Lincoln telegraph. [volume] (Bath, Me.) 1836-1846, 1841-01-14

l shall enjoy the satisfaction of thinking
that have not lived in vain; that my name
will pass with honor to posterity for the
part | have acted, and for my unwearied
endeavors to protect and secure the per
sons, houses, and papers Of my FELLOWSHIP
Jects from arbitrary visits 'gand seizures.
When the results of this remark able case
are considered, the propriety of The de-
scrpiion given Of it by Mr.. Burke-as a
tragi-comedy acted by the officers of the
Grown, at the expense of the Constitution,
for the benefit of Mr.. Wikes-will be ap-
preciated.
These "reminiscences of the political and
Judicial history of England have been cal
led up by the recent seizure of the papers
OF Mr. Glentworth by the Recorder and
Mayor of New York. Such practices
were not tolerated by the British law eighty
years ago in the monarchial Government of
England. Did these law officers of New
York seek to immortalize their names .
They may be placed in company they would
not covet. The name of Jeffreys remains
on the page Of history-a reproach to hui
man natnre-because he defiled the pure
ermlne OF Justice in order to CRAFTY The
will Of ,yrannical monarch Law has
her seat III the bosom Of God her voice
is the harmony of the world" While JUS
tice suspends her scales, her ewes were
blinded, that she mey be enabled 10 make
her decisions without Partially.
Will the people of this country allow these
eternal principles Of justice to be violated
by the establishment of a modern Star
Chamber high political Court, in which
oppression is perpetrated under the sanctity
of law-from whose decisions no purity can
afford protection in times of hg h political
excitement What says the bill of Rights
Of the State of New York 7
"iThe rights of the People to be secure
in their persons, houses. papers and effects
against unreasonable searches and seizures
ought not to be violated, and no warran,
can issue but upon probable cause, sup
ported by oath or affirmation, and particu u
Iarly describing the place to be searched
and the persons or things I'd be seized" -l
Rev. Stat 49,
The principle upon which this article o
the Revised Statutes is besed has long
been established in England and is recog-
niZed by the Constitutions of all the States
of the Union. And yet, in the face of this
law. the Recorder and Mayor of New
York-the heads of the criminal and mu-
nicipal Law Of the city-proceed, at dark
midnight, to take, by force, the private pa,
pers of citizen!
What right had the Recorder and Mayor
to seize, without judicial process, the pa
pers of Mr.. Glentwor,h? Is not a man S
house his castle? Did not the individual to
whose keeping the papers were entrusted
stand in place of the owner! Were not the
Recorder and Mayor bound by the Bill of
Rights-by the Revised Statutes? Are the
authorized interpreters ofthe law above all
law? Justice must die If her own dispen-
sers are allowed to give her the fatal stab.
Her temples must indeed perish, if they are
permitted to wear her robes, whose putre-
scene generates the flames by which they
are consumed.
The time has come for dspassionate
examination of the acts Of the twelve past
years. The President elect will enter on
the duties his office somewhat in the con-
dition of julius Cesar, who declared it
would require million Of money to make
him worth nothing. So the next Admins
tration will have to undo much evil in order
to do great good. The deirum of party
strife has passed-the voice Of constltu-
tional liberty will again be heard. Now is
the time to realize that beautiful sentiment
Of the immortal Milton:
"Peace has her victories, no less renowned
than War"
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