Council Bluffs bugle. [volume] (Council Bluffs, Iowa) 1860-1868, 1863-02-11
Al AA,I' NEDeEsDA Y, FEBRUARY II, 1863.

HI 81 NAxS mibtion more, and 90 On Ia Ri,
Y ahond ! y b the dry. war exfsts not
= me ass u 0oaersss, 'bas by giss aes
= bsanregard and AbsahaGa Lsnossa. a
2 teg, far better for this country. b
& nessher of them evsr BEEN born. ~
rHz van coUID HAst sssx AynsrxD,
Mr.. President, fhas war vas eth
i necessary or fs vas aaneeessary.
J aeaessaEy, Twas pnls 80 for slls uarue
. "a preserving nati0nal existence and /
eonstitutIonai rights Of The people.
indispensable, for these purposes, 1t "
|. jassifabls. II not 20 Indispensable.
vas crime. Was Il necessary p! G6u
the union havs bsen ,ipyeservsa aud tl
|. constitutional rights OF the people
maintained without resort to arms ? 4
who INSERTS the contrary faisises hisso,
aaa attempts aa Imposition apon publ
creaaity. These are the oaly legitjma
i objects for which this waF couId Ia,
oeen ineepted, or for what /. can now {
oouid at any time be waged. III Ii toa
10 sdy tAas TIE people Of the veyosks
/ sases aned for ths 6rsf sas. The oues
tiop Immediately arises, could NOT ia
nccusion inducing them, or aifordiug thef
tAe presext, II yea please, for 30 dofu
hare been hdRaxably avoided by wis
eounsels | assert that il could. an,
history will 90 adjudge. When civil wa
ID certain uulese aversed BIZ peaeeabl
anu honorable adjustment 81 differences
saA whea saeh an adjustment is praoti
cable, % refuse adjustment ia 10 no
crimlnaily. You know, the couatry knoys
and history viii record and has recorded
toe Tact that secession never would havs
oseaEed beyona the limits of soutb
Carolina. had Congress adop&e prsnuxly
'he Critsenden compromise measures,
which were in substance nothing more
noT less than d solemn guarantee that the
Constitution sAoald hereafter be con.
sidered to mean what it bad bsen salem nly
decided by the highest legal tribunal
already to mean. By their adoption, war
would have been Averted, peace main
tanned, and the Uaion preserved.
THE REIGN OF TERROR.
MlsJuaging the temper and character
OF the American people, they sought TO
prevent all renonstrauca against what
ever means they choose 10 adopt to
accomplish their paTpose, by governing a
free people b. appeals 10 lhaw fears
Aobs became their Instruments of VEN
geance, and where these could not con-
Veufcatly be inFoked, executive tyrannv
aid ita lawless hand upon the upofFebd.
Iag Rnt suggested victim, aud forts ana
DastIies opened aud closed their nopder-
ous doors upon him, Was not Abraham
Lincoln President, and was not william
d. Sswara his pFiAs minister, and who
iafed say aaght against their ia afallibhi.
y The espionage of Napolaon sank
NO lnsigulhcancs as an agency of Ou-
PRESTON Ia comparison With thai nraeticed
lHdoF sbo administration of Abraham
lueeIn. ..e.g.i. ls~-s-- =. : : /
Aaa eonVersed ia whispers; even woman
lare not speake above her breath, A
eatIy trsmor seized upon ali classes, ex- |
ept those who, themselves being spies |
.Rd lntormers, we're conscious OF rebos- |
ng andeg the shsd3w Of exertive pro-
eciion- Finally the Law and Coustitu- |
ion were appealed to for protection I
gninst executive tyranny. iahat Con- |
tituaioa which was made for ali ttn,aa.
OF peace. as sell as war, declared thar no
ian should be deprived of life, liberty or
ropetty without due process of Law
his guarantee of personal freedom had
eea extortsa by ths English bHrons,
word IN hand at Ruanymede, from the
aughty and oppressive John, FIVE hun
red years ago, and had been the birth
Rht OF the trainers of the Federal Con-
itutions and they inserted it in that in
that no poweR sheald ever de-
rive their children Of it. |
The great writ of right, the writ Of
abeas corpus, had been passed two hun
.rd years ago, dariug the oppressive
i-,n of Charles ] /. to relieve one Eng.
st subject from inprisanment by order
the English Prigy Council. contrary to
e provision Of Magma Charta, and our
thurs provided In the Constellation, as
prohibition upon sha powers Of Con-
uss, that the privilege of this writ
onld not be suspended unless in case Of
beiiion or Invasion, when the public :
fety shoald require Ia. No one ever
eamed that the President could suspemd !.
e privilege OF this writ no statesman
u ever so spoken no commentator had
cT so written /; and no court had ever
deoidad. Congress had provided for
c issuring of this writ upon proper ar
iaation made to any Judge of the Sa-
c'ne Court, or judge Of any district
urs of the United States; and the vene- !
bic Chief Justice was appealed 70 TO :
ard 1t FoF the purpose of inquiring into =
c Legality Of such executive arrests The
ccutioa Of the writ was resisted, and
c judge informsd-to the anaEernent Of .
sava the ninions Of despotie power =
lt the President had authorized the =
Of q fort TO suspend the writ u
habeas corpus, and that he had eompla. Z
1tly obeycd his masters command.- s"
~ this brings me, sir 10 consideration j.
sbe question, has the President the 2
ser TO suspend the privilege of the =
II o. habeds corpus and IL be has not, y
] Congress has, should they confer that y
sSeF upon him, or exercise it them =
Fss Ia reference 10 persons donriciIedI =
States not 10 rebellion, aud where the !.
lrLs Of justice are open ? ~ ~
Here Mr.. Salisbury goes into a learned "
! able review OF slsis question, quoting n
IA numerous authorities. We regret
{ our space compels as TO omit this
g Legal argumaut.-Eds. caacasiaas. 4,
calER JIsTlcR AEp kExagR aaRrgN ON y
...-5 THE HARRAs CeRPus. .-, ~
Phe last authority which wilI cite is II
exhaustive opinion OF the present q,
fsrAbae Ohfaf Justice Of the United :
les In shs case at Masryman. This IA
aien was delivered since our present a.
lbIts commenced, and the whole eoun- NJ
Is familiar With It. I win not extract a,
N that which, as q whole, Is so sytsa. - =,
EzicHf and couuiusive II has nsver -
n anfwered, and will forever Eezaaifl :
lnsw4rahle. y
will be seen, Mr.. President, BIZ ref 81
nee 70 the proceedings Of fhs Conven- 4
! thsss framed she oonssisasiou, ~ re- h