Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1863-08-17
FoRrnrss MoxaoE, August l2.

Observation-Disclosures and the BLACK Flag
g5H5 FoRTREss MoNRoE, August l2. 9
! The Richmond Enquirer,of Monday las
D expresses strong condemnation of thu
: course the North Carolininhs are pursuing
in calling a mass convention of the Union,
lists of North Carolina, for the purpose oil
: sending delegation to Washington, ID. q
The Enquirer speaks hopefully Of Charles
8 ton, and claims that the works Of BatteFy
Wagner have been greatly strengthened
: An English doctor arrived Rt Fortress
Monroe to-day from Richmond. The doc.
tor gave his name, but wishes It not pub
! lished. He says be left Richmond last Sat.
8 urdays and came by cars to 1YOe Station
on the Norfolk aud Petersburg Railroad
thirty miles this side of Petersburg, which
i is as far as the cars are running. From
Ivor he came in Virginia carriage Ia one
horse, cog-wheeled cart) 70 a point six
miles this side of Suffolk, and from thence
he came on foot to Norfolk. He reports
that there are no troops, not even guard,
in Suffolk; also, that there are no troops in
Richmond, but the streets are filed with
rebel officers. He saw no gunboats in the
harbor at Richmond, but knows they are
building two iron clads, though he does
i not know how far they are advanced. The
doctor was in Richmond FIVE weeks, and
complains of the high price of board-$l2
| per week, and hard fare at that,
GRowL AT "OBIGINAL sECEssIoNIsFs."
From the Raleigh Standard July8.
| We learn that Que hundred sacks Of salt,
in the hands of speculator ia one of the
counties of this State, were recently seized
by the Government. We record Ehis seizure
with much satisfaction. If It be true that
he IOds an original SecessioRiSt the seizure of
this salt will give additional satisfactiOn to
the public,
DENuNorATIoN or CONFEDERATE TYRANNY.
On the 9th of July discussion took
place in. the North Carolina House of Com
mons upon a motion to print the corres-
pondence between Governor Vance and
the Confederate Secretary of War in rela-
ton 90 the habeGs corpus and the claim of
the Confederate Government to conscript
militia officers. The secession factions
opposed the printing, and the friends of
Governor Vance favored it. The Raleigh |
STANDARD publishes q synopsis of the speech |
of Mr.. Grisson, of Granville county, in sup
port of the motion, from which Re extract |
the following paragraphs:
L Mr.. Grisson said the correspondence and |
the history of several startling events con-
neoted with the subjects of which 1t treats,
admonish US of a purpose on the part of |
the Confederate administration to disre |
gard not only the decisions of our courts |
but also to construe for itself all Questions |
topching the. lharlx of the citizens 10 10 /
the first time in the history urIlis or any |
other people, where the great landmarks |
of English freedom are guarded, that the |
great writ of right, secured by Magma |
Charta, has been trampled under foot with |
impunity, Surely no people, not having |
lost all love of freedom, can tamely sub |
nit to such aggression as this corresponds
ence discloses, on the part of high off, |
cial functionary and his subordinates.-I
The bold and uuwarranted attempt to |
strike down our judiciary, as developed |
by the correspondence, indicates rapid |
and gigantic stride toward military despot- |
ism.
But a few days since a confederate col.
onel refused to allow the sheriff ofNew Han
over to pass hiS lines to execute writ of
HabeaS corpus. Several instances of the
re-arrest by subaltern officers of persons
discharged under this writ, and one (as l
am informed) by the express order of the
Secretary of War himself, have recently
occurred. Such arbitrary exercise of pow
er by the highest civil or military func-
tionary in England, would not be tolerated
to-day. 1t would shake that ancient and
powerful kingdom to the center. Yelling
ton, flushed with victory and crowned with
laurels, returning from his field of triumph
ever Napoleon, would not have dared to
exercise such power, or deny this right to
the humblest soldier that followed him
from the scene of his glory. But we are
told in this correspondence that the
"crude" opinions of our local judges are
not to be regarded by the military author
titles of this government, and Governor
10 6SPf In RaE cd fNVsn NJ
suppressing the expression of these opin-
ions. Who are these local judges whose
crude opinions are thus to be disregardedP
They constitute the Supreme Court ofNorth
Carolina, and have entitled themselves to
the lasting gratitude of the country for
the manner in which they have discharged
their duties, regardless of powerful ad-
verse influences.
Notwithstanding the assaults of oligarchs
and petty tyrauts, the subservient tools Of
power, who Impugned their loyalty and
appealed to the worst passions of the conn
try in assassin like attempts to stab their
character, these judges have stood like a
wall against the onward march of military
despotism. But for their timely interyen-
ton, and the strong arm and stout heart of
our patriotic governor, the goddess of per-
sOnal liberty, before whom the judicial
ermine has always trailed with reverence,
with her spotless robes and golden tresses
all torn aud disheveled, had ere now been
polluted by the .lecherous embrace of the
cloven-foOted satyr of despotism. Thank
God for the integrity and independence of
our judiciary With what melancholy
contrast do we view the official conduct of
another judge, holding an appointment un
der this government which he held under
the old, and which he only Telinqutshed
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