Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1863-06-18

particular drug /, not good medicine for sick pan, be-
cause il can be shown to not be good food for well one
Nor am able to appreciate the danger apprehended by
the meeting that the American people WILL BY means oil
military arrests durug the rebellion lose the right OF pub
lie dcusson the liberty Of speech and the press the law
of evidence trial by jury and habeas corpus throughout
the indefinite peaceful future which trust lies before
them any more than able to believe that man could
contract strong appetite for emehss during Tempo
rary illness to persist In feeding upon them during the
remainder of his healthful life
In giving the resolutions that earnest consideration
which you request Of me- cannot overlook the fact that
the meeting speak Democrats Nor can l. win iul
respect for their known intelligence, and the fairly pre-
sumed deberaon with which they prepared their reso-
lutons be permitted to suppose that this occurred by
accident or in any way other than that they preferred to
designate themselves Democrats" rather than Amer-
citizens" In this time Of national peril would have
preferred to meet you upon level step higher than
any party platform because sure that, from such
more elevated position could do better battle LOT Inc
country we all love than possibly from those lower
ones where from the force of habit the preudces OF tne
past and selfish hopes of the future we are sure 10 o.
pend much of ingenuity and strength IN hndng au'
with and aiming blows at each other But, since you
have denied this will yet be THANKFUL for the coun-
trys sake that not all Democrats have done So de on
whose discretionary judgment Mr. Vallandigham was ar
rested and tried is Democrat having no old party afnty
with and the judge who rejected the CONSTITUTIONS
view expressed in these resolutions by refusing to dis
charge Mr. valandigham habeas corpus is Democrat
of better days than these having received his Judicial man
tie at the hands of President Jackson And still more OF
all those Democrats who nobly exposing their lives
and shedding their blood the battlefield have learned
that many approve the taken with Mr. Vaandgham,
while have not heard Of single condemnng it,
cannot assert that there SUCH And the name oil
President Jackson recalls incident of pertinent history
After the battle Of New Orleans, and while the fact that
the treaty of peace had been concluded well known
in the city but before official knowledge of it had arrived
Gen. Jackson still maintained martial military law
Now that it could be said tho was over, the ciamor
against martial law which had existed from the hrst grew
more furious Among other things Mr. Louaillier pub
lshed denunciatory newspaper article. Gen. jackson
arrested him. lawyer by the of Morel procured
the United States Judge (Hal to order writ of habeas
corpus to relieve Mr. Louaer Gen. Jackson arrested
both the lawyer and the judge Mr. Hoander ventured
to say Of part of the matter that sit was dirty
trick" Gen. jackson arrested him. When the ohicer
undertook to the writ of habeas corpus Gen. jack
son 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 encampmen and set
him at liberty with order to remain till the rsthca-
ton peace should be regularly announced or until the
British should have left the Southern coast day or
two more elapsed the ratification Of the treaty of peace
regularly announced aud the Judge and others were
fully liberated A few days more and the Judge called
Gen. jackson into court and fined him thousand dollars
for having arrested him and the others named The Gen.
era paid the ne and there the matter rested for nearly
thirty years. when Congress refunded principal and inter-
est The late Senator Douglas then in the House OF Rep
resenaives took leading part in the Debates in which
the constitutional question much discussed am not
prepared say whom the journals would show to have
voted for the measure.
Itmsy be remarked First that we had the Con-
stitution then secondly that then had case
of invasion, and have case of rebellion; and
thirdly that the permanent right Of the people to public
discussion the liberty of speech and of the the trial
by Jury the law of evidence and the habeas corpus su
ered no detrimen whatever by that conduct of General
Jackson its subsequent approval BY the American
Congress.
And yet let say, that. in my own discretion, do
not know whether would have ordered the arrest Of Mr.
vallandigham. While cannot shift the responsibility
from myself hold that general rule, the commander
in the field the better judge of the necessity 10 any
cuar case OF course must practice general directory
and revisory power in the matter.
One of the resolutions expresses the opinion of the meet
ing that arbitrary arrests will have the effect 10 divide and
distract those who should be united in suppressng the
bellion and sm specially called to discharge Mr. Val
landghsm regard this act at least fair appeal to
me on the expediency of exercising constitutional power
which think eIsts In response to such appeal have
to say it gave pain when learned that Mr.. Valan
dgham had been arresedthat is panied that there
should have seemed to be necessity for arresng him
and that will afford great pleasure to discharge him
an ,oou as can by any means believe the public safety
will not suffer by it, further say that, a. the war pro-
gresses appears to me that opinion and action which
were great confusion at first, take shape and fall into
more regular channels that the necessity for strong
dealing with them gradually decreases have every res-
son to desire that it should 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 and law
full measure to suppress the rebellion Still must con-
tnue to do so much as may to be required BY the
public safety A. LiNCoLN.
THE MISSISSIPPI AND ITS TRIBUTARIES.