Daily national Republican., 1863-04-01

There is one thing clear, and that is in the
time of rebellion the writ Of hdbedS corpus can
be suspended; that is cleaT-everybody admits
It. There has been some question as to who
should suspend it7=whether Congress or the
President. II being clear that IL can be Bus-
pended, there is another proposition equally
clear; that since this rebellion, In tho city Of
Washington and other places, there are num-
ber Of traitors who are making war upon the
Government clandestinely and secretly. Now,
tho question arises whether, when such men arc
discovered, It is not the duty Of somebody to
arrest them and put them where they will not
endanger the Government. Shall we lose this
power because a question Is got up as to who
! should exercise Il I Must we hesitate to put
| traitors out Of the way because there Is some
doubt as to who has the power to suspend the
writ of hdbedS cOtpBi say that Congress not
having passed law on the subject, II was the
| duty Of the President to suspend that writ; and
the only fault have to fnd with him is that
he has not arrested more of these traitors.
Governor johnson then proceeded to show
that this cry OF a violation Of the Constitution
was raised by Croakers and peace men who de-
sired to compromise. Any compromise, as
was known by every one who read the newspa-
pers of the day, was impossible and a propo-
sitlon for one would betreated with contempt
by the rebels. He reviewed the Crittenden
Compromise, and showed how II was defeated
by Benjamin, Slidell, and the Southern men in
Congress at that time, as were all other propo-
sitions looking to peaceful settlement Of the
difficulty. He said: Since we have got into
this rebellion blood has been shed, life 6acri-
feed, the very existence Of the nation been per-
lied, yet we ind party springing up in our
own midst with the cry of peace upon their
lips. They want us to compromise. Compro-
mise with whoml With our brethren Of the
South. Talk to me about my brother, when he
stands with arms in his hand, with his bayonet
against my bosom, and his sword pointed to
my throati Call him my brothgri Yes, be-
| lieve Abel had brother, too. Such brother
they ask us to compromise with.
Shall we compromise with traitorsl They
are in the wrong; they are attacking the best
and purest Government the world ever saw,
aud we are called upon to compromise. We
are right and they are wrong. Compromise!
| Would you have truth to compromise with
falsehoodi Would you have right to compro-
mise with wrongl Would you have virtue to
compromise with vicel Would you have the
Deity, who rules In the celestial regions, to
have compromised with his satanic majesty
when he rebeled In Heaveni Would you have
him to have compromised with the devil instead
of kicking him from Heaven to the neither re-
gionsl ! say the simile is just. Applause. |
This has been the heaven Of nations, and when
they ask us to compromise with rebels who
have raised their hands against il, they might
as well ask the Deity to compromise with the
devil. Cheers.
Governor johnson drew a vivid picture Of
the sutlerings of the loyal men of the South
and asked whether we were willing to make a
compromise which would leave them at the
mercy of the rebels to hang on gibbets and rot
in lOathsome dungeons. lCrles of "Never" I
He intimated that at no distant day the loyal
men of Eastern Tennessee might appeal TO the
citizens of the District and those of other States
. tn nj iga han th,tr
[Cheers. He was In favor of but one sort of
compromise, and that was the Constitution of
the United States. Let the rebels Law down
their arms, disband their legions, recognize
the supremacy Of the laws Of the country, and
then he would compromise, and not before.
If any attempt was made 10 settle the Ques-
tiOn short of implicit obedience to the COnsLi-
tuition, the rebellion would be acknowledged,
and at the same time the impotency, the inefi-
cheney, and the weakness OF the Government
and its inability to protect itself. Acknowl-
edge this rebellion, and II will not be six weeks
or month before some portion of the country
will become disa6ected, and we will have an
other rebellion. Another compromise will be
necessary, and another rebellion will follow;
and SO we will 60 on until we are all compro-
missed away. Laughter and applause.
Governor johnson then proceeded TO COM
ment on the despair and dependency mani
tested by some of the friends of the Union.
! lie regarded the signs OF the times as hopeful.
We had already repossessed 1000 square
miles Of territory since the war commenced.
Let US open the Mississippi, make tho blockade
at Galveston, Mobile and Charleston close,
! hold them at bay before Richmond, and send
| forces into Eastern Tennessee. He could not
help talking about Eastern Tennessee. lCheers.
They were the most loyal people In tho United
| States. In most places people did no. dare TO
be dtStOydl, but there men had dared to be loyal.
| What no desired to advise was that forces
should be sent TO Chattanooga or Knoxville.
Establish a Union force there, and you segre-
gated Southern confederacy, you destroyed the
unity Of their territory; and If, following this,
you cut the Weldon road in two, you viii have
q grip on the rebellion under which 1t will soon
| kick itself to death.
! Governor johnson argued in favor of the
| Presldent's emancipation proclamation, and
showed that 1t had In no way disadvAntagoous
ly affected our cause in this war. He wanted
70 be understood, that he was for this Govern.
ment with slavery or without slavery. II
slavery was to go as an Incident to the preser'
walton Of the Government, he said, in the name
of God lot 1t 60.
In conclusion, he made a most eloquent ap,
peal TO the ladies, TO encourage their husbands
fathers and sweethearts TO buckle on the armor
enter the field, and continue in 1t until the Con
stitutiOn was vindicated, the supremacy of the
laws acknowledged, and the Government estab.
lished on tirmer basis than ever. [Cheers.