Mineral Point weekly tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1859-1868, 1861-07-12

aud the Navy lard at G"sport. near Norf,lI
lhey received, perhaps invited iato the STATE
large bodies of troops with Their war,ka an.
pointments, from the so-called seeded S,..ds
l.hey formally entered INTO a treaty ~ ou;-
ance with the so-called "COnfederate S,atos -
aud sent memt ers 10 their Congress, AZ NJ,
gomery. And finally, they permitted the in.
surrectionary government To be raDSf.rro.i >,
their capital al Richmond
The people of Virginia have thus allowed
this giant InsurrectIon TO make its nest with.
in her borders, and this government Las no
choice LETT bu. Ia deal with il where !, finds
IT, ana II has the less 10 regret, as the lovaI
cltlzens nave, IN Cue form claimed lis pro,ec
tIon. These loyal citizens the govern maot i
ho' nc to recognize and protec, as benz in
Virginia. 80
In the border States, so called-iD fact the
hIudie States-there are those who favor
IoIIcy when they call armed neutrality tha;
i, an arnIHg of those States 10 prevent the
Union forces passing one way or The disuD on
the other over their soil This would he dis
union completely. Figuratiyely speaking il
would be the building Of an impossible wall
along The line of separation and } ct not quite
an impossible one, for. under the gujse Of neu-
trallty, 1t would tie the hands of Union men.
ana lreeIy pass S ppIIes from among them to
the insurrectlonistS. which il could not do ~
an open enemy. At n stroke j, would take
all the trouble off the hands of secession. ex
cept only what proceeds from the external
blockade 1t would do for the dsuniouists
that whIch OF all things they most desire
ieed them we'll, and give them disunion with.
out struggle of their own. 1t recognizes no
hdehty TO the Constitution--no obligation to
MAINTAIN tie Union. While very many who
nave favored Il are doubtless loyal citizens, ii
Is nevertheless very injurious IN effect
Occurring to the action Of the government.
II may he stated that Al first cali was made
l"r '0.UtU mIItla, and rapidly following this.
4 proclamation was issued for closing the
ports IN tie lnsurIectionary districts by the
instltuilng in them q blockade
So far, all was believed to be strictly legal
At ihls POINT the HsurrectiouiSts announced
their purpose Of entering upon the practice of
PriyaieerluE Other calls were made for vol
untcerS to serve three Years unless sooner dis
charged, and also large additions 10 the req
u'ar army and navy. These measures. whether
strictly legal or nof, were veutured upon what
appeared 10 be the popular demand for a
publlc necessity. trusting then, Is now, that
Congress would heartily ratify them. II i
'elIeNed that nothing has been done bevond
the constitutional competency of Congress
soon after the first call for militia. IL was
considered duty 70 a thurize the Command
lnS General III proper cases, according to h-
discretion, 10 suspend the privilege Of the
hdb1dS corpus. or, Ia other ord>, to arrest and
teiaIn. without resort I" ordinary processes
aud forms OF law, such individuals as he might
deem dangerous TO the public safety. This
authority has purpo>ely been exercised but
very spariuEly. Nevertheless. the legality
and proprle'y of What ha, been done under
It, are questions. and the attention Of the
country has been called 10 the proposition
that one ID" II sworn To take care that the
laws bc faithfully executed should not him
self violate IN. CT course, some Consider
alton was given to the questions OF the power
and pr"priety before This matter wa, acted
rPo" The whole of the laws which We're
reqd-ied 70 be faithfully executed were being
resisted, aud. failing ot execution in nearly
one third OF The States, must thew be allowed
to hnauy tall OF execution, even If ii had
. been perfectly clear that, by the use Of the
means necessary 10 their execution. some sin =
Gle law, made IN such extreme tenderness of
the clIIzeu > liberty that practically 1t relieves
more ut the guilty than The innocent. shnuld
10 q very hEIted extent tie violated ? To
stale the question more directly, are all The
laws but one 10 20 GueXeCuted, and lhc l,uv-
eminent itself Ia q TO pieces. lost that one
be violated Even IN such case would not
the CtiicIal oath be broken # the government;
should be over;hrown. when it wa. believed
that dI>regtrdInG the sjugic law would tend
to preserve 1T Bat 1t was not believed that
this question was presented. Tie provision
OF the Constitution i. that the privilege OF
the VIII ot habeas corpus shall not be su,-
pended, except. IN cases OF rebellion or inva-
sion. the pubic safely requires It, Il WAS
decided that wr have a case of rebeIlon and
the public safety does require the qualified
snsl eLsiou OF the privilege of the WIFI. which
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sisted that Congress. and not the Executive
/ j. vested with fhi, power But the con~t!tu-
tluu itself IS silent a. - which or who j. r.
eXerc ,se the power, aud, q, the provision was
plainly made for a dangerous emergency Il
cauuot he believed that The frauierS OF Tx. IN
strumeut intended that IN every case the
danger ShuUId yum Its course until Cont,re,-
should be called together, the very a4,eIub-
ling Of which might be prevented as was in
tended in This case. bv the rebellion. Nc
more extended argument - NOW afforded IL
an opinion az some length Will probably De
presented by the Attorney General Wheih-
there shall be any Legislation on lIe. sub
jeci. and, # -. " ha', l. submitted entirely :,
The betier judgment of Congress.
The fnrbtarauCe "f tie government la.
been So extraordinary and - long continued
~ 10 lead some iareiEn natI"ii> to shape tieu
aciIons a. II they ~upp'~.d tie early dt-~jruc
ilou of our natlaHdI LuroI was probable.
" bile tins. ON discovery. gave the ENccuttv,
some col Germ. he l. n"w happy 10 >av iha
the >uvclrIguIy and rights of the Cuile,
States are now practically respected hy lor
eicu r"wer-. and general sympathy Will
the government Is manifested Throughout H.,
world.
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