The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1861-09-21

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tssnd yea, lyes viii iossssvs shasit is saaessd
Mat IN the scts, pt5caanstous, and orders
the President n tks unlted States, ais.r IL
fourth ef March, Eighteen Handsed and sixty
one, respecting the army and navy Of the Uni
tsd States, ind csSisg out or rjistins = the III
litis o. vola6tSsis iron Vie States, are hsrsb,
approved. j, and II, I'll sssp gslised end mad
valid, TO the same. intent s62 With che same ef
feet - II thsy had bssn iisusd ant Sons upds,
the previous exprsss authority and direction el
the Congress Of the United States... aqaas
This sectionsrasifss and csxfrms, 70 the full
est possible extent IN tbs asts of the Prsei.
dent that needed sr that we're susceptible Of ret.
idcstion. and yae adopted BY the vots Of every
Rspubliosa and loy1l Democratic member Of the
Senate present. So FIR q am informed sad bs-
lieys, il Was all the confirmation of tho acts Of
the Prssidsnt that b sithse expected Or desired
know II y urged ~ some, but mostly, II NOT
entirely, by thoss Who ars opposed % ths No
rous prosecution of the present var. thAtis was
Also necessary teeonarm the acts Of the Pnliasnt
Impending in some casss, the writ Of As5sas eovp.s
II must be eppassah I.thiak, to.ssssyons who
will reflect upon tho ssbjsct,a that u hate At.
tempted such confirmation would BE- 70 infsren-
italy admit that, ~ cpupanderin-C Chief Of the
army and navy Of the United States, the Psesi.
dent had - power 70 suspend the operation Of
that writ without Congressional authority
Very few, If any, loyal members Of Congress
were willing to admit that. They did not doubt
but that he had complete power in the premi.
ses, and they chose to leave him to exercise his
authority under the Constitution according to
bis own judgment and As the exigsncies of the
country might require. They did not believe
that his acts in this regard needed condrma-
tion, and therefore confined their ratification
and approval 70 such acts q required legal en-.
sctments for their bases, and in the Initiation Of
which they had been anticipated by him. q.
There may b. some who honestly believe that
the Senate refused to support the President be-
cause Of their failure to pass certain resolutions
presented by Ar. Wilson of Mass. The facts in
regard to those resolutions we're these. They
were introduced At an early day in tie session
and were put aside from day to day to make
room for what was considered more important
business, until Just At the close Of the session,
when they had reached that stage in parliamen-
tsry proceedings when it was impossible to
amend them without una1iMous consent, and
that could not be- obtained The objection
urged by some gentlemen against them as they
stood without amendment, was that they were
improperly drawn, inasmueh as the phraaeology
was in the past tense, and declared that the
acts Of the President Ueve legal and valid,
whereas, a. they insisted, they ought to have
declared that those acts akoaAd Be legal and
valid a. though done under the sanction Of
law. It was question of grammatical con
struction. This, If my memory serves me cor
rectly, was the position Of Mr.. Sherman of Ohio.
whose action has been much criticised in this
State 40 well - elsewhere. He declared his
willingness, nay his anxiety, to Justify and ap-
prove the acts Of the President, but he was un-
willing to say that those acts were legal At the
time they we're performed. Although not agree-
ing with him in his construction of the phrase
elogy Of the resolutions, it is due to him to say
that no man in America was more anxious than
he TO give to the Administration an honest, hear
ty and patriotic support, and when the legali-
cation Of its proceedings was put in what he
believed to be proper language, he cordially
sustained it. a9 owes s53.9i
1t was simply on account Of this objection in
the minds Of few Senators that the resolutions.
which it was impossible to smsnd, were dropped,
and the substance Of them Incorporated into .
law. 2A 'Ha ,ae -.
Be assured my, dear sir, thst al these charges
Of . refusal to support the Administration BY
Republican and loyal sDepoesatic Senators are
devices Of the enemy, and should only serve to
make the path Of duty more plain before U.S.
That duty, it seems to me- IL obvious We
should enthusiastically rally to the support Of
the noble aud true men who were nominated by
the Convention held at Des Noines on the 8lst
day d. July last They are the representatives
Of the Government in this crisis. A vote for
them wiltbe vote in support Of the Admins
sration, in favor Of the integrity Of the Govern
ment, and for peace through victory. Let rs
give to Coy. Kirkvood, who. in the last six
months, has done more hard work, incurred
greater responsibilities, and been more causelsss-
ly abused than all the Governors that Iowa ever
had, that cheering, sweeping majority that his
patriotism, his integrity Of purpose, and his de.
votion 70 the true interests Of the State 20 just
y merit am very truly,
& y Your ob't servant,
.ee sse JAMS W. Ga1HHs.
A. G. BAaHRs, ESQ, -
ALBA. Monroe County, Iowa
sAasxsr OF Src.smssIun-On Saturday, By
order Of Col. Warren. two men were arrested on
the road between here and Mount Pleasant With
nineteen head Of cattle in their possession. On
Sunday squad Of cavalry, acting on the same
authority, seized near Kingston, one man with
twenty head Of cattle and ten horses. The Col.
believes he has the most sstsfactory evidence ol
the guilt Of the, ,parties 4 ,sgsti 50. e.