, 1862-02-03
4 Voice from The People.


Highest IaW, the Safety Of the State.
Mt. MORRIS. Jan. - 1862
Editors Chicago Tdbune:
There was certain period in English History
when all preccdcnts had ft1lcd, and it became
her statesmen to make precedent for the
future world. They stood in their places as
statesmen, and took the responsibility. Pend
ing the debate on the subject, in the eonVen-
ton assembled for the time, Maynard, who
was suniFcrsally Acknowledged the most
subtle and most learned Of English jurists,'
rose III his place, and scornfully thrust!ngg
aside all 't blackIettcr learning which, some
small men Ind introduced into the discussion,
declared, "We are, at this moment, OFT Of the
"beaten path Il, therefore, we are deter
"mined to move only in that path, we cannot
"moyc at all 4 mau in 4 revolution, rcsolv-
sing TO do nothing which is not strictly
ssaccorliug to established form, resembles a
s'man acao has lost himself IN tic acihle11ess, aud
.:who stands crying Where is the Kings
tstllighway. ts will walk nowhere but on the
s'*King's highway IL a acizderaess, a man
.should take the track which will carry him
sslome In revolution he nlnst have re-
''coursc to the highest law, tic safety Of tic
"Statc.s'
Here, sirs, is just where we arc to-day In
:, wilderness. Tie highway OF the Constitu-
tiou, 1as been destroyed by the rebels; hence
they are no longer entitled to any Of the tolls
usually gathered on that road.
They have only held slaves by the guarantee
or by the admitted guarantee Of that doeu-
aent With their own hands they hare
crushed that instrument, and hence for them
selves there should he no favor drawn by us
from the Constitution. There is no longer
any law for slavery in the United States, and
none Of tic officials Of the Union should any
longer recognize such It right accruing to AMI
rebelious State.
If Individuals slIl1 be able, without a rcas
onablc doubt, to establish their loyalty to u*
after the war, the rehcllious States should bf
made to remuneratc her citizen who lat
| been injured BY the act Of the State. But tlt
| United States should no longer be answcrablt
for such losses, since the States have forfeited
! all former rights under the Constitution.
Al the s'bluck letter 1carning'' which semi
seccssionists may bring to the bar to plead fu
! fa1ors to the s}ayeholaing rebels should b
thrust aside, and the statesmen Of the natiol
now have recourse to the ssHiShest law, til
safety Of the Statc,' aud the speedy closing Q
| the revolution, By striking the rebels in t.,
vital part and By the military arm extinguis1
| forever the only :lbonlination which has eve
been an incubus upon the glory and pro:
pcrity Of the nation. n. s. 2.
Cost of the Music.
The Ia, master General Of The army, in IL
ter to Representative Mcpherson, answcriu
an inquiry, estimates the annual cost Of Il
/ bands of yolantccr~regiments at over s5, ,0M
COO, exclusive Of the cost Of clothing, su
, sisting and transporting the men conposi1
thcrn. The estimate is founded on the sew
hundred regiments now in service, besides Il
Liabilities to pay EACH of these musicians,
all Ii, 500 men, (as large a force as the who
army Of the United States before the wary, Il
, slco bounty, if kept in the service two ycal
| or I'LL the expiration Of hostilitics. Mr.. u
p Pherson last week introduced q bill to d
charge them from service from the lat
: March next.
4 THE SrTIEnsu1r B111~-Tle bi1l Viii
= passed the Senate on Thursday LAST regg1lati
r. thc duties Of sutlerships, is entirely diaere
4 from the various measures which have he
reported heretofore 1t provides for boal
to be formed Of inspectors Of the army, v
;. arc to af1ix the prices for a list Of artic
named in the bill, including only the m*
common necessaries, and newspapers a
X books. When these prices arc affixed, t
Il penalty is very heavy forany violation Of the
Is Under no circumstances arc intoxicati
liquors to be sold BY the sut1cr. Te field q
H. GERS are to elect the sutler. Provision is a
i made for the semi-monthly inspection Of
=. sutlers departments. This bill will III
~ probably pass the House, and, taking im1
" diatc effect, will seriously reduce the pro
oe of sntlcrs. It's anticipated passage las alrc
us caused Il small revolution among the su
be merchants in tbis city.
- ED At Mound City, six miles up the o
= river from Cairo, is the largest military ho
ac tal in the United States, largest in capacity
On 400, when completed. It's capacity is
&C. few days to be 1000 patients.
he hospital is in most respects model. Occu
rs ing a block OF large brick stores, three sto
in high, the dividing walls Of which are piel
hy for doors, with spacious kitchen, laun
"a waEhroona, etc., below, and extensive enc
,r TO allow the distribution ofpaticnts sick !
- the same disease into separate .wards-yiz !:
~ measles ward, the erysipelas ward, ill., VI;
e1s for The wounded, the conyalesccnt, etc,