Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1861-07-06

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'yCred II are doubtless loyal. 1t Is, neS-
rtheless, very injurious in effect, retardlns
he action Of the government. II may DC I
TOD that at first call was made lot
Is 600 militia, and rapidly following TINS /
nrccIanstion was issued for closing the
,6r,. Of the insurrectionAry districts ny
in the nature OF blocKaHe',
= far ali Yas believed to be strictly legal
Al this point the insurrectionistS an
,ounced their purpose TO enter upon tue
practice of privatecring. Other calls were
made for volunteers TO serve three years.
,,nirss soccer discharged, and also lot
large additions TO the regular army ano
nav. These measures, whether strictly
IpraI or not, were Yentured upon unoe!
what appeared to be a popular demand
and n iublic necessity, trusting then Is
,o,r that Congress would readily rainy
,her 1t Is believed that nothing mas
h.en done beyond the constitutional com
n.teney of Congress. Soon after the uFsl
c,II for militia il WAS considered duty 70
o,,hnrize the commanding General IN
proper cases according to his discretion 10
snspeud the privilege of tSe writ OF haneas
cnrnus. or in other words, to arrest ana
dr,',in. without resort TO the ordinary pro-
cesses and forms Of Law, such indiElauais
ns he might deem dangerous to tue puotlc
safety. This authority has Rnrposciy oeeh
exercised but very sphrmglyi neNertEeiess
the Legality and ProPriety OF VIVA. n'S
been done under it hre QUESTIONED An1
the attention of tl;e country mas oeeh
called TO the proposition, that one VINO 10
sworn 10 take care that the laws be inlth-
= ,,.,,,,l sst,,,sI1 LiT,,H-'f viVtiite
lni!E eC9TuSTse. Some consideration was
given TO the questions ofpower and proPTi-
ETY. before this matter was acted upon. The
whole of the laws which were required to
be faithfully executed, were being resisted
and failing ofexecutiou in nearly one third
of the States. Must they be alio led to fl
nally fail of execution even had it been
clear that by the use of the means ueces-
sary to their execution, some single law
made in such extreme tenderness of the
citizens liberty that practically it relieves
more of the guilty than of the Innocent,
should to very limited extent be violated!
To state the matter more directly, are al
tue lava but one 10 go nnexecuted, aud the
government itself go to peices lest that
one be violated. Even in such case
would not the Official oath be brokenit tho
government should be oveTthrown when 1t
was believed that disregarding the single
law would tend TO preserve il? But it WAS
sented. It was not believed that any iaw
WAS violated. The provision of the Con-
stitution that the privilege OF the writ OF
haheas corpus shall not be suspended un-
less when in cases of rebellion or invasion
as the public safety may require, 1t IS
equivalent TO provision that such priri-
lege may be suspended when in cases of
rebellion or invasion the pulic safety does
require it. II WIS decided chat we have
case of rebellion. aud that the public
safety does require the qualified suspen-
sion of tho privilege of the writ, which
vas authorized to he made.
Now i, is insisted that Congress, and not
the Executive, is vested with this power.
But the Constitution itself is silent as 10
which or who is To exercise tho power.
And as the provision was plainly made for.
a dangerous emergency, it cannot he be-
lieved the trainers of the instrument intend
ed that in every case the danger should
run its course, until Congress couid be
called together, the very assembling of
which might lie prevented, as was intended
in this case, by the rebellion. No more
extcuded argument is now offered, as an
opinion at some length will pro5hbly be
presented By the Attorney General. Wheth
er there shall be Epy legislation npss the
subject, AND if any, what, is submitted en-
tireIy to the better judgment OF Congress.
The foTbeaTancs of this Government had
been so extraordinary, and SO long con-
tinued, AS TO lead some foreign nations to
shape their action as if they supposed the
sarly destruction of our national Union
was probable. While this, on discovery,
gave the Executive some concern, he is
now happy to say that the sovereignty and
rights of the United Suites are now every
where practically respected by foreign
powers, and general sympathy with the
country is manifested throughout the
world
Tic reports of the Secretaries of the
Treasury, War and the Navy, will give
the information in detail deemed nee
essary and convenient for your dclibera-
ton and action, while the executive and
all the departments will stand ready to
supply omissions or 10 communicate new
facts considered important for yonto know.
1t is now recommended that you give tho
legal means for making this contest a
short and decisive one, that you place at
the control of the Government for the
work, at least, four hundred thousand men
and four hundred millions of dollars
That number of men is about one tenth OF
those of proper ages within the regions
where apparently all are willing to engage
aud the sum is less than a twenty-third
part of the money value offered by the
men who seem ready to devote the whole.
A debt Of six hundred millions of dollars
now is less sum per head than was the
debt of our revolution when We came out
OF that struggle and the money value IN
The country now bears even greater pro-
portion to what it was then than does the
population. Surely each man mas rs strong
l motive now to preserve our liberties as
each had then 10 establish them.
right result at this time will be worth
more to the world than ten times the men
md ten times the money. tbs evidence
,eaching Us from the country leaves no
ior5ts tl'.t-. LAI;ial for The work 10
ibandHnt and that it needs only the hand
ii legislation to give il legal sanction and
he Land OF the executive to give it. practj-
,al shape and efficiency. One OF the
,,or01oY;tfas NJ tho to