The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1863-07-02


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an appetite for emetics during a temporary
illness as to persevere in feeding upon them
during the remainder of his healthful life.
In giving the resolutions that earnest con.
sideration which you request of me, cannot
overlook the fact that the meeting speak as
Democrats. Nor can l, with full respect
| for their known intelligence, and the fairly
presumed deliberation with which they pre-
pared their resolutions be permitted to sup
pose that this occurred by accident, or in any
way other than that they preferred to desig-
nate themselves ''Dmocrats' rather than
american citizens" In this time of nation
al peril would have preferred to meet you
| upon level one step higher than any party
| platform because | am sure that, from such
more elevated position, we could do better bat
| tie for the country we all love better than we
possibly can from those lower ones where,
from force Of habit, the paejudices Of the past,
and selfish hopes Of the future, we are sure to
expend much of our ingenuity and strength
in finding fault with and aiming blows at
each other. But, since you have denied me
this, will yet be thankful, for the country's
sake, that not all Democrats have done So
He on whose discretionary judgment MIR. Val
landigham was arrested and tried is Demo-
crat, having no old party affinity with me;
and the Judge who rejected the Constitution
al view expressed in these resolutions by re-
fusng to discharge Mr.. Vallandigham on ha-
Jeas corpus, is a Democrat of better days than
these, having received his judicial mantle at
the hands of President Jackson. And still
more, of all those Democrats who are nobly
exposing their lives and shedding their blood
ON the battle field, / have learned that many
approve the course taken with Mr.. Vallandig
ham, while | have not heard of a single one
condemning it. | cannot assert that there
are none such And the name Of President
Jackson recalls an instance of pertinent his
tory.
After the battle of New Orleans, and while
the fact that the treaty Of peace had been
concluded was well known in the city, but
before official knowledge of it had arrived,
Gen jackson still maintained martial or mil
itary law Now, that it could be said the war
was over the clamor against martial law,
which had existed from the first, grew more
furious Among other things a Mr.. Louil-
lier published denounciatory newspaper ar
ticle. Gen. jackson arrested him. y lawyer
by the name of Morel procured the United
States Judge Hall to order a writ OF habeaS
corpus to relieve Mr.. Louillier Gen. Jackson
arrested both the lawyer and the judge
Mr.. Hollander ventured to say Of some part
of the matter that 1T was dirty trick
Gen. jackson arrested him. When the officer
undertook to serve the writ of b0beaS corpus,
Gen jackson took it from him, and sent him
away with copy. Holding the Judge in
few days, the General sent him be-
yond the limits of his encampment, and set
him at liberty, with an order to remain until
Al &c. eho,,l1 ha r,r,,,lorl,t
or until the British should have
left the Southern Coast. A day or two more
elapsed the ratification of the treaty of peace
was regularly announced and the judge and
others were fully liberated. A few days more,
and the Judge called Gen. jackson into court,
and fined him thousand dollars for having
arrested him and the others named. The
General paid the fine and there the matter
rested for nearly thirty years, when Congress
refunded principal and interest. The late
Senator Douglas, then in the House Of Rep
took leading part in the de-
1ates in which the constitutional question
vas much discussed | am not prepared to
yay whom the journals would show to have
voted for the measure.
1t may be remarked First, that we had the
same Constitution then as now; secondly,
hat we then had a case of INVASION and now
ne have a case of rebellion; and, thirdly, that
he permanent right of the people to public
discussion, the liberty of speech and Of the
,ress, the trial by jury, the law of evidence,
md the habedS corpus, suffered no detrlment
whatever by that conduct Of Gen Jackson, or
is subsequent approval by the American Con
5ress.
And yet, let me say, that in my own dis
,retion, do not know whether | would have
,rdered the arrest of Mr.. Vallandigham.
While cannot shift the responsibility from
myself hold that, as general rule, the
commander i'll the field is the better judge Of
he necessity in any particular case. OF
curse, must practice general directory
md revisory power in the matter.
One Of the resolutions expresses the opin-
Oh of the meeting that arbitrary arrests will
ave the effect to divide and distract those
Who should be united in suppressing the re-
,ellion, and l am specially called on to dis
barge MIR. Vallandigham. | regard this as,
t least, a fair appeal to me on the expedien-
y of exercising constitutional power which
think exists. In response to such appeal |
ave to say it gave me pain when ! learned
hat Mr. Vallandigham had been arrested
hat is, ! was panied that there should have
eemed to be a necessity for arresting him
nd that it will afford me great pleasure to
him so soon as can, by nymeans,
elieve tho public safety will not suffer by it.
further say, that as the war progresses, 1T
ppears to me, opinion and action, which were
/ great confusion at first take shape and fall
ito more regular channels, so that the ncces-
ty for strong dealing with them gradually
ccreases. have every reason to desire that
should cease altogether, and far from tho
east is my regard for the opinions aud wishes
f those who, like the meeting at Albany, de-
are their purpose to sustain the Government
! every constitutional and lawful measure
suppress the rebellion. Still, must CON
nue. to do SO much as may seem to be re-
uired by the public safety.
A. LINCOLN
30 Hang the Dutch Soldiers.
rom the Knoxville Register, June II