The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1863-07-04
WHOLE No. 293.

Mr.. Vallandigham, while / have not heard +
of single one condemning it. I cannot as
sert that there are none such. And the name
of President Jackson recalls an instance of
pertinent history. Afterthe battle of New
Orleans, and while the fact that the ttesty of
peace had been concluded was well known s.
in the city, but before official knowledge of
1T had arrived General Jackson still mani
tanned martial or military law. Now, that p
1t could be said the war was over, the olAfn-f
or against martial law, which had existed
from the first, grew more furiousL
Among other things sflMr., 1LouquaiAier.
published denunciatcryz newspaper arti-.
Gle. General Jackson arrested him. a
lawyer by the name of Morel procured the
United States Judge Hall to order writ of
habess corpus to relieve Mr. Louaillier.
General Jackson arrested both the LAWYER
and the Judge A Mr.. Hollander yentured.
to say of some part of the matter that ssit
was dirty trick General jackson arrest
ed him. When the officer undertook to
serve the writ Of habeas corpus General
Jackson took it. from him and sent him
away with copy. Holding the Judge in
custody few days, the General sent him
beyond the limits of his encampment, and
set him at liberty, with an order to remain
till the ratification of peace should be regu.,
larly announced, or until the British should
have left the Southern coast A dayI or
two more elapsed, the ratification of the
treaty of peace was regularly announced.
and the Judge and others were fully
liberated. A few days more, and the
Judge called General Jackson into Court.
and fined him a thousand dollars for
having arrested him and the others named.
The General paid the fine, and there the
matter rested for nearly thirty years, when
Congress refunded principal aud interest,
The late Senator Douglas, thenip the House
of Represen took leading part in
the debates, IN which the constitutional
| question was much discussed. I am not
prepared to say whom the journals. would
show to have voted for the measure.
| 1t may be remarked: First, that we had
the same Constitution then as now; seconds
| ly, that we then had a case of invasion land
now We have a case of rebellion; and thirdly.
that the permanent right of the people to
public discussion, the liberty ofspeech and
of the press, the trial by jury, the law OF
evidence, and. the ,habeas corpus, suffered no
detriment whatever by that conduct of Cen
eral Jackson, or its subsequent approval by
the American Congress. - vglltgra 81
And yet, let me say, that in my own dis
erection, | do not know whether would
have ordered the arrest of Mr.. Vallandig.
ham. While 1 cannot shift the responsible
i'ity from myself hold that, as a general
rule, TIE commander in the field is ths7 bet
ter Judge of the necessity in any particular
case. Of course, must practice general
directory and revisory power in the matter.
One of the resolutions expresses the opin-
ion of the meeting that arbitrary arrests viii
have the'effect to divide and distract thosS
who should be united il suppressing the re-
bellion, and am specifically called on to
discharge Mr.. Vallandigham regard this
as, at least, a fair appeal to me on the expe-
diency of exercising a constitutional power
which think exists. In response to such
appeal have'to say. it gave me- pain when
/ learned that Mr.. Vallandigham had been
arrested-that is, was panied that there
should have seemed to be necessity for al
resting him-and that it viii afford me great
pleasure to discharge him So soon as Lean,
by any means, believe the public safety. will
not suffer by it. | further say, that as the
war progresses, it appears to me, opinion
and action, which were in great confusion
at first, take shape and fall into more regular
4 channels, so that the necessity for strong
dealing with them gradually decreases, L
had every reason to desire that it should
cease altogether, and far FROM the least is my
regard for the opinions and wishes of those
! who, like the meeting at Albany, declare
their purpose to sustain the Government in
; {every constitutional aud lawful measure to
! suppress the rebellion. Still, I must con
J tinue to do so much as NAV seem to Be re-
quired by thepublie safety A.@LIEeoLNs
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. dodge of patent medicine vender in New
Y rk. Itappears that Methuselah. was sn-
I abled 70 live for centuries by the use of
these pile. The reoeips was lost, iandi the
3span of life has been growing shorter eyer
slnce.Y Fortunately the recipe has y, turned
: up, and any gentleman who wishes to live
half dozen centuries, has only to bay a
, box of these pills. 81 - trT19 ssosssIi -
A terrible earthquake visited the Island
of Rhodes, .ip the Mediterranean, on the
; 22d of April, completely destroying twelve
1 villages and greatly injuring many others.
Three hundred persons were killed and an
immense number wounded Not q build
2. ing in the town of Rhodes escaped damage.
j The misery caused is said to be fearful
e DlsMIss Hms-We recollect an old gem
f tleman, one of whose chief, idiosyncracies