US Presidency
1868

It is apparent that the two sections were conceived in a very, different spirit, and I regret that my objections to one impose upon me the necessity of withholding my sanction from the other. I can not give my assent to a measure which proposes to deprive any person restrained of his or her liberty in violation of the Constitution or of any treaty. or law of the United States from the right of appeal to the highest judicial authority known to our Government. To secure the blessings of liberty to ourselves and our posterity is one of the declared objects of the Federal Constitution. To assure these, guaranties are provided in the same instrument, as well against unreasonable searches and seizures as against the suspensions of the privilege of the writ of habeas corpus, * * * unless when, in cases of rebellion or invasion, the public safety may require it.