there to be found, in our history-, or our j jouniaN, th. ir t.w ti holiest and prop r d -constitutions.
cither State or National, sir.' to support the President on' wlms-
:inv warrant for saving, that a President
of the United States has liecn empowered
by the Constitution to extend martial law
over the whole country, and to subject
thereliy to his military power every right
of every citizen? He has no such au
thority." Ami what is the limit of his lawful and
constitutional authority as General-in-Chief.
.Judge Curtis miswers this ques
tion as follows:
"What, then, is his authority over the
lK-rsons ami proicrty of citizens? I
wisdom and firmness lle-v n-lv to re!
should. :i it'i-
any riht i:::
. i
theirs.
th-eon rumen! itself, nor
1 r it, wi'l anv longer lie
ri-Iieve
their coi niry h-om its evils and dangers,
-and th dlffeu'ties which the mass
of
A .4Ii!Ii:i ;iul a ttillion.
A correspondent setit the to'lowiiig ton
New York paj-r:
W e are p-.Tj-etiiaily h.-arii.g of miiiioits.
ui'l how man mi.aous r. will take !j w
the jieople encounter 'm foriniiig opinions
of constitutional law, mav prevent them.
for a limited time, from arriving at a jut ' t,:s or ..t." We have a
,...1 n. .,... ..r i .r . . r-
jin i-iiniii ir s.ieil Ijliesll.lIlS, Or OI III'"
vast pnicticle clr-ei depend.mt on them.
" lint ihe jvpt,. flf the United States
do not exjiect national concord to spring
from iisoi pa.tions of power; or national
security l'r.uu the violation of those -ivat
principles of public liU-rtv. w hich are th-
a liiil'iien of dollars will do. but lrv
niuch doc.bf whfh'f one jn-r-on in a thou
sand ha a i"M1tI i lea of th- quaotitv or
iimulxr cont::;ned in a million. J-'or in
stance if you would ask a rsou how
soon r l"iig it would occupv hini to put
down a million dots with a j-u npo-i a
answer, that overall persons enlisted in """iou. in mis country, ot pn- hJll.t f ,m r. h- x ...-n.-iv t-il v.u
ins iorccs ne luis military jovcr ami com- . . ' ' ,,"- "a
mand; that over all persons and property "'"cts d -mand a purer and moiv com
maii'i; uiai over an persons and property " " i iooh i"iu
within the sphere of his actual oiK-rations rrt-',ie,,!iive statesmanship than that which
I ! - 1 i-i . - .
in the field, he may lawfully exercise such
I seizes upon unlawful expedients, lieeause
restraint and control as the successful
prosecution of his particular military en
terprise may, in his honest judgment, ab
solutely require : and upon such persons as
have committed offences against any
article. of war, he may, through appru-
-Ottieltinig Sv
laughable.
Pima; m
hu.-c tried tii.
it would
Jilwut
far from th- fact as t h-
tliireiove. to sa foi" I
.pi ! uiieiii imi-'j than oinv
iH-cupy :;n e.p-rl p. nm in
loarteeu i.-s. supposing biiil to
.i . -, t ..
mey may possioiy avert lor the yioinr-nt
some threatening danger, at the cK?iic
of the violation of great principles of free
government: or of the destruction of some
necessary safeguard of individual security.
It is a subject of discu ion in the
pnate military tribunals, inflict the pun- j punuc lournaH. whether it is the intention quantity or nuudx-r conlain.-l in a mil
ishment prescribed by law. .1. tierc his I f !'lC Executive to use the powers a--ert- .Hon. Ix-t :nv .ue trv it, bv laving hi
work bank J;ou:s. (;h::t is six.) iuecsant!v
loi:ig iioiiiing luit putting dots on a paper
or dipping 1 is p. n into lie- ink. This
will give vniir readers stmi-j idea vf lit
hwt'ul authority emh:
I ed in the last proclamation, and
in
the
watch on the table, clo. to the pap -r, an I
., F-rt of the land!
.'li .. .
-iipreiue law of thkik i
lo
up
i .- i r t : t.. it
-alii it i . i.i lion to me i.i s ins loiini , iii.iiiiuog
,, -. u we hae ceased to tiU-y - '
t ,-t. .ivK-rf it. as the siipivme I Constitution of the I. nited States, its
if ml.
paramount law. and that anything licyond
r ot no iilitieal party, j J,i, t,. usurpation vf military d-spt-
The military Kwer over citizens and i Si'cratary .f War, to snpii ss Ji- tliscus- work for ten or twenty minute.-, ih n add
their property is a power to act, not a j on of pohtical si:bje ts. I have eond- an d multip'y. P.ut vv :I:at is a milion com
jKtwer to pivscribe rules for j'uture action. I dencc in the purity ami patriotism loth of pared to a billion ? It i a mere nothing.
