New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1861-12-23

seraste from. sad n1rp ndeot or ofinom passions
o TEA on nsals' Constitution, which made lin CT %.
defense that ue Constitution IVES lot aecsriug 20 q"
spbo,dpste TO rome higher law, would be snghe o., -
Court and the pr would he executed for BE- n
no; traitor The ,ene pncgir Sutd, 70 Oe sided shsn
innocent, or his Destroying sword II suniy.
cannot be citizen and gu al II opa and TIE
same tine. mr.
tiai,or he cannot be an alien ,b,y ~ uly os
o. czaggsretiou fabTicaon p, las snrcches vitssse
Iuieht s,ye.rsr,inst lis life or y ,.,-- ~ -
O. The laws give neither vs, nor TO ,py other military
officer thoweve high r. ecabe IN Character and however
stringent ANA nne.su Jna tome Of them srel any power 10
seize an1 hco ciPtNo citizen you viii ui1e and dean
10 the midst Of hei own trouns officers ny arpre
hension and pnj hment rr whatsoever crime OF
may rave done wIis aid or drese tnd the ver .trin
gency and sur Of these civil laws leaves the less
&c sy 'r iary power to yoigt,ecr ny capture and pun
= io Sir deliberately, and without hearing and without
actual iron hoof. Of horse have ridden and ampod IL
blood OF uvssf and ian INV fundamental ryh
to liberty or else tai for H. o. wen the clsliet
rights sud functions Of tho cous of law If this sovereign
and only accessible courts FOR no, it, people
Give. u lie State coas jurisdiction of che p-fson and
hear the appeal on NE one OF IL. people
rbe Cons,tation gaarante,. to every e.zsna speedy
tat You doiau rom thai under ue pfetrAt o' want ="
powe send - witnesc,. when oheI to s,Iro to IL
81 iacts hc you cDnd prove aud he know tne
consequent hcpleasues OF ny family ana io ih Of ny
estate.
. Aud hnaly slr know you bear eIaed name here,
efficient oheer aud seol nan II Ia those times the
o" bcsi ae what VII De- % nisdcedi ol ne hsnS "osl
know you nc.nuoed ia Soar power .ince 900 las
the lives AID be Ties OF the people and dc sn'hony
Of the STATE, Jacason aud Cromwell haY comm adei'
but tsJ dsfod not exercise aa law over Que cI lrn
1eoe win taes' efeepuonl ere -s nnlied la pale sna
ere subsection o. such anuisal usutpi1"s Of power ss
h-y tlo other hand bound aud banded u bold
ava oaile's 'l Si Ie.'lhA,o 20 81 tt P,"''s o. Va
eminent Of the United s.les kuow-i nov feel how
wta alone inspected muspeseutedi hatd ahd hcitd snd
iol ttis roo6 outcTy Joe bel at OF ,heif hbsy nd n'iae
but % h. Coz Whslyef may talie4 10 me, never
will succutb iu spiit such enoroachent In upon the
rights ot al. under uu nEn however good b0 sy oltef
wel know too why am thu, seized aud inlprsoped.
ALL oi the same blood . BIO Of sumter an 9e Of heh
stamp snd stock our conmon Moiterssio e. so9e iaiiai
suous che IA hess found God bes hei % hold. Le h
.ni -dslendeui career Your patriotism foss' nsi tai
bgotL-ri her every .on But Tuit iie IL without ysil
the Revolution within me- 10 vih ms what YOU cin anj
vii all not take ny tei,le tho tntunsi " Nsuf
Resp, duly, CHARLEs ANDERSON
THE ESCAPE.
My purpose was 10 give my family ten dave 10
reach Brownsville or Matanofosi 10 allow item ten
dal - -tay there and then 10 make ny escape ~ ich
would give them margin Of ten days more before
i could be known m Br0wusyille, thus giving them
80 days 10 get out 81 the country. AZ the end "
about ten days thinking it time for ne g be arGng
ing Tor NY departure Glanced 10 see young gen
tleman of BROOKLYN. Wm. Bayard. sOn Of WIN. A.
