Alexandria daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1803-1808, 1807-03-25
lsir. Eiaot''s Saseca concluded.

Ii - sald thdt ITS sAAsstt w 1900 -
sent period 10, agi,a,e The qusstl ln now .'
uoder .onsidsration. 10 my appfs henson
heobiscsion is,a very strange one ne
constisu.ion has just been violated oy tas
.cota nsn5sr of yorr army violated asthe
point of The bayonst, sndein mere taan one
ar TWO Of lis most ESSENTIAL articles. ia
aadit,on 10 the celebrated part ot.has IN.
s,runeas winch prohibits the suspensiol, OF
the wri, Of habsas corpus, except by the
suprem me- civil power in3crfsss OF great ns'
vional dagger, sssesa! of those amsndatory
articles Sh,sh peculiarly secpte the rights
ofthe cisizsu, aud the adoPuon otWhich,
on that account, was necessary 20 rsconciie
The ma,orily of. the psople, to the original
conssi1us,on itself, have beensdisreSsatdea
and derided by military ehieiiam. ! al
lode to the following aricles, all OF when
have been violated IL mos.'oi their esseRe
t,sl provisions.
8. .Art q. The right Of the people 10 BE
secure in their persoos. houses, PaPers
and effects. against uaEe asoashiess searches
and seizures, shall not BE- violated; ana
poswarsaot. shall fssues tut upon ProoaDie
cause, suppor,ed by oath or af tp5 auon,
and particularly describing the place 20 De
searched. AID the persons or things 70 Dc
sezed.
. Art. S. No person shall be held 70 an an,
swer for capital, or otherwise in.at'ou -
crime, unlsss upon a pressnii.maen' or AZ
dictmen, of g. aud jury, esseps'n cases
arising 10 the land or naval forces, or 10
tbs militia when in actual service 10 llme
ofwar or public danger nor shat any per-
sop be sableet fort,he same oAsncs TO DC
twice put IN jeopardy Of lie or !':ah; nor
ahall be compelled IN any criminal case 20
be witness sgsins, himself; nor De os'
priyed OF life, Liberty or property, Wisnou'
due process Of law; nor shall private pro.
perry be taken FOR public use, ewitheus jos.
compensation.
!" Art. s. In all criminal prosecutions me
accused shall enjoy ths right 10 spesay 9
public trial, by an impartial jury OF she
STATE aud district whrrein the crime snal.
have been COMMITTED, which district shai'
have been previously aseerisiosd9byi iaW'
and TO be Informed Of the nature and Cause
of the accusation !; 10 be ,conffosted with '.
the witnesses against him; 10 haze eompat--
sorv process for obtaining witnesses 10 ms
favor, and 10 have the assistance oil counsel
for his defence"
It's Obvious that most OF the privileges
attended TO be secured BY these asueiTs 70
ali car CT, aeus, Fave been. recently denlsd
to some of them, al the point otsthe .hayo
net. aud under circnmstaases OF pzcualaFs
4 violence. 1t NAV Indeed be. said shst-tae
privilege of the writ of habeas corpus. was
not dSnicd IN the first INSTANCE that It
could mol be said TO be suspended anSii the
Injured persons were placed in assituaslon
winch shti,led them TO demand 1t from the
judicial power Of their country. histrue
that notwi,hstandiuginter arnla sIlent .le5Ses'
although the lava were silent amid tns
thunder of arms, and although Thousand
tsrrors lowered around those who dared
10 exercise their professional duties 10 sup-
pof. of the constitutional rights OF the cit'.
zen, a writ Of habeas corpus was CHARMED
and obtained andI had supposed that the
very singular return which is said TO have
been made to the writ, was placed on our
official files. On searching them, howe.
yer, do not discover It; but it.has been
published in all the newspapers, and CO.
py of il is now before me, which. ! will
read.
/" The undersigned, commanding the
army of the Usited States, takes on him.
self all responsibility for the arrest of DIR.
Erick Bollman, on "A charge Of misprison
of treason against the United States, and
has adopted measures for his safe delivery
TO ,hesexecutiye OF the United States. It
was after several consultations with the go.
vrrnof. aud two of the Judges of this terri
tory, that the undersigned has hazarded
this step, for the national safety menaced
to il. base, by a lawless band of traitors az.