Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1863-07-10


Ptes.aent. or .iis Ctbtuet Ministers. being Cit
zeHs ~ States 90 Nhr'l the adm'ulsF ration Vt the
laws has continued upimpaired -i1l be re. aFue,l
90 the courts ct me Utited St,tes Ter the dis
trlcis IN which such persons reside or ~ whirh
their supposed Offenses we're committed: and -uCh
return serrs MADE, II tue next Gr~ra Jury at.
tending the courts does not indict the alleged Of.
Tenders, then the Judges are Commanded 10 issue
order for their immediate discharge fr0ul irn
prs0ument Now, We cannot help asking
whether you have overlooked this law, WHICH
mnsr assureiiv YOU are hound 10 observe. or
whether il be yoalr intenion % disregsrdill is
me ming certsiuiv cannot be mistaken By q
the National Legislature has said th't the Presi
dent may suspend tie accustomed writ OF habei 3
corpus. but NJ the same lime It has comm tnded
thu ali arrests under hs authority shall be
promptly msdr known to the courts Of justice
amt that the accused parties shall DE liberatei.
unless presented by Grand ury according 20 the
Constitution. and tired bv a Jury IN the ancient
and accustomed mode The President niy pos
sb'v, sOfu A. Congress can give the right. arrest
without LEGAL cause or warrant We certainly
deny that Congress confer this right. bee u-e
il forbidden by the higher law Of the Can~ti
tuition. But, waving that consideration. this
statute. by It's very terms. promptly removes the
proceeding IN every ca>e into the courts where
the safeguards Of liberty are observed. aud
where persons detained sre to be discharged
unless indicted for criminal offenses against the
established and ascerfanei laws of the country
Upon what foundation. then. permit IA TO ask.
do YOU rest the pretentiou, that men who are not
accused OF crime may he seized aud imprisoned
or b'Blshed ~ the will and pleasure at the Presi
dent or INV Of bis suboriinates in civil and mill
tsry postian~7 Where j. the warrant for invad
ING the freedom OF speech and Of the pressf
Where the Justification Tor placing the citizen on
trial without the presentment Of grand jury and
military commissioner There is no power in this
country which dispense with its laws. The
President l. as much bound by them AS the hum
blest ndividual. We pray YOU 10 bear in mind
in order tlirt YOU my duly estimate the feeling
of the people on this subject. that for the crime
OF dispensing with the laws and statutes OF Great
Britain. our ancestors brought one monarch TO
the scaIiold, and expelled another from his
throne
This power which YOU have erected in theory
Is Of vast and illimitable proportions. II we may
trust you to- exercise Il Incredibly and lenenty.
your successor. whether immediate or more re
mote may WELD IL with the energy Of Cesar or
Napoleon, and with the will of "A de-pot and u
tyriEt Ii !, a power without boundary or limit,
because 10 proceeds on total suspension OF all
the legal and politicsl safeguards which protect
the rights ct the citizen. II l. power not iuant.
ly described iu he language OF one of Your See
retatie. Said Mr. Seward to the British Minis
ter M Washington; 81 can tnuch bell on IN,
right hand and order the arrest of citizen IN
Ohio can touch tho hell again and order the
IMPRISONMENT vi u citizen Ia New York. and 40
power on cath but that of the President can ~
lease them. Can the Queen of England, in her
dnminious do 80 muchH" This u the very Ian.
gungo Of perfect despoism. aud We learn from
YOU. with profound emotion. that this h no idle
boast II u despatism unlimited IN principle.
t...4.a Tia - nt. nttitr.eV and al
or discretion. which can place mcn under illeR Il
restraint ar blnsh them, can apply The rack or
the thumb ecreN. can put 10 torture ot Go Gle th
Not thus have the people of this country under
stood lhcr Constitution No argument can com
mend 10 their judy nent such Interpretations IT
tho great charter ot their lihoriica Quick aslhe
liphlning'u tlNlt The iituit,e sense ol lfeemcp
pcrcevo. the sophls,ry. aud rejects the eonelu.
