The Shreveport weekly news., 1861-07-22


by the use Of the means necessary I"
1 their execution some single law, made
, in such extreme tenderness OF the
citizens liberty that practically it re-
| lieves more of the guilty than OF :he
innocent, should, TO very limited
, extent, be violated! TO state the
t question more directly. as'e all the
/ laws but one to go uneXecutcd, and
/. the Government itself 60 to pieces
, lest that one be vialated
, Even in such case would not the
official oath be broken if the Govern
rnent should be overthrown, when
/, was believed that disregarding the
s,nelc law would tend to preserve it !!
But il was not believed that this
question was presented. 1t was not
believed that anv law was violated.
The provision OF the Constitution
that the privilege OF the writ of hsbeas
corpus shall not be suspended unless
when in cases 6f rebellion or inva-
sion, the public safety may require,
IL equivalent 10 provision-is
provision-that such privilege may
hc suspended when, in cases OF re-
beIlion Or invasion, the public safety
d iSS r"qEure it
1t was decided that we have a case
of rebellion, and that the public safe
~ does require the qualified suspen-
sion of the writ which was au'hori-
lsed to BE- made. Now, it is insisted
tha. 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 dangerous emer-
e-ency, it cannot be believed the
trainers of The instrument intended
that in every case danger should run
b.. it's course until Congress Shorld be
called together, the very assembling
OF which might have been prevented,
A. was intended III this case by the
rebellion. No more extended argu-
rncnt is now offered, rs an opinion of
some i"ngtl, will probably be prcsell
ted hv The Attorney General. Whctli-
~. thrre shall Ice amy legislation ap--
OF, the subject, and il any, what, is
submitted entirely to the better judg-
urur OF Congress.
v',. in.l,rarance Of this Cavern
,,..,,, L.J h..n 60 cx,r,o,dinarv and
l.uo c,r,;n>,nd ~ ', lead s,,.,o
foreign nations 10 ~hap" their action
az i tho .,rn,srd the .arlv dcs-
,.Ict;,u Of our National Union was
.,,r.,l.I.
Will. ,Ii, on discovery, eave III.
e-cnu.i,. SOM, concern. Lc is hapuy
n .a,- ,bo, ,hr snycrcicrn,v and the
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,.,.,,.vI,,rn prac.iratlv r,sN.ct,d hv
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,,atl,T with the country il manifested
-tbr,noLor, .be world
Thn roports of the sccrctarie. of
Wa, Tr1asr,rv and the Nav, will
,,;,.. :, dctoil Tho intorra-icu deem.
81 r.,,.,s.,,.,- md convenient so,. vour
d,Iihrro,ion and ac;;on,whiIs ib" e.-
.cu,iv. and all H.. Ienartments will
.,,nd r.oi,. to srnnl,. omissions or
! ., c,m,u,,n eat. new t;,cts considered
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/ -.;,.o -h, ,roors fo. max inc this com
,.s, , sbor, mud dacis;v.. one, tLo,
yon n1oc. at til. control 6F rh. rov-
,.,,,rnco, for .bn work A. least 400 600
mon and sloo.ooo.ooo. That mum
her of men is about one-tenth of those
,r.u of pro,.r ,r.s in IN. districts
where apparentlv all are willing to
D ,,,,.ooc. and the sum * less than one
,yoptv third mart of the money own.
ad nv tho men who seem wiliiur "a
,fvoth. whole.
4 d.ht Of six hundred millions is
, los. sum u., bo,d now. ,ban w.s
( IN. Joh, ri n,,. r.volu,ion when We
c,,,a on, ,t ,bo, strurr}e. and IN.
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