Orleans independent standard. [volume] (Irasburgh, Vt.) 1856-1871, 1861-07-12

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dangerous to th public safety. This
authority has urposely been exer-
cised, but very springly. Nevertheless,
the legality aid propriety of what has
been done unler it are questioned, and
the attention If the country has been
called to the Proposition that one who is
sworn to take ARE that the laws be faith
fully executed should not himself violate
them.
, Ofcourse some consideration was given
to the questioned power and Propriety,
before this mater was acted upon. The
whole of the laws which were required
to be faithfully executed were being re-
sisted, and failingof execution in nearly
one-third of the States must they be al
lowed to finally Gear that by the use Of
the means necessary to their execution,
some single law made in such extreme
tenderness of tie citizens liberty, that
practically it releves more of the guilty
than of the innocent, should to q very
limited extent b, violated?
To state the question more directly, are
all the laws but one to go unexecuted and
the Government itself 60 to pieces lest
one be violated? Even in such a case
would not the official oath be broken if
the Government should be oyerthrown
when it was believed that disregarding
the single law would tend to preserve it
But it was not believed that this question
was presented. 1t was not believed that
any law was violated. The provision Of
the Constitution that the habeas corpus
shall not be suspended, unless when in
case of rebellion or invasion the public
safety does require it. 1t was decided
that we have acase of rebellion, and that
the public safely does require the quail
fed suspenslonpf the privilege Of the writ
which was authorized to be made.
Now it is insisted that Congress, and
not the Executive, is vested with this
power, but the Constitution itself is silent
as to which or who is to exercise the
power and as the provision was plainly
made for a dangerous contingency, it can
not be believed that the trainers of the
instrument intended that in every case
the danger should run its course until
Congress could be called together, the
assembling of which might be prevented,
as was intended in this case, by the re-
bellon.
No more extended argument is now
offered, as an opinion at somo length will
probably be presented by the Attorney
General. Whether there there shall be
any legislation upon the subject, and if
any what, is submitted entirely to the
better judgment of Congress.
THE ronBrARANcE OF THE GOVERNMENT.
The forbearance of this Government
had been SO extraordinary and so long
continued as to lead some foreign nations
to shape their action as if they supposed
the early destruction of our national IN
ion was probable. While this, on dis
covery, gave the Executive some concern,
he is now happy to say that the sover-
eighty and the rights of the United States
are now everywhere practically respected
by foreign powers, and a general sympa-
thy with the country is manifested thro'-
out the world.
The report of the Secretaries of Treas
ury, War, and the Navy, will give the
in detail, deemed necessary
and convenient for your elaboration and
action, while the executive aud all the
will stand ready to supply
omissions, or to communicate new facts
considered important for you to know.
CALL FOR MEN AND MEANS.
1t is now recommended that you give
he legal means for making this contest
short and decisive one that you place
At the disposal of the Government, for
he work, at least 100000 men and
t00,0O0.000 of dollars.
That number of men is about one-tenth
If those of proper age within the regions
where apparently all are willing to engage
md the sum is less than a twenty-third
'art of the money value owned by the
men who seem ready to devote the whole.
A debt Of six hundred millions of dol
ars now is less sum per head than was ,
he debt of our revolution when we came
nut of that struggle. And the money
'alue in the country now, bears even
,reater proportion to what it was then
han does the population. Surely each man
las as strong motive now to preserve
ur liberties, as each had then to estab-
sh them. A right result at this time
will be worth more to the world than ten
ines the men and ten times the money.
The evidence reaching US from the coun-
ry leaves no doubt the material for the !
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