The weekly mountain Democrat. [volume] (Placerville, El Dorado County, Calif.) 1861-1862, 1862-07-26

A0tt Ea4ekttE ipr aon ~
teeh dst6tsd 70 de ~ 4 rtS
ooi'gtsts bhs pawe. u
pass laws that are
time Of peace thsy, ,efis lssS
admit that 1t Is the anty y q
Legislature to keep NitkIa
its own organic law btll N
broken, they contend thak ~ : :
cretion of majority Of It's ipsmt2
comes its ultimate rule Of action. end
real or fancied exigencics Of the tim1n
only guide to its conduct; Until sdsl
as pcace shall again be RESTORED: = a,sa s.a.a.
The doctrine is rcvOiutiOn6tt. .AnSk
that Is done under it is an act Of revSTs
ton. 1t is easy to be seen that Coues
| il at any time set free from. cQpesisnt,
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to create that which will mako = rtii1k
to the old condition difficult, If not imiT
sible. If Congress can suspend the 0ss|.
stitution for one purpose or under olis
pfeteiise, it can do SO under another. III
precedent once established, return lDtkG
preetiee will be easy; and t6s prcpepalttf
to do so, under the pressure of party OK
igencies, will be continual. WhethssilSo
Constitution be Of much or little VSIbt
one thing is certain that IL we desjr493
preserve it 0r, the ,Ssssz2 & Goncezs
that has been established under Il, eYesy
encroachment upon the rules Il has Akea
must be resisted.
The Constitution empowers Congress
to raise and support attiies, to psstia
and maintain navy, and 70 make iii
for the government and reealaaioh y. -
land and naval fDrees. A. -ast- Aaleaslaa
part Of these powers, q BEld5e sidsIs1
ly to Congress to ordaln and PFotidS
Courts-martial and define their jtsisaIe-
ton; to make their sentences fhaf and
cOncldslVe; or subject to reviewing kpthptr
ity; to designate by whom they ahqll @
cOnvgned; ahd their acts cCnarihad -
disproved; and geherally to thakt tliEA
statutory provision toncstulng thsth . 90
its wisdom tiiat DO deemed prOpts Iand
necessary. Congress has dlso Che r6SSSS
to declare war and grant letters 0finNtQHa
and reprisal. -------- =. -l-- -
War is the act Of the Executive 16aSkns
ment. The war powers OF ConkfsS l
der the Constitution are exhausted WEtH
that body has provided the Exseutiv.s
with the means to carry it on. Ths.Vlsss
ner in which the armies arc to d ~
ploycd and the war prosecuted is UmtiFeiY
iii the discretion Of the President. sThe
object Of all war is to secure 4 pOIltissa
result by military means and bspSx M
doctrine Of the Roman law, siL6se kYat
inter GrmG;; legislation stands, stiIl Whils
the army is at work. The object ar -
war in which the Government Vf ythS
United States is engaged Is, xyoWedlx.
the restoration of the natl0tiAi ttnlty: ..le
is the duty Of the President tUidlvsta1h
his efforts, as, Communicated ChisEsf xkS
Army, toward that end; to do evsfS fStbiRg
which the rules of war among civilized
nations permit to be done 10 prpmpts il;
and to do nothing which, in hls epial1n,
does not and is not calculated tOTgUuFe
the desired result '''.' 1"'e
1t is easy to sec that II is the O6ISckOE
the ultra hranch Of the AiministAiioa
party, while it formally gives Id ssR1Ofk
to the President and in general torans
concurs with his policy, to make the Wsf
war for some other purpose than The
restoration OF the Onion, aud eif6ef o
coerce him into its measures, e.. 70 create
a power independent of him, by . process
Of qutsi Legislation, that shall do the WORK
which it seeks TO accomplish. II is this
which has given origin to the doctriDe
that, in time Of var, the Conss;tntsap =
suspended-a doctrine. oiHSsDtsd lOrs lhs
purpose Of getting rid not Only ~ -
shackleS of that instrument bot cfaSold.
ing all those rules of conduct which ~
considered obligatory even among paEliSs
engaged in war, and of cntailing upon this
hostility consequences mere hittsF sAna1
destructive than they can iniliCt spes
each other without bringing lastiBg d.
grace upon themselves E''H = sssAN.
The relation which the South Adlds q
the North and to the Goverpme1l. Il
either that of an cnemy's countEys leRitis
act -lcit 80 ~ SIT -ssssmys 'edanttJ-~Gs !
it can be no moro than that--it b soaie-
thing less. In an eneiny's country "a
arc enemies and, therefore, In . M ~
arc treated as such, and all the injury
which the rules of civilized VaE7 P1TlISiEE
may properly be inflicted upon the Peeria.
If the South is not an enemy 'sscsunlEytO
the fullest cxtcnt-and that it u nbtaal-
pears from the fact that we recdgdiSS h
it the existence of largo numbers Of l6ynl
mcn-it follows that the rules foe c1istInk
on war against hostile natio6s s6Bl|I . e
mitigated in its regard, not ihlel
To make q war more violsnt and kar,s
tive against the South than
make it against foreign nallosI. iaisA
man, and argues not q s6tStS 6
not an enlightened view Il o. q &
ests, but feeling Of malice Ich
only spring from eunbls
II the South b M sSlI
Congress has no nsors jmnb
domestic relations thsn e H1g -
The domestic Felsliops ~ g
France or EDglands IN ,ClS6 81 I q :
war with those, PER- N -
70 pass s law q
lease kIs w6rdS ffol S1 &
IeusrdItlz az kkS tiis i|aS