Washington telegraph. [volume] (Washington, Ark.) 1839-1871, 1862-09-17

and giving its single and equal vote, they sol
EMMY declared that they did 20 for che pur-
pose of establishing Justice, and securing the
blessings OF Liberty to the people of every
State, and to their posterity; and they guard
ed with singular jealousy the rights and pre-
negatives Of the States, AMI the security NJ the
lives, liberties ana property Of tie cltizeu
Aud when. after wards, the same States, OPP
pressed by stern necessity, willing, FIR
the time, to.plrt with that essential attribute
OF their sovereignty, by which their courts .of
justice, and magistrates were enabled to pro-
tcct against the rude assaults Of the military
power the personal liberty or their citizens,
they enacted a law, hy which, comforting on
the President the right to suspend the privilege
of the writ of lIabeas Corpus, they strictly coa-
fined that power to the President alone.
When, n little more than year ago. the
Generals of the Northern President suspended
the privilege Of that writ, the right to which
had been guaranteed by Magma Charta in
barbarous age, to the subjects of a monarchy;
and when the venerable Chief Justice Of the
United States issued the writ notwithstanding,
and followed it by writ Of attachment for
contempt against General, for dis0beyIng;
and when the General, panoplied IN his mill
tary power, set the writ and the Magistrate AZ
fiance, one cry Of applause for the virtue
Of. the Magistrate, and of indignation
for the tyranny of the Northern Despot and
his minions, went up out Of the honest heart Of
the whole South; and no circumstance that &C
CURED, more tended to make the Northern
Government odious, and to turn Southern
hearts against il, than that outrage upon the
Constitution, that contempt for the law and its
august minister
A little more than year has elapsed; and
without any shadow of right or authority, in
direct defiance of the Constitution, we see
with establishment the privilege Of the writ of
Habeas Corpus suspended and Martial law de-
clared wherever in these Confederate States 1t
pleases aGeneral OF any grade to substitute him
self and his Provost Marshal in place of the
law and the Constitution. In Arkansas, a Chief
Provost Marshal is appointed, ana assigned to
duty Chief Provost Marshal Of the whole
Trans Mississippi District, which includes a
vast territory, occupied by FIVE allied Indian
Tribes. On his Recommendation, Martial Law
i to be declared, and provost marshals ap-
pointed, wherever necessary. lie is authOriz-
ed to enrol and compel TO serve n a Provost
Guard, all white male persons between the
ages of sixteen and forty.fve years who are
not subject TO CONSUMPTION al d not exempt
from military service. lie is 10 arrest ami
punish, all persons. who, any where in the
District, suspend the sale Of any produce.
wares merchandise, drug or commodity, In
order to evade the MajorGeneral' Regulations
concerning the same; all persons who manifest
or incite disatfection towards the C,nfa ierate
States; and all persons guilty of any uislrlery
or immoral conduct; as also all persons who re-
fuse to receive Confederate notes as currency,
at par, IN business transactions; and all who
ask or receive, for any produce, goods, wares
or merchandise. drug OF commodity, any hirh
er price than fixed by him.
by decree of this Chief Provost Marshal
all merchants within the District, of Arkansas.
are required to keep open their stores, from d
certain hour in the morning to certain hour
IN the evening, every day except Sunday:
and are required TO receive in exhange
for all articles Of merchandise" Confed.
crate money, IN rendered A tariff Of prices
IS announced 70 h- subjects, to be rig
idly enforced everywhere in the District
AMI all person, al4 informed that all violations
Of this order nii W. nrt with punishment
commensurate w.tI thu ufferre" These prices
by Geudlal Order NU ia, ho is empowered to
regulate from tI.ns - time, at his discretion"
~ the 81 paragraph ~ the same General
Orders. Martial lan I'M declared throughout tile
tho cuuaty ui lHASk, aul Colonel Ben n
bau,vy. : YmuaIIhut pi The Post ana Provost
Marshal. is charged with the maintenance of
order and discipline. md the supprys-ing Of
vice, disorder aN4 immortality, within tnaI un- /
fortunate county. hni -he power Il. alsa given 4
nina. 10 PuE-cIB. anu I'rLtCT penalties for an !
,i.clc : coming wit.Iu his jurisdiction: and 10 !
g ',ar!ish such regulations ia regard ID trade |
and traffic, ani tlIe punishment for violation ~ /
orders ia respect thereof, III lie NAY DEEM
When Lieut. Col. Sol1n Borland, a little more
than year uEo. prohibited tls expectation ot
provisions aul utuar articles necessary fUr tho
public forces, from Arkansas, by way Of White
AMI Black Rivers, the Governor OF the State
asserted rie Superior maj tv @. the law, auI
superior officer promptly resciu lsi the o-i,r
relieved Tie offender Nj Ai- c5ln.n.lii. an Or e--
,d him Goo headquarters. have heard, but | I
DO iot know. that hc was tried Tor the offence
Tic distance M THE r1a ~ slavery that We
have Travelled since then is immrhsnralle.
Tho Chief Provost Marshal possesses all the \
powers. the concentration OF which ia the
la3s of uue man constitutes the most iutolcr-
able d '>p3,sn. Surely this ought to recon-
mend a to tht favorable consideration Of those
legitimate munlrchs og Europe who have been
SUPP os,d heretofore 90 favor, as mast absolute
lud legi innate. the c. use of Abraham the First
lie Is the teyniai3r-.Or he defines the offences
tnd prescribca thc penalties, at his discretion
taking care that NY some means known only to
himself it shall in every case be 'icommensu-
rate with the offence" lie is the Judge. be-
cause he tries the accused. renders tile verdict
aud pronounces The sentence. And he i the
eXecutoner, because it is he who is to INFECT
the punishment. lie may whip, hang, brand.
burn, drown or quarter; for th ere il no limit TO
his powers; but hc il simply IN incarnute. mon
strous and hideous despotism. Like Il triple
headed Deity, he wears the robe OF the Senator
and the erniine of the Judge, aud wielIs the
bloody fasces Of the Lictor al cnce
BY an order Of the Major @ eneral, dated the
third Of June, ALL cotton ia the Trans Missis-
sippi District, except in the Choctaw eountr,
IS SEIZED, for and On account OF the Confeder-
ate States, anu pl4cel under the control III 4
single per on. who j. tO make whatever dispo-
sition of it ''as will eitectualy prevent il
from falling into the hands oil the enemy" BIZ
a subsequent order, vast powers are vested ia
this officer, to command sherilfs, officers con-
scripts and citizens, Impress wagons, teams anl
hands, and TO give away to neccssitous persons,
ten pounds OF cotton for each white person aud
slave. If any person should secre:e cotton aud
refuse to point II out the offence IL cousti tuted
treason, and lie is to bc tried az u traitor, as
also are not only persons resisting the execu-
ton of the or Ter, but also those waO fail TO
give the captain aid when called upon.
Thus, by one stroke Of the pen. the title 10
property worth millions, belonging u a thouS-
and loyal citizens of a loyal sovereign State.
is declared to be Invested, aud vested ia one
breath IN the Confederate States; Ia utter con
tempt of that provision Of the solemn agree
inent between the States, which declares that
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