The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1862-11-28

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proviS1oes of the Constitution, prevent the
illegal imprisonment Of 0ar citizens. and
tie svspeasion Of the urit Of habeas corpus.
rken there Is no sre6eiiios or fnrasion' in
tie Stahe."-[ Js6e1son1an.
Having seated himself at the feet Of Val
landigham, and leaned treasos from his
lips. the editor Ct the Lefeysonian "hopes"
the incoming Legislature will lend its assis--
lance to prevent martial law from being en-
forced within the State of Indiana, unless
tseTe is actual rebellion or invasion seithin
the STATE and 10 prevent the seizure and
ing aid and comfort TO the enemy! The
seizure and imprisonment of such unmiii-
gated scoundrel "cilizens" as those who con-
Quoted The enemy across the river from Ken.
lucky into Indiana, where the rebels took
and paroled our wounded and sick, who
were 10 The hospital at Newbern, seized and
carried off arms. hospital stores. &c, is de-
precated by cur JeGersonian neighbor. aud
the Legislature called OF to pass person
al liberty BILL" so that like ''illegal" pro-
ceeding shall not again occur, and the hber-
ty of his "But,ernul" friends be again
abridged !
For a regular dyed in the wool Breckin-
ridge Demociat--one who did every thing in
his power to divide the Democratic party
in this State and to defeat Douglas--one
who is using all the Influence in his power TO
have Ike State of Indiana again disgraced
in the Senate of the United States By the
return to that body Of the traitor Bright,
even if it is only for the same space OF time
that Jonah was in the belly of the whale
nothing better could be expected than a
proposition like the above, to shield andpro
tect secession sympathizers and out-spoken
traitors. in their endeavors TO embarrass the
Government by their internal plots and
m achina.ious, by aid Of the law making
power of the State. four neighbor of the
Je6ersonian is not completely lost to reason
If he is not yet SO thoroughly imbued
with Hendricksism as to wish for separa-
ton Of the Union, to enable the North west
to urite with the South as its natural mar
ket, and cut off from the East--the follow.
ing remarks of Senator Douglas, on the sus
pension Of the writ Of ha5eas corpus, may
haye some weight. II be would not rather
see the triumph of the Democratic party in
sured, at the expense of the salvation OF the
country, by The use Of every means within
the Iower of The Government. let him pom
der these words OF the Little Giant" who.
tho dead, yet speaks in thunder tones:
Talk about iliegality! Talk about for
maliiies! Why. there was but one foimali-
ty TO be observed. and that was the formal.
ty of directing the cannon. and destroying
the enemy regardless Of the means. whether
it be by the seizure of cotton bags, or lie
seizure of persons if the necessity of the
case requirs d. The God of nature confer
red this right on men and nations; and. there
fore, let him not be told that it was uncon-
stitutional. To de'end the country, let him
not be told that it was unconstitutional 10
use the necessary means. The constitution
was adopted for the protection of the coun-
try, and under that constitution the nation
had the right to exercise all the powers that
were necessary for the protection of the
country. If martial lac uas necessary to
tie salvafion Of The country. martial tap
aCas legal for that purpose. If it was nee
essary for Judge, for the preservation Of
order, to punish for contempt he thought
it Was necessary for general to exercise
control over bis cannon, to imprison traitors
and arrest sp,cs. and to intercept communi
Cations with the enemy. If this was neces-
sary this was legal"
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- Hon. c. B. Smith, present Secretary of
the Interior when . member of Congress from
this District, procured the appointment of the
present Commander in Chief of the army of the
Potomac as Cadet at West Point.
- Our fiiend, Geo. Dickinson, of Kansas,