The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1861-10-26


a candid admission contained =,
relieves me OF any necessity for shoy Ouf es..,
the two persons named therein -og IL,
known or supposed to be British suh;.. netbe,
the proceedings occurred, ard that IL Sh.a
subjects Of her Majesty residing IN ~ sery "a.
States, and under their protection "e unixa
during the present troubles in ,hs -. e uea.sl
and With no greater or less rigor thar ! manns,
citizens '"ah Anerea,
The military prison which was ,...
temporary detention Of the au,neo,.s LOT Il,
Is fort constructed and garrisoned psfas
defense. The military officer char.aai -. pubR:
custody has declined to pay obedisnos. ..n 'hsir
OF habeas corpus, but the refusal -. 70 Vii
obedience to an express direction Of Il, "aas
dent, in the exercise of his fupc,;or. f'ss
Commander in Chief Of al! the lana 80. q.
forces of the United States. AIthou.s no na't
very important, II certainly is not ,",sss
relevant to add, that, 20 far as am insa.y h
writ OF habeas corpus was attempted }, : dJs
yea or was even sued out or applied for :, % NJ
OF either OF the persons named. sl,h.esf
case not dissimilsr the writ of hsbe,. ~
issued out in favor of smother Brit;sh pHss
and was disobeyed by order of the pa.,.%eleet,
The British Government have cand;d,uns
ceded, in the remonstrances before co.,
even IN this country, 30 remarkable Co. Vat
an ENJOYMENT by its people of the b;.l. loo,
mites Of personal freedom, war AMI 'uns-
civil war, cannot be conducted especltl,
the forms and with the diiasory remss;'y u
vidcd by municipal laws, which ara .sI pro
the preservation Of public order 4. duaA 70
peace. Treason always operates 70 une d
surprise, and prejudice and bum.n;ipN o.s'ote By
equally require that violence concon,:. .ere'or.
shall be preventcd, If practicable ~ seerss
and vigorous precautioD. I am sn,,. unusual
the inconvenience which result iro,, !, sv1s Of
tice OF such precauton, emb,rr,ss;,' VOC pr,c-
mites in social life, and affecting ns,s CONNIE
and intercourse with foreign nst,a,. hade
American people, after having tia M The
way 70 avert civil war. have acoa. N ever
as "a stern necessity. The chief in,erss, "Mh.s
lasts, Is not the enjoyments Of go 'hlieh
profits Of trade, but the saving ~ ~ 20 OF TIE
lite. That life saved, all the 9TH. ' . nauori
which attend it will speedily re,nrn pressing
assurance Of continuance tbsn ~ efeahr
The safety Of the whole people b,. az s before
the present emergency, the snn,sn,. "come, IN
so long rs the danger shall eriS, .n NV; and
society equally, the deni,eu and ~. e'asses Of
cheerfully acquiesce in the me ssu,ss :, sn.en
law prescribes. s1'cn Thai
This Government does not question III. H..
ing of the legal advisers Of tie British c..ns
or the justice of the Difference which bs,
jesty pays to them. Nevertheless, the r..
Government will hardly expect that tina DIV,
dent will accept their explanations Of ma ~
stitution of the United States, espee,al, ~
the Constitution thus expounded would l..-
upon him the sole executive Responsible,
suppressing the existing i,surrecsion, NH.
wonld transfer to Congress the moe, n,,,,.
and Indispensable power to be employed :
that purpose. Moreover, these eInl.D,s,.
find no real support in the letter, much h.,
the spirit of the Constitution itself IA r,.
De allowed, therefore, to prefer to be oovs-ra,
by the view OF our organic national lss vbios
while it viii enable him to execute nj. 80
trust with complete success, receives the a."
ton OF the highest authorities Of ON, a.,
country and is sustained by the general eoD.,
of the people for whom alone tina. Cou,,itu,-
was established.
avail myself Of this opportunity TO ox, ,,
your lordship renewed assurance Of p,,.
high consideration. WV. H. S.,.n
To Right Hon. LORD Lyons, &c.