The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1863-07-25

: I ~ u. NO. 80.
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psns'''es. Le,sus surs your stsession 10
ne most glssing end indsIsnsIbls Of sn The |,
'ssaul's upen coasti'utonal liberty which |.
have msrked The history oi your sdminis.
ration. No one hss ever pretended ,hse
lhe writ oi hsbeas cospus wss suspended IN !.
'he State Of Ohio where Tho arrest or : "
c'''zea . midnight. already rsiefred 70. y -
made. sad be placed before coUr ..msstIs,
'os trial end sentence. upon charges end
specihcations which admitted his jnnoceace,
sccosd'ng 20 the existing laws Of The coun.
ny. Upon yoss own doctrine, then. can
you hesitats 10 redress the. moostrous
wrongl an @
But, Dir. ws cannot aeqsissce IA your ,og.
nas that ssres's and ImpsIsonmes.. without
wssrsus o. cfiminsi accusation, IN their
nature lawless and arbitrary. opposed 10 me
very letter Of eonslsusionsl eoaransses.
can become ia any sense sIshtlul. By reason
o. suspension Of shs writ o. hsbess cor.
pss. We deny that The suspension Of !
single snd peculiar remedy sor such wrongs
OFings into existsncs new end unknown
classes Of offsnsss, OF new causes for do
pfiving men of their liberty. u q one Or
the most material purposes of that wvIy 20
enlarge upon bail persoss Who, upon pvob.
able cause. ere duly ssG legally charged
with some known crime. end suspension
Of thss~sis wss never asked fos In Eng.
land or shis cooasry excsps 10 pvsvsns such
sn'srgement whsn shs supposed oiFsnss wssl
sgainss The safety of tie 0overnnens. In
the yesF 1907. q the time of Busvss alleged
conspiracy. bill wss passed "a ne Esnsss
os'ths United States suspepdIne The writ Of
habeas corpus fos > limited time 10 all cases
where Psrsons wsFs ehssesd on ossh With
treason o. other high crime o. mIsdemssucs
sadangsFing The psses % safety of shs
Goyesnmsnt. Bst yoss doctrine undisRuis.
edly e. thst suspsnsios 81 skIs wsis Iusti.
Zee arrests without wssssut, without ostb.
sad even without suspicios Of treason o.
other crime. Your docsius dsnIes ne
freedom Of speech ssd q shs press. II a..
vAdss The ssoEsd domsio 81 opiaios sssd
discussion. Il dsnosnsss shs ~ifs" ss6 The
@sass'' Of the Eselish lIsneusgs ed even
the refuge Of silence 10 iusssSse. sh $50
We repeats suspssslos n tbs wris o.
hsbsss ecrpus merely dIspsssss Win ssin-
gle and peculiar remedy seaisa % uulsw.
ful imprisonment; bot n tias issnedy bsd
never existed, the right . liberty would b.
The same. snd every iavssios % shss sieAs
would BE- condemned not only By ths Con.
stitstion. but By principles d Isr greater a..
'iquity than The writ itself. Our common
~ y sos q Ill indebted 70 this svit, 1or
~ setion Of fsIss Imprisonment, sod shs
action would remain 10 shs cIsIsss, II ne
writ were abolished forever. Again. every
man. whsn bic ll6s q liberty q sshrsssssed
withous The wsrsne o. lsw, my lawfully
resist, md II accessory 10 ssIsdsfenss, nay
take Ne Iiis Of The seeressor. Moreover,
The people % thIs country msy demand The
Impeachment Of ihe President himself Tor
the exercise Of arbitrary power And whsn
ell these remedies shall prove Insdsqu
for the protection Of free inslIsasiops, there
rsmsins, in tho last resort. the suprems siahs
oi revolution. You once announced shis
right with : latitude Of expression which
may well Be considered dangerous in che
present crisis Of our nation ID history. You
said; ANY people. anywhsrs. bslng iaclin-
ed and hsving The power, have shs right @
raise up and shake o. The existing Govsss-
ment. and form new one hat sults thsm
better. Nor y this right cosaasd 10 sssss
whsre the people of = exissisg Govern.
ment may chose q exercise IL Any por.
lion ofsuch people that can may rsvolstioa.
he and make their own of % much Of she
territory = they inhssis. More sAsa shia
! msjorisy Of any portion Il such people
may ssvolutit e, putting down misesily
in,srmioglsd with o. near about shsn, who /,
may oppose their 1evsnsnts. ."--fvol. 10.
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