It springs from present pressing emergen- ' l'rcsident and the S.-cratary of War. What Ihen i a billion ?
cies, and is limited by them. It cannot : I h'ar no such present application of this . A very short an-.vtr will suffice
assume the functions of the statesman or ; proclamatioa and these onlers by them, for a vcrv l.ng sioi v. It is a million
legislator, and make provisions for future l'ie execution of such lowers must . times a million. Put who could count
or distant arrangements by which persons ! li intrusted to subordinate agents, and it it .' No man I A quirk bank tell r can
or property may be made subservient to 1 s f tlc very essence of arbitrary power ' count out I oil or 17a minute, but let us
military uses. It is the physical force of j '1;lt lt s-hould be in the liana's w hich can si:jts.' h- could go a- far as 'Jii . Tln-n
an anny in the field, and may control ; act promptly and efficiently and tinchcck- j one hour will produce I2,ihh. :t dav
whatever is so near as to lc actually tl hy fonns. Tliese great towers must 2t".7.oHi. and a year, or .'itlo ,Livs. lu.'i.'
reached by that force, in onler to remove ! ,,c eonfilel to jktsous actuated by partv. Io0,oih. I- t u suppose now, that
obstructions to its exercise. ; or loal or Krsonal feelings and prcjduiees: I A.lam. at the beginning of his eNisten.-e.
"Hut when the military commander . or wat would oflen prove. ji ruinous to had l.egun t count: an 1 bad continued,
controls the persons or projerty of citi- lnc t-itizcn, actuated by a tlesire to cmi- to do so. and w as counting still : he would
zens who arc beyond the sphere of his ! mend their vigilcnee to their employers. not now. according to the usually sii
actual operations in the field, when he I au l,.v a blumlering ami stupid ze:il in posed age of our glolie. have counted niw
makes law s to govern their conduct, he ' ,neir r1 ,op j enough. I or to count a billion, he w ould
i r . i a
ucconies a icgisiaior. nose taws mav
be made actually oKM-ative ; obedience to
t hem may b enforced by military power ;
their purose and'effect may be solely to
"lint it is not this or that particular , rcq'dre !.."20 years. T.n davs, hour-and
application of power which is to lie con- niinatcs. Now. supposing we were
sideml. It is the existence of the jiower to allow poor Adam 12 hours daily fir
itself, and the uses of which it is suM-en- ' rest, esoing and sleer"g. b would n-!
recruit or support his armies, or to weaken ' tiblc, w hile following out the priivipU on 1,- t Jc rr.-. d-yr, P' bcur- !id 4 '
-the p.ner of the enemy with whom he is 1 which it i ho.r Wd R-unH. mi"'""- .
I'ro,jelie Inters cat ion on I lie
Part r r.uroiMan Pokcik.
! ami KiHfUtMtl to i-tnH'1 an Ar-
misfKC. Sjr;t LtctructKJiis to Lord
Jfjus. Tiir librU to be Il-y-jrucftl if'
. Mnlmf'oii i. Ifyci'it.
PeliaMe in Urination lias lcen received
; ",, this city, t'rm setiu-iifficial tources in
Eun.ipe. that England and I'rauce are of
entire acrd in rega:il to their lims of
i oh find towards this (iovenuuent. Lout
I. oxs. who was to fiae rctunie.1 to the
I nited St.iK-s in the AiL-fmf-tsin tea tU-
I I. a-' i,t t - last twufiit iy vrxlcr of' Lonl
, .lohn iiis-,.q (Ih-r Majesty's Secretary for
l-"o:eign AtiiiirsV, to uuyjut further instruo
: ti'-i.s in ce.. fft'iC PiXfidcut's Abo
itioit rrjrt,t.ii'jt-iii. His Lordships dejiar-
tiuv wasth en lix.d for October 25, (last
i Saturday), and on his arrival at Wash
j ingioii he will jmsitiwly iulbrm Mr. S-w-j
aid ot the programme decided upon bv- tli
. European pwers. Instructions similar
to those of the Piritish Minister will be for-
wanlol to Count Mercer, the French Miti
ister at Washington, by the same steamer
w hich will bring the English Minister
back lo this eouirv.
