The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1864-02-23
VaIIandIgham An she supreme
COUre.

NOMEka
The United States Supreme Court hiss
decided against the application of VAL
landighsm TO annul the sentence passed
upon him by the military court. Il pro-
nounces that il has no Jurisdiction over
the case. In other words, that the mill
tary authority for the common defencs,
in time Of war, inheres in the Com
mandsr- in-Chief 10 the exclusion Of the
civil authority.
This is q hard blow upon the Copper
heads. There has been no end 10 the
vituperatisn they hsVe vented against
Gen. Burnside and President Lincoln for
usurpigg judicial authority over Vallan-
digham, which belonged only to civil
tribunals. Neither did they hesitate
when J udge Lssvitt, the District Judge
in Ohio, refused the application for writ
of kaJeas corpus, TO pour upon him, even
though 8 Democrat their fOulsst venom.
He was the miserable tool Of tyrsnt, =
puppet, = minion, . creature destitute Of
respect for himself or his station, per-
iured befrayer Of bis trust. The World,
the Cincinnati Enquirer, and al the Cop
perhead organs, fairly reeked for months
with the virus excited By the case; and
it was emitted with the most indiscrimi-
nate spite upon every official who had
connection Herewith, WHISTLER military
or civil. We are rather curious to see
what will be their demeanor towards the
Supreme Court. The majority Of that
court hitherto, alone Of al the function
aries Of the Government, have been
spared their abuse. This has been ow-
ing, we suppose, TO an inference, from
certain antecedents Of the court, that IL
had procliyities in their favor. Bot NJ
warrant for this has been found in any
utterance Of the court since She begin
ming of the rebellion. In no single in
stance has its opinion been at variance
with the executive seton Of the Presi
dent. But in this case the CoppsFhsads
did hope for something favorable 70 their
factious ends. The decision viii be q
sharp disappointment VIII they dare
to give their maligaity, here too, fall
play?
We have Il, then, suthoritativsly de-
termined BY the highest authority that
the military srrsss Of VAllandigham Wss
not illegal, nor bis military trial, nor bis
military sentence. The people Of Ohio,
10 whom the appeal was made By the
sympathizsrs with Vallandigham By bic
nomination for Governor, decided, BY the
unhsard-of majority Of one hundred
Thousand, that bis arrest and sentence
vas lust and expedieut. His case, thsre-
FIRE, has been thoroughly disposed Of
Both constitutional law and the popular
will agree in sustaining The action Of the
President.
We have not . doubt that he lsving
Of the heavy military hand upon Val
landigham will figure In history IS one
OF The most decisive and nest adnirahls
Executive aets Of the Wsr. twas very
bold. Nothing Like Il bad ever before
been attempted. Bat il vas necessary,
and. once convinced Of that, Aorsbam
Lincoln was nos the man 70 shrink from
the responsibility. Yallsndigham was
ths leader Of EOEtaeFn faction. He vas
doing his utmost 70 cripple tbs govern
ment at The time when it most needed
strength. Disaster after disaster hzd be-
fallen The national arms; the loyal heart
Of the country was distracted With grief
ana apprehension; ssdition was daily
becoming more sudaoioHs, more defiant,
mere dangerous. Il was aboat tie mid
de of April when Gen. BurasideI a
Cincinnati, issued his famous Ofosr Ne.
81 Ia which among other things = vas
declared that treason, sxPfss5ed o. I'M
uIsed. would not Be tolersted 10 that
depsrtment. nor The habit Of declaring /
svmpathiss for the enemy.
VslInndighsm soon afterwagd made >
uublic spssrh, In which he declared that /
this uilifsFy order was base usuEpa- i
tiea Of arbitrary poEsF," that be de-
spised il, spit upon il, tranplsd Il under |
bis feet and that be was resolved never
70 sabmit 20 il" Thus be made 3 direct
issue with the GogsrnmenL Il was
promptly accepted. The mdsr for bis
arrest vas issued By General Burnaids
within three days. and Was executed ne
day afterWsrd. Ga The succesding daH /
Be vas srraignsd befors acougt q eignt /
military officers for violsiiea Of Greer
No. 50. He was convicted and senien-