The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1863-06-23

esaslilulionai when. IN eases ii rebel.
Ism - INVASION, the pubic safety ~
qairvs lhcfa. which would not be ron.
siHulional whcr, IN absence a rebrl-
lion or INVASION. The public safety
does not require them ~ other
wurls, that The Consultation !. not.
in IL Applications, Ia al respect. The
same, 10 eases Of rebellion Of iRya.
o ~savoivtav the publtp -airts. a. Il
i ~ time. Of profound peace AID
pnb &c security. The Constitution
~ Il makes Tie distinction and |
can 40 assiFe he persuaded that ,hc
Government can constituteslly tskc
no strong uaeasurvs 20 time a Rebel.
hon. because Il can be shown lhat the
same could not be lawfully taken IN
time q peace, then | Gao be persuad.
cd that q particular drug Is not gOol
medicine Cor q sirk man, because II
eau be shawn to not DC good food
Tor a well one. Nor ana l able 10
%sppleciale the danger apprcbondvd
by the meeting that the American
people will, by means Of military AR
rests during the Rebellion, lose the
right Of public discussion, the liberty
OF speech aud The press, the law OF
evidence, triai by jury, and habsa'
corpus throughout the indefinite peace.
tnl future, which ] trust lies before
them, any more Than ! ana able to
believe that a mar could contract 40
strong an appetite for enesies during
temporary illness as TO persist IN
feeding upon them during The remain
der Of his healfhiul life.
In giving the resolutions that car
nest consideration which you request
Of me, | cannot overlook the fact
that the meeting speak as " Demo
Gratis" Nor can /, with inll respect
for their known inte~ liigence, and the
fairly presumed deIiberation with
which they prepared their resolutions,
b. permitted 10 suppose that this oc.
CURED by accident, or in any way
other than they preferred to desig-
nate themselves " Democrats rather
than American citizens" In this
Time Of national peril ! would have
preferred TO mee, YOU upon a level
one step higher than any party plat
form because ! am sure that, from
such more elevated position. We could
do better battle for the country we
all love than We possibly can from
those lower ones where, from the force
OF habit, the pr.julices OF the past.
and the selfish hopes Of the future,
we are sure to expend much OF our
ingenuity ard strength IN finding fault
with, aud aiming blows NJ. each other.
But. since You have denied me this,
will yet be thankful, for the couniry'.|
sake, that not MI Democrats have done
50. We on whose discretionary judg- I
ment Mr.. VaIlandigham was arrested
and tried is a Democrat, having 10 old
party affinity with me and the Judge
who rejected the Constitution view
expressed in these resolutions, by re-
using to discharge Mr.. Vallandigham
on hadedS corpus is a Democrat Of bet
Ter days Than these, having received
his judicial mantles at the hands Of
President jackson. And sill more,
OF all those Democrats who are nobly
exposing their lives and shedding
their blood ON the battlefield. ] have f
learn d that many approve the course
tax n with Mr.. Vallaudigham, while
| have not heard Of a single u com
demning il. ] cannot assert that there
are none such. And the name Of
President jackson recalls an instance
OF pertinent history, After the bat
tie 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 il had
arrived, General jackson still main
tanned martial or military 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..
Louailliar published a %denunciatory
newspaper article. General jackson
arrested him. A lawyer by the name
Of Morel procured the United States
Judge Hall to order a writ Of hdbedE
corpus to relieve Mr.. Louailliar.-
General jackson arrested both the
lawyer and the Judge. A Mr.. lIol-
lander ventured to say OF some part
of the matter that sit was y dirty
General jackson arrested
him. When the officer undertook
TO serve the writ Of habeas corpus.
General Jackson took il from him and
him away with a copy. Holding
the Judge in custody a few days. the
General sent him beyond the limits OF
his eneampment. and set him at libey-
~, with an order 10 remain MI the
ratification Of peace should be regu-
Iarly announced, or until the British
should have left the sosshern eoast.-
A day or two more elapsed, the raii
dcation Of the tracnty Of peace was
regularly announced. and the Judge
and others were fully liberated. A
days more, and he Judge called
General jackson into Court and fined
him a thousand dollars for having ar
him and the others named
The General paid the fine, and theirs
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