Richmond daily Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1842-1861, 1861-07-11


these.
In the arst column occurs the follow ne passage;
IMust government Of nee ssity be too strong for
the liberties Of It's owr people, or too weak to main
s.n il own existeuess So viewing the issue, no ehoce
tu, to call out the powers of the Govern
ment and % resis. force employed Tor It's des'rae
a. ton by force for its preservation
The ip,srrOeAtcvy ard the answer together dselose
,bs ,bole policy of sbe usurpers at Washington. Tie
Govs-pmsp, can only msinian is existence BY becon-
ing too strong for the Liberties OF the people This is
the admission BY the usarpers themselves rhsy therefore
deliberately, and with malice PrePenss, saeridee the
nubjc liberties TO the maintenance OF the Government-
Toey prefsr desposm the loss of their places There
il no disguise about the matter Ii distinctly and eur
b.,e Nv stated This "a the old doctrine Of the Aoso
Iats,s and champions Of divine right IL Is the direct
oppoass Of the great principle established oy cur Rev
oludoo, that Government . MEANS and not an end
thy, il vas designed for the benefits Of the people A2d
hs il ceased to sabservs teat purpose should be aoo
ishsd This the grand and rscognE'd principle Of
every man who fought in the sevea Jssrs var, and It
WA supposed 20 be dear to the hearts o. eli their de
s,eudants But IL Is wholly los. sight Of BY ths fan
ksss. With them, as With the Tories Of Gsorge Ill,
Government Is every thing aud liberty nothing.
The doctrine that the States owe their existence to the
UaO and in fact nothing rose team counties, has
nothing but is mpudenee to commend H. Il Is conrs-
dcsed By the whole history Of the eoucGy. Virginia
declared herself free sovereign and independent Gem
monuealth. the Is Of May '76-sH weeks before tie
Declaration Of Independence by the thirteen colonies
and tha. declaration she made good, w,hou, Yankee
help and extorted acknowledgment of it from the
King of Great Britain. Blu: the PRONUNCIATION of this
doctrine at this time ony betrays fully the pur-
pose of the Yankee RImp to eOavert the Confedersey
of Sovereign StAss into Consolidated DespOtism.-
That any such purpose will be resisted the bitter ezj
BY all the Southern States far they concerned is
demonstrated by the rally to Throughout, their Dor
ders That they have not been a moment too quick in
taking their position, is equally demonstrated by Tire
AvO~a Of the doctrine and the array of force uar
tan il on the other sile.- If the YAEkee aiss vii
Ing that set of tyrants and psceseekers IN Washing
too should strike them from existence aud erect dss
po:ism on their ruins, that is their sir. Luckily
have severed our fortunes from theirs and by the bliss
sing Of God will keep them separate IOrey,r.
Uatl this message, the Washington Runp never sd
mi..ed that the RsbeiiOn anything but the
d.oriery individuals WHO could be dispersed by posi-
eODri,ats The cal for seveny-fve thousand men gave
al air Of dieu!e 70 he P'e'crson-as that vas rabc-
larger attendance 2sace officer than lad been heard
Of in history. The absuri;y Of the procession i
aggravated By The call for 400 O0O a1d m.oa
Of dolArs-eerrsi-ly the mOst imposing posss eoD;ta
on record Tbis c.u reveals 70 foreign nations MA
Seward was snx Gus coUeesl from them that this ia
great movement of ten millions OF people supper. o.
their liberties With VIA: face he hereafter pretend
when quss.oued BY France EagAnd that this is Ouy
a pstty dis:ublsce which will pass away by frosi'
The dissertation OF the writ Of habsas corpus ia per
haps the most peculiarly Sewardian Of this eminentv
hypoeriieal production. We reproduce the passages r
ting this sutj Ct:
Soon after the FIST call for militia It considered
duty TO auihOfizs the commanding General in propaI
cases according hs discretion, 70 suspend the prveg
Of the writ Of bsbsls eOfpus; in other words TO
rest aud dean without 10 the ordinary processes
aad forms of law such individuals be might deem dar
gerou, 70 the public safety. THIS authority has purposey
been sx srcis d bus very spariDgly.
Nevertheless the legality and propdeiy Of what hes
been done under questioned and the attention Of
the country has been called 10 the proposition that
who u sEorn 20 take that the laws De faithfully
executed should not himself violate them.
OF course some consideration given TO the ques
tiou of power and proprey before this matter acted
upon The whole OF the laws Nhieh required TO b
faithfully executed being resisted and failing Of
ecution 10 nearly ouGhrd Of the Sstes Nus they be
ao~ed 70 aaly fail Of Sx scuon, had it been per-
fecty clear that by the Of the necessary TO
their execution some single law, made 10 such extreme
tenderness OF the ci.izsns liberty that practically il
HeVss OF the guilty than OF the innocent should 20
q very hmi-ed extent. De violated To state the quss
ton directly all the laws bat one 20 go uneX
scuted and the government s go to pieces lest that
one be violateds
The question here discussed TO wit whether it was
better 70 violate one oath or many Is worthy Of the &C.
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be found that more evil results from the violation Of
Law than of all the other laws The writ Of hibsaS corpus
lies q tho foundation of all liberty What does any citizen
care for any other that great writ Is superseded and
be Is in ii. and unable TO regain his freedoUi The ty
rants vel kne. they doing more for despossm BY
asroatnE that as than they could 'fct BY any other
means The assumption, that because the Constitution
Is silent as 70 Who il to exercise the power OF suspend
ing the writ that poser Is conferred on the President
would apply with equal force in favor Of any othsr Off
The dspAraging comments on this great balTark
OF freedom would indicate that lis permanent. Suspension
IL part and parcel Of the Yankee Government "Prae
risaity relieves Of the guilty thaH Of the limo
cent the words Of the message. l. has been detss
ed BY yrAnss and despOs in all ages and denuneatiOus
Of Is come very appropriately from those whose exist
snce Is incompatible with free people, piA in
,ksir haSds. II siiE,Es not liable to have tseir
houses searched their taken from them and their
persons seized and imprisoned Lincoln would reign
day The ~rit y hGSss' sOrPas therefore practically
disappears from the Yankee CODE and the extraordinary
spectacle Is presented Of people bOasting their Anglo
Saxon blood, deliberately taking themselves the si
tiers Of servisude. OF course, nothing Of the
South, how and shat slaves they may bseOme but the
f.es should make ioice at devsrance, and slim
ul,e US 10 increased tIerOns make that deveranee
complete and perpetual