Cedar Falls gazette. [volume] (Cedar Falls, Iowa) 1860-1895, 1863-06-19

tention since Gen. Burnside's recent orde,
suppressing the Chicago Times was revoked
BY the President The great mass Of the
people seem disposed to think that Burnside
did what was proper and right, and that the
revocation of his order was an act that sho'd
not have been done. To show the principles
advocated by the Chicago Times we annex
an extract from one of its leading editorials
Of recent date:
long the present political policies Of the var are
persisted nso long the is continued as the war
wasa aSD n i
- AN AB0MlNABLE SACRIFICE AND MURDER
indeed by those upon whom the responsibility rests Of
the prevailing policies The who does not wash his
hands Of all participation in such war SHARES THE
/ GUILT OF THOSE BY WHOM 1T Is PROSECUTED-
nnppot, 81 ,as war and hostility 70 show the dividing
| WHO SUPPORTS THE WAR is AGAINST THE UNION
because me war the most terrible engine the des.
| invented. sar :. ~ N'''
The protested Democrat therefore who has his
about him. and is deliberately for the war is not Der,
ocrat in fact but Aboltions of the most radical Vi
olent and destructive kind" .lIs - - , -
NO loyal man will hesitate to say that the
above is rank treason, and shall sheet that
advocates such an abominable doctrine as is
expressed in the above paragraph, be allow.
ed to food, day after day, the entire country,
aid the army, with its pernicious and de-.
morali2;ng influences? ....... ... .
Gen. Burnside said not, the President de-
cided otherwise Thousands of copies Of the
Times weekly find their way to Gen. Burn
sides army, and are circulated among the
troops, despite all precautions taken to pre-
vent it, and is not the influence on the men
as great as though Fernando Wood himself
should stand up in their midst and advocate
his peculiar views. The Times, though pub.
lished hundreds Of miles away from the army
is as potent for evil as though published at
the headquarters of Gen. Burnside himself.
AS the Chicago Tribune aptly states, the sum
of the matter is this: @r#;
the civil law can ever in time Of war, be made to
give way to martial law (Which is only an invocation Of
force to be exercised at the option Of commander dis
loyal publications. may when their effect upon the pro-
be suppressed by that martial law and in deciding upon
e case Of any publication, the injury done by the
place in which the is rum be the basis of the
decision In the Of the Chicago Times these inqui
RES only are necessary 1st Is 1t disloyal Cd. Is its
effect detrimental to the popular cause and Sd is II
within military department? The answer to each cues.
ton is confessedly yes. Then Burnside did right and
no man who believes that Martial Law Is ever necessary
or proper can deny It," ~
ltseems that prominent men of Chicago
inca whom we had given credit for more
backbone than they really seem to possess,
united in request to the President to set
aside the order. We do not say that the
threats of drunken copperhead- mob had
anything to do with their action, but it looks
very much likeit Loyalty has been rcbuk-
ed, and apprehension is more rampant, and
more bold, than ever. The army is humia-
ted, and traitors are chuckling over the wishy-
washy course Of the Government, while pat
riots bow in submissive sadness to what they
must believe to be fatal error of the Ad-
ministration. .- ..... r..... -...
There are some few who uphold the course
pursued by the Government on the ground
that any other action would have produced a
rupture between the civil and military au-
thorties. Chicago is in military district,
and it is an established principle that in
times Of war martial law takes precedence
Of the civil law. Now the military com
mander Of that district has perfect right to
enforce martial law in his jurisdiction SO far
as it may be necessary for the good Of the
Union cause. That was all that Gen. Burn
side did do, and the civil authorities had no
right to interfere. We like old Jackson's
style. During the war of 1872, soon after
the battle of New Orleans, Gen. jackson ar
rested loyal man for commenting adversely
upon an order expelling certain citizens from
the city. The man applied for writ of
kabeas corpus, which was granted by the
Judge Of the United States District Court,
Dominick A. Hall. The following was Jack
sons answer to the order of the Judge:
New ORLEANS, March 5, 1918.
.att',F ~ #E Seven o'clock, Pm
HEADQUARTERS SEVENTH MILITARY DisrRIcr: Having
received proof that Domnick A. Hall has been aiding and
abetting and exciting matny within my camp you will
forthwith order detachment to conne him.
and report to me as as arrested. You will be vigil
ant; the agents of the enemy than
was expected You win be guarded that he escapes
- I'd, A. JACKSON, Maj. Gen. Ccn'dg.
Dr. William Z. Butler is ordered to accompany the de-
tachuent aud point out the man. WI q -sii4
.& r.., .'-..- A.JacKsov, Maj. Gen. Com'dg
This order was executed, and Judge Hall
was held in custody week, and then sent
beyond the lines. This is the case for which
jackson afterwards paid fine Of $1,000,
which was subsequently, refunded by vote Of
Congress, passed by the Democracy under
the lead of Douglas, endorsing the act asjust
and necessary. If this principle was correct
in 1915, would itnot be equally just in 1863 !?
If it were right then, it is right now We
cannot prevent jeff. Davis from urging his
minions to resist thoss in favor of a prosecu.
ton of the war for the restoration OF Tie
Union but we can prevent such sheets as
the Chicago Times from advocating the same
atrocious sentiments, and we fail of doing
our duty if we do not. Esu:s
RESISTANCE TO THE ENRoLLMEHr.-In Penn,
sylvana, Ohio, Illinois and Wisconsin, en-
rolling officers have been killed while in the
discharge of their duties, and others have
been beaten, threatened, their houses burned,
&c. This is the result of the teachings of
S1ch papera nc tho nnhvoua Us~,I1 ooJ