Council Bluffs bugle. [volume] (Council Bluffs, Iowa) 1860-1868, 1862-02-05

Ixra ssss~ss1 - nEsEseSr : wa
Arsaele III al Ne Asndments to the
Uniaea sssasa uonssis zion reads as sel-
lows
seThe righs Of tho peopae 70 be secure
in their persoass hoassss papers, ana 81
facss, sgainss unreasonable searches ana |
seizures. shall not be violafsd, aad no
wayyafst shaill be isaasd bat upon pFota-
ble cause supported BIZ cath or aiArma-
ton. and partlcalssly describing tia plaee
10 Be searched, and the persons O. things
10 be seised.n
Notwithstanding this wholesome provia
Ism ia the Conssisusisn, il has become an
everyday occurrence, for men % be ar
rested, wishoas he hsspiag q > ~arrazs
for shsir arrest BY any judicial ofheer -
So common had become this arbitrary
practice In the District Of Oolumhia, IN
relation 70 negroes that the present Abo-
lition Congress has found II necessary 70
Re-ssaaos thai portion Of the Oonstisnsion
which relates TO arrests Of persons.
In q bill before tbs Senate relative TO
the management Of the jail in Washing"
ton City, an amendment was offered and
adopted, 'fThas no person be hereafter
confined In the Jail, scithosst q soarTaHt
from the Magistrate or court, ar ass order
from. the House Of Congress" That bill
was passed 70 rsmsdy sens alleges O
supposed wroags Indicted upon negroes,
who had been thrown into jail, without
the issuance of warrant, or BY other due
course Of Law.
| We hope aimee the rights Of the aesres'
have been attended to, that Congress and
others in authority will attend TO the ia
teresta Of saasts men bas We suppose thal
IL the negroes are properly cared for, tha'
| the heigh. of ambition Of the present Ae'
clifton Congress has been reached. haS
the men thrown into Jail without war
rant been whites, no action would hay
been taken in the matter. This Is proves
from the fact, that there are numbers
both women and men, now confined In ID
prison in Washington City, who hay
been arrested and imprisoned without tn
issuance Of warrant, and without beinI
informed OF the nature OF the accusatio
against them. Not only 10, bat there ar
hundreds of persons confined in FoE'
Lafayette and Warren, arrested in ioya
= States, where the Courts and people 81
: loyal, without any warrant from conr
: and have been kept for months withos
. any charge being preferred against thea
II Saoh is the case in relation 10 VIZ. d
e HnL, who, after being indicted for sre'
Ie son and appearing with his witness
o ready to nakahis defense in the ''diStrt
81 wherein the crime was alleged TO ha'
d been committed Vas denied ssspssS
'f and public trial,'' according to the ia'
and Constitution Of bis country, by 4
at entrance Of uolls, so thai he might
~ discharged sDiGhotlt a trial, in order
G. give a semblanee of legality 10 the &C
g. Of those who afterwards kidnapped hii
be and carried him away from his family
l., a wife aad Eve small ehiLdrens--t
d. confined in los&hsome prison gituat
cd more than a thousand miles from Z
ag ''diatrict wherein the crime was alleg
to have been committed" We think {
r time il not far distant when the peoE
be who love the Constitution and the Unic
nv will demand that those in authority .sh4
,ts conduct the affairs Of the countrS in 4
en- eordanca with that sacred instrument, o
- will require them to show good cana
m Why wv. NJ. HuA, Was arrested by
Ish Marshal Of this State without . wars
of from any court in the United States, q
ire conveyed 10 Fort Lafayette. Can al
ng body tell US gby these uhiGs persons
Ieh loyal States, should not have at least,
of great privileges and protection, as are
ON fSrded to negroes in Washington Gil
Let tn Black Republicans answer.