The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1863-02-19
IN, law No arrests more arbitrary

I'M these nave Deeu a1o ~ .nS
az civil war, and none where it would
ho more difficult to establish actual guilt.
The dagger which was apprehended was
If the same nature. 1t was alleged.
tbouph Burr denied any hostile inten-
tions toward the United States-that his
nlan was to seize so e Of the Mexican
States. and sccede the Western States
from the East, and with these materials
set up Western empire. Whether this
secession was the principal feature, or
whether it was expected to follow ute
r;orlv. As in the secession plot now being
worked out, it had been fostered by arti.
Giles in some of the Western journals in
tended to stir up hostilities against the
Eastern States, arguing that the union
with them was oppressive to the Vest
articles of the same kind as those with
which the MuscatiDe Courier and other
Democratic journals are now aiding the
present secession plot, which at the be-
ginning relied on secession of the
West for success.
The prisoners were transported to the
East by sea. Bollman and Swartwout
were taken to Washington and placed in
the custody of tie marine corps. To
provide against any interference by the
hobeas corpus, bill was introduced into
the Senate by the supporters Of the Ad
ministration and passed at single secret
session by suspension of all the rules,
suspeudiog the privilege of the, writ for
three months. At this time Burr's ex-
petition had been seized, and had totally
failed. The bill failed in the House,
because discussion showed that there
was no danger to warrant such stretch
of arbitrary power. But the bill, and its
passage 10 the Senate, showed that the
Administration AID its arty had no hes.
itation at arbitrary arrests and the sus.
pension of the habcas corpus on any ap-
preheusion of danger, although there
was at the time no hostile force organic.
ed 1t was nothing less than holding
prisoners by military force in the very
presence of the Supreme Court, and
proposition to suspend the habeas corpus
on mere suspicion, when no armed enemy
was on foot. This shows the difference
between Democracy when it has the con.
troll of the Government, and the same
party when its loss Of power has taken
away its interest in the preservation of
the Government.
A writ Of haJeos corpus was procured,
and Bollman aud Sgartwout were brought
before tie Supreme Court, which dis
charged them on the ground that they
id not apper to be in any way connected
9TH the commission Of any overt &C, Of
kason. Alexander vas discharged with.
any opposition on the part of the
cSnmest. Ogden and Adair were
hnrrf1 u Baltimore Adair brought
= Wilkison for false imprison.
fr1eyered judgment for S..
r. lob, thus sustaining hin
" ieo Of the haLeas corpus
4 y arrests when in his opin
IL oafety required it, al.
~ art Of the PEOPLE then
SSss III ess an error Of judgme ut
W. llkison, and that the &C.
r. did not demand these ar,
Ssres.
The soedent, which was sustained
Wy Jefferson, the apostle of the Democ.
racy, and BY hi, party, is broad enough
TO cover any arbitrary arrests that have
been made in this war, without taking
into the account the present real and
vastly greater danger, even if ali lat the
opponents of the Government have cbarg-
ed of them be admitted