Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1864-01-09
mIhErrRE NRCnsaITY.

important interest, or interest merely individ-
usl may Be he coalition Of saving tbs greater,
or the interest Of the public or community, the
sacrifice nay be made, When one mans
house n 3 city, from its relation Sc another
house or square on Gre, msy DC the msaHs OF
communicating the flames 70 the city or another
square, Il may be Destroyed IN or3eT to saws tie
remainder Of TIE ai,y, CT the sther squire. So
also, in times Of war or revolution, individual
interest or rights mast yield to the interests q
necessities Of rights Of the great cause, as when
private stores are taken for the subsistencs OF
an army when property is destroyed to pre-
vent is falling into the bands Of lha enemy
when farms aud houses are occupied IS military
posidons By our own forces; or, when one part
Of a city nay be Destroyed By g protecting force
in order TO save the other, or the city iiseA
nav be destroyed IN erdeg to prevent the lCdgO-
Easat, occupation or advance Of tie enemy
or. finally. when the Constitution, CT ordinary
law, must yield to TIE higher Law Of necessity
as when the life or liberty Of tbs Stats requires
a1s suspension Of the usual ferns of triAl 6y
Jury, and habsss sorpus, ordinarily paramount
in heir fundamental application to the rights OF
fhs eitzsu.
Whfa he principle Of military necessity has
Haue Illustration il every war or revolution lis
mast memorable illustrations in cur history may
b foand in the later campaigns Of General
AxDREw JACKSON he who remembers any
thisF Of the condition Of tie counrJ 81 the Pc
md cf General JACKsOK's later esmpaignz'
vii remember that most Of he psTls and en-
.b-suassnsnts Of his position resulted from ha
rssotsnessf non he scas CT The Fsdsrzl Govern
ueut. sna ne delays and dihealass Ct comm
uicssoR. When A. 3 distance Of six weeks or
two months travel from he source Of official
instructions, and pressed By psrls, seen aad
unseen, it vii be but too apparent that time Ess
tie important question, and he practical pelnt
was Whistler be sbeald act Eitheui instructions,
and according ts the dictates Of bis oEH judg-
msnt and VII, hen kaewlsdge derived from
presence, CT, leave the country without such
action, to be taken By the English.
TIN was Tbs question al New Orleans. The
Eagish expedition was ftsd cut psndisg
NEGOTIATIONS between tie Uuitod States and
Great British, and sailed hom Portsmouth with
secret orders. It's attacks OF 5eseenls en- Wash
nzson, and ether points on the Atlantic were
mere blinds to conceal the real point Of invu-
sic 2, which judged Of 5y the scale Of PrsPars-
toe would be enc CT crest appearances, and for
nidable demonstration. Bat for tho knowledge
communicated by LKFTTTE, the pirate, CT
s~uruggler. Of svsrtures Of British Ulcers for co
opsrasion, and use Of BsTasaTis psss, % Cover
aor Claiborne. and By hln communicated to
Gen JACKSON, At Mobile, and by Gen. JACK
sos c-onmuEiestsd to the Government Of tie
Uni,ed States, and governors Of ths Western
ststesssths real point might never have been
known. The lateness Of The day at which
Gen JACKSON received the Information eff hinl
re tine for delay, and that be acted a0as too
promptly IN geing 70 Nav Orleans, and tskins
nsaR-es fer its defense, Is proved By the iHci,
that the fat0 Of the city was determined IN one
month snd two dsys after bis Arrival he getting
there with his staff on The Oh December, and
sgbtns The battle on the eighth Of January
the British landing being efec'et- snd the 6rst
battle baiag fought on the 25i IF December, or
villain seventeen days Of his arrival
Finding himself embarrassed BY = faction IL
the city, who were Communicating Eilh .Ae ens-
ny, By tie SAFE LsgislstuTe, then IA session a.
NeV Of.es1s, whose debates were demoEalizing
the army sud the county By a press which
was hcsous in opposition to bis rule, and By a
judge Ct the Uaitud States court who rola9ed to
support hn l his salh0niy, be declared mar
tia law. and 10 4 enforcement adjourned the
Legislature, eEile5 The printer, ard imprisoned
81, sz-. - 90 Lf-- -f-Ls,. sca-, d. 49,
ersiguiy Of tie Sihiesi he liberty Of the person
andIess, and tee, independence Ct the judi
eisry. As the English were defeated, sod Nsw
Dreams saved, he Government in view Of hiB
sGusfian and The results, seqsisseed IN ihsss
.vicleut outrsges upon BE Constitution, as meas
ares Of military necessity, q which be alone
coaa js5ge, while the msjority Of The people,
saCugb day grateful FOX the services rendered
the County,, have net been fBIly satisfied tbss
35ey were Necessary as measures Of safety, s.
TAI they were not in somo mssssTs he sagges-'
kiedb Of temperament
The LATER ae,s o. GeB. JACKsos in the Semi
mole war, such IS he trial AID execution Of
AnsUTHNoT ard AMBRIsEsR By court martial,
tee occupation Of s. BaIAR. and the i~EPriBon-
meni Of he governor Of Peasaeola. were re-
RsrdOd 81 he time g. acts Of midtsy tyranny,
rather than military necessity.
We may remark that the danger Of eli thsse
sets Ct General JACKSON, and al ethers Ike
lbsa. >, that hey may grow INTO presidents
with msn Of FAR inieEior sense and patriotism.
and be used &c Illustrate military sslEimpor-
tanee, without the eEeass Of military necessity
which p~eFiAipe5 10 MIN.
T5as there have arisen, daring the progress
Of oar revelation. occasions for the application
Of thsruls, tad msy srise, still further occasions,
we do not. in the slightest 5egTees question. We
DO rot CUES soH hat 81 the ordinary hypathsses
have besu realized, OF msy be Eeslizsd bat we
doubt very much whether there has been the
Necessity for making 3 rue e. 81 tsTHiai eIoep-
eoual general ard # shs necessity existed, We
may ask, Why was : permanent Constitution
so yrsmaturely forced upon The country, when
asprovisional condition was so mach more in
zscord with tho ezigeDeies, Of military necessity,
aan an established government, or one e. VI
trrisi Of leg ssFnsnsey1 We sPBrehend he
sesaos 10 be, that not mach Of : Wal VS. auti-
cipAtea, b. the political pioBseIs who a,se1-
blsd Al Montgomery, and that, therefore, hoy
would not have mach occasion fr mtitayy
1asssng, ard vquid have for a permanent gov
~srnaasnt; snd that now, contrary to sbeir e1
peo.asions, having the wal, and finding ne per.
mansst governRtnt somewhat in its way par
ticuial.y il its aspects Of TosidcioB upon power,
ana nst knowing Of any way in which it may be
got ria Of with desrcy, military necessity has
sson saopled as he device OF sueesdansun q
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