The Council Bluffs nonpareil. [volume] (Council Bluffs [Iowa]) 1857-1867, 1863-06-27


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ae&innd Y She asane dnstirntiou and
Iaw from arreesing the;r efnrrese. Their
sga 90 "a pess &c Ill 4 dBartnsssss III
the HosaRnaasDt and neaglg al aogbsaunisiss
81 che pa8ple. Fren this material, undeE
soPef 81 lies uf beech ,f.s leII
prsss aAiys tsbk Beas ebfpas, ihe hoped
- kaan "a gank assaa& III. q. lialass seasFs
OF sEiess l6gSsnzss supplisfs and aidsrs
as1sd absssgrs 20 theis 81 Hse ID . 9housaDd
Rass Tier knnws 80 - lilnas sucA ss
they were inaugutasing, By thep snsiisutiun
neelf tha shsheaa csFpns might bp sns-
pen6Sd BET tkey also kneE they had friends
Nho Weala ssAks squsssis VI - mo Was
90 snspsna isssmeanah 5ls shssr spiess
othsra might ramAil Il largo 10 heln on The
cause or, If, as Sas happened. the Exec.
utiyc should suspend the VIII, MsstNas rnin-
aAs wEsse OF vine, fnslan0sssSf arYssaing
ianeesna pera0usass DC nsesx II "a easss;
and then 8 elAmcs eeusd De RaiasN - rsgasd
70 ibis, which might be, as lensts of some
ssryios 70 The insaEgens eaase. 70 needed
no Fefy keen perception 70 discover the paris
OF the spemS p pFugramme, 80 soon ~, by
epsn hsssiiikiessehsis ma5hinssy was fairly
pat il mngiop. IL Yeks thaFowghly imhaad
With q Feyerence for the guaranteed rights
of indisidhals, vas kIow ID adopt the
ssroHg maAsnres usieh BY degrees I have
been Eofeedssa Rsgara an being wisbins tae
cxeapsions Of thsI Censsitnkios. and az In.
dispsDsahle 20 the public safesy., Noshing
Eis better knows 20 hissoFy than that courts
Of justice ars utterly incompetent to ssush
oases. Civil eoGrtslaRs Organised ehieHy
for. sEisla Of indiviaHlssey 30 most q few
indiyidaals acting 10 concert, add this in
quiet times, esd on charges OF crimes well
ds6aed 9Asxhe laws Even 70 times OF pence
bauds ef basse- thteFes and FbbberaS fss.
epentlY grew too npmsgoass and powerful
tor the courts Of justice, ,But what COM
pEeisbn, in numbers, have such bands ever,
borne TO the iBsaFgehs synsp ashsses4 eSeS In
many ef thGloysb Seates - Again: "a sary
tso Freqgensly has AZ Lead one, menber
Tnors ready 30 hang the panel than To hang
The tfaiser. And yet, again, He who dis.
issaAess ens mao frUm y6luAseeriHg, f6fH iii !.
dacss onsseldisr Aeideserts weaksus, she
Union capss 90 mnch as he, who kills q sol
der 10 battle. Yet this dissuasion or in,
dueemens may be 90 conducted. as to be no
sAefaed crime sOf q which" Any civil court
waala takasognSzanesx 81 " tF3Hfs
0ars 10 case Of rebelion--ae Sallsds hy
the Fesolntiana hekHEa me-- In fast, q clear,
fsgTauks. sna gigantic case Of rebellion; and.
the ,pIoylsiaR Of the Consultations hat tkthe
privilege Of tEe writ ii habess copus shall
not be suspended, anless when, Id cases III
sGhelsIOni SFNisyaaloa, sAs pdbise safety NAY
Esaulra jts Il 10 tAs psasisiaa whiah specially
applies to our pressns case. ThisPEovision
plainly attssts the undertaking Of those
WHO made she Constitution, thai ordinary
eoaFtsof ;astiss aFsinedsQuAss 20 s.cases o.
ssbelliens +~attssts ahsis. pasposss that, ia
sneh casess men May be bald in. oassody
whom che courts, acting on ofdisary rules,
wo6id discharge. Habsas corpus does not
discharge men who are proved 60 be gniity
Of defned crime; and it's suspension .is4al-
lowed hy the Constisutien on, pnspose that
men may be arrested and held who cannot
be proved TO be guilty Of defined crime
sfwAea, IN cases Of REBELLION or invasion,
the public safety may require %" This Is
precisely our present CASA case of rebel
lion % Invasion, wherein the public safety
does require the suspension. Indeed, arrests
BY process OF courts, and arrests in cases
ct rebeIliong do ntt proceed altogether upon
the same basis. The former is direosed ct
the small per osntage Of ordinary and con.
tIntsoas psrpgsfseioRS of crime; while the
Latter ia directed as sadaen and extensive
gpEisings against the Goxssnmnnt. which ut
most, vii succeed or fail 10 no great length
OF time. In che latter case, arrests are made
got eesmuoS for what has been doues Rs fer
Whss probably Neala be done. The latter
e more for the presentive and less Tor the
vindicsiVe than the former. In sush cases, /
the purposes OF men are much more easily
understood than ID easss Of ordinary crime.
The man who stands By and says noihiae
Ehen the peril OF his Gosernment ia. dis,
eussed, eapoot be misunderstood. II not
hindefsd, be 10 sure TO help the enemy
sauehmsss, Il he talks hmSig uously-taiks
fer bic country nth ahuts'' and tsifs'i and
"ands.He OF how little yaius tho Conssits.
tntiona1 provisions | hays quoted will Be
rendered, II arrests shall never be made m
iii asAnedstines shafl have Been committed.
nag be illassfntad by . fsw netabla exams
plss. Gen. John G. +Breckinrldee, Gen.
Robert E. Lee, Gen. Joseph e. Johnston,
Gen. John B. Magruder, Gen. William B,
Prestos, GOa. Simon B. BaUkncr, and Com.
mOdera Esanklia Baehanan, new seespying
The very highest places IN tho Rebel var
service, we're all within The pewes OF the
6OTeSnment sinee the Rebellion began, and
we're nearly as wsll knewa 90 be- traitors
then as now, PROFESSIONALLY IL we had
Sefzed asd held them, the fusurgens cause
wOald ahe, mueh aFeakef. Bee no ahs 6F
them, bad thea comnisted any crime defined
IN the law. Every one Oh them, IL arrested, |
would have been discharged ON hdbkas cor. |
ptts we're the writ allowed 90 opsfses. Ii |
sisw oaitaese asd similar sases. Llhink the |
G,sne net Unlikely to1cpma whas ] shaIl be |
oiamee Tor having made toe Few arrests |
rather than too many. 1zS ~ FE''F
u By the tkird fesoiaeIos, ne rasesssg Isdi. |
oaeaa aheiF opinien that military arrests may
be constitutional in Localities where ,rshei. |
llon actually EXIST, bus that such arrests