New-York daily tribune., 1861-08-21


They are enemies Of their couBtry they traitor
against the Flag and the Constitution, and assuch ar
rgn them IN the oftheConEtituion aud the Union
arraign them in the name Of ciyilzalon 8rngn
them IN tie name of Christianity; arraign them In the
nnme of the fathers of tho Revelation, who poured
out ther bood 10 gain the Liberty transmitted 10 us;
sIrsin them in the nsme Of the soldiers VINO marcneu
barefoot to secure our blood-bought Liberty. I az.
raign them in the of the holy memories OF t,e
women Of the Revolution, whose pure anu gehue
hearts crush and broken. In the great ,ay OF
Accounts, TIE savage Brent aud more savage Ddtier
that delu2ed the beautiful valley of the Wyoming Win
blood, Will stend up and whien their crimes in COM
parison with the rerfidy Of the men who now
attempt to divide and destroy this Union
The lerocious instincts Of the savage taught him that
be might De doing duty 10 bis people; but.those men
Of the Trinity, and they should be held 10 ac
count tor the abuse Of the trust which has been
fded 10 them. Who are these men in against the
Goyernment--in arms against the Union they
men who have been educated at its expense-been
laden with ts honor-been pampered at its Treasury.
II we perish we may cay with the poet over the
stricken eagle:
" Keen were bis paDgs, yet keener fsr to feel
lie nursed the pnion Which ir pelled the steel,
While he ssas Paa.se ths' iIsd ws',aed t breast
IL the Union ia siung TO the heart il must be melan
coIy reflection that we have reared the men to do it,
aud Ike the demepled Lear we shall learn
To have sthankiess chid;" n l
that we have r01ritned anu brought up children,
and they have rebe led against the institutions of their
country. We have seen by the action Of the Border
SouheIn States that il Is not their intention to permit
this Government to be subyened. Every crime known
in the catalogue OF deprayty from treason 20 larceny
has been committed in attempting to drive them into
Secession How can these men be sustained by any
one with hands dripping with blood--not only with
The blood Of Northern, but OF Southern clZenfj and
whyl Bec8use Northern candidate was elected, who
had four years 10 serve, whose election they might
have election they cOnnved at, they
will hazard whole eternity far "a temporal exist
eneeis concerned, TO gTaify present perronal rqIe
and feed mean ambition. Whoever s1stains them,
1 will not. Whoever cries Geace, VIII not Who
ever cries comprornise with them Twill not. Great
cleering) am for peace, but om for making peace
with the loyal citizens of the Souththe loyal ct1ens
of Kentucky and OF Missouri too, who have sent that
modern Nebuchaineuar Claiborne +. jackson to grass.
Great laughter. They ask in repetition can you
coerce State Isay no. you cannot. Yon might rs
we'll ccerce the to shine or the stars 10 twinkle
Can you coerce a neighborho0d to be honest No;
but yoa may punish ito crim1als. No one can Justly
armed rebellion in opposition TO the Union and the
Constitution of hs country. Bat Mr.. Lincoln il is
said fotpooth has violated the Constitution in con-
ducting bis Ad ninistratOni Very WE'LL there
is day of reckoning to come with hin
and his advisers. But IL is one thing 10
violate the Constitution in defeRse Of your country,
and quite another to violate il in endeayonng to sub
vert IL. When my Democratic or Republican friends,
or any other man. are disposed TO call the President
to account, and Am not his defender, merely beg,
when they get through with him. they will merely ili
drire whether Mr. Jefferson Davis Il Co. have gore
strictly according 70 the Constitution Of the United
States ICheers and hughter l have the impress
zion that nstituting pretended government within
the boundaries of the United States that stealing Tie
treasures Of Government, its shirs; betrsyiug its
commands; firing upon its forhca'ions; organizing
piracy upon the high aud long t Of other and
Kindred acts-l have the IMPRESSION say that these
aIe slight nfringements upon the Constitution. and
may requirr esarlinetion. laughter. But want
TO have my Constitution friends come aiong with ne
and when they get he Administration oil regulated and
on the Constitutional track, to look at this matter 1T
lie; for il seems to me tba, Il requires attention.
know not wpetler Mr. Lincoln has observed the Con-
sitniion indeed for all the purposes Of resisting the
rebellion, care not. n IL dne e. him TO say however
that he has seemed 70 be in good faith attempt
inp 20 put down the rebellion. He has not
done al Il ngs ss would have done them because
would have mul lied his men by about four, and
where be has struck one blow I would have struck
dozen. Laughter and cheering Therefore DO
not agree WITH him in that respect. When the day
we can hsve settlement "ith NM TOT he IL 70
be held with Az other officers to strict account. But
/ would not do even that under the smoke OF en-
enemy guns Let MS sac first that the rebellion is
out down. Ard when that is done ] am read; 10 ace
how il has been doue. do not pro-
pose to yield this Union or any part OF 1t
TO the so-caed Confederate Government that las teen
made up in the southern States IL il government,
aud there IL r9biug in the share Of government
under t. over IL, il it, or around it, dlgonolly hor
zontslly or perpendcullIy Like boys training, 1t
ID all officers. laughter. Ii is made up thus; you
shall be President Of the Congress, snd will bo Pres
icent Of the Confederacy; you shall be Minister OF
Foreign Affairs and win be Secretary Of tbs Treas
ury Laugh,er.l Doubtless, very we'll satisfactory
enough. If they had kept 1t 70 themselves 40
one would have objected 10 their sirutting In
their stolen plumage. But it If liGe for
the psople Of the United States 10 put their hand
upon 1t IN east, ant to maintain the Government OF
the Constitution. 1hSbabeas corpus-a hard kind Of
q name for a " ri but one which lawyer or Dutch
man finds little difficulty in prOnoundng-it il said
that the habeas corpus has been suspended and abused
Well think il IL because some have written 50 much
about il while they knew 20 little. II simply means TO
have the body. A prisoner is alleged 10 be i'm
properly imprisoned and, in order that the
case may be inquired into, petition II presented 70
Judge and then the Judge allows the writ, and the
prisoner is brought mp, and the person who holds bir
il bound 10 make return. IL the prisoner s Illegally
detained tie Judge orders him to be discharged; II
righfully Imprisoned, he remands him. That is all
there is about t. II is simply civil writ. But there
Is an old maxim, as old as julius Cesar would have
been had he lived, sHter drnd shens hge',
that "a, the laws are silent in the midst Of arms
Here is the question: An individual is Imprisoned
here; some friend gets q habeas-eorpus, and he Is
brought up, and The care s inquired into. And who
ever interferes with obsructs that writ Is guilty
Of a great moral and legal wrong AMI ncurs heavy
penalty In time of war il is different matter Here
Il il found that man il fixing TO blow up fortress,
or betray an army TO the enemy. The officer IN conl-
maud has him arrested and sends him to fort with
orders that be be strongly guarded, because he Ia
known TO be q traitor, and in the confidence OF
traitors and enemies A lawyer sues out writ
Of habeas corpus. But what IL the result 10 cannot
be served and the prisoner cannot be procured-they
cannot zee hm unless the judges tongue longer than
the soldiers bayonet Would any one il be~sas COM
msnding at Fortress Monroe, Fort Mclienry, or any
where else, where he was surrounded with treason
aud traitors at every rtep, would he, because judge
sent writ of habeas corpus give up traitor who wss
endangering the safety Of bis command and the inter-
es,s OF the country lCres Of NeyerI No man
can pretend Il for sioge moment, il is one Of the