Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1861-07-17


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W0ulHul IlU NUHti ItHlHud mUr
HfUh iunUrh ho lH. Uould u0t i0 fu,h Hn
Hpl Without ihN consent Ul Parliament
thp President ha tdHlrcd in boo ofpu-
mpui. With roUr .liv ns Hu cNyu.r. rothNr
to I,faIDr bH bua bot Nr President, $50
alone uip tho Judges ul lho rDurcinp8 of
his official ocla.
n. ere is now confined w Font Mcllouy
re- Mr M,ulmun The llcitict ul hat man,
guaranteed hy hisSUlo and lhc couslilu.
tIuu. nc lauIy ,umulcd upon. Ihurc
h0s beer up1i Uutcry against IhDi Jus.
tiru lUuov, Oul honor him for the coui.
occous action hc has taken iu the cnsc ul
Alr. Mcuyman, surrounded as he was 10y
soldiers layoucs. While I honor him
for his .agc wisdom, beg also to drop a
tribute 10 his sublime courage, NCccssi-
Ity is the tyrdnrs plea, and has always
been used for the downfall OF civil liberty.
! The President has gone even further
lie has dared to declare martial law
something undcliuablc, not known in the
Constitution. The nearest we can get to
q definition is, the will of thcmilitary com.
mander An o.d ard esteemed English
iulist once said that martial law not only
destroyed municipal law, but also the
right Of private property. la 1872 the
Lord Chancellor of England said that
martial law had not been known for a
century, nor la, IL been known since
Yet the President daIcs proclaim this
law.
The institution was passed W thout n
bill 0, rights, because OF Insufficient au-
thorily but 50 jealous were they on this
point, that amendments, that amend
meuls of this nature we're added to !he
constitution, and ! now C, Il attention to
! the fourth amendment to the couslilE-
/ tom
"The right Of the people to be secured
in their persons, houses, papers and et-
fects, against unreasonable searches and
seizures, shall not be violated and
no warrants shall issue, but ON probable
cause, supported 10y oatl, or affirmation
describing the place to be searched and
the persons or Jhings to be seized
In the case of Merry man and others, in
Fort MClIenry, and persons in NY State
and have heard that even in the case OF
my former colleague, Mr.. Greene III
President has caused this amendment to
I be violated. Telegraphic dispatches, the
private property Of TIE offices, have been
seized, as know by revelations which
have been made in relation to Mr., Har-
ycy, the L. 5. minister to Portugal.
Nor la, the PRECEDENT right % regulate
commerce; yet since the 18th OF April he
has closed the pCr.s Of those States claim,
ed to have seeded and yet insists ou
their still forming Il part of the Union.
Mr. Wilson then moved that
the bill lie over until tomorrow, tC
ALLOW Mr.. Polk to continue his remarks
Agreed to.
The Senate then took up the House bill
entitled I'm act to collect the revenue on
imports" &c. This is the force bin, whiGl
\ lad lust been rushed through the House.
J lp debating the bill, NJ, salisbury, o
Delaware. said that there were but ie0
seccs,iou,ts in his State, but the peopl,
were in favor Of peace measures. His in
slructions were Of that purport, and b,
moved that 100000 be inserted instead o
500, 900 men This number, he said, wa
sufficient, to protect the capital and al
the loyal States from invasion, and
more alan this number was required the,
could easily he obtained.
ri e amendmcn, was disagreed to.
The bill was amended 10y increasing tn
number Of the army 10 100000 men, an
10y authorizing loan to the amount c
SjOO,OOO, ,00O instead Of S4CO, O,O0OC0).-
After some other mino- amendments lh
bill was passed. At fifteen minutes pa,
five o'clock, the Senate went into eXrcu
tive session.