Semi-weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1853-18??, 1864-04-20

abuse the pow. P,os NAV not be by the President
hands o~ocr,te the military orders that Will De
He Will M; yiII necessarily devolye upon suboT
given .attored all over the country, from the 70
dInates' .he Rio Grande. He would have oPossess
touAC .,,Darhuman attributes to prevent abuses
t.",n;scieuce and emnIpresehce! --a -.
omnisc'e,b; ,b;ngs our forefathers knew, and hence
.or threw around the personal security ol tue nee
tney - Of this country q hrmer, saier, surer pro-
Citizens han confidence in any man, against abuses
tecIiOn t.o- even when exercised under his own eye
OIL br himself That protection is the shield -oi
shu Ccnstitution. See to it that you do not IN an
tne 49, tear this shield off and cast 1t away, OF
evil Gt[ ntbers to do it lest in day you Wot not oil
PPon sorely repent IT. -, -
you has been said, without dwelling longer
m tbis point to show, without the possteility o.
punt that the act does affect Others ana large
uouO f others than spies, traitors bridge burners
classes ~ nersons-that the very gst of the act
ana uiS,O nav have been the intent or the motive,
nsrate most wrougfuy and oppresslVely on as
VIII nariotic and as true men as ever inherited
loyA+ birthright under Southern sky. You
lree" coon that there is and can be no necessity
n nassage of such an act even II 1t were con-
ior sn in the case of spies, traitors or con
Sn!uuU Sn For. if there be a traitor in the Conted-
SPn@ Il such q monster exlsts-h any well
ei1cy 5od suspicion is entertained that any Sucn
cbv not have him legally arrested oy Juolciai
.rront upon oath or affirmation, settng Ioren
SrobabIe cause, and then ne can De nelo unEeI
prOO.t,ionaI suspension of the privileges OF the
he tried and if found guilty, punished
VIII. oore can the public safety by possibility re-
hnAT Ubv d;snense with the oath Why dis
qule' 18th i1dicial warrants Why put it in the
PC~ Of any man on earth to order the arrest OF
POb PUo,bar on simple charge, to which NOBODY VIII
Ara.r9 Au09 Who is safe under such law Hno
Sors when he goes forth, when or whether ne
Iii Ill" ever return? The President according 70
.bO act is to have the power to arrest anu lmpris
~ ~. rhoeyer he pleaSes, upon bare coarge' mSoe'
Oarhaps, by an enemy, OF dsloyaty. the parry
Ptpg the charge not being required to swear 10 II
Tnn maA." raneat is safe or would be under such
W. what were the objects of the act, In these
H,.oS as to treason, disloyalty, and the others,
ot LnoU To me it seems to be unreasonable
w that it was to reach real traitors and per-
70 ppiItv of the offences stated For that object
sonT SSove heen easily accomplished without any
S oOI1 extraordinary power. | was not at Richmond
SUI SUI, tbo act PASSED. heard none OF the discus
anno and knew none of the reasons assigned by the
p.ao;6ent in asking it. or the members or Senators
-,bo voted for it. l was at home, PROSTATE with
I;no0so from which have not yet recovered, and
I rooSon of which address you with so much fee
IionorS m this occasion. But have heard that
ohiact was to control certain elections and ex-
Dnotod assemblages in North Carolina, TO put
Fo,zIo unon certain presses and bit in the mouth
= oort.in sneakers in that State. Ii this be so, L
rorord II the more dangerous to public liberty. L
tnow nothing of the politics of NOrth-Carolina-
notb;np of the position of her leading public men,
IF there he traitors there let them be constitution
.Ilv arrested tried and punished. No fears need
he INDUCED of bare error there, or any Where else,
Il reason is left free to combat it The idea IS IN
credible that majority of the people OF that gal
Isnt and noble old State which was foremost IN the
war of the revolution in her memorable MecElen-
burp declaration of independence can, if e' alone,
aver he induced to prove themselves so recreant to
tbe principles of their fathers as to abandon our
cause and espouSe the despotism Of the North. Her
neoule ahead of all the Colonies, first Haunted IN
the breeze the flag of Independence and State SOW
ereignty. She cannot be the first to abandon It
m neyerI 7 cannot believe itl Ifher people were
really so Inclined however we could not prevent 1t
by force-we could not, under the Constitution II
we would and we ought not If we could ours is
q government founded upon the consent OF soVer'
eien States and will be itself destroyed by the very
act whenever it attempts to maintain or Perpetua:e
its existence by force over its respective members
The surest way to check any inclination IN North
Carolina to quit our sisterhood, ifany such really ex-
M even to the most limited extent among her people,
is to show them that the struggle is continued as 1t
was begun, for the maintenance of constitutional
Ibertv If with this great truth ever before them,
majority of her people should prefer despotism to
liberty, would say to her, as to "a wayward SIS
ter, depart in peace | want to see no Maryland
this side of the Potomac.
Another serious objection to the measure, show
ing its impocy is the effect it will have upon our
cause abroad have never looked to foreign inter-
vention, or early recognition, and do not now
European governments have no sympathy with
either side in this struggle. They are rejoiced to
see prOfeSSed republicans cutting each others
threats and the failure as they think, of the great
experiment of self government on this continent
They saw that the North went into despOtism i'm
medately the separation of the South, and their
fondest hopes and expectations are that the same
destiny awaits US. This has usually been the fate
Of republics This is the sentiment of all the gov
ernmentS in Europe. But we have friends there, as
you heard last night, in the eloquent remarks OF
the gentleman Hon. L. @. G. LAMAR who address
Sed you on our foreign relations, and who has lately
returned from those countries Those friends are
anziOusy and hopefully watching the issue of the
present conflict In speeches, papers and reviews
they are defending our cause. No argument used
oy them heretofore has been effectual than the
contrast drawn between the Federals and the Con-
NderateS upon the subject of the writ of hGbenS
corpus. Here, Notwithstanding our dangers and
PsrlS the military has always been kept subordi-
nate the civil authorities Here all the landmarks
Of English liberty have been preserved and main.
tanned, while at the North not vestige of them is
iet There instead of courts of justice with open
DOORS the country is dotted all over with prisons
and oasties. No better argument in behalf of
people struggling for constitutional liberty could
nave been presented to arouse sympathy in our
n7or 1t showed that we were passing through
merry furnace for great cause and passing through
unscathed. 1t showed that, whatever may be the
STATE Of things at the North at the South at least
ae great light of the principles of seltgovernment
tVll and religious liberty, established on this con-
uIlent oy our ancestors, which was looked to with
encouragement and hope by the down-trodden of
al nations, was not yet extngushed but was still
turning brightly in the hands of their Southern
souS even burning the more brightly from the in
NJ TTlSy OF the conflict in which we are engaged
~ ~ US IN deed and in truth, is committed the hopes
G e. 'ne world as to the capacity and ability of man
W. " @ltgoVernment Let US see to it that these
a, oUpS and expectations do not fail Let US prove
'USeL'es HE equal to the high mission before US.
, que Otner view only that relates to the particu