The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1842-06-30

tofueys moved lor ~ a'tachmeni sRalnEI
Grhrrai Jackson. 20 snswss lar q coafempf
q o0urE The contempt charged se.issl
hnm wss 10 ObsfrHcfiag he process Of
The cost.
BY imPrisoning Ias ysfs.. and
thereby preventing hln from drseh.iging
bis atEcisI daIirs.
2 BY violently tskirg possession Of =
record &c die r0url.
J. BY threatening The officers q The
court.
For this contempt Of eouTf. and Cor
nothing slse. was this 6ne imposed. The
Imprisonment 81 Lausllisr. he declare
,irn u msrsIal Is9, he suspension u The
hsbeas copHs sei. were not The sris lul
whsrh General Jsrksrn ~ss fissd. How
ever iilrgsl those acts might be in Them
sri.es. u Hss not he provinces &c The court
20 dstsfmiae In that furm: hui il rss The
province o. lhe e"un 10 va d,eane i,s sun
dignity by Furnishing IN open and arossd
fesisssnrs 10 he suthori y. accompanied
wllh the most wsnlon and Unnecessary
si"lencs and irsull 10 The person Of The
Judge.
THIS. said Mr.. c. is the srnlsncs Ne
are nov called upon 10 reverse a. unjust.
erroneous, snd illegal. lIawr,er Wiling
be might be 10 return this manly 10 &c
neral Jackson er graiia however ana
ious he might be 10 do any thing consist.
sni @ilh nulh aud principle. 10 glsiiy
Gen. Jackson OF HE fIlends ON lhis floor
and slsrahere-he could not do this !:
be could not do il. because be believed
The judgment comfortable 10 lag and
justice: he could not DO IL, because he
sould thereby sacnon dangerous prece.
dent that might hereafter be Invoked by
some ehleflan lees nlsgnsnimous Than Gr-
neral Jackson, 10 the subvrfsinn Of The IL
bernes Of his country: he could not do il.
because be would thereby conlribu 10
,iesiys On exploded calumny sgsinst a
PARTON Of hs own Constituents: he could
not do il. because he would. in so doing.
affir az uhjssi stigma upon The character
OF The upright magistrate by whom This
senitnee VAS pronounced. That Judge
10. long since, consigned 10 that tomb 10
which. we sre told, General Jackson 10
last has,enlg. No srulpiured ma: bic
marks the spot where bis ashes rsposs
Pilgrim pa,Iiots do MOI resort 10 his tomb.
40 Ihsy will one day 10 General Jack
sons. 10 breathe the inspiration that he
yers around The grave Of departed hero.
Blu, lar ,hs accident ,h.f has connected
his name With this historical incident, i
~ou'd ere long be- forgotten; and IL lha
name 10 10 be rescued IRON oblivion. lei
u mn be " damned 10 everlasting fame"
Gsn,lensn have attempted 10 justify
these proceedings by the derlsranon oil
martial law. Nov. f the declaration oil
martial lao necessarily involves The sus.
pension nf The cici laws Of a country. il
Is clear that none bu, ihs sovereign power
Of country can establish IL.
In TIE presen, case, Congress had moi
exercised The power vested On Il by the
Constitution oi suspend,ng the wit oil
habeas corpus when The public safety
may require H." and the Legislature Il
Louisiana hsd refused to dn q.
Ia point of fact, then. mar isl law. IN
the sense IN which these words are used.
was not established. Will gentlemen
contend that the commander Of an army
csn, al hts own dlscn tim, invest himself
" iih sbsrluie suIhori,y over the lives and
iiheries af the ciiizsn,! can arm himself
with the powers of Roman dic'a,m!--
Would such q doctrine ~ this be sanc-
toned in this country and in this Hall!
lie for one would NOT couutensnce il.
He would not. il was true, hnld q gallant
aud pa,iin,ic oilirer, who. nj tue ri
gres, public emergency aud danger. and
10 avert a great public calamity, would
overslep the bound ries of the law. But
the officer who does ,hi., ,lors il at his
peril. aud mus, be prepared To show the
NECESSITY which lie Invak.s as the just
iraiion OF his condnri. He mus, make
out a clear case. Nav, he would no,
speak nf The arrest Of l.nuallIer. because
that he knew was debalahle point;
though he mus, he prrmit,ed To say that.
even surprising tia, the. arrest Of l.ousl
lier was a measure Of prudence, 1t would
have been sufficient 10 have detained him
in cl1e rustntly. lie could no, perceive
the necessity Of trying hun for his life by
. military tribunal, aud for an imaginary
o6rncr; Tor. Whatever may have been
l,ouslliet's mi,iee,ls. he certainly Was
not spy. But the Imprisonment, Of The
Judge. his subsequen, 'gn"ninnus bsnish-
men, from the city, the seizure Of The re'
lcords oi his cuuti, where was the necessI.
~ ot these acts! And these. he respected,
were the acts Tor uhlrh the fine was inn
,pnssd. .s.A. s- ...a.-
| We have been told by the Senator from
Missouri Thai the ladies' Of New Orleans
consuercd this sentence as erroneous,
inasnuch as they had raised the amount
Of the fine by contributor aiming them
selves. and differed 10 refund IL; but the
loiirr was declined. No one was m"t,
ready 10 how To the authority al his faI
country women, in all matters within