Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1863-12-24
ARBITRARY ARRESTS.
Mr.. HARRINGTON offered the following resolutions,
and demanded the previous question their adoption:

Mr. HARRINGTON offered the following resolutions
and demanded the previous question their adopton
Whereas Consultation the United artice
section nine provides "the privilege OF the writ Of habeas
corpus shall not be suspended unless when In Of rebel
lion or inyason the public safety require it,, and
whereas such PROVISION contained in the portion of the
Consi defining legislative powers and not in the pro
visions defining executive and whereas the Cons
tu'isn artcls four OF amendm n further provides the
sight of the people be in their houses pa
ana elects against unreasonable searches and seizures
shall not be violated &c and whereas The Thirty Seventh
Congress d by claim conter upon the Pres dent If the
United States The power hs will and pleasure suspend
the privilege of the writ of habea corpus
United States without limitation conditions and VIII
the President of the United States by proclamation has
susp nd uh prvile TIE citizen loy
Staes aud whereas the people of such States have
snb cted TO arbitrary without of law and
search stizures and the
right t. speedy trial aud IL tsaton and have aneui he
in prisons AZ The arbitrary Of the Chief Executive
and his military snboroinates: Now therefore
Resoieed by The House Of Representatives of the United
States hat power is delegated by the Constitution
the United States either to the legislative or executive
suspend the privileges Of the of habeas rI
State loyal to the Constitution and Government in
vaded aad in which the civil and Judicial in foil
operati
Resore That Congress has no power under the Con
stuon 10 delegate the president o. the United sta es The
authority TO the privilege of the writ of hab
and mprs at hs pleasure without process of law
tiial the citizens of the 10y al States
Resotued That the assumption of the right by the Exc
cutve Of The mt states deprive the citizens Of such
States of the benefits of the Of habeas corpus
to mprison them at his reasure without OF law
unworthy the progress of the consistent only with
despoic unlimited BY constitutional obligations ad
which the Government of the United States and Of the
several states is based
a. Resoiped That the Judiciary Committee be instructed
to prepare report bill this House protecting he rghte
of the citizens IN the oya States in strict accordance with
the foregoing of the Constitution of the United
States
Mr.. FENTON moved to lay the resolutions The
table
Mr.. DAVIS, Of Maryland, begged that gentlemen would
allow direct vote the resolutions and reject them
to get done with this work of laying resolutions the
table
Mr.. FENTON withdrew the motion to lay the table
The previous question seconded and the question
the adoption of the resolutions decided mega
tive, as follows:
YEAs-Messrs c. Allen j. Allen, Ancona Augustus
Baldwin. Bliss, Brooks Cox
Dawson Dennon Eden Eddge English Fnck
Oanson Cride Hail. Harding Harrington, Benz G. Harris erck
Holman William Johnson Herman, King Knapp Bond
Long Mallory Marcy Nc Aster Mcdowell Mckinney Middleton
John 0Nel Pendeton Radford Randn
Rogers, Ross Scott John B. Steele William
Souss Sweat, Voorhees, Wadsworh, Ward, Wheeler Chiffon
White. Joseph w. White Winfield and Fernando Wood-67
Baldwin, Beaman Blaine Blow, Boutwell, Brandegee Brooma wm
g. Brown Ambrose w Clark. Freeman
WELL Henry Winter Davis Thomas Davis Donney
briggs Dumon Eley Eliot Farnswoh, Fenton, Frank Garfield
ooch Grnne Hale Highly Hooper, otchkiss
John H. Hubbard Huburd Jencs Julian Kelley
W. Kellogg Orlando Kellogg Longyear Lovejoy
Bride McCurg MeIndoe samuel Miller,
H. Norris Amos Myers Leonard Myers Norton Charles
Ort Perhan Pike Pomeroy Price William H. Randall
H. Rice John Rice Edw. Rollins, schenck Scofe
soan smith, smthers, spauldng Tracy
Van Valkenburg Ehu b. Wahburne William Waslburn
Icy, Williams Wilder Wilson, Window, and woodbridse-eo