Council Bluffs bugle. [volume] (Council Bluffs, Iowa) 1860-1868, 1863-02-11

r. egsoma - thsM as@ esxsan III wfskoidi
" tnsir assent from - aasptinn. re !
sf dress of I.ukhar Martin 70 .khe Lsxislasx,
~ or Maryland contains this remark 81
nd PASSAGE sta ~ s1f 2 f II
'aay abe asza paragraphs, the aess.
II aeVssnassnt is 10 have che powsr ~ %
a pendlpg lhs habeas corpus aes ia eases
IL rebellion or invasion. As the State Go
- eFnslsessss hays power uf suspendinx i
~ habsds corpus act in those eases, III y,
III SAID there Was no saassa foT gisiag sas
8 power to the General Goveynmass
Il since, whenever the State which il invs
"A ded or In which IA insnrrestion fak,
i place, hntis ita safety requires urged sL,
y Re gave this power ta The fssuaFal Gsey
Is ernment, il Wouli BE- an saSias Of sg
! preston IN its hands; since whenever
1 State should oppose its own views . i,nw
i ever arbitrary and uneonstitnffonal, 40
! refase saenissien TO them, this Gessara
{ Government may declare is an aot of "a
! oellIqn, and saspsudingthe habsas corpzs
Z act, may seize apou the persons Of shos
aaxocatss OF freedom who hayehad virta,
/ and resolution enough TO excite IN,
me opposition /; and may imprisoa than
daring It's pleasure in the renotess par
J OF the Union, so that citizen OF Georgis
might De basaiisd Ia the farthest part oi
AeW hampshire, or ~ eitixen Of New
Hampshire In the faEthe&t extreme aF the
South, cut of from their family. their
friends, and their every eonnection.-
These considerations induced me-. wfx
% give my negative to this eiause.''
How prophetic How more than re-
aiized by the country nov But, sir,
even the great wisdom of the trainers OF
tue OonstitutioB could not fovesee that
Il vas possible that d man righs be
placed In the Presidential chair in Iess
than eighty years from the adoption of
the Constitution sho should so play the
eyrsnt as to arrest psaeabss cftfzerfs in
States refusing Submission to tia Gene
efal Government, and ba&tiEs than du-
ring his pleasure sin the relnotest part
on the Union" Sir, had our fathers
known that such intoierable acts of 90.
preston could be practiced In the naas
OF Liberty, and would be submitted TO-
by the people, | verily believe they never
would have formed the Federal Union.
THE FRocLAHATIox or SEPT. Oath
MF. President, notwithstanding thatI
Qong cess alone eau righsfaIiy suspend
the writ Of habeas corpGs; Abraham lin.
coin, elected to be President of the lIai-
ted States bat BY bis a2ss assuming TO |
De TfRASf OVER rae LlsERrEs AND LIvss
OF his countEymsa, kaa had the audacity
batore mao, aai the tsrnerity before heaT-
en, to presume 30 suspead, by bis proe-
lamation of the 24th Of September last,
the privilege of this writ. not olily id the
ssates in revolt, bat throughout the whole
United States TO seize peaeeabie eiti.
tens IN mine aad other States, and to
"bastils7 them san the remosest part Of
the Union :" and shear it, oh We heay-
eos and give ear, Oh earth !'S the pa
sient and long suffering people Of shis
country hage tamely submitted to this
exercise Of despotic power. Not sstis- l.
aed with this usurpation Of power, be i
hAs proeiaiH'ei that sail rebels aad in
sargentss their aiders and abestoss, - nosI
only IN the States in FeFolt, bat within
rhe United States,o and all persons dis
c0uraging enlfstmes1ts, resisting military /,
drafts, or gailty of any disloyal prac
1se"--a supposGkl ofFsnee, one created
by hinsqAf, unknown to the Constitution
and laws of any civilized or barbarouaI !
people oa earth, undeGned even by him.
and the definition OF which rests solely I {
% has own arbitEy withdrawing aid .
and comfort 20 the rebels againss the an. !
'hority Of the United States, shall be !
subject to mdrtial lac, and liable 10 trial =
ma pupashmens by courts mayfial or .
nttstaTy coaanSiSsssa-o And that therei Z
hail not be any possibility that the VIC
inns of his oppression shall escape his /
'engeance, be has declared that sthef n
SFtt OF habsds corpus is suspended ir1 re. q
Pecs to all persons arrested, - even be-
ore the pretended suspension, Ger who J
re nov, or hereafter during the rebelIiouI r
hall be, imprisoned in any fort, canp.
rsenal, military prison, or other placb e,
eonhneEnent, by ans military asikor- r,
b, or hy the sentence of any court mar i
aai or military commission.n SINCE thel a.
astitqtion of civil Governments, sineeI +
be formation Of human society, sfnesI 4
ROD made saaR, there has Dsyer been a
ach an tmEaEEaassd assumption of pow. ii
7, or such despotio exercise of it and d
egardlhss OF personal consequences. a,
all, in behalf of my countrymen, 10 The r.
anne of the violated Constitution Of INV N
auntrys nad ia defense of civil liberty a.
rotest against 1t ana he says that for RI
D doing am disloyal to my counsry. in
es before men and ta the prsssacs ofil 8,
igh HeGpsn. s ia
use this language beoaasa every mig O
Fable Abolition pTsss aud AbolFtiouissl -
the Land darss TO charge with aialoyal- xr
! man who honestly aEkors ais ssns;- A.
Ients differing fFoa the views and uoli. Ia
OF shls administration. Ii NAV be Al
lat manifest sems feeling 90 tAis sab kYi
ct il may betbat manifest more than 10
'me persons think oaghl 10 exhsbit a.
u haEe been nade to feel On this sub No
Ct my constituents hare suffered sars rs,
bile stand IN this Senate 3 rspreaen~ 81
kires u Ia true, OF the sovereignty of mi
be OF the snalless States of THE Union IL,
will discharge mg duty 10 the pnonls ty
thai State though the heavens them sti
Ives should fall. rf .-se7a 81. Ea- An
ssfsE 10 THa DEATH AKBrgRARY Asaxsrsl Of
" @5 HEKaAFTRa. 55sasaa wi
Sir, ~ may be said that there Ia no Yan- al
II to toe loyal cisisen from this assume. 20
si on power on the part Of the, presi. ssS
mt that he Is honest that his onfy Oh
60 Is 70 suppress the rebellion, and that po
e innocent viii in no manner soasr an
ach q eenadenee may well becoag the ael
ahng slHTes os powcs, the conscious oe
ols OF desnotism. 1t becomes not me. eo
Fhe price OF liberty is eternal vigilance. % id'
10 eess gaarranssa OF iibssty.is saass oh. mt
ryanss Of ths Consultation Of oness 81
untry. hare nooonadsBes In the hog Q %
81 o any man WAC, after hasingfi nn
lennay sworn 10 sfpressgye, presees and VT
fend the Conssitasisu OF che uaissa vac
asess can 90 aagraasls atismut its de-
'aci10g. know thas there Ia danger sal
o IibarEy Of the aitsxsn arosu shgs - n