The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1863-06-06

tralion, at the outbreak OF the rebellion
when the Government was called sudden
ly to meet on emergency which Congress,
had not anticipated and for which it had
not provided" To this effect he declared
as follows, under his order of February
IA, 1862:
The breaking out Of formidable insur
rcction, based on a conflict Of political
ideas, being an event without precedent
in the United States, was necessarily at
tended by great confusion aud perplexity
of the public mind Disloyalty, before
unsupported, suddenly became bold aud
treason astonished the world by bringing
once in the field military forces superior
in numbers to the standing army of the
United states.
Even in the portions of the country
which were most loyal political combina-
tions and secret societies were formed
fur,hering the work of disunion, while,
from motives of disloyalty or cupidity. or
from excited passions or perverted synpa>
tbies, individuals were found furnishing
men, money, and materials of war and sup
piled to the insurgents military and nA-
Wy forces Armies, ships, Notifications,
navy yards arsenals, military posts, and
garrisons. one after another, were be-
trayed or abandoned to the insurgents.
Congress had not anticipated and SO
had not provided for the emergency
The municipal authorities were powerless
and inactive The judicial mchinery
seemed as if it had been designed not to
sustain the Government, but TO en1bar>
rass and betray it.
In this emergency, the President left
it his duty to employ with energy the ex-
traordinary powers which the Consttu-
ton confdes to him in cases of insurrcc-
ton. He called into the field such mill
tary and naval forces unauthorized by the
existin. laws as seemed NECESSARY. He
directed measures to prevent the use OF
the Postoffice for reasonable correspon-
dence He subjected passengers te and
from foreign countries TO new passport reg
uIations, and he instituted blockade,
suspended the writ Of hateas corpus in vari-.
Gus places, and caused persons who were
TO him as being or about to
engage in disloyal or trcasonabie practices,
to be arrested by special civil as we'll as
military agencies, and detained in militia
ry custody, when necessary to prevent
them and defer others from such practi-
ces Examinations Of such cases were-in-
stituted and some Of the persons so ar
rested have been discharged from time to
time under circumstances or upon condi>
tons compatible, as was thought, with the
public safety.
Meaa,ime favorable change of public
opinion ma. occurred. The line between
LOYALTY and disleyalty is plainly defined
the whole structure of the government is
firm and stable; apprehension of public
danger and facilities for reasonable prac-
tho y.asSin,,S
which prompted needless persons 10 adopt
them, The insurrection j, believed to
have eliminated and TO be declining
Tie President in view of these facts,
and anxious. to favor return 10 the nor>
NAL course of the administration. as far as
regard for the public welfare will allow.
directs that all political prisoners now held
in military custody be released on their
10 a parole engaging them to
render no aid or comfort TO the enemies
in hostility to the United States
Extraordinary arrests will hereafter be
made under the directions of the military
thorties alone
Congress has by Its by its recent lsgisla-
tion anticipated precisely such a case AS
that raised bv the alleged conduct and
language of CHAM, and has thus
made provision for the emergency. -
The only justification heretofore assigned
for such extraordinary arrest in the heart
Of loyal population no longer exists. for
the normal of proceeding is now plainly
marked out hv the law made aud provid>
ed for the trial and punishment of all who
give aid and comfort the enemy" and
who are citizens of States in which the
Of the laws has continued
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