Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1863-06-23

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] medicine for sick man, because il can 6s
shown 10 not be goOl food for well ena MOI
! an L able to appreciate the danger aBprsasnds1
! 5v the nesting that tho American people Wllir
! by msuns OF military arrests during the rebel
lion. lose the right Of public discussion, the ii7-
I erty OF speech aud the press, the iaw OF evi-
denca, trisl BY jury, and habsss corpus through
oas the infaite peacsiul iusre, which ! iTfai
! lies before them, any more than an able %
/ believe that nan could contract SO strong an
appetite for emsties daring temporary ileess a1
/ ts persist in feeding upon them during tas re-
/ mainler Of his heaithful life
in giving tke resolutions that earnest cousl1-
! Grafton which ycu request ofmo, came. ever
! look the fact that the meeting speak Is Dem
ocrsts Nor can J. with full respect for lhsjr
/ kuowu in5sligenee, ana the fairly Presumed de-
liberation with which they prepared their resei1-
tons, be permitted 70 suppose that lhis occurred
( bg accident or in any way other than talt they
/ preferred to designate themselves D m 2crass'
/ rather than " American eitz'ns In his tim
I of national periI [ would have prsiarrei 20 m7ot
I y5u aDon . level one step higher than sny
party platform; because / an sure thst, from
I such more elevated position we oouid d1
/ better battle for the coCusry we cd love
/ ,han we possibly caR iros those iowor ones,
where. from the force of habit, the preJUdises
Of the past, and selfish hopes Of the lUtugs,
We NL9 hlLa W EA t1E44 a-4AlA "a o-Al ttk
gnd strength in finding fault with and aiuiag
/ blows at each other But, since you have De-
MED me this, vii yet be thankful, for the
e0untrY's sake, that not al Democrats hava
/ done sqs IIs on whose discretionary judgment
/ htr Valisndigham was arrested aGd tried, is e
/ Democrat, having ne old party affinity with nae;
/ aud the Judge who rejected The constitutions
view exercised in these resolutions, by refusing
J 20 discharge Mr. Vsilandighsm or habsas coz
4 - 49,
/ having received his Judicial mastle at the hsnds
/ of President Jackssn And ftill more, Of eli
! those Democrats who are nObiy exposing their
lives and shedding ihsir blood the battlefield,
/ l have learnad that many, approve tho courss
I taken with ALr. Vallandighsm, whiis 1 hays not
! heard Of q single one eoR3emuing it l cauno
ASSERT that there aTo none such Aud ths nauae sf
/ President Jackson recalls al instases Of peril
/ merit history. After lhe battls of Nav Odssns,
and while the fact that the treEiy of peace had
/ bssu concluded was well known in the city but
before official knowlsdgs of IL had arrived, Gen.
jackson still nlaintainsd martsl or military law.
/ Nov, shat it could bo Faid the var was over,
| the clsmor against martial law, which had SIX
/ listed from the frst grew more furious. Among
other things g Mr. L1uaillier published dsnun-
/ ciatarv newspaper srticls General Jackson ST.
rested him. ran BY tho Rams Of MsFsl pro-
I e0uTsd the United States Judge Hall to order a
I writ Of habess corpus 70 relieve Mr. LozaIlisr.
! General Jackson arrested beth the lawyer and
! the Judge. a Hr. HollsBder TaEtursd 30 gay Of
SONS Dsrt Of the matter that st vas q dirty
[ trisk." GsReral Jsckscn arrested him Whsn
the officer undertook to ssFys the writ Of habsss
/ corpus, Gan. Jackson took It from him, and ssnt
HIN away with copy. Hol3ing the il5Es IN
custody few days be BsRt him 5syond tins limits
o. bis eUcanpoeat, aHd get him st liberty, with
an order to remain till the IBtiacstisn of peace
should 30 regularly sunounced, sT until the
British sh0Bl3 have LEFT the Southern Reast A
cay or two moro elapsed, the ratification Of the
treaty Of psacs was regulsrly announced, and
the iadgs and 9tEeTs were fully ljsoratsd A
few days more, and the judge called Gen. jack
sea into court aud fined him s thousand dollars
for having arrested him sn8 others namsd The
General psid tbs fms, aad there tho matter Test-
ed for 1sarly tATty yssf1, when Congress r.
ua1ed tho principal an5 interest Ths late
Ssnst0r Deueia7, then in ths house ef rspTo.
senativss, took a leading Bsri in the debates, is
which the constitutional qussion was much dis
casssd l an not prepares 70 say whom the
Iaarnals woald show to have vossd fox the
measure.
It may be remarked Frs., THAT We had Che
Esma Constitution then e5 Eow; secondly, that
we then had case OF iavzsion. and now Wo
bave q csss Of rebslii0n; GHa, thiJdlv ihst tla
psrmsseHt right OF ths people 70 public dseus-
sion tha liberty of speech aud Of l5s press, the
trial BIZ jGry, the law Of evidence, and the
habsas corpus, snh red no da5rimsut whatever
By tbst conduct Of Gen. Jackson, OF its suisse
quest approval by ihs American CenereEs
Au6 Yst let me soy, nat in my own discTe
son, do not know whether I would have Or
dsred ths sTsst of ar. Vailandighas While 1
cannot shift Che responsibility from myself,
hold that as a gsnersl Tule, the commander iu
ths ield is The bsttsr Judge Of the necessity IN
any particular case OF esurse, must practice
= gesersl directory and rsvisOry power in the
matter.
One Of the resolutions expresses tie opinion
0g the uestiuZ that arbitrary arrests wiz havs
she efBc 10 dIvi3o aud distract tbo5aEyh3 should
be uuitea IN sUnpressing the rsb5.don, and I sm
spaciically called on 70 discharge Mr. Yallsn
dgham. I rsgsrd this SIS, ct least, fsir appesl
e ms on the eTpsdieley Of exercising coRFii-
70 such appeal 1 have 20 say, it gave ms pain
#hen learned thst Mr.. YsGandighlm had been
ayFesied-thst is MAS panied hat there shsald
seem to bs a necessity for arrestiug him-snd
il viii sdari me grest pleasure to direhrge biz
rs soon as I can, by aay 8sesps, bslisve the pub
lie safety pFi not suffer bT il. I further say,
tkat ss the war progresses, it appears 70 ma
opinion sHa selisn, which were in great confa-
sion as 6rst, taxa shape and fall into mora rsgu-
lar channels, ss hat the necessity for strong
dsalag vita them gradually decreases. I have
every rsssoa TO dsira that it shoald cease alto
ge.hsr. aud far ireR the lcssb is my regard for
the 0pini9Es aud wishes Of shoss who, ike the
meeting at Albany, declare their purpos7 % sus
tain the Government IN sFsry Constitutional
and lawful measure to suppress the rebgion
Still ! must continue to 40 50 much as may
seem % DO required BY ths 3ublic safety,
ABRAHAM LIECOLN.