Semi-weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1853-18??, 1863-02-17
The Liberty of the Citizen.


The following is the act passed by the LegiSla-
ture of this State at its late session. for the protec
ton of personal liberty:
A BILL CODE RELATION
CORPUS
SECTION l. Be eaacted by tie Gsasral assembly of tie
STATE If North Clroliad, and hereby enacted by TIE d~
h0rityd The same THAI upon application for the writ of
kubedS corpus if the stated in the petition shall show
that adequate relief be afforded by directing the
writ the person OBTAINING another his custody,
cry such shall be lawful for the Judge granting the
writ direct the the sheriff of where
such detention NAV occur Commanding him 10 take the
body of him who obliged be detained, and have the
present the return of the writ and to the
party alleged 10 be guilty OF the detention appear
tue time and place Of Sad RETURN and show the of
detention Any Judge issuing such writ, before whom
the same shall be returned vacation, shall have the
power to enforce obedience the same and punish
attachments for contemptS that Court has
SEC =. BE ii FURTHER eEaced, That when any person
shall have been discharged out of dy by judge
writ Of hbsdS corpus and shall be arrested and detained
upon the which he discharged aure
said it shall be the duty of the Judge issue writ
naudin the sheriff of the county where the detent ION may
occur, take the body of the person detained and
bring the before him, Oher Jud re havngju
risdcton when such former discharge appearing tie per-
detained shall be rthw tn discharged and if appear
that such second arrest aud deten made illegally,
and with knowledge of the former discharge the party
offending shall be guilty of misdemeanOr and fined and
imprisoned at the discretion of the court.
SEC 3. Be further enlctei That any person guilty of
making false return to any writ of hdJas corpus shall
be guilty of high msdemean r. and shall be fined and
imprisoned at the discretion Of the court
This act rendered necessary by the fact that
Confederate officer at Salisbury, Capt. Mccoy, had
openly 6efed the civil law, and had threatened to
resist that law at the point of the bayonet.
This measure was met by the Destructive leaders
in the Legislature with the cuckoo cry that it would
"come in conflict with the Confederate government"
Well, what if it should? When great principle
of liberty Is at stake tie gorernmcnt must gire oay.
Under our form Of government every citizen charged
with crime, is entitled to a fair and speedy trial
He who denies that denies a fundamental right :;
and he who deliberately Interposes to prevent such
trial, is tyrant
We are prepared to defend this measure, and to
meet the Destructive journals OH every point they
may make in relation to it; but we regret we are
not aided in doing this, by the remarks in full of
those members who advocated the measure. We
should be gratifed especially to have the remarks
Of Mr.. Warren, of Beaufort, which we have heard
spoken of in the highest terms; and we trust he
will write them out for publication.
GREENSBORO FEMALE CoLLEGE-The exercises
of this popular institution, regret to learn, have
been temporarily suspended for short time, in
consequence of the appearance of small pox of a
very mild form in that institution, the person of
one of the young ladies at school. The excellent
President and the attendant physician adopted the
most prompt measures to prevent its spreading
We are glad to learn that the young lady has en-
| tirely recovered and general vaccination having
been had, there is now no longer any danger. We
learn that the exercises will be resumed this week.
Many of the young ladies left for home after the
case occurred thus adding to the danger of spread
ing the contagion- We have entire confidence in
the efficiency of vaccination as preventive of small
pox, and we hope that our population generally will
| resort to it.