The Cadiz Democratic sentinel. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 1854-1864, 1861-10-30
took place on the eSth Of August

Secretary nf State bv friends OF Mr.. Pstrick. Do
The elIer that Rotwitbs; aliding his associates Ne
wits fsfscnallY loyal TO this GUyerumsnt. and
that he was isnorsnt Uf the tfeasonabIe nafufs
OF he correspondence which wss being Garfield
on through the Mercantile house 0f Nhieh 10
was member Directions were thsfsuDos
given bt the Secretary Of Stats to propsr eEeut
10 inquire into tlte correctness ofthe hets lhiis
presented, and This inquiry resulted Ia the Ii.
tabIishment Of their truth. Mr.. WiliiaI Pat.
rick was thereupon promptly released from eus.
tody by direction Of the Secretary Of Gtats..-
This release occurred on the thirteenth daS
OF September last, -. ,esAT
On the second day of September, Tie SapsF-
intendent Of Police, In the city Of New TorE.
informed the Secretary Of State, ~ tolsersth,
that he had under arrest, j, g. Rshming, vhe
had just afrised fr6tn NGssau where he f1Sd at-
tempted to induce the owners Of tho schooner
Arctic 10 take cannon TO Wilmington, in Nsrth
Carolina, for the use OF the rebels, snd inquissa
what he should do with che prisoner. =. G.
hahming was ther9upoD committed into ihilitG-
ry custody at Fort LafaS cite, Under mandate
from the Secretary OF State. This c0iaiiiii4
ment was made on the second day Of Seplsm-
Der. On the Seventeenth day of that month
this prisoner. after due inquiry, was telsxasd
from custody, on his executing bond in the
penalty of two thousand FIVE hundred doiiass,
with condition that he should hereafter besr
true allegiance to the United States. and do 10
act hostile or Injurious to them while remaining
under their protection. ss.ss.,g
have to regret that after so long 40 offei6i
intercourse between the Goyernmeflfs cf tie
United States and Great Britain, It should b.
necessary to inform her Msjestys Minisssfs
that oil executive proceedings. whether Of the
S2pf afar unf At. o.. GA.
are, unless disavowed by the President, pro.
ceedings of the President of the United Statss
Certainly it is not necerssry to announea No
the British Government now that sfi inaurres-
ton, attended by civil and even social war, was
existing in the United. States when the procasa.
ings which have thus related took place But
it does seem necessary To state, for the informs.
ton OF that Government, that Congress- IL b
the Constitution invested by no executive teW-
er or responsibility whatever, and, on the eoS.
trary, that the President Of the Unitsd States
rs, by ths Constitution and laws, INFESTED With
the whole executive power Of the Government.
and charged with the supreme direction of all
municipal and ministerial civil agents, As weli
as OF the whole land and naval forces or lis
Union, and that, invested with these ampls
powers, be is charged by the Constitution ana
laws with the absolute duty 3f sdppressin8 In
surrection as well as preventing and Tepoisina
invasion, and that Tor these purposes he censti.
tutionaly exercises the right Of suspendipe the
writ OF habeas corpus whenever aud wherSsoagaf
and in whatsoever extent the public safety, sa-
dangered by treason or invasion in arms, In biz
judgment requires. ess.a.{,
The proceedings Of which the British Cog
ernment complain were taken upon ir,ioTmatiuu
conveyed to the President by legal police aa-
thorities OF the country, and they were not in
stituted until after he had suspended the grogt
writ Of F,eedom in just the extent that in
view of the perls Of the State he deersed nsssss-
sary. For the exercise of that discretion be. -
well as his advisers. among whom are the Sec-
retary of War and the Secretary OF State, ID re-
sponsble by law, before the highest judicial
tribunal OF the Republic, and amsnable, else,
to the judgment of bis countrymen. and the
enlightened opinion Of the civilized world!
candid admission, contained in your isstsY.
relieves me of any necessity for showing that tho
two persons named therein were neither known
nor supposed.to be British subjects when the
occurred, and that in every caxs,
subjects Of her Majesty, residing in the Unitsd
States, and under their protection, are trSatsd,
during the present troubles in the same mAn-
ner, and with no greater or less rigot thsa
American citizens. sqe1
The military prison which was usad Tor the
temporary detention the suspected partiss 10
1 fort, constructed aud gafrisofsd Oh the bgbiit
defense. The military officer charged with
their custody has declined to pay obediencs 10
the writ Of habeas cospus, but the refusal wae
made in obediance TO an express direclios 6i ths
President, in the exercise ofhs fifiStions %
in Chief Of all the land ana naval
nf Hn pttn IL su8a
very impoetant, it certainly is net entirely ir.
relevant to add that, SO far as. am informed,
no writ of kabeas corpus was attempted to b.
served or was even sued out or applied ior In
behalf of either Of the persons named; although
in acase not dissimilar tha writ of habees coy-
pts was issued out in favor Of another British
subject, and was disoheyed by directions Of the
President Na#
The British Government have candidiy con.
ceded, in the remonstrance before rns, thAt D.
ven in this country, so remarkable for co lonx
an enjoyment by its people Of the highest in
munities OF personal freedom, war, and sspkt.
ially civil wdr, cannot be conducted exclusively
in the orms and with the dil.tory remsdics ugu.
videl by municipal laws which are adequate 70
the preservation Of public order in d time AZ
peace. Treason always operates, if possibls.
by surprise, and prudence and humanity there.
fore equally require that violence eoncoctsd IN
secret shall be prevented, il practicabis, by IN
usual and vigorous precaution. am tuily n
ware OF the Inconvenience which result from the
practice OF such precauticn, embarrassing ecls.
munities in social his, and affecting vsrhzps
trade and intercourse with foreign tialicna. But
the American people. after having tried 10 sv-
cry WY to avert civil war, hase accspssd issat
last as stern necessity. The chief interest.
while it lasts, is not the enjoyments OF socicty.
or the profits of trade, but the saving sf shs
national life That lie saved, alI the ofher
blessings which attended it will speedily rs.
turn. with greater assurance than ever before.
The safety of the whole people has becoms. In
the present emergency, the supreme law, and
so long as the danger shall ex st, ell classes of
society. equally the denizsn aud the citixcn.
cheerully acquiesce in the measures which that
law pre- .cribes. 8aa
Tho Government does not ouest;ou the tssgn.
ing Of the legal advisers Of the British Crowa.
or the justice OF the difference which her IA.
iety pays to them. Nevsrtheless, TIE British
Government viii hardly expect their explaas-
tion OF the Constitution of tho United Sfsaam.
esp, eially, when the Constitution thus sxpoun-
led, would leave upon him the sols executive
responsibility Of suppressing the existing In
surrection, while il would transfer to CONGRESS
the most material and indispenssbls power 10
be employed for hat purpose. Moreover,
these explanations Ind no support in the let
ter, much less in the spirit, Of tho Constitution
ITSELF ilemast DO allowed, therefore, 70 prefer
and be governed BY the view 0. our organic n,t-
tionai law, which, while IL will enabis himgto
exuecutc his great til4t W tA eoinplete scsxeass
IL