The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1861-09-06

firing upon its Notifications; organ.
izing piracy upon the high seas, and
long list Of othcrand kindred acts
| | have the impression, say, that
these are slight infringements upon
the Constitution, and may require
examination. Laughter But i
want to have my Constitution friends
come along with me, and when they
get the administration all regulated
and on the constitutional track, to
look at this matter little; for il
seems to me that it requires atten.
ton. | know not whether Mr..
Lincoln has observed the Consti-
tuition; indeed, for oil the purposes
of resisting a rebellion l care not.
II is due 20 him to say, however.
that he has seemed to be in good
faith attempting to put down the
rebellion. He has not done all
things as | would have done. he
cause l would have multiplied his
men by four, and where he has struck
one blow | would have struck a
dozen. [cbeering.] Therefore do
not agree with him in this respect.
When the day comes We can have
settlement with him, for he is to be
held with all other officers to strict
account. But would not do even
that under the smoke of an enemy's
guns. Let ns see first, that the re.
bellon is put down. And when that
/ is done am ready to see how it has
been done. | do not propose to yield
this Union or any part OF II to the so.
called Confederate government that
has been made mp in the Southern
states. Ii is no government, and
there is nothing ia the shape Of a
government under it, over it, in il, or
around it, diagonally, horizontally.
or perpendicularly. Like a boy
training, it is all officers. Laughter. ]
1t is made up thus: you shall be
President of the Congress, and | will
be President of the coniederacy; you
shall be Minister OF Foreign Affairs,
and will be Secretary OF the Treas.
ury. Laughter Doubtless, very
will; satisfactory enough. II they
had kept it to themselves no one
would have objected to their strut.
ting in their stolen plumsge. But
it is time for the people OF the United
States to put their hand upon it in
earnest, and to maintain the gov.
ernment of the Constitution. The
haJeas corpuS-a hard kinl of a
name for u writ. but one which a
LAWYER or a Dutchman finds little
difficulty in pronouncing-it is said
that the habeds corpus has been sus
pended and abused. Well, | think
it is becaose some have written 50
much about 1t, while they knew 30
little. 1t simply means to have the
body. A prisoner is alleged to be
improperly imprisoned; and, in order
that the case may be inquired into,
petition is presented to Judge,
and then the Judge allows the writ.
and the prisoner is brought up, and
the person who holds him is bound
to make return. II the prisoner ia
, illegally detained, the Judge orders
, him to be discharged; if rightfnlly
imprisoned. he remands him. That
is all there is about it. 1t is simply
q civil writ. But there is an old
! maxim, as old as Julius Caesar would
have been had he lived, inter armo
r silent leyes, that is, the laws are
silent in the midst OF arms. Here il
, the question:: An individual il
imprisoned here; some friends get o
habeas corpus, and he is brought
, and the case ia inquired into. And
who ever interferes with or obstructs
that writ, is guilty of a great mora
and legal wrong, and incurs heavy
penalty.
ln time Of war it is a df'eren,
matter. HIRE il is found that q man
is fixing to blow up a fortress, OF
betray an army to the enemy. The
officer in command has him arrested,
aud sends him to fort, with orders
that hc be strongly guarded, because
he is known to be a traitor, and IN
the conf ience OF traitors and enc.
mics. a Lawyer sues out a writ O
habeas corpus; but what is the result,
1t cannot he served and .he prisoner
cannot be procured--lhey cannot see
; him unless the Ju lge's tongue ID
longer than the Soldiers bayonet.-
WUuld my one who was command.
ing at Fort Monroe, Fort McllenrV.
or any where clse, where he was
surrounded with treason and traitors
at every step, would he because u
, Judge sent q writ OF hQbeaS corpus
give up a traitor who was endanger
, ing the safety of his command AMI
interest OF the country? [Cries ol
T. "ncvcr No man Can pretend il
for u single moment, it is ono of the
i, terrible neces tiles of war. And il
| were in command and had reason
! to believe that had possession Of n
traitor, would suspend the witt and
1 the individual too. [Checrs aud cries
OF "Good," THAT goes right to the
spot" "That is sound" "That il
, snch Democracy as ! like - sce.
There is no other here."] General
Jackson had the hearts o. the Amer
. lean people more than any other men
: of modern times. And whyl BE.
/ cause no met great necessities like Il
man. lie didn't 90, in times oi
. stirring necessity. To demonstrate