Richmond daily Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1842-1861, 1861-07-08

bsy pushed military bispsfstoss vigorously forward
all over Ihe Stat. they re ed the Uoted staes arory
at Harper Ferry, and the navyyard OF Gofport near
Nook they received pefhAi inyits into their 1'ae
lrge bodies Of troops Nth their Narke appointments,
from the 20 called soceded States They formally enter
cd into treaty Of temporary alliance and cG-ope
with so-cslled Couft and sent members 10
their Congress at Montgomery ard finally they permtiea
the Governmental be transferred " tne
| capital al Richmond. -.
The people Of Virginia have thus allowed this great
lusurrec iou 10 make its within her bord-r, AID Ills
has no choice lett but TO deal with IL where
| it A idsit
Aud has the lsss regret, the loyal citizens bave,
In due FORM claimed its projection. These loyal cizens
this Government Is bound 10 recognize aid protect as
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In the Border States, socaled-n fact, the Middle
Stases-ihere are those who favor policy which they
call armed neutrality; that is the armng Of those states
10 prevent the UaeD forces passing one way or ounon
| the other, over their soil.
Thi, would be disunion comp l,ted. Figuratively
speaking 1t would DO the bldiIg VI an impossible wall
elong the line Of s'parattn aud yet not quite an i'm.
pissable one for tue guae OF neutrality 1t would
lie the hands Of the Union and freely pass supplies
from among them the insurecuoiis, which it could
not do open enemy At stroke il would take all
the trouble of he hands OF secession, except only what
proceeds from the external bios kade.
II would do for the DsunionisIs that which, Of all
kipgs they must desre-feed them well and give them
dsunon without struggle OF their Il recognizes
no fidelity to the Constitutonno obligation 10 maintain
ae Unon aud while very many ho have favored t are
doubtless loyal citizens Il is nevertheless very Injurious
| in effect
Recurring to the action Of the Government II may be
stated that at first cal made for IS COO militia and
rapidly folio wing this proclamation issued Tor clo-
sing the ports Of the insursctonary districts by pro-
ceedpgs Ia the nature OF saboekade SO far all was be-
lieved 70 be strictly legal.
At this point the nsuectionists announced their pur
pose enGer upon tie practice Of pIivatee'ipg
Other calls we're made fer volunteers TO serve three
years. unless discharged and also for large adti
tons 10 the regular army and navy.
These measures, whether stricy legal or not, were
ventured upon under What appeared TO be popular de-
maud aud public necessity trusting as now that Coh-
gress would readily Taify ITEM Ii is believed that moth
log has been done beyond the constitutional compsten
cy Of Congress-
Soon alter the first call for militia was considered
daty TO suthoIzs the commanding general IN proper
cases, accord ng his dicrsuor, TO suspend the prv
legs OF the Of habeas CorDus; in ohf words TO
arrest and detan without ordinary processes
aud form Of law such individuals he GIT deem dan
serous to the public safety. This authority has purposes
ly been exercised, but very spsFiugy.
Nevertheless, the legal aud propriety Of what has
been doae under il questioned aud the attention
OF the country has been called to the proposition the
proportion that who is take that the
laws be faithfully executed should not himself violate
them. IT
VI course some consideration given to the ques
ton II power aud propety before this matter acted
upon The Whole of the lava which reqaired to be
faithfully executed were being resisted, aud falling Of
execution in nearly one third OF the Sates Must they
be allowed TO finally fail OF execution. even had It been
perfectly clear that by the OF the necessary
to their execution some single law made in such
tenderness oil the ctzsus liberty that practically
it relieves of the guilty than OF the Innocent
should 10 a very limit extent, be violated? To state
the question directly, I'll the laws but one to
90 unexecued and the government itself 20 10 pieces
lest that QUE DO violatedg
Even in such n case would not the official oath be
broken il the Governpen should bs rIhrown, WHEN
il believed that disregnriing the single Law would
tend to preserve ii but IL not believed that this
question presented IL was not believed that any
lau violated.
