The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1864-03-16

you not satisfied 2" mo, I amt; one
of EN- was slick quarter and came here
to col ect 'tother five cents"' (Great
aushter.) That fellow hail rather a small
soul, and was going to say he was the
meancst man ever heard of. But hap.
pen to know some fellows who were SO red
hot for the war, that had You thrown them
into branch they would have fixed,
/ flangh nov that fighting by proxy is
plaid out, say to some Convention man,
"od fellow, you have been right all the
time turn down the sheet quick. we want
to get in bed with you rCheers and
laughter. | know some men who were
the most furious war men at the start, who
we're for giving the last man and last dollar,
Iprovided they tidn't happen TO be the one
final individual, and the dollar came out
, Of the pocket OF any other man and now
: il is amusing, when the question begins to
) come home. TO see the whites of their eyes
turn up. and the palms of their hand begin
) TO sweat, and their knees beat the lsng roll
! on the appearance of the enrolling officer.
j +" We can't stand it. II is violation Of
a faith. The agreement was to fight entirely
e BY proxy. 1t will never do. We must 60
out" Laughter and applause.
Z II it is not legal outrage, let the men
y who put in substitutes 90 to the war, and
!, Re thankful they have not been shot during
Z the last two years. +" Good hit EN- again"
There is d great deal said about the dan
}. GER Of the military authorities overcoming
81 the civil. Well. | acknowledge all that.
70 There is danger. But there was nereS
Ie vet war where th. same danger did not
., arise. and especially war like ours that
G. taxes the whole energies Of the people, that
y permeates every strata Of society, and is
le tire sole business Of .he day. We nav
i forget, IN the midst of the pomp and cir
70 camstances of the war. that we have civil
et right aud constitutional libertips. have
A. strisen against this danger az much as any
Ill man in the country. We must all strive
IA against il. But il we undertake 10 20 out
~ al the Confederacy on this account, and to
v, 20 20 Nj. Lincoln TO get these rights,
et think il would be the part of prudence, 10
Id say the least, while we are simmering and
te irving, aud the under side done pretty
70 brown, 10 lock over into coils and estimate
ne their temperature. We might be glad
ne enough 10 get back into the pan. hot as i,
10 is. TApplause and merriment.t Seward
on boasted 10 Lord Lyons that he could touch
10 brll az his table, and arrest any man in
y. the United States. and no man dare en-.
d !! anire why or wherefore. lie has arrested
ch editors IN almost every, town in the North
nd for simple expression OF opinion. He
+ arrested Vallardi;ham, tried him hy mill.
"a NIT IN -. u ~ H.
wo tution, and banished him. hardly think
'or we could find much protection for cfvi
ng liberty in the dominion Of Abraham th'
'as First, There IS talk Of the writ Of haJea
ed corpu, being suspended in the Southern
ch States. understand il has already beer
ed suspended by Congress, but the suspension
.ly Of this writ may NOT be in csntravention .
BY the Constitution for the courts have de
do cided that Congress can suspend the wri
oi within certia limits. I hold in nv han
,ut a cop, of the R,lsigh Progress contains,
" an srtcl, writes by one VI the FIRST law
lck y.rs cfth. land. The langusge Of the Con
Ia stitutien referred TO is. Art. |. Sec. q ST.,
int clause. ss lollows:
FIT "rhe privilege VI the writ Of hGbed, cor
r" pus shall moi be suspended unless when i
led case of rebellion or invasion, the publ
Ics. safety M, require IL" Commenting o
On. this he says:
I'M These gentlemen, IN the ardor Of accom-
tbs plishing their fsssrite scheme Of conseripi
ma Ing all men whs have put in substitutes
the have overlooked what we are sure the
YES might have learnt Of any "petty Judge
pe.l in the land, namely: that the suspensio
rid Of the wri. els limited 10 c6tness." (eithe
ave a'tual or suspected,) "endangerius II
IN public safety"
reat Congress "may provide fos the ARE,
The and Imprisonment of o6eiders or of suspect,
und offenders, aud forbid their release, while Il