The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1863-06-23


ppm the same basis The serumr v
directed at the smaii pgrceatsgc of or
binary and continuous pcrpeleation II
crime. while the latter 1. dircat3 40
sudden and extensive aprising~ against
the Covrrnm-ng !, whieh, az m,ss. wil
succeed or fail in no Rnsat length O.
time. In the latter ease, arrests mr.
made. no - much for What has b.rn
done. a. tor what srotbhly would be-
done The lsairr ,smorr for the pre-
y~entaii,c aml less for the vindictiye
than thr former In fucl, cases the
,urlusrs Il men are much more ease
Is understood than in cases Of oflin-
airy crime. The mau WHO stands b,
aud says nothing WHEN the peril OF bis
Government is discussed, cannot b.
misunderstood H not numbered lie Is
sure TO help the enemy much more,
IL he talks ambiguCusly-talks for his
country with /" butts" and its" and
" ands." or how little value the Con.
stilutional provisions | have quoted
will be rendered, II arrests shall never
be made until defined crimes shall
have been committed. may be illas-
trated by a few notable examples
General John &. Breckinridge. Cen
eral Robert f.. Lee, General Joseph
F.. Johnston. General John Il. Magru-
der, General William b. Preston.
General Simon b. Buckner, aud Com
modore Franklin Buchanan, now oc.
cupying the very highes, places in tie
Rebel war service, were all within the
power Of the Government since the
Rebellion began, and we're nearly rs
well known 10 be traitors then ms now.
Unqueslionably II we had seized and
held them, the insurgent would
be much weaker. But no once Of them
had then committed any crime defined
in the law. Every one OF them, il ar-
rested, would have been discharged
on ha6edS corpus were the writ allow
ed TO operate. In view OF these aud
similar cases, | think the time not an
likely to come when | shall be blamed
for having made TOO few arrests rather
than loo many.
B1 tile third resolution the meeting
Indicate their opinion that military
arrests may be constitutional in local
ilies where rebellion actually exists,
but that such arrests are uiconslilu-
lional in localities where rebellion or
nsnrrection does not actually exist
They insist that such arrests shall
not be made "outside Of the lines OF
necessary military occupation, and the
scenes OF iBsurreclion," In as much,
however, as The Constitution makes ITO
such distinction. | am unable TO be.
lleve that there is any such coustitu-
tional distinction. | concede that The
class Of arrests complained Of a be
constitutional only WHEN, in cases Of
rebellion or invasion, the public safety
may reqire them and | insist that
III such cases they are constitutional
whererer the public safety does require
them; rs well in places 10 which they
may prevent the rebel liUn extending
as in those where it may be already
prevailing as well where they may
res rain mi,chieeous interference with
the raising and supplying Of armies
to suppress the rebellion, as where the
rebellion may actually be; as well
where they may restrain the tnticing
men out OF the army, as where they
would prevent mutiny in the army
equally constitutional at all places
where they will conduee to the public
safety, as against the dangers Of rebel.
lion or invasion. Take the particu-
lar case mentioned by the meeting
Ii is asserted, IN substance, that Mr..
Vallandigham was, by n military com
mander, seized and tried flor no other
reason than word, addressed TO q pub
lie meeting. in criticism Of the course
Of the Administration, and in condem-
nation Of the military orders Of the
general" Now, il there be no mistake
about this it this assertion is the
truth, and the whole truth if there
was 10 other reason for the arrest.
then | concede that the arrest was
wrong. But the arrest, as | under
was made for a very different
Mr.. Vallan iigham ayows his
hostility to the wal OF the part of the
and his arrest was made
he was laboring, with some
effect; to prevent the raising of troops;
to encourage desertions from the ar
my and to leave the Rebellion with
out an adequate military force TO sup
press ii. He was not arrested because
he was damaging the political pros
poets Of the Administration. or the
personal interests OF the commanding
general, bur because he was damag-
ing the army, upon the existence and
OF which the life Of the nation
depends. He was war; ing upon the
military, and this gave the military
constitutions Il jurisdiction 10 lay hands
upon him. II Mr.. Vallandighan was
not damaging the military power Of
he country, then his arrest was made
IN mistake Of fact. which | would be
gland 10 correct OH reasonably satis-
evidence.
understand the meeting, whose
resolutions | am considering, TO be in
Of suppressing the rebellion by
,,iIttary foroa he utmias Ionu e +,