zion,
Some other matters which Your Esccllcncy has
presented demand our notice
H. usllno tom ol Your courso M 10 Mr. Val
hudil hun, YOU have referred ~ the nfrcst ct
judge Hall, q New Orleans. b, order uf Gen
Jnch-on. but that ctse differs widely from the
cise ut Mr. N,llmdighlm New Orle,ns ~.
then, M ton ttnly state. under 'mitia ~ mill
ttry law This WA not 80 10 Ohio, where ~
Nilhnd ehm Wa nuetcl Tho plmlni.trlion
of the civil 80 hd not honn dsiufled ln that
justice wa Ill ren.ei With M accustomed prompt
iludo In tie c,pe ~ Judge II ~, Gen jnfksun
in a few daNa eat him outside the line of hia 81
ctnpmonla md prl hun ~ hhcliy, bat YOU have
undertaken to Danish Ne Vtllandig h,m from he
hume You seem nl-o to hNe forgotten that
Gen iacksnu submitted implicitly 80 the Judy
ment OF the onui, Nhleh imno,eil The hne upon
him. that Ice promptly paid a. that he ~ i'iued his
friends 10 nFsent, ne be most freely did 10 The
decision which had ias been pronounced agalnrf
him +"
Mote ,hnn this, YOU overlook tho Zoe, ha, the
then Administration In he language 1T veil
known auihof) "nnldl, but decidedly fehal e.
the proceeding IT Gen latksou,' aud that the
lr.stl"lt view 81 the subject with 'Rnrprlse hu1
solciiuae Unlike President Madison. YOU, H.
etse much mnfr unwaffanied, approve tho pro
eeellnlF al your subordinate officer nnd IN nd
dituu. justify your course by a carefully con
sdelel arpumenl ~ irs 'up9nu
II - true that, otter some thirty wears. Con
crr--, 90 consideration of the devoted Hnd pnir
ore services Of General Jackson. refunded Tie
amount, o. tho fine he had paidl But the long
DELAY Ia doing this proved how reluctant The
American people we're Ia do enythag which
could he considered ns IN Rnv way nproving the
disregard shown 10 The majesty ot the law. even
by Que eho 50 emncn,ly enjoyed their confidence
and regard
one subject more, and we shall conclude. You
express YOUR regret that our meeting spoke "a
Dcmocrals." AMI YOU ssv that in this time of
national peril yuu would have preferred "a meet
u upon 4 level. one step higher than any p,rtv
pl lorm You thus compel us TO nllude To
matters which We should have preferred To pass
by But we cannot omit 10 notice YOUR crit
csm, ~ IL enst-, 1T least, an implied rerrosch
uInif nur motives and our proceedings We be-
totcmiuil YOU that Ahcn the hour oi our countr, :
pei hbd rotne. when " eNi,'cut that u nios I
giguhtic effort wss 10 oe made to subvel (
our Institutions and 10 ovefihruw the Govern
met. when il Was vitality important that party
feeling should be laid aside, AMI that all should
be called upon to unite most cordially and vigor
ousy 20 miiniain the rnon: az the time YOU
were sworn into Office as President of The Clite,l
SAtcs. when you should have urged your fellow
citizens IN he must emphatic M amer tu overlook
al past differences md 20 rally ~ defense of their
counir, mi it, institutions when you should In e
etjuiuod pect fnf the laws and the COnsiitu
ton. clefly disregarded bv the South. Won
chu-e, Tor the first time under like circumstances
IN tie history at our country. to set MP psriy
plat called the Chicago platform" as your
creed i.fadvance il besop the Cousti' uton and
tpspeak disparaeiiisly of that great conservative
tribunal o. our country. So highly respected by
all thinking men Who have inquired into our in.
stilntions-rHs SUPREME CorRr or rnE USiTtp
STATES
Your administration has been true 10 the rrin
cipes YOU then hid down Notwithstanding the
f,ct that several hundred thousand Democrats in
the 'eysl States cheerfully responded "a the call