New-York daily tribune., 1845-02-01
the Anti-Ren, Trousles-asbcas Corpus.

Permit me egala 20 use yo1t e79.tLiaS II tae
cause Of truth and lew.
Smith A Boughton Is condoed n jsil n the
City Of Hudson on several criminal charges, q!
of 7ghieh src baitEbie. BeioEe Indictment found
ail offences are 5ailz5e, and after indictment all
e1eep. such as are punishable By de4,h.
Boushton IS suffering irom pulmonary dis
ease, witch Is u,ach aggravated By confinement,
aud his relatives and friends desired to release
him on sufficient bzil. a pssi1on ioE wit Of
lsJsas cargas s-es pieseatsdio sCsseiLJ. Don, Of
HiilsdaIs, IN Columbia County, who, n purse
ance OF ths prayer thereof. issued tiIe WI. re-
curing the snerf to 5Ting Boughton 5@i2re niIn,
l4Et Thursday morning, 10 show Gauss Wy re
ssouid not be admitted 10 bal. Mr.. Dor codid
rot refuse 10 aio= lie VII. HIS refusal would
have made hin liable 10 Penelt5 ol one iaou
sans doaaIs. The ssTTIce q he W.T. Put ,iie
sherii iuto 2 terrible iuttsr The Iemo5 vas
inmodisteiy started that tr's 77as only : ilse %
get BoushtoG iHto me country sGo rescue hill. =
plsr wss concoctsd to deieat tae release Of
bonghton or bail. An express was ssas;ed OF
10 Albany 20 Gbialn The REVIVAL ci Dor ana tfe
appointment OF s5me ona III his stead before the
Hrit could be executed. Bu. this could not re
done gn!ess inc execution Of the wrlt could BE
deferred. TO ofing about the :equisiie delay TIE
sheriff and some of his friends went up to E!!!s-
dale and pursuaded D9rr 10 put of the heaIng
Of The natter Ill Friday, and 70 tracslsT The
ma.ter 10 Hu3scr az c mere convenient place ioT
ali parties promising hin that hedrirg should
be had and ii he concluded u admit EoGghtor
to bail. they would acquiesce. Not susPectng
any ttickery, he assented to their request, and
-. so--
TIE mission to Albany, III the meen time, &c
conplshed is object. Such representations
we-c made 10 the Governor and Senate Is m
duced them 20 appoint air. Dsker in the place
Of Dor TINS appointment was hurried through
in hot haste, and before the ha6eas corpus could
be executed Mr. Baker was swoEn into oficeand
Dorr superseded
4 fes additional facts viii set this matter in
lis true light By Statute one of the Supreme
Court Commissioners ior Columbia County must
be located at Hillsdae. BY statute, also, no one
but counsellor IN the Supreme Court IS eligible
to the Office Of Supreme Court Commissioner
There happen TO be but two Counsel0rs In
The town of Hiilsdac-Nr. Don and Mir Baker,
the former Loco Foco aud the latter Nhig.
Now it Is quite natural 10 suppose that NT. Dor,
whose term of offica bad expired, and who Yves
holding over according u statute IN such case
made and provided, would have been rearp0lnted
bv HIS political francs. But this would nothave
defeated the hGbcdS corpus. To accomplish tins
a Loco-Foco Governor ard Senate selecta "hig,
or consent TO the appointment Of a Wing. VINO
ever heard of such Leo Foco magnapimlty be
fc,e7 | am sorry that any man could be found
IN the State of New YORK mean and base enough
To be used as whip 20 lash an officer for doing
his duty / believe this IS TIE first instance IL
this S late in which an officer ms been rea.oDed
for o5eying tie lan.
You vii sea more plainly the object and the
uquity Of this affair when you are told that
bill has already been introduced into the Senate
to abolish the Office of Supreme Court Com
missioner in EIllsdalo, by repeating the law re-
curing one 10 be located lhsre. Who doub,s
that Mr.. Dorr was removed 70, daring TO allow
wit Of ha6eas corpus and who is such
cringing slave Of party aud power as 10 Justify
this higii handed act OF tyranny
do not hesitate to say, thst no outrage com.
mtted by the Indians" not even murder, is
frGught with SO much danger to ctr institutions
as this uuwarrsntablc and deseotic interference
Of the Governor and Senate with The habsdS
corpus. No possible state OF circumstances
could iustiiyit. Itought to subject the Governor
to impeachment. II was laying violent hands
upon the most sacred privilege ofthe citizen. IL
was an arbitrary act wSich yGu could only look
for IN u Sultan Of TurAey or Russian Autocrat
On what pretence is it lusitded or pa:!iatcd
Oh there was fear that Boughlon was t. be
rescued, and ihls phantom of fear had condrcd
into the cowardly brains Of the sheriff iorce of
three or four thousand Anti. Renters gathered at
Hlsdale for the scus Of Boughton Fudge
The character Of Dcrr and OF the counsel VINO
T,- .pd 10 4,
ord. r.y community of Hiiisdaic were q suifi !cnt
guarantee that nonc hut legal means woald be
:lsed fox his liberation. The ready consent Of
Dor and Of Byughton's Counsel 10 postpone tae
hearing one day and trans er il to HUDSON is proc
dat uO v.oeLcc was contemplated, They DID
not expect to be che.tld md punished fer acting
il! strict conformity ana obedience 10 aw.
But Boughton' father II law had been Trough
the disai iiected towns preparing for this uccssoa.
Bourhtons iather-in.law IS q man VINO counten-
ancss any yivldtIon OF law Whatever. Out oi
regard Tor his daughter and sympathy ior the
sufierncs Of her husband, he went among lis
friends 10 iind some who would consent to he
come bail 10 such an uToint as nigh: be rsGGir.
cd lie would not have 4Ppiied at sll for hQ5eGs
corpus if ia had supposed that Tcscae was
thought of, or woa,d be attempted.
There have b1er IDLE Fumofs atioat that there
were two thousand men in Rensselaer, county
ready 10 come 10 Hudson, break open the jail and
set the p.isoners free 4 certain Gen. Robson
testified to something Of The kind Now, l say.
without fear OF contradiction, that thefe has been
no time since the impFisonment OF B9nghtoo, = hen
sny ten men in this county had the remotesl dea
of undertaking any such adventure No such
project has been entertained by any BODY. The
cjty and citizens of Hudson have been IN no dan.
gar Such = project was only The bugbssr OF
Their foolish fears. No military force was need
ed ior the protection of the city. It has been OF
no use except to afford Gen. King an opportunity
10 issue some oHiietins after tie manner OF Ma
pJleon, ana u give the mn keepers of Huds-n
some ncedful custom curing the usually tul
times OF winter. The State and County have
been saddied with heavy bill Of expense. The
poor soldiers have had tue worst time OF II, ho7-
ever, for some OF them have been wo.se disg used
than the Indians" and received wounds that
can only be cured n D.. Cookies Hospital
UndeT pFeience OF supporting law aad order, it
has been thought advisable to override AID SUB