Bayard VINO cane into the camp on witt TO the
family Of Major Meckling, In whose custody was.
Remembering from a chance conversation had with
hiin wears previous that We weLr Of the IOliu
cal sentiments in regard TO the Union, ht once Pc
solved 10 consIire with lin for NY esc1pe. AFTER
he had spoken with his oourin Major Nteslingl,
asked lin il he played bsohGmmon. lie replied
that be did not. Knowing thas mus, n some way
lin to sit down that ] might teach Lin
the game. He took bis seat, and began a Ling and
duil lecture upon the priDcles OF the me, and, as
Shakesroare says, talked ~ infinite dcnl of nori1g
d boot tho throws OF he die. Nc., for the purpose
of wearying ont the attention II the quad, who
was the wife OF the Major. For exam lie, when /
threw trays ace would FAY, Trays, trays acc-a
Iniserable throw f1r me- and asked IN the mono'-
onous tone 81 the Play, If he didn't wish 70 90 to
N.w-Yofk. lie it hrs looked surpdsed--so sur
prsed a. to alarm m; but in lille while, catching
the Trick and with better skll ~ an actor t1au NY
self be added 20 some remark Of bis own, 'les, IN
deed" NhereuTOn during the Jlay VIC ooncocled /.
! Ian Of escale. To make ny imprisonment the
more secure IN addition % my being confined 10 the
chain Of sentuels the sentin,!s were each required
to I'll ont every balf hour the hour Of the right,
and add that cal is WE'LL This really gave me
tie advantage Of knowing at each bali hour
whether the rentlels wee near my tent. BE
ride these fenuel- aud tie lieutenant, who -eI In
the small room Of the tent opqo'ie my own, four
specsl guards were put in tent opposite the space
Away put my boots outside my ten, az light 10 make
the guards believe was secure In the tent. had
given ont that bid other pair OF boots than these
and asked the Major 10 buy me pair IN town. had
however, psir OF shoes which Kept tecre'ed.
war also In the labii of lacng up the front Of my
tent and as this could not be done from the outside
an additional reason was given for the guards to
think their prisoner was safe. This being promised
on a very dark rainy night, when one Of those
tremendous Texan gales called "Norther' WAS
J. I do ~ ffaf 10
Major, saying that must 70 and smoke my hy0scii-
mus tor my asthma and went 10 my tent. i put
my boots outside ~ usual, laced up my tent placed
my chair in position 20 that i would look though
my krees were sticking up, raised up the bottom OF
the tent, crawled out, aud deliberately walked
through the chain Of sentines into the dark bottom OF
The Salado. After various difficulties and hindrances
from losing my way, reached the rendezyous, where
horse had been provided, and started on my Jour-
ney 70 Mexto. took the Laredo road where tie
Indians had killed four or five men two days before,
from which argued they would fly from the vicin.
iy, and that 1 should not be troubled ny them:
Wien l crossed the river boundary OF Texas L
shouted God and libertyl" with more than Next \
can ZEAL and per contra, INDUCED in some mpreca-
tions concerning JEFF. Davis aud the Southern Con- /
federacy Which l think il ID we'll not TO repeat. In
nine days came 10 Monterey, where Governor VI |
daurf kindly offered me a seat III bis carriage. NJ
Niltola was wakenedup by one Of the passengers al
clock IN The morning. with The remark that friend
was present. Aud there was my kind friend and
ally this noble youth from Brooklyn, who had nd I
den all the way after me on horseback, with only
So at the start, and l2l cents in bis pocket when he
reached ne.
1t appears that after Mr.. Anderson's escape,
lis captoIs adopted the theory that lie had
smoked his hy0sciSmus to such extent that II had
made him nsane, and that he had committed suicide,
aud his remains were diligently searched for in
streams and by places thereabout
The above is but sketch Of the address Of Mr.. !
Anderson AID necefarily fails to do full justice TO
the graphic manner IN Which ne described bis escape,
as well az 20 TIE presentation ofhis views
Judge Pierrcpont at the concuiion OF the address
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