The provision OF the Constitution that the privilege Of
the writ of hdbsas corpus shall be suspended unless
uhen in rebeon and INVASION the public safety
may qlire, is equivalent TO provision-s provision
that such privilege may be suspended when, 10 casel
of rebellion Invasion. the putc safety does require
IL We decided that have a case OF rebellion sSd
that the public safety does require the qualified susen-
sion Of writ which authorized 20 be made Now,
il is insisted that Congress and not the EXeoutvfs YES
ted eth this power.
But the Constu on itself Is silent as to vhcIor who
exercise the power and es tho provision AS plain
y made Tor dangerous emergency il clupt be be-
icyrd the trainers OF the nstTpIent n,enfd that In
every instance danger should its suutil Con-
grers could DC called together the very aembDg OF
which might have been prevented, wasinended in
this 10y the II belon No more sx.eped argument
is now cf,ed, as an opinion OF some 9Th will prob
ably be Ireseled by the Attorney GeasL. Whether
there shall be any eglaion upon th lsutoct and II
any what is submitted entirely to the letter judgment
Of Congress.
traordnary and 80 long continued leai some for.
gu nations shape ;heir actions ~ they supposed
the early destruction Of National Uion proba.
bic.
While this, on discovery, gave the Executive some
concern, be is happy say that tue sovereignty
aud rights OF the Unsej States are. sveryW here
practically respected by foreign pors, and general
sympathy Nth the country Is manlised throughout tie
void.
The reports OF the Secretaries of the Treasury War
and Navy will give the information In detail deemed
necessary and conyenierl for yor d.beraon snd ao
don; uhie the Executive apd all the fepsrtma,s will
stand ready to8Gppy oIGiso' o or 10 ommuLica.e new
iacts considered important ioryou to ko~.
II is recommended that you giv,ths legal means
FOR making the contest shsr. and Decisive one that
you place at the control of GOVERNING. Tor the work
At least 400 900 aud 500 900 Co., That number of
men is tenth OF those Of ptttr ages within
the regions where apparently all wing 10 engage
and the sum less than the twen,y3d pArt OF tbs
money value owned by the men who sep ready to de-
vote the whole.
debt OF SIX hundred millions of douarnov il less
sum per bead thawas the debt Of our revu,ion when
xe came Of that struggle; and the mon, ysue ia
the country bears even greater proporhn 10 What
il was then than does the population. SurelSach man
has as strong motive now to preserve our rties as
each had then to esta blish thgm.
right result, at this tme will be worth md 10 the
bworld than ten unes the uei aud ten times thshoncy
The evidence reaching from the country leAes no
doubt that the material for the work is abpndaa and
that il needs only the band Of legislation 10 give Ncpa
a.. l.e.l =. Il
cal shape aud .uic:euoy One Of tho greatest rhxi
ties of the Government is to avoid receiving troops er
than II provide for them In word the people Nh
s,vs their Government the Government its II will doe
part only indffsrenIly well. X
Il might NJ first thought TO DO &C. Ito dereucs
whether The present movement at the South DO cBed
cesson or rebellion. The movers however well IN der.
stood the difference A: the beginning they knew they
could never rae their treason any respectable mag
niiude by any hame which igpEos violation OF law They
knew their seope possessed as much moral sente spa
az much Of devotion TO law aud order ard Is h orde
in and tevrretss Tor tbe history aud government cir
couluon country AZ sRY other civilized aud patriotic
people. They kuev shey could make no advancement
directly the eeh Of these strong and noble sentiments
accordingly they commenced by insiiicuI ceoauuhng
Of the public mod They invented an furious sophism,
Which, conceded, folio we'd by perfectly logical
steps through all the incidents 10 be complete destruction
OF the Uei0o. Toe sopbisn ssf is that cry State OF
the Union may consistently with ibs Es6aa Conssitu-
op and, the7eiase, iawtay and peacefully withdraw
fson tho Uaion without the consent OF the Union or
OF any other Safe.
The little disguise that the supposed right 1, to DO eI.
ercscd orly for just cause themselves % be the sole
Judge Of It's justice, too .hin to merit any notice.
With rehe!ioa sugircoated they have becn drug
ging the public mind oil thtr section for than THU,
" years, aud until at length they have brought many
good to 4 willingness to take gp srms agains: TIE
Government the day after assenbage OF have
enacted tie rOcal pretnce of taking their State Of
The Union, who eou!i have been brought to no such
hing the day before