The Shreveport weekly news. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1861-1861, 1861-07-22

n even llau II Decu perfectly SiS"i t''s1
bv the use Of the means necessary to
/, 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 n veryfmited
) extent, be violated! To state the
t question more directly. are a'l the
, laws but one to go unexecutcd, and
+ the Government itself go to pieces
, lest that on. be vialated
, Even in such case would not the
: official oatl, be broken if the Govern
: rnent should be overthrown, when
: /. was believed that designating the
:,ucle law would teu5 to preserve it !
, But i. was not believed that this
question was presented. 1t was not
believed that an law was violated.
The provision OF the Constitution
tina, the privilege Of the writof hsbeas
corpus shall not be suspended unless
when in cases Of rebellion or inva-
sion, the public safety may require,
Is equivalent TO provision-ls u
provisiom-,hat such privilege may
be suspended when, in cases OF re-
bcllion Or invasion, the public safety
,ss require it Co.,.
1T was decided that We have case
of rebellion, and that the public safe
~ does require the qualified suspen-
sion of the writ which was au'hor'-
. ,=ed TO be made. Now, it Is insisted
tl,a. Congress and not the Executive
il vested with this power.
But the Constitution itself is silent
as to which or VIII" is to exercise til"
power and as the provision was
plainly made for dangerous emer-
.,encv, it cannot he believed the
trainers of the instrument intended
, that in every case danger should run
:. its COURSE until Congress shorld be
: called together, the very nlbhnC
, of which might have heen prevented,
n wa intended in. this cast Ivy the
, rebellion. No more extended argu-
men; is now offered, rs an, Gpinldn of
some I.ngth will probably be presei
| ted hv the Attorney General. Nhctii-
. "r there shall lac amy legislation Ip-
p or the subject, and il any, what, is
submitted entirely t" the better Jldg-
urur OF Congress.
The fnybcarance of this Govern
i:cIIt had been 50 extraordinary and
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