The weekly mountain Democrat. [volume] (Placerville, El Dorado County, Calif.) 1861-1862, 1862-11-22
4 Righteous Judgment The Presi-
dent without Power to Suspend tn e
Writ of HabeRs Corpus.

" VI corpus
In The ease Of Rev. Mr.. Benedict. O.
Buffalo, New York, whose arrest, dis
,vharSe on habcas corpus, and re.arrest
we mentioned lat week, saws the Albany
Argus, there has been second writ q
habeas corpus, which the U. S. official,
absolutely diSrcgardcd. Mr.. B. has beer
carried off 10 Washing gton- Kidnapped, il
fact, by I. s. officers Mr.. Benedict.
crime, We learn, was language used in the
pulpit. Even there, no refuge exists fol
our ancient liberty of speech
The decision Of Judge Hall, before
whom this case was brought, is such q
vindication Of Constitution, law, aud an.
cicnt right, as has for some time beer
needed, to put bound to the NsnrYN>rOns
which have been going on. In the iudg
ment oi the Eo>nt, TSNe people may dis
cover the measure Of their rights on the
question Of personal liberty officially de-
iin,d and declared, and may learn with
precision &0W far these rights have beer
violated
Will not President Lincoln, learning al
last from the authorized cXponentS and
guardianspf the law that he is himself in
opposition to the laws of his country
therein differing only in the degree o
guilt rom the rebels in arnS-will he not
we ask, set them the example Of returning
to his allegiance and expressing his re.
pcn;ance for lis illegal acts, by revoking
them as far as may be:
1t is his solen II duty to do this. And
it is also our solemn duty, and that of the
people, to protest against every act o
usu' patton. and Suali with uncea>ng jcal
ou>y the libcitirs which have been be.
quvaIhcd To Us.
Judge Hail first examines the olh o
August order issued by Mr.. Secretary
Stanton, and pronounccs it, as generally
construed, "paIpable violation of The
constitutional li.l.t, Of the ci;izrns Of the
!oyal States" The decision then goes on
to show ,h lack If ANY necessity FIR the
adoption Of such an a:biua'y measure,
aui further 10 chaIactciiHe its LEGALITY as
f.,'ow>:
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