Council Bluffs bugle. [volume] (Council Bluffs, Iowa) 1860-1868, 1861-07-17

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iosa6aaas fseas Ess
Rsc11kink 10 e. as116n Of ths Gove1n-
xaent. III mar Il, fkate that first call /
w4s made for ssvsnty-hvs thousand mill
isia. and, rapidly following this, proc
laanakiua was issaed for closing sha ports
81 the insaYrectionary districts, BY pro-
eeedinxs In the nature Of elockado.--
seSf&r III - bsIssvsfl Id ID aarictay ia /
I'll. AT this poins, The iusuxseakicnists /
announced th4ir purposs e Anlak hpan
the nrsetice al prfyateering. Other ealak |
ware ,sa Il r,ade for volunteers, ID serya three |
wears. miles, seensr discharged, and al
"a for large addition 10 the regular army |
aad navy. Thass measures, whether
strictly legal or NOT, Ne entered upon nm
der wkas appeared 10 be . popular de-
rnaaGa and puhsiu necessity, trusting than,
S now. that Congress would readily rasi-
fy them. Ii u bsiiszed nothing has been
done beyond she constitutional corape-
ssucy al Congress-. 4
Soon after shs frat call for militia 1t
was eonsiderssi dusY TO authorize tbs
commanding General In proper cases. 40
Icordinx to his discretion. 10 suspend the
privilege the writ Of heaheaa corpus, on
| in other words 10 arrest aud deeaias with-
out resort TO thu ordinary processes and
farms OF law, aueh individuals as he
| might deem dangerous 20 the public safe
Try. This authority has parposely hsen
exercised bat very spayingly nsveFthe-
less the legality and propgiety Oh what
has bean done under il. are questioned
and the attention OF the country has been
| called 20 the proposition, thai ona who 10
sworn 20 take care that the lava be faith
fully executed, should not himself vioi-
ate them. OF course, sons consideration
1 was given to the questions Of power and
tproprlaty. Before this matter was acted
apon. the whole of the laws which were
REQUIRED TO be faithfully executed, were
lbeine resisted, and failing Of execution,
in nearly, one-shird OF the States, must
Ithey be allowed to finally fail of exeen-
1on, Ever had ID been perfectly clear
thnt. Inv the use Of the M cans necessary 70
thar execution. some single Law mazda in
gueb axsrena tenderness of the citizens
IIbarty, that practically il relieves more
Of the guilty than of the innocent, should,
20 a yery limited extent, be violated. Ia
state the question more directly, ara all
| the lava Int one. 20 70 unexecuted, and
1oyornnent itself re 10 pieces lest that
one be- violated Even in such case
wouId not the Official oath be broken il
the Government shoald be oyerthrown,
when Il was believed that iisrsgardiDg
The single law would tend to preserve
Bat Ii was not believed that this question
was presented il vas rot beIisTea thai
anv fax was violated. The provisions oil
shs Consultation, that the privilege Of tht
writ III Hsbsas Corpus shall not be aus
pended unless when, in eases of rebellion
or invasion, the public safety may re.
i Quire il, ia equivalent to provision sha
: such priyilege may be suspended when il
cases of rebellion or invasion the public
safety does require ii. Ii was deeidet
that we have o case of rebellion, and tina
; | the public safety does require the qaalif
; ed suspension Of the privilege Of the wri
, | which was Authorized to be made Nov
At is insisted that Congress, aud not th
= Executive, is vested with this power bu
. the Constitution itself 10 silent as to whiel
! or who, is to exercise the power; and a
the provision was plainly made fox dan
: garous emergency, il cannot be believes
) that the trainers Of the instrument intend
! ed that in every case the danger shoula
r have its course until Congress shoald b
called together, the very assembling o
which might be prevented, as was intend
. ed in this case By the rebellion. No NOR
. extended argument is nos offered, rs q
d opinion at some length will probably b
presented By the ATTORNEY Geneg j
whether there ahall be any legislation up
: on the subject, and if any, what is sub
s uittad entirely TO the better iudRamcn
!. 81 Congress. The forbearanea al chi
= Government had been SO extraordinar
and 30 long continued as to lead som
r foreign nations to shape their actions .
= IL thsy Supposed the early dissolution @
h our National Union was probable. Will
this ON discovery, gave the Exscukiv
" soms concern. he is now happy TO "a
= thai the sovereignty and rights Of ii
9 United States are now everywhere praeti
eaIly respected by foreign powers, and
Il general sympathy with the country
nanIfested throughout the world. Til
70 Secretaries of the Treasury. War an
y Navy wiIl give the information in deta
10 deassed necessary and convenient fC
: vauF fleIiheration and action while Ii
:" Exsnutiye and all the Departments wi
ID land ready to supply omissions or ;
communicate new facts considered impol
II tarl for YOU to know. 1t Is now, recon
:. mended that Won give the legal near
: for making this contest short and dseil
ns i've one that YOU place at the disposal
" ths Goysrnment for the work al least fos
~ hundred thousand naen and four hundre
= milIlons of dollars. That number
= mez. about one tenth OF those Of prop
d ageg. within the region where apparensI
y al are willing to engage, and he sum
less than a tWenty-sEirti part of the mol
:, sy value owned BY the men who feel real