Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1861-07-27

more Of the guilty than of the innocent,
should tn q very limited extent BIZ NO
lated! To state the question more di.
rectly: Are oil the laws but one to 60
unexecuted? Even in such q case,
would not tho Official oath be beoken If
the government should be ovogthrQwn.
when Il was bslieved that dissegafdink
the single Law weuld tend to presesvo
f.! But It ms not believed that this
question Wa presented. + W. NOT be-
Iievod that any law was violated. The
provisions Of the Constitution that the
privilege If the writ of habeas corpus
shall not he suspended, unless when in
cases of rebellion or invasion the pub
lie safety may require it, is equivalent
to q provision that such privileges may
be suspended when in cases Of rebelI-
ION ar invasion tho public safety does
require il. Il was dssidsd that We have
case Of rebellion. and that the public
safety does require the qualified suspen-
sion Of the privilege of the writ which
was authorized to be made. Now It 10
insisted that Congress, and not the Ex-
exutive, is vested with this power. But
the Constitution itself 10 silent 40 to
which or who rs to exercise the power
and as the provision was plainly made
for dangerous emergency, it cannot
be believed that the trainers of the in.
strnmemt intended that in every case
the danger should run it's course until
Congress should be called together, the
very assembling Of which might be pre-
vented, as was intended in this case by
the rebellion. No more extended ar
gument is now offered, az an opinion at
some length will probably be presented
by the Attorney General, whether there
shall be any legislation upon the sub
iect, and if any, what, and submitted
entirely to the better judgment Of Con-
gross.
The forbcarance of the Government
had been extraordinary, and so long
continued as to lead some foreign ma
tons to shape their action as if they
the early destruction of our
National Union was probable. While
this discovery gave the Executive some
concern, he is now happy to say that
the sovereignty and rights of the Uni
ted States arc now everywhere practic-
ally respected BY foreign powers, and a
general sympathy with the country is
throughout the world. The
reports of the Secretaries of the Treas
urv, War, aud the Navy, will give the
in detail deemed necessary
and convenient for you to know.
1t is now recommended that you give
the 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 400, 900 men, and
e40O, 000,00 That number of mon is
ahnut one.tenth Of those Of proper ages
within the regions where. apparently, |
all are willing to engage; and the sum
is less than twcnty-third part Of the
money value owned by the men who
feel ready to devolve the whole amount
Of $500, 900, 000-which is a less sum
per head than was the debt of our rev.
olutiom when We came ont of that |
and the money value in the
country now bears even a greater pro-
portion to what it was then than does
the population. Surely each man has
~ strong motive now to preserve our
liberties as each had then to establish
hem. A right result at this time will
Keep the North more to tho work than
ten times the money. The evidence
us from the country leaves no
1oubt but that material for tho work is
abundant, and that it needs only tho
hand Of Legislation to give it legal sane
ion, and the hand Of the Executive to
give it practical shape and efficiency.
One Of the greatest perplexities Of the
is to avoid receiving troops
faster than it has provided for them. In
> word, the people will save the Gov
II the Government itself will
DO lite part Only indiffsrently well.
It must seem, at first thought, Of but
little difference whether the present
at the 6outh he called Sc
ccssion or Rebellion. The movers,
however, we'll understood the differ.
ence at the beginning. They knew
they could never raise their treason to
my respectable magnitude by any
name which implies violation OF law.
They knew their people possessed ~
much moral sense, - much devotion
to law and order, and - mucl. pride
md reverence fur the history and Gov.
Of their common country, -
any other civilized and patriotic people. |
They knew they could make mo q. |
vancenaent directly IN the teseh of these |
utrune and uoh0o uontin,emts. Aecond. |