The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1863-06-25


plSt d The war service, were all with
in tl oNerof tho Government since
the lllon began, and were nearly a:
wei 3wh 10 be traitors then as now
Un9r cnablo If we had seized and
he'll m the iusurgent cause would be
NUT eakeE But no one Of them had
the nitted any crime defined in the
law 5ry one Of them, if arrested
wou ave been discharged on kabea'
corr rethe writ allowed to operate
In these aud similar cases,
thin lme not unlikely to como whom
Ish tlamed for having made toe
few rather than too many.
D third resolution tho meeting
ind heir opinion that military ar
rost beimade wherO insurrectioD
doe eltally exist. They conslilu-
tiol Is oeslisies where rebellion actu'
ally bal that such arrests are un.
couS lilnsf inlocalitics whorc rcbel.
lion osIse4h6t such arrests shOll not
be 5atsiae of the lines Of neoes'
sary ililh9y oeeupntion, and the scenes
ofil glion.n Inusmuch, however,
as u eohssiiution itself makes no such
dist TN I am unable TO believe that
ther any such constitutional distinc
ton o1eeas that the class Of arrests
com 81 can be constitutional on
ly " cases OF rebellion or inva'
siou 11blic safety mpy require themi
and fhsn in such cases they arc
cons slone ieieaerer tho public safety
may fs them; as well in places to
whi0 htg flay prevent tho rebellion
exte lnSthose whore it may bO
alre9 TgeTRilihg; Os we'll where they
may tat niischlevious interference
with e gaiiilg gapil supplying of armies
to sd rebellion, as where the
rebs aetlhllJ bei as we'll whore
they lsSIfslntthe enticiUg men oul
Of q nyS where they would pre-
Sani t q do army Gguolly con.
stitp diel Rllsplaee where they will
cond p tlq poblic safety, MS against
the of-fdballion or invasiou..-
Taxi case mentioned by
the It's asserted, in sub.
stan l6at M Eallandigham was, by
a m 1mondef, seized and tried
s'fol asonthan words nddres.
scd blg meeting, in criticism Of
Tho of tie Administration, and in
con lion 81 the military orders Of
the Now, iflhere be no mis-.
take liis. ifthis assertion is the
trulI n lle #bole truth; II there was
no q igorihe arrest, than |
conc tho arrest was wrong
,tBg s ! understand, was
mad very silterent reason, Mr.
,y4l oAss HE hostility 10 ibe
war on the part Of the Union; and bis
arrest was made because he was labor,
ing, with some effect, TO prevent the
raising Of troops; TO encourage desor.
tons from the army; and to leave the
rebellion without mn adequate military
force to supprcssit. He was not ares
ted because ho was damaging the politi
calprospects of the Administration, OF
the person al interest Of the commanding
General, but because he was damaging
the army, upon the existence and vigor
of which the life Of the nation depends.
He is warning upon the military, and
this gave the military constitutional ju'
risdlclion to lay hanls upon him. II
Mr.. YallandighOm was not damaging
the military power of the country, then
his arrest was made on mistake of fact
which l would be glad to correct on rOa'
sonably satisfactory evidence.
understand The meeting. whose res.
olniions am considering, to be in favor
Of suppressing the rebellion By militia
ry force-by armies. Long experience
has shown that armies cannot bc main.
tanned unless desertioH shall be punish-
cd by the severe penalty Of death. The
case requires, and tho law and tho con,
stitution sanction this punishment
Must / shoot q supplemented soldier
boy who deserts, while must not touch
hair of willy agitator who induces
him to dcsortl Thisis none tho lesl
injurius when effected by getting htf,
er, or brother, or friend, into q public
meeting, and there working upon hi.
feelings until he is persuaded 10 write
the soldier boy that he is fighting in {
bad cause, for wicked Administrator
Of contemplate Government, too veal
to arrest and punish him il he shall dc
sert. think that in such cnsc, 10 ST.
lenco the agitator and save the boy is
not only constitutional, but withal 4
great mercy.
IiIbu wrong on this question Of cen.
s,ilutional power, my error lies in be.
licving that certain proceedings are
constitutional when, in cases ofrobelliou
or invasion, the public safety requires
them, which would not be constitutional