W e are also given to understand that
; our oveninient will soon Ije informed
that l-'ifji-fid a-ol Firi-ice texre d-rt-fai
fj-i.-i tin' lYi-.r-fH'tton of Vie Southern C'y 'I-
erw. if the joir.t onVrs ol meditation" and
. armistice to bt prf.ipos.-d to Mr. Seward
: are not a.---pte.L At any rate this Gov
j eminent will he duly notified of the int n
j tions of England and Fr.ince in this re-
"I"'"'- and as these powers are fully a wan
j that any offer of meditation on tle bnsi
; of serration will not for an instant even
! list, n.-d t-- by our Governnien!. united
. ciideav.rs w ill then h-? ma le bv all the
i Eur...j-:ui anib.L-s:ihrs at Washimgton tv
obtain an annisti.-e of four or six months
' li-tween North and South. These tor
i 'ign (iovemments are under the impres-
sion that ifomv a ctss;ition of hostilities
j can be affected a calmer spirit will suc
ceed, which will cnalje the two sx-ti'n
to n-sgotiate.
Tli.' utmc-s. indeyors Avili U mad-i
shofilv aftr I.rd Hymns, return tuWash
; !!tgoi, by th- v h le vy. ti-j h'iiHttiiju a.
, W ashtngton, to bring about such an anni
tice. ( nly thi n, wh :i all these orlers of
HKiliation an I anasticc sli'I have irovcl
; ot no avail, will the South be recognized
siniulam-uslv by Englatitl ami I'rjtnce.
A-:de froui the fact that these power
would inwlmi it n th ? South r a d
'iirt., ( ioveniment, tfi-y fi-ar that an inur
reciion .f jho slas iti tl- South, as a
con.sctjiicni of the late Emancipation
Pro la mat ion. will take place after th'
1 st of. lannary. and hen.v, in tnder to
afford protection to flieir own citizen
residing th. r., are tomp-Hil to rnnt
' proi t ng jn.wcr lo tlh-ir agents in tlni
:e oni' Southern ii.s, which, as thing
stand just now thev do n il Jwisess.
They tear that tb- Cor.f.-dcrate Govcin
in.it, !.n;-.-c-.git:scd as it is, niv at anv
lime t.li their Consuls in Charleston,
Kichi.ioivL Saatui:di, ami elsewhere,
lhat theix- is no diplomatic relation exist
ing l-twinn the c-Mifv-leracy ami Eunp.,
and th.-y c.ip tlier, fore mt p.-r:iiit to net
in a Consular capacity. It is to guard
ag:;in-t such an emergency. :ul to affo d
their own citizens n-siding in th. Smth
at-iple pr..i;e,-.;on nuh-r th' agis of their
ivgiilary aj-M.5nte.I iigeiil. that Eoglaml
and Pram- will claim the nv. ssitv t4"
ri-eogiazirg the new C 'onf.il. -racv-.
Ii:nh:m. Css vn!, r,lK Pi;m-i.i-nN.
"1 If Ab 'iitionpivss have 1-.mi cir
culating, for some time jasf, vluit tltev
e. 11 Ccncra! Cas-'s c;idor-cnienl of tin
I Ve.-i dent's Emancipation 'roc'.auiHtiou.
We f.-lt Mi'c that th;-re niusi be some
uusrake aboet it, or that it w:is a wilful
fa's --hoo"l circu'atetl tor n?!it:jd iKct,
bat. haiiigno autfioritv vvc ou'd not
I ii; it. The l-:roit ',vi- J'in, how
ever, comes to the ixscue .f th.? General
ands.ttVs th- qucstioii bv a flat denial.
The sound old D.-mocrat nl onlv do-s
not ind-:- the pr.K-hanaiioii, but d.-cl.-ip s
that there i- no p iwcr in the Executive,
under the Constitution, to decree the
emancipation .f slaves." if course thcr
is not, and th- Alo!;tioius!s kme.v it .
well as the General, but llicy have jier
suadetl th? Prcsidv i:t that he is alve too
Constitution, ami he is we:tk or w tckcl
epongh to p'.av the usui-jht to plcass. them.
Tiy.i I)i:k not J'kikav thkib Tktst.
It is iiitiinati-il that the cppositiou will
at temp lo buy a Ifc-rmM-nific vote for th
next U. S. S-uator, ami in this way have
li.e State represented for six years by a
mdieal. We do not beleive they Ji.ty
n:"y r ic'-iK to do it, ami if tliey had, un
imlignant ;md outng-l Mopli would
ii. suffer th- inirable wretch to live.
In thee tims the friends of constitution
al h!ertv have too mich at Make to wit
ness sr-h a .-.- wttj-ioijt iu'efiri-T f..ir.
frit ft- ptlr-l.J'-,. '"'', 7rj ..