The weekly Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1860-1863, 1861-10-31

Ilek' OrOkeIss I0ng established aud doing
business 10 the city Of New York. II an.
psared that this 6tm had branch 10 No
bile; that the partner, Smith, is disloyal
citizen Of the United States, and that he
was in Europe when the reasonable pa.
pers we're sent from Mobile, a1eressed
through the house Of Smith & Patrick, in
New York. On receiving tie Information.
William Patrick was arrested and com.
mitted into military custody at Fort La.
iayc:te. BY an order Of the Secretary Of
War Of the United States, addressed to
the poliee Of the city OF New Yo,k. These
prOs' ediugS took place on the a8th Of
August last. "if n
Representations were thsreupon made
to the Secretary Of Stale BY friends Of Mr..
Patrick. 10 the effect thst hotwilhs,andinv
bis assouiations he was personally loyal
70 this Government, and that be was ip.
norant Of the reasonable nature OF The
correspondence which was being carried
on through the mercantile house Of which
be was member. Directions were there
upon given by the Secretary of Safe 10 a
proper agent 10 inquire Into the correct.
ness Of the facts thus presented. and this
inquiry resulted in The establishment Of
their truth. Mr.. william Patrick was
thereupon promptly released from custody
ny direction Of che Secretary Of Stats.-
This release occurred on The thirteenth
day of September last.
On the second day OF September, The
Superintendent Of POli-e, in the civ OF
New York, informed the Secretary Of
State, by telegraph. that he had under
arrest. j. G. Rabming, who bad just ar
rived from Nassau, where he had sttemp.-
ed TO induce the owners Of the schooner
Arctic to take cannon 10 Wilmington, in
North Carolina, for the use Of the rebels
and inquired what he should do with the
prisoners. j.. c.. Rahming was thereupou
committed into military custody at For
Lafayette, under mandate from the Sec
retary oi State. This commitment wa!
made on the second day of SEPTEMBER
On the Seventeenth day Of that mortl
this prisoner, after due inquiry, was re
leased from custody. on his executing
bond in the penalty Of two thousand five
hundred dollars. with a condition that he
should hereafter bear true allegiance to
the United States, and do no act hostile
or injurious 10 them while remaining un.
der their protection.
l have to regret that, after so long ar
official intercourse between the Govern
ment Of the United States and Great Bri
tain, il shonld be necessary now to inioru
/ her Majesty's Ministers that all execu
tive proceedings, whether of the Secreta
ry OF War or Of the Secretary Of State ar.
unless dIsavowed or revoked BY the Pres
ideut, proceedings Of the Presid, mt OF tn
United States.
Certainly j. is not necessary to an
nounce TO the British Government noy
that an ihsurrection, attended by civil am
even social war, ives existing in the Unit
ed States when the proceedings which
have thus related took place. But it doei
seem necessary to state, for the iuforma
tion Of that Government, that Congress il
hy the Constitution invested by no execu
tive power or responsibility whatever
and. on the contrary, that the Presiden
; OF the United States is, by the Coustitu
tiou and laws, invested with the who'll
executive power Of the Government, an,
charged with the rupreme direction Of al
municipal or ministerial civil agents, a
we'll as of the whole land and naval force
Of the Union, aud that, invested wit
; these ample powers, he is charged by th
Constitution and laws with the absolut
duty Of suppIessing insurrection as vel
as preventing and repeIling invasion; ant
that for these purposes he Constitutional
exercises the right Of suspending the wri
Of hdbeas corpus, whenever and whsreso
ever, and in whatsoever extent the publ
safety, endangered by treason or invasion
in arms, in his judgment requires.
The proceedings Of which the BritisI
Government complain were taken upol
information conveyed 10 the President b.
legal police authorities Of the country
!, and they we're not instituted uHtil afte
he bad suspended the great writ Of Free
dom In just the extent that in view of th
y perils Of the State he deemed necessary
q For the exercise Of tina. discretion he, q
Il his advisers, among whom are the Score
tary Of War and Secretary Of State.
. responsible. by law. before the highes
judicial tribunal oil the Republic. and an
8 enable, also, to the judgmen; of his cour
trymen, and the enlightened opinion {
the civilized world.
A candid admission. contained In yor
i letter, relieves me Of any necessity f
o showing that the two persons named Their
e in were neither known nor supposed
. be British subjects when the proceeding
II occurred and that. in eve:y cast, e,subj-c
u of her Majesty, residing iL the Unite
l. States.aad under their protection. al
II treated during the present uoubles.i l Il
l. same manner. and with no greater or LEI
J. rigor than American citizens.
l. The military prison which was use
y for the temporary detention Of the SUI
70 pected parties is fort. constructed al
% garrisOned for the public defrnss. tt
o. military officer charged With their Gust
70 dy has declined to pay obedience 10 Il
is m writ Of ha6sos corpus, but the refusal "
lt made 10 obedience 10 an express directi'
A' Of the President, in the exercise Of b
10 funetions as Commander, In Chief Of {
y the land ard naval forces Of the Unit
8. States. Although il is not very impC
Mt tant. it certainly is not irrelevsnt to a,
that's far as l am informed, no writ