Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes County, Ohio) 1856-1865, 1861-09-05

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deed, for all the purposes ofresisting the rebell
ion, care not 1t is due to him to say, how
ever, that be has seemed to be in good faith at
tempting to put down the rebellion. He ha
not done all things as would have done them
because would have multiplied his men b,
about four, and where he has strrck one bloy
l wonld have struck a dozen. Laughttr AM
cheering.] Therefore do not agreee with hin
in that respect. When the day comes we cal
have a settlement with him, for he is to be he'll
with all other Ole, r., TO strict account. Blu
| would not do even that under the smoke ofaI
Cnemy's guns. Let US see first, that the REBEL
ion is put down. Andwhcn that is done an
resby 10 see how it has been done. / do no
propose to yield this Union or any part of it t'
the so-callcd Confederate Government that ha:
bren made up in the Southern States. 1t is nc
government. and there is nothing in the shape
Of 4 government under il, over in it, or around
it. diagonally. horizontally. or perpendicularly
Like boys training. 1t is all officers. Laugh
ter Itis made up thus: you shall be President
of the Congress. and will be President of the
Coniederacy; you shall be Minister ofForeign
Affairs, and Twill be Secretary ofihe Treasury
| laughter, Doubtless, very well; satisfactory
enough. Ii they had kept it to themselves nc
one would have objected to their strutting in
their stolen plumage. But it is time for the
people OF the United States to put their hand
upon 1t in earnest. and TO maintain the Govern
ment of the Constitution. The babeas corpus
hard kind of ZANE for a writ, but one which
a lawyer or Dutehman finds little difficulty in
pronouncing-it is said that the habeas corpus
has been suspended and abused Well, Think
it is because some have writted so much about
it, while the knew so little. l. simply means
10 have the body. A prisoner is alleged to be
improperly imprisoned; and, in order that the
case may be inquired into. a petition is presen-
ted to Judge, and then the Judge allows the
writ, and the prisoner is brought up and the
person who holds him is bound to make re-
turn. If the prisoner is illegally detained. the
Judge orders him to be discharged ;If rightfully
imprisoned, he remands him.. That is all there
is aboutit. 1t is simply civil writ. But there
is an old moxlm, as old Julias Cesar would have
been had he lived, inter drnad silent lcgcs, that
is, the laws are silent in the midst of arms
Here is the question:: An individual is impris-
oned here; some friend gels ahabeas-corpus, and
he is brought up, and the case is inquired into.
And whoever inierferes with, or obstrdets that
writ, is guilty of gaeat moral and legal wrong,
and incurs a heavy yenalty. In time of war il
is a different matter. Here it is found that
man is fixing to blow up fortress, or betray
an army to the enemy The officer in command
has him arrested, and sends him to fort. with
known to be a trailar. and in the confidence of
traitors and enemies. A lawyer sues out
a writ of habeas corpus. But what is the
result? 1t cannot be served and the prison
er cannot be procured they cannot see
him unless the Judges tongue is longer
than the soldiers bayonet. Would any
one if he was commanding at Fortress
Monroe, Fort McHenly, or anywhere else,
where he was surrounded with treason and
traitors at every step, would he because
Judge sent writ of habeas corpus give up
a traitor who was endangering the safety
of his command and the interests of the
country Cries of "Never."l No man can
pretend it for a single moment, it is en-, of
the terrible necessities of war. And if l
were in command and had good reason to
believe that had possession of traitor,
and no other remedy would arrest treach-
cry, | would suspend the writ and the in
dividualteo.- Cheers and cries of Good
"That goes right to the spot" "That is
sound" THAT is such Democracy as l like
to see."l There is no other case. Gen.
Jackson had the hearts of the American
people more than any man of modern
Times. And why? Because he met great
necessities like a man. He didn't 60, in
times of stirring necessity, to demonstrate
problems from musty precedents, but when
a man wanted hanging, he hung him first
and looked up the law afterward. Laugh
teri There are times and occasions when
this is the only way TO do in dealing with
treason. The civil law affords no adequate
remedy. While you are discussing the
question the country may be ruined, the
Capital in flames, the archives destroyed.
When the war is over we may. examine
and see if any one has incurred a penalty
for suspending the writ of habeas corpus.
Gen. Jackson paid his fine, but not until
after he had put down both foreign foes and
domestic traitors. So long as there is a
citizen South that demands the protection
Of this Government, then it is our duty to
protect the Government of. tho Union for
his sake. ["Sound," "That's the talk DC
And when there is none, it is our duty to
it, for politically, geographically,
socially, and commercially it is one in ev-
cry sense-it is utterly impossible for this
Government to be divided without its ut
ter destruction to both sections. When
you attempt to divide North and South,
you must do it East and West. Then all
will 60 to pieces, and our country will be a
than Mexico, because we
have ten times more material for, mischief
and destruction. A military despotism
will be inaugurated whenever you permit
his rebellion to triumph. But some cry
we are in favor Of peace. Yes, we are all
or peace now. was for, negotiating a
peace, until fortifcation was fred upon
BY Rebel Artillery, and then l bade adieu
% all expectations of peace until conquered
over rebellion. Cheers. l say there is
10 peace until you can put down rebellion
BY force of arms; and when every other
nan, woman, and childin the United States
,as acknowledged the independence of the
'evolted States, to those with arms in their
iands l will still oppose it, and will talk
or my own qualification when, no others
will hear me. Laughter, and cries Of
'Good." We must stand by the Union.
Fellow citizens, the language Of Andrew
Jackson was, "The Union must and shall
,e preserved" What would Gen. Jack
ION have done had he been at the helm to-
lays He would have hung the traitors
higher than Haman. You NAV make
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