The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1862-10-04
WAlders and AbettOrs.,s
From the Cincinnati Gazette.

The Proclamation Of the President has
come in to aid the country at point where 1t
needed aid. No fact is better known than
that "disloyal persons are not adequately re-
strained by the ordinary processes of the law
from hindering" the suppression Of the rebel
lion. No person can be convicted of treason
but by the testimony oftwo witnesses to an
overt act. But who can doubt that q pressing
sympathy with Secession, proposing terms Of
division, declaring the South 10 the right, de-
nouncing the, Government for its war measures
and similar conduct, is not aiding and abetting
the rebels iu a most efeetual manners? Rebel
lion is far worse than q war with foreign
country, for it is an attemptto dssasinate the
nation in its o,cn house. In q war with q for
eign country citizen may propose peace and
doubt the Justice of the war with propriety be.
cause it involves no destruction of the nation,
and the questions involved are questions of e1s
pediency only, which may very well be discuss
ed by''persons of different opinions. But this is
an attempt to murder the nation; it is one in
which no discussion is possible till the rebels
Law down their arms. We have before US two
examples of how aiding and abettng rebels in
this neighborhood would work if Continued
The other day, Cincinnati was threatened with
being pillaged by Kirby Smiths army, who
came for the very purpose of revealing on the
spoils of the city. What better aid or comfrt
could they have had than by talking Of peace,
of Abolition war and Southern wrongs? And
yet, just these things were said when the enes
INV was not quite so near. Another case, and
perhaps the most striking one,is that Of Vallan-
digham When the South began to succeed,
this man suggested among other things, that
the country might be divided into four parts!
Such, for example, as the South, New England,
A.. Nd In ho
treason to divide the country into TWO parts,
as the rebels do, what is it to divide it into
foure So noted and conspicuous is the aid
given by Vallandigham to the South, that he
is regarded in the South as one of their strong
est friends. Yet Vallandigham cannot be con-
victed of TREASON or crime, because he is not
committing the overt acts. In this he is cum
ming. While some of his friends are getting
themselves into very hot water he is cunning
ly avoiding the danger by keeping within the
letter of the law. But are such doctrines as
he puts forth anything but "aiding and abet-
iting?" And we have one more question to ask:
If the Confederate candidates in the West
Vallandigham, Voorhees,, Petit s. Co.-sre
"aiding and abetting," what sort of work are
their supporters doing? It.would be we'll for
some Of the honest men who are misled BY
party names, to think of this. How can any
man honestly supporting his nation and GOV.
eminent, support these men! difference OF
opinion about measures there may very well
be; but there can be none that man VINO
votes against every measure for the support OF
the war, is aiding and dtett1ny the enemy II ID
a mere matter Of fact. A vote against war
measures is a vote to support the rebel army. 1t
10 tina that sucb mem are made to know where
they are. &gs .ha
The constitutional power of the President to
do this, or any other act which is necessary
Ia sunpress treason and insurrection,i is unques-
tionabie The only restriction on the power
of the President put into the Constitution, is
ia his duty to conform to the laws; but the
Constitution and the laws Of Congress have giv-
en- him unlimited power to use all the military
means of the country to carry on the war and
suppress Instruction. We have never before
had any occasion to test the war power of the
Constitution; but it is now necessary to bring
it out in full force. A great deal of nonsense
has been written about the writ of habeas corpus
which would have been avoided by considering
what the writ is. 1t is simply an order to
bring person in CONTINENT by any means,
before Judge for examination Of the cause,
and this is of the utmost Importance IN the
case of individuals in time of peace But was
never made or contemplated for war. Let us
examine. General Wallace put the city under
martial law, man violating orders, is ar
rested and put in the guard Where is
the writ Of habsas corpus7 Has not the Pres
ldent as much power as General Wallace
Congress has at any time right to remedy
any real wrongs on this subject Till this
body, representing the people, shall act, We
may as well be content. At any rate no such
acts and speeches as aid the rebel army should
be allowed.