, 1863-10-05
Gl)tcaab Gribnuf.


SUSPENSION OF n&HEAs CORPUS.
For want OF something else to scold at,
the Coppcrhcads continue their clatter
against the recent suspension Of the H.6eas
C1r7,us, 4 little examination Of the facts
yould tend to moderate their frenzy very
much. They would discover that their
rawlings about Bastiles and etres de caehet,
and the impending destruction Of per-
]: sonal liberty are sheer humbug, as the
/. following statements will show:
First. The President suspended the wit
of habcas corpus in pursuance Of an Act
Of Congress, which expressly authorizes
him to do Just what he has done.
Second. Whlc the Act authorizes the
suspeusion Of the writ, it also provides the
means By which any person arrested e1'
: cept those connected with the military, are
Granted and secured a judicial examina-
) Ton into the causes Of their detention.
They are put within the complete juris~
diction Of the United States Courts.
: Third. The Act expressly provides that
The Secretaries of War and Of State shall
furnish to the United States Judges
lists Of the names Of all persons held as
political prisoners. The cases Of such per-
sons shall thereupon 60 before the Grand
jury, and If no indictment be found against
them the Court is directed to discharge
them upon administering an oath OF H.
1iegiance, OF upon examination bond may
: : may be required for good behaviour. Il the
Secretaries fail or refuse to furnish the list
ofnames Of those held in duress, any citi-
gen can, by petition, bring tie case Of any
arrested person before the Court and pro-
cure his discharge.
Fourth. The intention Of the Act
authorizing the suspension Of the writ is,
TO remove the cases Of soldiers, spies, de-
scrters, prisoners, and other persons held
for strictly military offenses from the &C
ton Of the Courts. To that extent the sus"
pension is a military necessity, to prevent
secesh sympathizers from depicting the
army and turning rebel prisoners loose
upon the community. Before the Presi-
ident, in pursuance Of the Act, suspended
the writ, the Copperheads were getting
out writs Of ha1cas corpus from
State Courts and were discharging soldiers,
dcsertcrs, and spies On all conceivable
prctcxts. Had not the President inter-
Gmcd, Copperhead Judges and Seymour
demagogues would have broken up Gen.
A1cades army, and filed the Eastern States
with sedition, riots and murders. The
same disloyal scenes would next have
been transferred to the West, producing
dese1tion, bloodshed and collision between
the mob and the military.
The President would not have pro-
claimed the suspension Of the ha5eas cor
pus but for the disloyal interference Of
State Court Judges in New York and
Pennsylvania. It Was the Copperhead
attempt to nullify the enrolment act and
defeat the draft by screening disertion
that produced the suspension Of the writ,
and the same disloyal spirit that labored
to nullity the draft willfally misrepresents
the true intent and extent OF the proclaim
alton. In other words, q man who will de-
Iberately promote desertion from the
Union army will also deliberately lie about
the effect and operation Of the suspension
OF the habeas corpus And the only class
ofpeople who are denouncing the Presi-
dent for what he has done, and crying out
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