Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1861-09-07

have my ConstitutioS friends come along |
With me. and when they get the Administers |
tion all regulated on the constitutional track, !
to look at this matter q little /; for it seems
to me that it requires attention. know not
whether Mr. Lincoln tss observed the Con.
stitution indeed, fot all the purposes Of
resisting the rebellion, care not. 1t is due
to him to say, however, that he has seemed
to be in good faith attempting to pnt down
the rebellion. He has not done all things as
| would have done them. because l would
have multiplied bis men by about four, and
when be has struck oue blow | would have
struck q dozen. (Lauebter and cheering
Therefore | do not agree with him in that
respect. When the day comes we can have
settlement with him. FOR he is to be held
with oil other officers 10 a strict account
But / would not d0A~en that under the
smoke of an enemy's gans. Let US see first,
that the rebellion is pat down. And when
that is done i am ready to see how it has
bcen done. ! do not purpose to yield this
Union or any part Of il to the so called Con.
federate Govern ment that has been made up
in the Southern States. 1t is no govern.
ment, and there is nothing 10 the shape of
government uDderit, Fer it, in It, or around
it, dagonally, horizontally, or perpendicu.
larly. Like boys training, il is all officers.
(Laughter.) IL is mao" up thus you shall
he President of the Congress, aud will be
President of the CopIejeracy you shall be
Minister of Foreign Affairs, md | will be
Secretary Of the Treasury. (Laughter.)-
Doubtless. very we'll satisfactory enough.
IL they had kept it to themselves DO one
would have objected TO their strntting 10 their
stolen plumnge. But !. is time for the people
Of the United States 10 put their band upon
IL in earnest, and to maintain the Government
and the Constitution.
THE HABE.s CORPUS.
The habeas corpus--a hard kind or a name
for a writ, but one which a lawyer or u Dutch.
man finds little difficulty 10 pronouucing-it
is said that the baheas corpus has been
suspended and abused Well, think il is
because some baye written so much about it,
while they knew so little. 1t simply means
to have the body. A prisoner is alleged to
be improperly imprisoned; and, in order that
the case may be inquired into. petition is
presented to Judge, ard then the Judge
allows the writ, and tue prisoner is brought
up, aud the person who holds him is bound to
make a return. If the prisoner is illegally
detained, the Judge orders him to be dschar-
ed it rightfully imprisoned. he remands hm
That is oil there is aboutjt. 1t is simply
civil writ. But there is an old maxim, as old
as julius Caesar would have been had be
lived, inter drma silent ipges, tha: is, the
laws are silent 10 the midst of arms. Here
is the question : An individual is imprisoned
here some friend gets habess corpus. and
be is brought up, aud the case is inquired
into. Aud whoever irteIferes with, or
obstructs that writ. is gnity of q great moral
and legal wrong, aud lncu-s heavy penalty.
10 time Of war il is a different matter. Here
il is found that man is fixing to blow up a
fortress, or betray an army to the enemy.
Ihe othcer 10 comm ~ ,g.-s him arrested, md
! sends him to fort, with orders that he be
strongly guarded, because he ia known to be
Il traitor, and in the confidence of traitors aud
enemies. 4 lawyer sues out a writ of babess
corpus. But what is the result? 1t cannot
be served and the prisoner Cannot be procur.
e6-they canno; see him unless the judges
tongue is longer than the soldiers bayonet.
| Would any one If he was commanding at
Fortress Monroe, Fort Mcilenry. or any
where else, where he was surrounded with
treason and traitors at every step, would he
because judge sent writ of habaas corpus
give up traitor who was endangering the
safety of bis command and the interests Of
the country? Cries of "Never." No man
can pretend it for single moment, it is one
OF the terrible necessities OF war. Aud if ]
we're in command and had good reason to
believe that had possession of traitor. and
no other remedy would arrest treacherv, |
would suspend the writ, aud the individual
too. Cheers and cries OF Good" That
! goes right to the spot" THAT is sound"
That is such Democracy as like to see
! There is no other here. Gen. jackson had
/ the hearts of the American people more than
any man of modern times. Aud why !?
Because he met great necessities like man.
| "a @
to demonstrate problems from musty prece.
dents, but when a man wanted hanging, he
hung him first and looked upon the law after
ward. Laughter There are times and
occasions when this is the only way to do in
! dealing with treason. The civil law affords
no adequate remedy. While you are discuss
! ing the question the country may De ruined,
the Capital in flames; the archives destroy.
! ed. When the war is over We may examine
and see if any one has incurred a penalty for
susppudug the writ Of habeas corpus. Gen.
Jackson paid bis fine, but not till after he
had put down both foreign foes and domestic
traitors. So long as there is Il citizen South
that demands the protection of this Govern
ment. then it is our duty to protect the
Government Of the Union for his sake.
| ["Sound" That's the talk" &c A md
when there is none, il is our duty to maintain
w. iot oOe'p''y' pbh
commercially it is one in every sense-it is
utterly impossible for this Government to be
divided without its utter destruction TO both
sections. When you attempt TO divide
North and South, you must do il in East and
West. Then all will GO to pieces, aud our
country will be q Mexico--worse than Mexi.
CO, because we have ten times more material
for mischief and destruction. A military
despotism will be inaugurated whenever you
permit this rebellion to triumph.
HOW TO MAKE PEACE.
Bot some cry we are in favor Of peace
Yes we are all for peace now. | was for ne.
gotiating peace until fortifcation was fired
upon by rebel artillery, and then bsde sdeu
to all expectations of peace uutil conquered
over rebellion. | cay there is no peace until
you put down rebellion by force OF arms; and
when every other msu, woman, and child in
the United States hos acknowledged the indie
pendence of the revolted States, to those
with arms 10 their hands ! will still talk for
my own qualification when no Others will hear
me. Laughter, and cres of good" We
} must Stand by the Union, Fellow citizens
the language Of Andrew Jackson was, "'The
! Union must and shall he preserved" What
| would A ndrew ,JacksoD have done had he beel