Semi-weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1853-18??, 1862-10-21

out special cause. might as well be pretended to b
n law Of war or the right to use poisoned weapons
| or to assassinate."
! This is the language of John Quincy Adams, il
his correspondence with the British government
upon the subject of slaves emancpated during TIT
war of the Revolution and the war of 1872. Under
this remonstrance and through the treaty of Client
one million two hundred thousand dollars were paiC
! by the British government to the Southern slave
| holders for property thus abducted and enanciPa
ted during the war of the Revolution and the wal
Of 1872. [Applause.] Hence, as the proclamation
is not right under the institution it is no more
right under laws of war; is it right to the loya
men in the disloyal States of this Union. ,s
NO NEGRo-GoyERSMENr PARTNERSHIP. bar go
For one, am ready to say, that if the time evel
| arises when Georgia, or Alabama, or Virginia, OF
Louisiana, is governed by negroes, with negro ju
dietary, negro senators in Congress- and negro rep
resentatives 1t is quite time for the white people o.
the North to dissolve partnership with any such
State. cloud cheers.) All these, however are
| dreams of negro liberty, equality, and fraternity
and if the schemes of the President carried out
there must inevitably follow what the Abolhohists
now demand of him, the arming of the slaves, their
adoption into the army of the United States, and
our recognition Of them, not only fellow soldiers,
but as fellow-ctizens Also applause and laugh.
! teri In Louisiana there are now thousands OF
slaves supported on government rations, and every
negro costs the United States forty cents day for
his ratious. Something must be done with these
negroes. The Aboitiouists propose to bring them
into the army of the United States. This is no new
proposition. like proposition was made two years
ago in the State of New York-the beginning of that
idea, to give negro suffrageS to negro voters, and
though this was Republican State, going for Mr..
Lincoln by fifty thousand majority, the Republicans
themselves had good sense enough to vote down
that proposition by an immense majority. But
what mean these propositions? They are nothing
new. Let uSsee. ..-r r
THE QUALIFICATION OF HABEAS CORPUS.
There followed, in the reign Of the two Charles,
of England, (despotio kings what is called the writ
OF hd6eas cOrpus--the right which an English sub
.ject had whenever he was taken prisoner and IN
generated in a jail, to have a writ from Judge of
the Court of Kings Bench, commanding the jailor
to Bring the body of that subject before him. to have
his case adJudcated upon according to the laws of
England. And yet, that which has been English
liberty since the days of the dark ages Q2l5 > that
which the despotic kings of England, the two
Charles, accorded-One of whom was executed for
his tyranny, and his government suppressed by
Cromwell-that which our fathers have had since
their reign, is now subverted, overthrown, de-
stroyed, by mere proclamation from the President
Of the United States, annuling both the right of
trial by jury and the hdbSdS corpus by which every
he has been incarcerated. The President claims
that he has authority, under the Constitution, to
issue this power of suspending the hdbe1S corpus.
Believe you that Washington re6elling against the
tyranny of the executive power of King George
that Madison, Jefferson, Franklin, old John ADAMS
any of the fathers of the Revolution created
Constitution by which one mere man, having the
same flesh and blood that you and have, is, with
out act of Congress- to have authority over thirty
millions of peOple?-that he can take any Of you
by day or by night, from your wives and children
and incarcerate you in Fort Lafayette Fort War
rem, beyond all hope ofredemption? Infamous
Never did the trainers of the Constitution give or
grant such powers t. the Executive of the United
States GIVE will never stand M If it were
giVen there is no liberty any longer for the people
Of the United States for that Executive has but the
exercise of arbitrary power to involve this country
in war with England or France, and IN the suspen-
sion of the hd6eGs corpus, after creating army
OF million " men, to ride, shod, thirty
millions of hitherto free white men. C'Never, new
err" Our own Judge Hall, in the western part Of
the State, but the other day liberated person, a
reverend genteman-who may, or may not have
been guilty of something, l know not what-on
.habedS corpus, and in doing so, declared that as
Congress had given the President no such power
he had no such power. (Applause) Nothwith-
standing tins decision of Judge Hail. this person
was taken, the moment he was liberated "a white
man kIdnapped) to the Central Railroad depot, put
in freight car, isolated from the people, and Sc
crety and stealthily taken from Buffalo to Albany
thence to Washington, State prisoner. (Shame)
And they tell that for this free speech, this free
and fundamental discussion of all these things |
may be imprisoned and incarcerated Ono, YOU
won't") But do not at all feel certain that one or
two thousand policemen may not take me any hour
of the day from the midst of my fellow citizens and
incarcerate me- e. Never" and protracted cheers.)
4 man in the audience proposed three cheers for
Judge Hall, which were enthusiastically given.
WHAT Is TO BE DoNE-A LAST CHEER FROM CAPT
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. TO TIE BAsTILE WITH THE
LIBERTY CAP. -
Now, fellow-citizens, dare say shall be asked
by Republicans, after these complaints against the
Administration of the Government, What are we
to do?' Ii this country was not in the midst of a
civil war; would have no hesitaney in saying, as
Patrick Henry said in the Revolution, Resistance
to tyrants is obedience to God" Enthusiastic and
long continued cheering.)' Capt Rynders-" Three
cheers for that if it is the last cheers that eemen
have to give" (The cheers were given.) What
are We to do? Gan auditor" Where are the ty-
rantsy' 1Put him out~ All l propose to do is
to appeal to the ballotbox That has hitherto been
sufficient court of appeal for all the people of the
United States. If they will permit US to have it,
arouse and inspire yourselves for action at the bal
lot-box. (Applause) The balotbox is your only,
your lofty and sublime remedy. (''Wil they let US
have the bal!ot-boxrO Go to the ballot-box. and
make trial there for the redemption of this people
from all impending slavery For the present protest
loudly against all this arbitrary exercise of power
GIVE will do it'0 If, or any of your fellow-citi-
Zens be imprisoned, do as the French did in the
midst of the Revolution, form large professions,
with the red cap of liberty lifted over every free
mans head, (great applause march to the bastilc
unarmed and on Bonded knees If necessary iu-
plore the commander to berate your fellowcitizen.
Ono, never in America.O Freemen should al
ways, before resorting to any ultima ratio petition,
beg and implore There are rights and obligations
in country like this as long as the ballotbox is
open for the redress ofwrongs. C'You are right")
When you have assembled before this oastile read
to the epaulettes in the lofty sonorous Latin of the
dark ages 1.-THE Magma ChartG Of your English faith
ers, thunder the ha6eas corpus in the ears of your
fellow-ctizens and soldiers and then read and re-
read there the Constitution of the United States,
which guarantees to every man the right of free