The Council Bluffs nonpareil. [volume] (Council Bluffs [Iowa]) 1857-1867, 1861-09-28

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grr Ixs1assssn, -, lsn. psi.
eURAR Sra :-Xe1s letter Of the 18th inss.s
in which yos cay. s.Evsr sinoe. 1feekid-
ridke made bic nskSoaabis Stsschss ia ths
United SsstAa SsaeSeS is = ASinx eenseaneN
rsisefatsd that prssidees Lineola Aas viola
ted the Consultation, and, - svideAos Of
the faee, jssis zasseesed sAas sAes Ssooss re-
faced to ratiiy bis asts;" and in which yoa
ask ne SEQ ssa9s whether the charge that
Congress did fsfsss 70 sussain the acts Of
sse Prs:idsos, 10 sras, Or not" has eoas
duly % isad.
By 1sfrriss ss,l> !" "Asts and 4 ylslutioas
passed al Fhs lss Ssssicaxof the s7.h Con-
gress, page 50, 0se.csA q Act No. So,
copy OF which Iesad yos, yoa will observe
that ]. 10 enacseds sssaat oil The acts. proc.
lamasioas, and Qrdsss ot the Presidees sef
.hs Hsissd State, after shs feprA of March,
Eig SasSa 4eh&2 and asisty-sa& tss1ecsing
the amy and nary Of the Uuited States,
and calling out A. sslAsiag 70 shes snilsia OF
volunteers from shs Ststess are hereby ap-
proved. and iu oil fespects ,legalised aud
made valid. 70 the. came intent and With the
came eject as Il they had been issped aud
done under the previous express authority
and dir.osiod Of the Congress Of The Ulitsd
States. - !. 81 a&s 80
This ssdsids ra.ises AID sonarus, TO the
fullsst possible extent, Gil the ac,s OF the
President ehst needed or vsts susceptible
Of ratification, and wss adopted by the vote
Of every Repuhiicaa and loyal Democratic
usabss Of the Senate present. Eofst - I
am informed and believe, it WHs oil the con.
frmasisa 0f .ths aoss Of the Presldent that
he either sxpeotsd or desired.
know il 10 urged BY some, but mostly.
il not ensi,sly, b., the . Who are opposed
to the vigorous prosecution Of the present
var, that It vas also necessary to cobRrm
the acts Of the PreSident suspendipg. in
some cases, the writ Of haheos corpns. IL
must be apparent, think, to every one
who will reascs upos The subject, that to
have attempted such confirmation would be
to inferentially admit that ~ Commander
in-Chief Of the army and navy Of the United
S,ates, the PEssidsnt had ~ power to sus-
pend the operation Of that writ without
Congressional asthesity.s Very few, II any,
loyal members Of Congrass are willing to
admit sAAs. sThsy did sos gdoabs sbus slhss
be had complete power in ths prelnisss, and
they chose to leave him to exercise his su-
thority under The Coastitusion according to
his own judgment and ~ the sxigencss se
the country might require They did noe
believe that his Acts 10 this regard needed
confirmation, and thcrsfore oondned their
ratification and approval to such acts q re-
quirsd legal enactments for their bases, snd
10 the mutation Of which they had been
anticipated BY him.
There may be como Who housasly believe
that the Senate refused TO support the
President because " their failure 70 pa5s
csrsaiu resolutions prsssassd BY Mr.. Wilsoa
Of Mass. Tbs facts IN rseardto those rss-
olusions are these. They were introduced
AZ an early DAY in the ssssion, and were pus
| aside from day 30 dsyto make room for
what Vas considsrsd more important busi-
ness, until just u the close Of the session,
when they had reached that stage in parliA-
msntary prooeedings, when Il was impossibls
to amend them without unanimous consent,
and thai eould not bs obtainsd.4 The ebjes-
ton urged BY some gentiemsn sgainss then
As they stood without amendment, Was that
they were Improperly drawn, inasmuch -
the 'phrasselogy wss 10 ths past tense, and
declared that the asts Of the Psssidens sssss
legal and valid, where's, - they insisssd,
they ought to have declared that those acts
should 6stlegal and valid 4 though dons
under The ssncsion Of law. Il was qses-
ton Of gfsanasioal ossstrsstion. THIS, II
my. memory serves me Sorrsotly, vss The
position Of Mr. Sherman Of Ohio, whose
action has been much criticised ID this State
- veil - sisswhsrss He DECLARED his viii
lingsess, nay bic anxiety, n jnstiiy and sp-
prove the scts OF the President, bot hs vsa
| unwilling to say that those acts were legal
At NE Tins they wets performed. Although
NOS agresing With him IN his construction
Of the phfsssology Of The rssolatiose, Il d
due to him TO Say, that no maa 10 Amsrioa
1as more anxious than he to give TO ths
ADMINISTRATION an honest, hearty and patri-
| cite support, and when the lsgaiisatiOn oi
| its prossedings uas put 10 vhss be believed
60 Do proper language hs cordially sasssia'
edit. IS.
II was simply On account of tbis objeo
! tioa in tbs niuds Of = few Senators thA'
the resolutieos which itwas impossible u
amend, we're dropped, and tho subatanos q
them incorporated into Z Law.
Be assured, my dear sif, that oil thes'
/ charges Of . refusal 70 suppost the Admia
issratisn b. Rspublioan snd isyal Dsmos<ss
10 Senators sse devices Of the enemy, and
should only serve TO make the path Of dut]
more plain before AZ. That dutt, u tssm
70 ne, 10 obvisus. ,,Wsshosid shthusiastis
ally .ally to tho support OF The noble ast
ftrue men Who we're nominated By the Con
4 vention held as Dee Moioes Oh The 3Ist d..
/ sf Jul, 1iss. They are the Representatives
lofibs 0overnnsst ID this ofisie. A vOe
for them will be sots 10 support OF th'
/ Administrations, ip, favdr Of ths intsgrity =
tbs 0overnmens. and for peace through Vic
/ tofys Let u givssS Gov. kirt4ood, Who
IN she last si1 nen,hs, has dSns mofs hes'
work, insarrsd greater responsibilities, 81
been more csuselesslt abused than al y
Governors that lows svsr had, thst cheer
ing, s~espinG msjority NIT bic pstrioslsn
his iassGsisy Of psrpsss. end bic dsvesael
10 the true iutssssas ef the State % jusel
merit. am very truly. -
$50 - Your ob' servant,
ts0ffits azs@ eAi JAIss W. aGaSn1ss 2
4. @. bAsSSs, ESQ, 81
I,.. AIsIA, Monroe County. Laws.
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