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- FRIDAY, JUNE. 49, 1868.
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suspension ofthe Habeas: Corpus
-: ,. and Arbitrary arrests. ::
EXTRACTS FROM THE SPEECH OF
-" JEHU BAKER. :; .-,; -
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Delivered In the Hall Of the
= Honse Of Representatives:
February 4th, 1sU1. :..:;.:

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Delivered In :tIie Hall of the
- Honse Of Representatives:
February: 4th, 1sg5. = !:
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Twill next consider the power Of the Gov
| ernmtnt to suspend the privilege of the writ
! of4Q1rys corpus, aud to .eumnItrily. suppress
! trtasonntlt rfnctices.t Here, as'elsewhese, I
| powtrs given 1t b the Constitution; but Ye
| Shall see that !. possesses these high prero.a-
| tires in auule Of rebellion aud Imminent pub
lie peril The Constitution expressly provides
that the privilege Of the writ OF hdbedscorpus
shall not be- suspended unless when: in cases
Of r.he'lon the public safety may require it,"
Whenever then In such cases, tue public safety
rsquiie e It, it Is lhdispnlatly nEtitutiona!to
suspend the writ Tue palpablr object Of the
power terc given Is to ccRi the public safety
III cuse u = bcli0u OR Invasion, ai.d the means
provided for HttaiDinE that object IS the sus-
co,7,us.- It caunnt pe denied that the means
are eonn:ensuratc with the object; from
which it Inevitably follows; that in case of re-
bellion or sz.yssion, II IS constitutional to
suepcrd tie privilege Of the writ, wherever
il zlc Jurisdiction Of the - United
its suspension. When rebellion or f1ya.
efon 1,As taken place; The onlJ limit
ation upon the porcr is, that the tspublic
safety shall require it to bc used,--anl Of
this It is l,aain that tho. Government: aud not
| jncEc:. There lisa 1imi ation 'as to thst.: 1t
must Ge III cuar 'twhen" invasion or rebel
lion 1as occurred, There is 10 Hmitation; as
to 1lde:.' In this respect the power is gene
raj, und to be employ cd wherever the public
clcar, therefore, that being in tte midst Of n
rebellion Of gigantic magnitude, with its open
! or latent affiliations permeatinE the, whole
country, It is more than the right it Is the
constitutional duty of the Government, to
/ suspend The privilege Of the writ.in snch
| safety n,ay demand, whether those particular
| places be in state Of actual rebellion or not.
There being already rebellion, that satisfies
| the condition imposed by the Constitu ion
and the Government Is nuL bound to wait
uHti1 it has Two instructions instead of one
! OIL IFS hands, 1tis not bound to stand By pow
| erless, while thinly masked traitors are sink
| ing gthemine. aud LAYING the train for further
explosion. Under such circumstances it tnay
send its lightning before ITS thunder, and
smite the very beginnings Of treason; and
| this, by the double warrant Of the Cunstitu.
tio,, and common sense. Our homeiy house
hold maxi1ns cover the case; 4 stitch in
tine SAVES nlnc;' t'an ounce If preventive Is
better than round Of cuIen
| The object ufthis extraordinary power being
/ Lh EuN10 llG HuD4lE e.AlttS& 1t lQA3E HE EXIT
cised III due reference TO 1lat object, and only
to the extent that public safety requires;
| from which it results that tile suspension Of
| the writ in places where the courts aro open,
must. be. spccl.l a1.l hot general In such
places tho Suspension of the writ musI be
limited to 1nfsdo{ngs gcs1natn to The rebellion.
As to all other off:nses, such as murder, theft,
robbery, arson, 'counteIfeitfng and the rest
| these having no direct tendency to rebellion,
! tie very general rule would certainly be that
| the writ couldnot BE- constitutionalty suspend
cd nor has any boty proposed TO suspend II II
~snch cascs. In every respect in which the
! writ Las run and been obeyed in times of
peace and loyalty, 1t Is still to run md he
obeyed; for in Zone of these respects does
I, the public safety require its suspension. But
Us 10 treason, and thuse Lew and underlined
tu1Litudce which have sprung up in danger
ous alliance with the rebellion itself. the ca>e
il entirely different, Here the public safety
| nay require The suspension Of the writ, and
| to this extent the Constitution must obvious
u warrants Its =u=peDsicn.
! We see, t1itU, that for the purpose Of un-
deretandipE this subject, offcnses are to be
| divided into two classes: the one including
| HAT great multitude of ordinary and defined
| ot1enses, which bear no enecial relation to re-
| beliIcn; while the other embraces one dctiued
odense- se-treason-tcErthcr with c2nsidera-
bic variety u un1ei:acd oGenses, all OF which
give nd: j: and :cncopr1semen to. the rebellion,
! which Is wasing tlh. Lat1on and drinking up
the blood Of the people. : The first does not
cndanger the public .safety in that high and
eAt4ao!uinaf seheE nent ~ Iae-1uaettu- 1tt
uon' alu VI tts4oas, eaeMRs n, lsun .ae sus~
III a time of rebellion, endangers: the
/ country In that exact and particu1sr
sense, and nre therefore most clearly the very
Offences, as to which the Constitution author
azeS tne suspension ,;' ot tAe VIII
| Ns1t, as 10 Inc @ summary ae.ention Of dis.
sa1e4y IL nae q tepsil1qhs .a e., me power 70 do
| TINS Is corTeias1ee WITH Lie power 70 suspend
| The writ IAeso two po"ers go hand 10 hand,
eaen implying tAe ,t ots1; one eannot imagine
oenaM OF 1ns ia. npoang o. me
prisoner; In denyinG 1he writ sheretofs. ;the
tlon n oenance q NE VIM, 4t'w1H siye no
rene! 1tom tnc ae1ention. nut "tnnoids gu
!ene1. ~ lasteiose Jast9seS lne aeteauon LOT
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snposs caItait hH 6n hu H.
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