Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1861-09-06


government, and there is nothing i'll the
shape of government under it, over it,
in it, OF around it, diagonally, horizontal
", or pcrpendicularly. Like a boys train
Ing, it is all officers. d.aughtcr).
But there is an old maxim, as old as
Julius Caesar would have been had he liv-
cd, inter arR,a silent lcgcS, that is, the
laws are silent in the midst of arms
Here is the question: An Individual is
imprisoned here; some friend gets ha-
bcas corpus, and he is brought up and
the case is inquired into. And whoever
interleres with or obstructs that writ, Is
guilty oil great moral and legal wrong,
and incur5 heavy penalty. la time of
war it is different matter. Here 1t Is
found that man is fixing to blow up a
fortress, or .betray an army to the enemy.
The officer in command has him arrested,
and sends him to Il fort, with orders that
he be strongly guarded, because he is
known to be a traitor, and i'll the conf
dencc of enemies and traitors. y lawyer
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what is the rasult? 1t cannot be served
and the prisoner cannot be procured
they cannot see him unless the judges
tongue is longer than the soldier bayon-
ct. Would any one if he WAS command
ins at Fortress Monroe, Fort Mellenry,
or anywhere else, where he was surround
ID with treason and traitors at every step,
would h., because Judge sent writ Of
hcbcas corpus, give up i traitor who wa,
endansering tae safety Of his command
and the interests Of the country? (Crics
Of "Ncycr,'0 No man can pretend it for
Il sinsle moment, it Is one Of the terrible
necessities of war. And ii | were in
c5mmanl and had good reason to believe
| had possession Of traitor, AMI no 9TH
remedy would arrest trcarhery, | would
guspcu the writ, and the individual toe.
Cheers and cries Of "t;ool, That g2a,
right to the spot" That is sound, That
is such Democracy As | ike 10 see. y
There IS no other here. Gea, Jackson
Fhad tn hearts Of the Amegifan people
more than aay othe. man Of modern
tim ~ Aoi way u 'el''5 NJ !, l".1 :.
great nta''''tles i'Ee h''o. lla u. III /
%, in time. Of stirring nsee>zitY, to dem
onstrat9 problem, from nusty Preeeleats;
eat wan il ,flth "ai'teet "'i'5'''3, IL nun ;
h,m lirat AM la9Nea up tnc ID" d 'r"s'f''
signs when this is the only waF with delI-
/ ias with treason. The civil law Afford
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