The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1861-07-17

a''sn''on Of the cooriry hss been e.ii.d !,
y me proposition that one who il sworn "a ,.l.
eIears that the Isws te faithfully ex.eu,.d
:. should not hinself violate ih.m Tbs
~no'e o. the las which were required % 81
I 'sithfnliy executed were beiag res;s,.d-
! must hey De allowed 10 finally fsil Of q
Iecu'ion! To state The question more d;s.e,-
'lJ. s'e 81 The laws bu, one 10 70 une x.cu
ted. and the Goysrnmens itself "a =. :. -
ces' iest that one be siolatedi +. But II -.
not believed that this question wss prsseo,.
led- II was not believed that snv la ~..
violated. Ths provision Of The coos,i,.,io,
'nst the writ Of hsbsas corpus shsll oos b.
suspended unless = when in csses OF reL.:,,o.
OF Invasion the public safety may reouire il.
\ was decided that We have = esse Of rebel.
''on' and that the public safety does reoui,.
me qualified suspension OF the PRIVILEGE a.
The writ Now il 10 insisted ihs, Coor,...
and not the Executive is vested viii III.
power, but the Constitution itself IL silen,
% 70 which. or who 10 to exerese the powe.
and as the provision was plainly ns1e ~,
dangerous emergency, il cannot be intend
Cd that in every csse the danger should run
'ts course until Congress should Be- called
togt ther, the very sss embi Of which might
be prevented. % was intended in this cs,e
by the rebe eliionisis. No more extended -.
gument i now offered, a. an opinion at ssme
length will be presented By the Attorney
General. Whether there shall BE- suv Iee.
'slaiion upon The subject. and II sny, what.
is submitted entirely 20 the better judcnem
Of Congress.
The forbesrance Of this Go,ernmen NJ Aad
been 90 extraordinary and 90 long continued
% to lead some foreign nstons 70 shsps
their action. % Il they supposed the early
obstruction Of our national Union. was prob.
able. While this. on discovery. gave ihs
Executive some concern. he 10 happy 20 ssy
1hs' the sovereignty and righ,s Of the Un-
Ted States are nov every where practicable
respected BY foreign powers. snd general
sympathy win the country il usnifss.sd
throughout the world.
lie nov recomme nded thar you give The
egal ms ans for making lhis contest short
md decisive one. that you nsy' place q ibs
;onuo' Of the Government for the work ..
east four hundred thousand men ana four
'undfed millions Of dollsrf, that number OF
nen being sbout one e-tenlh Of those cf pro
er sge within the regions where apparent
sll are willing 10 engage; and the sum il
80 than twenty third part Of the money
slus owned BY the men Who ssem read, 20
evots the whole. A debt sf six hundred
'illions sow is less sum per bead than
90 the debt Of our revolution. whom ~
lms out Of that struggle. snd the money
llus 10 the country now bears even great
proportion 10 what Il We then than does
'e population. The svidenes seschins ss
aves no doubt that the material ior shs
ork is abundant.
While u might seem q 6rst ihought Of
4 little difference whether the present
ovement q the South be called secsssion
rebellion. the movers. however. veil on.
rstood the difference Al the beginnine
~ knew they could never raise their tree.
. e any respectable magnitude By any
me which implies violation Of lev Ac-
rding'y they CONNIE need an insid,ous d.
uchIng Of the psbIic mind; they invented
ingenious sophism which. IL conceded
= followed BY perfectly logical s,sps
'ough all the incidenh 10 the complete
Of the Uaion. The sophisn il.
L is thar any State 81 the Union msy
with the NaieBsl Cons,isution
vfuIIy and pesesfrIly withdraw from ths
ion without the consent or the Usiop OF
sny other State. They little diseuiss
supposed right BY proposing % exercise
ny for just Cause. because they ihsm-
ves are % Be the sole judges Of iss justice.
sh rebellion thus sugsr.eosssd they have
~ drugging the public mind Of their sse-
, for more than thirty years. and Until
|sngth they have brought many good pss
J willingness 70 take up arms against The
eminent the dsy sffer soms ssssnblsRs
men have enacted the fsrcicsi pfsssnss
laking their State out 81 The Union, who
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