Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1863-07-02

men may be arrested and hold who caunC
be proved to be guilty of defined crime
when, in cases Of rebellion or invasion, tn
public safety may require il"
This Is precisely our present case--a chs
OF rebellIon-wherein the public safety doe
require the suspension. Indeed. arrests b.
process Of courts and arrests in cases of re
bellion do not proceed altogether upon tn
same basis. The former ia directed al IN
small per centage Of ordinary and continu
Gus perpetration of crime, while the latte
IS directed at sudden and extensive upri
sings against the government, which, a
most, will succeed or fall in no great lenptl
OF time. In the latter case arrests arc made
without an adequate military force to sup
press 1t. He was not arrested because hC
was damaging the political prospects Of tn,
Administration, or the personal interests O
the Commanding General, but because h,
was damaging the army, upon the existenc,
and vigor of which the life of the nation de
pends. He was warning upon the military
and this gave the military constitutional iu
rlsdlctlon to lay hands upon hin. If Mr.
Vaiiandigham was not damaging the mill
tary power OF the country, then his arres,
was made on mistake of fact, which would
be glad to correct on reasonably satisfactory
evidence.
L understand the meeting, whose resolu
tons L am considering, to be in favor oI
suppressing the rebellion by military force
by armies. Long experience has shown tha
armies cannot be maintained unless deser
ton shall be punished by the severe penalty
OF death. The case requires, and the law
and the Constitution sanction this punish
ment. Must shoot supplemented soldier
boy who deserts, while must not touch q
hair of willy agitator who induces him to
desertl This is none the less injurious when
effected by getting father, or brother, or
friend, into a public meeting, and there
working upon his feelings till he is persuaded
to write the soldier boy that he is fighting
in a bad cause, for wicked administration
OF contemplate government, too weak to
arrest aud punish him if he shall desert.
think that in such case, to silence the agi.
tator and save the boy is not only constitu.
tional, but withal great mercy.
1t L be wrong on this question Of consti
tutlonal power, my error lies in believing
that certain proceedings are Constitutional
when, in cases of rebellion or invasion, the
public safety requires them, which would
not be constitutional when, in absence Of
...ou y. - -, 1sio., .ne puonc saiety o1es
Wo,..;iio ~. iiaae .Hen ~ otuer Wulus. tnat the
.oustu.ion . Is not IN lts appacatlon, In all
;enloo's ;ne saihe, 10 cases Oh Ieoeiiion or
;n' tsion lr'oNtns t1e puoiic saiety, - II Is
III .i'res r ~ pl1,ouni peace anu IuoHc Sc
Jiaiay lily. nne C9hs'ltu.ion ltseii makes the
oa oiS.lo.un .L:. .h anu l eau no more De per'uaa
.u .na. .ne government. can cohstitu.ionaiiy
iaAe ian: ~ .,long measures in tlipe OF rebei-
,ou' noi, ueoaIse o !. Gan oe snown tnat the same
.b"n ny " .a"iu.y 5aieu III tihe VI peace
tnan Ina oau De psisuareu tnat particular
Itus % ~. RoTu meuiclne iot : SICK man
y oecause u can pe SHOWN 70 not De good 1000
Tor wen one N9r am ! aoie TO appreciate
the danger apprehended by the meeting,
lhal tne american people VIII, py means OF
.nilitary N arrests curing the repe!lion, lose
inc rignC VI Puoiic uiScu's,oh' the hoe'ty OF
speech anu tue press, tue IL" OF eyiuehce,
lrlai Dy jury anu haoeas corpus, through
'ut .',e l''d1iu'e peaceIui iuture' "nich
trust les Deiore tne'n' any more than am
ipie 10 oeiieve tnat = man could contract SO
strong an appetite ior emst'cs curing tenn
porafy Illness as 70 perslst.ln feeding upon
mem ! curing the remainder OF MS health
lu, iiie:
10 giving tne resolutions that earnestcon'
'iuerauon wnich you request OF me, can
not overlook the tacs that the meeting speak
As democrats; NOR can l, with fuil re-
spect ior tnelr known Intelligence, ani the
lairiy presumed deiioeratlon with which
lhey prepared tneir resolutions 6s permit
ted 10 suppose that lh,s occurred oy acci,
dent or IN any way other than that they
preferred 20 designate themselves Demo
Gratis ratner fhan american citizens,
ln thls t,tne OF natural peril would have
preiertea 70 meet you upon level one step
nigner tnan any party Platform because l
lm sure tna.' TON such more elevated
POSITION, we coulu 40 oetter Dattie 1or the
loe so uiucn ,or VIVA, mas peeh done as ior
"hat prSoaoiy "ouiu oe done' Inc latter
5 more Ior the preventive and less LOT the
!, tnan the former In such cases
ne purposes Oh men are mecn more efsliy
NJ Inuerstoou than ln cases Oh oruinary crime.
me man VINO stanos oy ana says nothing
Shen the peru OF MS government Is aieussed
'annot De inisunderstood. III not hindered'
ie H Is sure 10 neip tue enemy mueh more
ne talks guouslyC,aik, ior ms Goun,
ry with puts anu MS ana anus vi
low little vaiue tne constitutional PROVISIONS
nave quoted VIII Ue MADE until denned
rimes nave peeh committed may oe Illus,
rated by few notable examples. General
lohn u Brecklnridge, General ho6ert II;
zee, deneral Joseph u johnson, Tencrai
John b. Magruder. GENERAL William b;
preston,. Generai Simon Is. buckner and