The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1863-08-28
The Confederate Government versus
North Carolina.
REBEL TYRANNY DENOUNCED

On the 9th of July discussion took
place in the North Carolina House of Com
mons, upon motion to print the CORES
pondence between Gov. VANCE and the
Confederate Secretary of War, in relation
to the habeas corpus and the claim of the
Confederate Government to conscript mi
litia officers. The secession factions OPP
posed the printing, and the friends of Gov.
VANCE favored it. The Raleigh Standard
publishes synopsis of the speech of Mr..
GR1ssoM, of Granville county, in support
of the motion, from which we extract the
following paragraphs:
Mr.. Grissom said the correspondence
and the history of several startling events
connected with the subjects of which it
treats, admonish US of purpose on the
part of the Confederate administration to
disregard not only the decisions of our
Courts, but also to construe for Itself all
questions touching the liberty Of The Cit
zens. 1t is the first time in the !sstcry of
this or any other people, where the great
landmarks OF English freedom are regard
ed, that the great writ of right, secured
by Magma Charta, has been sampled un-
der foot with IMMUNITY. SSa.y no peo-
pie, not having lost all love of freedom,
can tamely submit to such ags;ession as
this correspondence disclosss, on the part
of high official functionarv sad his sub
ordinates. The bold and rsss ,sraated at
tempt to strike down our j@a% 20 Is de-
veloped by the corresponde1scfs lcases
a rapid and gigantic sS;sse towSsd mill
tary despotism.
But few days since Conf pirate Cca :
onel refused to allow tie .SheHI Of New
Hanover to pass his linecs oss:ecrse writ
of habeas corpus. Several Instances of
the re-arrest by subaltern officers of per-
sons discharged under THE writ, and one
Gas am informeO by the exI7c. order
of the Secretary Of War hi,n.c%11, lave re-
Gently occurred. Such arbitrary exercise
of power by the highest civil e. rilitary
functionary in England, w:sdld p@. be toll
Grated to-day. It would shakS that an
cient and powerful kingdom to the centre.
Wellington, flu>hed with victory and
crowned with laurels, returning from mis-
field of triumph over Napoleon, would not
have dared to exercise such power, or de-
ny this right to the humblest soldier tsat
followed him from the scene e his glory.
But we are told in this correspondence
that the "crude" opiniCAs Of our local
Judges are not to be regarded by the mill
tary authorities Of this Government, and
Gcv. Vance is inuendo reprimanded for
not suppressing the expression of these
opinions. Who are these local judges,
whose crude opinions are tia,s to be dis
regarded? They constitute the Supreme
Court of North Carolina, and have enti-
tied themselves to the lasting gratitude of
the country, for the manner in which they
have discharged their duties, regardless of
powe. full adverse influences.
Notwithstanding the ;sss:=Ss OF oil
garchs and petty tyrants, the sabeer7ient
tools of power, who impugned their 10y.
atty and appealed to the worst passions of
the country in assassin like attempts to
stab their character, these Judges have
stood like wall against the onward
march of military despotic.n. But tor
their timely Intervention and the strong
arm aud stout hand of our patriotic Gov
ernOr, the gOOOeSS Vi PoiooiiA iiooAtys oS-
fore whom the judicial ermine has always
trailed with reverence, with her spotless
robes and golden tresses all torn and
disheveled, had ere now been polluted by
the letcherous embrace of the olOven-
footed Satyr of despot sm. Thank God
for the integrity and independence of our
judiciary! With what melancholy con-
trast do we view the official conduct Of
another Judge, holding an appointment
under this government which he held I'M
der the old, and which he only relin-
ouished long after the Infamous and high
handed proclamation of Lincoln, de-
manding troops of US to subduee our
Southern brethren and ooercei independent
States. He glided out Of his position in
that Government to the same in this 80
gracefully, that by . very slight stretch
of imagination, we might have heard the
clicking Of Federal gold IN one pocket,
while Confederate Treasury notes rustled
in the other. Thisdistingnished function
airy while this beautiful metamorpbosii