Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1861-08-31

Hon. DANIEL S DICKINSON. in a recent speech
10 Wyoming country, Pa, has most admir-
ably de6ued bis position as democrat in the
present crisis Instead of sniveling over the
extra. constitutional acts of the President, he
finds fault with hiaa for not going far enough
In discussing the habeas corpus act he boots at
the idea of there being any Outrage upon free
dom involved in its suspension. The following
extract will show his views -
Here it is found that man is fixing to
blow up fortress or betruy an army to the
enemy. The officer in command has him
arrested, and sends him to- fort, with Or
ders that be be strongly guarded, because
he is known to be u traitor, and in the
confidence OS traitors and enemies, A
lawyer sues ont writ of habeas corpus.
| But what is the result 1t cannot be serv-
ed and the prisoner cannot be procured
they cannot see him unless the judges
tongue Is longer than the soldiers bayonet
Would any one if he was comanding at
Fortress Monroe, Fort MclIenry, or any
where else, where he was surrounded with
treason and traitors at every step, would
he, because a Judge sent o writ of habeas
corpus give up traitor who was endang.
ering the safety Of his command and the in
terests oS the country 2-cries of Never.
No mau can pretend it fog a siagle moment,
! it is one CT the terrible necessities of war.
And if were in command and had good
reason TO believe that had possession of q
traito", and no other remedy would arrest
treachery, would suspend the writ, ant
the individual doo.-Cheers and cries Of
! Good" THAT goes right to the spot,
THAT is se9nd," "'Ehat is such Democracy
as like to see,"-There is no other here
Gen. Jackson had tie hearts of the Ameri
can people more than any man of modern
times, And why 2 Because he met grea
necessities like man. He didn't 60, il
times Of stirring necessity, to demonstrate
problems from masty preOedeHts, but wheI
a naan wanted hanging he hung him frs
and looked up the Law afterward.-Luugh
ter.-'rhere are times, aud occasions whel
this is the only way to do in dealing wit
treason. The civil law aft rdS no adequat
remedy. While you are discussing III
Eques;ion the country. may be rhlncd, th
Capital IN flames, the archives destroyed
D When the war is over We may examine an
: see if any ons has INCURRED penalty fC
, suspendng tie writ of habeaS cOrpu
! Gen. jackson pail his fne, but not till uftC
he had put down both foreign foes and d.
u mestic traitors.
C X
Whoever sastains them, will no
Whoever cries peace, l will not. Whoev
j. cries compromise with them, [ will no
% Great cheering-I ana for peace, but
10 am for making peace with the loyal citize
10 of the South-the loyal citizens of Ke
lucky and Missouri too, who have sent th
&c modern Nebuchadnezzer, Clairbono
nc jackson, to grass.--Great laugher. .-Th
n ask in repetition, can you coerce state
ID. l say no you cannot. You might as W
~ coerce the sun to shine, or the stars
" twinkle. Can you coerce u neighborho
p to be honest No but you may punish
to C ines. No one can Justify mad rcbeIli
is in opposition TO the Union and the Cons
an tuition of this country. But Mr.. Lincoln,
- is said, forsooth, has violated the Consli
:, ton in conducting his Administration
Tue Very well there is o day Of reckoning
no come with him and his advisers. But it
by one thing to violate the Constitution in
ED, Tense of your country, and quite another
,oG violate it in attempting 10 subgert
'' When my Democrat or Republican freaI
''or any other man." arc disposed TO c
Iy. the President to account, and am not
of defender, merely beg, when they {
les through with him, they will merely inqu
Law whether Mr.. Jefferson Davis & Co. la
re. gone strictly according 10 the Constituti
we of the U. 81
/, ] know not whether Mr.. Lincoln has {
re, served the Constitution indeed, for all I
". purposes Of resisting the rebellion, ca
to not. 1t is due to him to say however, ii
es he has seemed to be 10 good faith atteml
be ing to put down the rebellion. He has II
be done oil things as would have done the
C. because | would have multiplied bis men
nd about four, and where he has struck o
n. blow / would have struck a dozen.