M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1861-11-07

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that Notwithstanding his associations
he was personally loyal TO this Gov
ernment, and that be was ignorant of
the reasonable nature of the cores
pondence which was being carried on
through the mercantile house of which
he was mepbor. Directions we're
thereupon given by the Secretary of
State to a proper agent to inquire into
the correctness of the facts thus pre-
Sented, and this inquiry resulted in
tue establishment OF their truth. Mr..
William Patrick was theieupon
promptly released from custody by
direction of the Secretary Of State.-
This release occurred on the thirteenth
day of September last.
On the second day Of September,
the Superintendent of police, in the
city OF New York, informed the Sec
re;ary of State, by telegraph, that he
had under arrest, j. G. Rahming, who
had just arrived from Nassau, whcro
he had attempted to induce the own i,
ers OF the schooner Arctic to take can
non TO Wilmington, in North Carroll.
ma, for the use OF the rebels, and in.
vui:ed what he should do with the
prisoner. j. G. Rahming was there
upon committed to military custody
at Fort Lafayette, under a mandate
from the Secretary OF State. This
commitment was made on the I'd day
of September. On the 18th day OF
that month this prisoner, after due in
quiry, was released from custody, on
his executing bond in he penalty Of
two thousand five hundred dollars,
with a condition that he should here.
after bear true allegiance TO the Unit
ed States, aud do no act hostile or in
jnrious to them while remaining un.
der their protection. '....-I
| have to regret that, after so long
an official intercourse between the
Government of the United States and
Great Britain, it should be necessary
now to inform Her Majesty's Minis
tiers that all executive proceedings.
whether Of the Secretary of War or :
of the Secretary of State are, unless
disavowed or revoked by the Presi-
dent, proceedings of the President Of
the United States. ...-.8t ..r ,
Certainly it is not necessary to an.
nounce to the British Government
now that an insurrsction attended by +,
civil and even social war, was exist,
Ipg in the United States when the /,
proceedings which | have thus related
took place. But it does seem neces-
sary to state, for the information of
that Government, that Congress is by
the Constitution invested by no exec
utive power or responsibility whatever
and, on the contrary, that the Presi-
dent Of the United States is, by the
Constitution and laws; invested with -
tho whole executive power Of. the,
Government, and charged with the
supremedirection Of all municipal or
ministerial civil agents, as well as of
the whole land and naval forces of
the Union, and that, = invested with
these ample powers, he is charged by
the Constitution and laws with tho
absolute duty ofsuppressing insurrec-
ton as well as preventing and repell.
ing invasion; and that for these ,pn-
poses he eOnstitutionally exercises the
right ofsuspending the writ Of AaJsas ,-
corpus, wheuFer and wheresoever,
and in whatsoever extent the public
safety, endangered by treason or inYa- y
sion.inarms, in his Judgment requires:
The pSDfegdmgs of which the Brit \.
ish Government complain were taken
upon information conveyed to the
President by legal police authorities .
of the country, and they were not in
stituted until after he had suspended !.
the great writ of Freedom in Just the O
extent that in view Of the perils of
the State he deemed necessary. For
the exercise OF that discretion ho, as
well as his advisors, among whom =
are the Secretary Of War and the
Secretary Of State, is responsible, BY
law, before the highest Judicial tribug
nal Of tue Republic, and anienable,
also, to the Judgment of his country 2, 2,
men, and the enlightened opinion Of
the civilizedjworld. ,.7'lI HHo| yiaH,
A candid admission, contained ino II
your letter, relieves me Of any neces9 d
sity for showing that the two persons
named therein were neither known
nor supposed to be British" subjects .
when the proceedings occurred, and
that, in every case, subjects Of Her
Majesty, residing in the United
States, and under their protection
are treated, during the present, honb..
les, in the same manner, and with no,
greater or less rigor than American
citizens. i'i''J luo l' 77i' tl"o sh' j.
a The military ipris0nIwhieh was used
for the temporary detentionlofI the
suspected parties isistorts constructed u
and gauisoned for the public defense. I
Tho military officer charged with theira