The dollar weekly bulletin. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1862-1864, 1863-07-30

O'Clock M. on that day, directed Lieuten
% ant Davidson again to speak the gunboat o
= guard, and to hand to the officer in comman
: another note to the Admiral. This wa
IS done. A copy of the note is appended
:. marked Q. At half-past two O'Clock P. N
h two boats approached US from below, on
bearing the answer from the Admiral to m
note to him of the 4th. The answer is an
nexed, marked D. t.-...- .'., ..,
The other boat bore the answer of Lieu.
+ tenant Colonel w. 81. Ludlow to my note o
the 4th, addressed to the officer in commant
| at Fortress Monroe. A copy of this is an
nexed, marked E. Lieutenant Colonel Lud
( low also came up in person in the boat that
brought his answer to me, aud conferred
with Colonel Ould on board the Torpedo
upon some matters he desired to see him
about in connection with the exchange oI
prisoners. From the papers appended, EN-,
bracing the correspondence referred to-, il
will be seen that the mission failed from the
refusal OF the enemy to receive or entertain
It, holding the proposition for such CO nfer-
ence 'inadmissable." ..- ..... -
i The influence and views that led to this
determination, after so long consideration
OF the subject, must be left to conjecture.
The reason assigned for the refusal by the
United States Secretary of War, to wit:
that "the customary agents and channels'
are considered adequate for all needful m ill
tary comm unicstions aud conferences" :" to
one acquainted with the facts, seems not
only unsatisfactory, but very singular and
nnaccountable; for it is certainly known to
to him that these very agents, to whom he
evidently alludes, heretofore agreed upon in
former conference in reference to the ex-
change OF prisoners, Zone of the subjects en-
braced N your letter to me). are now, aad
have been Tor some time, distinctly at issue
on several important points. Tha existing
cartel, owing to these disarraugemeuts, is
virtually suspended, so far as the exchange
of officers on eithe er side is concerned, notices
OF retaliation having been given on both
sides 80
The effort, therefore, for the very many
and oogent reasons set forth in your letter of
instructions to me, to see if these differences
could not be removed. and if a clearer uu-
derstanding between the parties as to the
general conduct of the war could not be ar
rived at before this extreme measure should
be resorted to by either party. was no less in
accordance with the dictates of humanity
than in conformity with the usages of bellig-
erents in modern times
Deeply impressed as I was with these
views and feelings. in undertaking the mis-
sion, and asking the conference, 1 can ex-
press my profound regret at the result of the
effort m ade to obtain it, and 1 can but enter
tain the belief that if the con ference sought
had been granted. mutual good could have
been effected by it; aud If this war, so un-
so unjust, so uuchristiau, and>se in
consistent with every fund aln entail principle |
of American Constitutional liberty, "must |
needs" continue to be waged against US, that
1t least some of its severer horrors, which |
now SO imminently threaten, might have
been avoided
ALEXANDER H. STEPHENS.
The correspondence between Stephens,
Admiral Lee and Lieutenant Col onel Lud-
ow, with reference TO the above matter, we
published some days since.-H. s...
Where Law Ends, Despotism Begins.
I "Another object of the Constitution Itake
% be such as is common to all written Con-
titutions of free Governments; that is, to
tx limits to delegated auth ority. or, in other
words, to impose constitutional restraints on
political power. Some, who esteem them
elves Republicans. seem to think no other
ecurity fer public liberty necessary. than a
provision for popular choice of rulers. IF
political power be delegated power, they
entertain little fear of its being abused. The
peoples servants and favorites, they think,
nay be safely trusted. Our fathers, certain
Y. were not of this school. They sought [
o make assurance doubly sure, by provid-
ng, in the first place, for the election of I
political agents by the peopls themselves, at
hort intervals, and, in the next place, by {
Prescribing constitutional restraints on all
ranches of this delegated auth ority. 1t is
lot among the circumstances of the times,
most ominous for good, that a diminished s
stimate appears to be placed on those con-
titutional securities. A disposition is but I
90 prevalent to substitute personal conf I
ence for legal restraint; to put trust in men S
ather than 10 principles; aud this disposi- {
ion being strongest, as it most obviously is, I
whenever party spirit prevails to the great
st excess it is not without reason that fears
re entertained of the existence of spirit s
ending strongly to an unlimited, if it be
ut an elective Government.
hold, gentlemen, that strict submission,
" every branch or the Government, to the
and restraints of the Constitution,
of the very essence of all security for the
reserv walton of liberty; and that no one can I
10 a true and intelligent friend of that |
liberty, who will consent that any man in
,ublic station; whatever he may think of
be honesty of his motives. shall ex ercise I
Il enact an authority above the Constitution
nd the laws. Whatever Government is
ot a Government of laws, is drspotism,
It it be called what it may y."- Webster. {
SAUCE FoR THE GOOSE SHOULD BE SAUCE {
OR THE GANDER.-The Federal officers in
Jew York, under instructions from Wash
ngton, refuse to obey the laws of the State
nd the provisions of the State Courts. If
hey will not obey the State laws, how can {
hey expect the State and its people to obey !