Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1861-02-27

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military preparations, sioa.' federal
Dropert,. received larg be If con-
tedera.e troops, entered ito .roa'y it'll
confederates. and perm toi the i ''
rectionary government 90 70. "ans.'" d
to Virgiuia's caPiua.
The Goyernmen has L choice let
with Virginia, and 'e 50 With less re
rret, from having b. .l'd to Pro..o.
loyal citizen whom D loand 70
.tain. Othe order at,, favor @n
neutrality, /. a. So Prevent col.
s5 disun 4 irons, upJ lg their Sol.
This w,nl lie 1s4oiC G mpleta and
.fr7rative It would be > u.l5 mpass-
able u.r all g the i 1o anaratLon
and Der be gui o uoutro
armed, tn nan 8 a. tn Inionsts
and feed ne insure. io s. sio. all
.b ar. lbIc from seca.sin hands csc"
y t rises from c.tn Il blockade,
would 70 the maI,nt nts disuoion
without. a struggle Of i own.
It recognize no a5s' to coosyitt'.
IN, no obligation to + itain the Unioa
while many loyolis. fagi il, its very in.
furious, recurring %ac.io. The Govern.
ment FIRST called sevent Eve thousand
me. and then proclaim he blockade.
Ir nrrectionists annoe 81 privatseriug,
A call for three sIs troops was
made, large addition { he army and
navy measures we're v ntrred upon un.
der the popular dema" AID public ne
cessity. trusting to c 1gressional ratif'
cation; soon after I Jnsidered it a duty
authorized to command Gen. Scott, to
suspend the habeus corpus where public
safety required This vas necessary tc
the execution Of the laws The contin.
uance of this law made III sch extreme
tenderness oftbo citi en- llJerty--prac.
ticPlly relieved NOR of the guilty thar
the innocent II state tie question
more directly are all the VS. but on,
to be unexey utcd and 597 rnm6nt g
to pieces lest one be violated? But i
was believed that the suspension of ha
beus corpus was not unconstitutional e
Forbeara1ce had been 50 extraordinary
and long continued as to induce foreigy
nations to aaape their action in the sup
position Of an early dissolution. TIL,
adj inistra on was concerned, Int nov
an happy to state that the sovereign
union every where is practically respect
cd, Sympathy with tle government i
manifested throughout .he world, TIL.
Secretary viii give DEF j ed information
and the Executive Az Is department
are ready 70 supply omi sions necessar.
to guide deliberations
lrecommend the at ption OIL fine sure
o make tn contest S Ort and decisive
| and that you place al the Government
5 disposal al least four hundred thousan
men and foun hundred mill ons of MOI
, ey. That number of mel is near one
{ tcntd Of the available men within militf
ry region, and that su y a twenty-thir
] Of The wealth Of men WHO seem wnlin
to dovo,o the whole fonf hundred mi
lions, a less debt per head than revolt
, tionary proportion, Surely the motiv
, now is as strong as then, I'D a right r,
= suit now be worth to the 'orld ten tint
10
D the ner and ten times the money. Lee
islative sanction is only necessary. NJ.
= terial for the work is lbundant. tt
e greatest government p,rplexity is Il
avoidance Of receiving 1 en- faster ths
t. prepared. The people yill save the
4 government il the COVE Dment will {
t its part Of the duty, While there
G percoptibly little difference between s
D cesSion and revolution, tie movers kno
Y they could never raise their treason
= responsibility by any name implying
violation of law, They could only q
vance indirectly in the TT 18th of the n
e BILE sentiments Of the ,eople. Th,
commenced ihsidiOusly tt debauch Il
public sentiment--.inve,ted ingenO
sophism which if considered and logic,
Q ly followed all became incidents to Il
= destruction of the Union. Sophism
legal and a peaceful withdra wal witho
# the Unions consent, thus s lgar.coatiI
. rebelliOus public mind, dragged duri
IS thirty years, and good men in arms
i. gainst government, sophism derives CT
reucy from assumption Of some omnip
tent supremacy pertaining to a Sta,
States have neither more nor less III