Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1861-09-13
Edward Evaefts on the Rights
and Divties of War.

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Edward Evase4ts on the Rights
Il and Dnties of War.
Mr.. Everett's last paper in the New York
Ledger discusses the rights and duties of war,
with especial reference to the proper distinc-
tion to be observed between the ordinary u.s.
ages of law and the necessities of military au-
thority in Time of war. We copy part Of
! Mr. Everctl's remarks on this subject:
! SECESSION JOURNALS.
There arc presses, for the most part in the
border States, though some OF them are,fognd
in cities more uemQte from the scene of action,
which are daily Pleading the cause of the enc
my, misreprescntiDg and vilIiIying the Govern
ment of the United. States, exaggerating every
article ofuniavurable intelligence, and c&crtiir
| Themselves I'd the utmost TO dshcaFten tic
friends and defenders Of the Constitution and
the Union. But such is the all but supcrsti-
tious devotion oftthe people 10 the liberty Of
the press, that these perh:cious Journals haEe,
With the exception OF single instance in St.
Louis, never been intcrfercd with. 1t seems
to have been,aiiOught better by those in au.
thority topaclerate the mischief of these unrat
4lOlA( pCSoIt tildil ~ 'SsCNAbC AnetH 40 greater
Importance by prosecution, or to o,1croach in
the slightest degree upon that freedomoG pub.
lie discussion which in ordinary ,timesris, Justly
regarded AZ one Of the great safeguards of lib
erly. But It is preposterous to sacrifice the
end to the means. We should in this respect
leArll.wisdom fIOm the enemies of the Union
Willis sAe regard as WnbecBuing our Christians
civilization that rcsortto Lynch law by which
every expression Of opinion adverse to the
pJbdlar sentiment is suppressed in the seeded
StnlGg, we ought to remember that in tolerl-
ting traitOrOus press among ourselves we
practice liberality which awa6ens no grllti- |
tude at home, and is never rcciprOcdted by the /
opposite party. Ii is in fact an aSsurdi'y in |
terms, 'uadtr the venerable name of liberty uf I
the press TO Permit Il e system tie and licen-
tious abuse of government which is taskad
to- the utmost in defendiIg the country from
general disntegratioA and political Chaos
1'he Governor of Malta was once censurel
i'll Parliament for some alleged sevBrity.t0,
ward the editor of Journal il. that ISLAND;
and the lfEertylof tho press was dGclare9fo be
in darger. The Duke of Wellington said he
was as friendly as anybody to the liberty Of the
press ia i snJoR, bus fnee press in die island
of'Nulta was as much out Of place as It Wohld
be on the quarterback Of aman.oCwar. We
suppose the most enthusiastic champion of the
lib rty of the press would hardly think it right
to publish Journal within tkeWalls of Fort
McHenry, in which the off ;ers' Of the garrison
should be daily advised to desert, and the men
be constantly e;xhorted to mutiny, and whose
columns shou d be filJlswith persistent abuse
of the government and ait engaged in its de-
fence. Why should Journals of that descrip'
ion be allowed to diffas3 their posion beneath
its walls amidst the excitutle population of
large eity7 .,I /, .r J..
a FREEDOM OF SPEECH IL DEBATE.
i, SO too, with reference to the freedom of
speech in debate; ono Of the vital conditions o.
republican liberty TI.e -ldte ,ssion of Con-
gress has witnessed q mag ianimity on the part
of the majority Of both Houses of truly rO-
mantle cast 'Fn5 acts and motives of the
Government. in the suppression Of an insur-
rectiunI (admitted 10y one Of its most distin-
guished chiefs to prodeed nlGinly from the dis
appointment of leading asprants to olfice,)
have been assliled from Il " to day with viru-
Ience and per9istcnce,which won i be harm
less in time cfp 1acci but which in time of war
can have No other effect on the popular mind
than TO ptrpl.x and dish,alrion til lse who are
stalking life and fortune in,the cause of the
country. This generosity rNcitcs no gratitude
on the part Of those to whom it is practised-
and so far from being rlAipracaied, the mem
Der of the Confederate Congress at MJntgGn-
cry or Richmond who should assaI the con-
duct and policy Of that body as the GsHGrtAl
nlent of the United States has been Installed
by the synp4thissrs Of secessiuI at Washing.
ton, w1u d not reach his hotel in sale'y. lie
wuuld swing from the ntXa laEp-pJsI. a.. ..