The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1861-07-11


beas corpus shall not be suspended, un-
less VIXEN in cases of rebellion or insa
sion, the public safely may require IL, Is
equival MT TO provision that such priv.
lege may be suspended when IN cases OF
rebellion or invasion, the public safety
does require it.
1t was decided that We have case ol
rebellion. aud that the public safety does
REQUIRE the qualified suspension of the
privilege of the writ. which was author
ized TO be made. Now it is insisted th at
Congress, aud not the Executive, is ves-
ted with this power But the Copstltu-
ton itself is silent as to which or who Is
to exercise the power, aud as the prosi-
sion was plainly IN ade for dangerous
emergency, it cannot be believed that the
trainers of the instrument intended that
in every case the danger Should run IT.
course until Congress could be called to
sether, the very assembling of which
might be prevented. as was intended iD
this case by the rebellion. No more ex
tended argument is now afforded, as an
opirion at some length will probably be
presented by the Attorney General
Whether there shall be any legislation
on the subject, aud if so what, is submit
ted entirely to the tet;or judgment OF
Congress.
The forbearance Of this Government
had been so extraordinary aud SO Iona
continued, as to lead soGe foreign ma
tons to shape their action as if they sup
posed the early destruction OF our Nation
al Union vas probable. While this, OF
discovery, gave the Executive some con
cern, he is now happy to say that the
sovereignty and rights Of the nited
States are now everywhere practically re-
,spected by foreign POwers, and a genera
sympathy with the country is manifested
tbFous hout the world.
The reports Of the Secretaries Of the
Treasury, War aud Navy, will give the
information In detail deemed necessar
and convenient for your deliberation and
action, while the Executive and all tn,
Departments will stand ready to supply
omissions or TO communicate new fact,
considered important for you to know.
1t is nov recon mUended that you give
the legal means for making this contest 4
bort aud decisive one; that you place al
the control Of the Government for the
work at least 100000 men aud S400,
900 GOO. That numt er Of men is about
one tenth Of those OF proper ase', within
the regions where, apparently, all aFt
willing to engage; aud the sun is less
than twenty-third part OF the money
value owned by the uen who seem ready
10 devote the whole. A debt Of $500.
000,000 now is less sum per head thsu
was toe debt Of our Revolution, when We
csae out OF that struggle, and the mon
ey-valuc in the country bears even a
greater proportion to What it Was ther
than does The population. Surely each
man has a. strong motive now to pre-.
serse oar liberties as each had then to
establish them.
y right result at this time will lie worth
noTc to TIE world than ten tines the rer
and ten timcs the money. The Evidence
reaching Us from the country leave nc
doubt that the u aterial for the work i,
abundant, and that il needs only the hand
of legislation to gise it legal sanction and
the hand of the Executive to give it prac.
iical shape and efficiency. One OF the
greatest perplexi,ies of the Government
is TO avoid receiving troops faster than il
can provide for theui;in word, the peo
PIE will save their Government OF the
Government itself will do ita part only in,
4 &, rently we'll. 1t might seem at Grst
thought to be of little difference whether
the present movement at tbe South be
called secession or rebellion. The mover,
however. we'll ualer.tand the difference
At the tegiDning they knew that they
could never Tsise their treason 10 any re
spectacle magnitude by any name which
implies violation of law; they knew their
people possessed as much OF moral sense,
as much of devotion to Law aud order,
aud as much pride in its reverence for
the history and Government Of their com
mon country as any other civilized and
patriotic people. They knew they could
make 10 Advancement directly in the
teeth OF these strong and noble senti-
ments. Accordingly. they commenced
by an iUsidious debauebery Of the public
mind; they invented an ingenious soph
ism, which, if conceded. was followed by
perfectly logical steps through all the in
cideDts Of the complete destructiou of the
Union. The sofhisn itself is, that au
State of the Union may, consistently With
the. nations Constitution, sud, therefore,
lawfully and peacefully withdraw from
The Union, without the consent of the
Union. or of any other State.
The little disguise that the supposed
right is to be exercised only for Just
cause. themselves to be the sole Judge OF
its justice. is too thin to merit any DO
tiee. With rebellion thus sugar. co tied
they have been druggiug tie people OF
their section for more than thirty years,
and until at length they have brought
many good mcn to 3 willingness to take
up arms against the Government the day
after some assemblage OF men have enact.
ed the farcical preteDse OF taking their
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