Semi-weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1853-18??, 1862-04-02
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MARTIAL LAW.
. aThs Neaphis Appa,, has the following o, ,o,.

Z Ihs heuphiss Appeut has the following q, ma
tial law ,s-sr.,Fas.s,;s a., ,.,,v.,, vi mar
- considerable diversity of opinion prev,H, :
regard TO martial law, its chai acter, extant ~
instrumentaiites Many persons suppose that mil,
taFy law is martisl law This iStan sror mil n
fermer is code Of laws prescribed for the '
Tnent; of the5arfnys 1t relates exclusivel
sons attached to the military service and doos per
N rs opeTations embrace those engaged in ord;nr
civil employment e--sI !. - =. -'"'E
Martial law, ON the contrary, embraces. sv.,,
scrption Of persons within the city or ristro.' "V
s which It bad been tablished. 1t is not de6nsi
and SYSTEMATICALLY enaetments and udic,aI ;'Su
as in the Of military law but springs fro,a
VIII and judgment of the commandant whose d,,'s
1t IS to enforce it. II supercedes the ordinary :,
strninentaitleS of courts, such as Judges iuri 1
sheratis tt maySeven suspend, for the time bo..
the great writ of habeGS corpus In other vs.
martial law may be said to be no law at oil VS.,
rather the nil of the military commandant. 'O'
The Richmond HAig has the following on M,rt;,,
Law, as enforced in Richmond:
sThere are two kinds of martial law. ono.
tablished by friend for the protection and saf,
of the comlnuuity; the other by an enemy for ~;
nOyance ard oppression. A Lincoln Provost ua-
shall would be an instance OF this last W. bay
supposed that the first kind was that which baJ
'beeninaugarated among us. But the extraorIinarr
arrests OF most respectable citizens by means -,
plots and torgefieS, give cause to doubt We have
every wish TO uphold the authorities but it i IN,
possible that any just man can commend such nv,
ceedtngs We cannot for the life of us. percpiy,
what possible public good expected 10 be suI,ser
ell by such system. w forbear to saw NOR, i
the earnest hope, that the Government for its ou
sake, Will take instant measures TO prevent tho
repetition of acts which tend to defeat the ver.
object the authorities desire. All good Citizens arc
anxious to sustain the authorities but hone desi
to be afflicted with iltelerable tyranny lii
that against which they are willing to stake life AMI
fortune to repel the Northern DeSpotism"
The Examiner alluding to the same thing saws.
=" In conclusion, on our own account we venture
to say word. The citizens of Richmond are dis
gusted with the er 5arkeepers and eEgauuJers mainly
constituting the detective" force, who are wlinr
to TIC and forge to entrap a respectable mercbaui
and yet permit the faro banks to keep open and
dispense brandy and whiskey night and day.
The Wing makes the following pointed remarks
on the ''freedom of the press"
=" We have been informed that Brigadier- General
Winder, commanding, &C. has expressed the de-
termination to suppress this journal if it does not
abandon its vicious habit Of uttering unpalatable
truths We rather incline to the opinion, if he has
made such speech, that it done in a pet or in
jcSt-though the subject is too serious for leyity
and the proposition too moIiStrouS to be serious
We had not imagined Lincoln's Provost Marshal
had come among uS-toT his advent is always S'g
nalized by the suppression Of free press and the
establishment of absolute despotiSm This, We
thought all of us in this latitude were firm and
united in fighting against to the bitter end If We
to coI.e under an arbitrary tyranny by our own
authorities thousands of arms now raised for indie
pendence and liberty would be instantly paralyzed
The ground of our offending we understand to
be, the complaints We have made of the inehcency
Of the Administration during the past nine months :;
the consequence Of which ineiciency is our present
unpreparedness to meet the enemy, and the invasion
of large portion of Virginia, and the whole threat
ened. In what We have said, We have only uttered
the feelings of nearly every outside of the red
tape circle in the Confederacv from the Rio Grane
to the Chesapeake. Everybody deplored the past
inaction and body could see that if the same
policy were adhered to for another year, our rum
was inevitable. We believe the cutlery has produc-
ed some good-though not half as much as we de-
sired. The Administration seems to be awake at
last. There are indications Of more system, more
V;gor, and Of better spirit every way than were
previously visible Ifthe Administration shall WELD
wisely and effectively the resources of the country
for its defence and the confusion of the enemy it
shall hear nothing but plaudits from US but moth
ing short of the executed threats of military ty-
ranny shall silence us in the presence of continued
acknowledgement. And when that threat shall be
executed, we think we can assure Gen. Winder he
will find few Southern men willing to fight for a
cause which, result the contest may will ensure
their Seryitude."