The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1863-07-16


Congress, violated the Consti tuition.
ResOlced, That Congress alone have
the Constitutional power to suspend the
writ of hdJeas corpus, and that, until the
writ has been suspended by act of Con-
gress, it is the duty ofthe President
and all other officers, civil and military,
to obey it, and that, therefore, the Pres
ident, in sushnding said writ himself
or attempting to authorize certain,
military officers to suspend it, or to dis
obey it, or in sustaining them in dis.
obedience to it, violated the Constitu-
tion.
ResolUed, That by the Constitution,
"no money shall be drawn from the
Treasury but in consequence of appro.
priations made by law" and that in or
dcring the drawing from the Treasury,
OF money unappropriated or appropri-
ated for one purpose, and applying the
same TO purposes for which no appro-
priations had been made by law, the
President violated the Constitution.
ReSolvcd, That the search of certain
telegraph Offices in the month of Nav
last by officers and agents of the Ex
ecutive, without search warrant upon
probable cause, supported by oath or
affirmation, and particularly describing
the place to be searched and the things
to be seized, and that the seizure of pa.
pcrs and dispatches in said Offices, was
a violation Of the constitutional "righ t
of the people to be secure in their per-
sons, houses, papers and effects against
unreasonable search and seizure;" and
that the President, in ordering said
search and seizure, violated the Consti
tuition.
Reso'ced, That neither Cingrcss, nor
the President nor the judiciary, havo
any Constitutional power .to abridge
the freedom of speech or of the press;
and that the the suspension of newspa-
per presses by military authority and
force, and The arrest of citizens by mil
itary or civil authorities for the express
sion by speech, or through press, of
opinions upon political subjects or any
other subject is violation Of the Con
titution.
Resolved, That the arrest without
civil process Of persons not subject
to the rules and articles of war, nor in
cases arising in the land or naval forces,
or in the militia when in actual service
by soldiers in the service Of the United
States is a breach Of the Constitution
and a violation of the constitutional
liberty of the person.-[Cong, Globe, p
1870.
MR.. V. NOT ~ FAvnR OF SURPRISING
THE REBELLION.
On the very same day, Tsee Globe, p
l3l, that staunch Democrat from Hi
nois, Mr.. (now Maior-GeneraD McCler
nand, moved the following resolution
which failed to receive the support o
Mr.. Vallandigham:
WHEREAS, A portion of the poopl
of the United Statos,in violation of thci
constitutional obligations, have takcr
mp arms against the National Govern
mont, and are now striving, by aggros
sive and iniquitous war, to overthrow
it, by breaking up the Union of thcs
States, therefore,
Resolved, That the House hereb
pledges itself to vote for any amount q
money, and any number of men whic
may bo necessary to insure speed
and otfectual suppression of the REBEL
ion, and the permanent restoration {
the Federal authority everywhere with
in the limits and jurisdiction of tn
United States.
July 16.--Mr. Bingham, under ir
, structions from the committee on III
, Judiciary, reported in favor of the pas.
= age of bill "to provide for the sur
preston of rebellion against and resi-
, tance to the laws Of the United States,
which was identical with the act passe
, February 28th, 1895, with this addition
; al provision: "that the militia of II
. United States, when called into actu
service in pursuance of this act, sha
be paid, and provided rations and clotl
ing tho same as the Regular Army
: and also repealed the clause of the q
of 1895 which limited the service of ii
, militia to three months each year.
Mr., Vallandigham opposed this bi
i with all his powor.-[Yido Cong, Glob
e p. 245.
j DENIES THAT THE SOUTH IS TO BLAM
. July 23.-Rerused to vote for the fir
r division of Crittenden's resolutio
t which is in the following words:
D RcsoIVsd By The House Of Represest