East Saginaw courier. (East Saginaw, Mich.) 1859-18??, 1864-06-01

ilary guard, and the suppression Of il
publications. The Journal Of Cooimerct
is editors and publishers were includes
in the same order.
/ believe, though / cannot etato o
my own knowledge, that 10 the corn
manding generals assertion Of our ON
tire blamelessness it was owing tina
the order for our arrest and incarcer
alton was rescinded. But the ordc
for the suppression Of the World wa
not rescinded. Under your order
Gen. Dix sent strong military force
to its publication Office and edtoria
rooms, who elected their occupants
and for two days aud three night
held possession there, injuring and ab
stractng some Of their contents, ant
permitting no one to cross the thresh
old.
Not until Saturday morning die
this occupation cease. Not unit
to-day has the W~M been FREQ Il
speak. But to those who have carr
to hear its absence has been NOR,
eloquent than its columns coule
ever be.
To characterize these proceedidgsa!
!, unprecedented, would be to forget III,
past history of your administration
and to characterize them as shocking
to every mind, would be to disregard
that principle of human nature from
which it arises that mon submitting
once and again to lawless encroach.
ments Of power, with every intermis.
sion of vigilance which should be
continual, lose something Of the old
FREQ, keen sense of their true nature
and real danger.
| Charles was doubtless advised to,
and applauded for the crimes by which
he lost his crown and life. Nor can
you do any such outrageous, oppress-
ed, and unjust thing that it will not
be applauded by those whose pros
perity and power you have created
and may destroy. To characterize
these proceedings as arbitrary, illegal,
and unconstitutional, would seem, il
such weighty words have not been
emptied of all significance, to be6t
better an hour at which you have not
arrived. and place where not public
opinion but the authority of law
speaks, after impeachment, trial, con-
viction and judgment.
But, sir, the suppression of two
daily journals in this metropolis-one
the organ Of its great commercialpub-
lie, the other recognized exponent Of
the democratic principles which are
shared by half or nearly half your fel-
low citizens--did shock the public
mind, did amaze every honest and
patriotic citizen, did FIJI with indigna-
ton and alarm every pure and loyal
breast. There were no Indignation
meetings, there were no riots, there
was no official protest. But do not
imagine, sir, that the Governor Of this
State has forgotten TO do his duty !;
do not imagine that the people Of this
city or country or State, have ceased
to love their liberties, or do not know
how to protect their rights. 1t would
be fatal to tyrant to commit that or-
ror here and now. A free people can
st need devise means to teach their
chief magistrate the same lesson.
To you, sir, who have by heart the
Constitution which you swore TO pro-
serve, protect and defend, il may be
an impertinenee to cite those natural
and chartered rights therein enumer-.
atod, among which are these: That
the people shall be secure in their
persons, houses, papers and effects,
against unreasonable seizures, and
that no warrant even shall issue, ex-
cept upon probable cause, supported
by oath, and particularly describing
the place to be searched and the per-
sons or things to be seized; that no
person shall be deprived of life, liberty
or property without due process OF
law; yet these are the most priceless
possessiuIs Of irecmen, and these you
took away from mo.
Even captured and guilty criini-
nal, who knew that his crime would
be proved, and that the law would as
suredly visit on him condign punish
ment, might with propriety plead these
rights and demand of the Chief Mag
istrate to throw over him these shields.
Assaulted by tho bayonets oi mill
tary commander, he might protest and
assert his inalicnable right to the or
derly processes, the proofs, and the
punishment Of the law. But has the
Saxon tongue any terms left for him to
use, who, being the victim Of crime
has been made also the victim Of law
less power.
1t is the theory Of the law that af-
ter the commission of any crime, oil
proceedings taken before trial shall
be merely preventive; but the pro-
peedings taken against tho World were
of the nature of summary execution
of Judgment. Would trial 10y law
have been denied, would the law its
self have been set aside for the bayo-
not, would process as summary as q !
druIn-head court-martial have been !
rcsortsd to by you in peaceful city,
far from the boundaries of military !
occupation, had the presses which con-
sistenly applaud your course been, as
we. the victims OF this forger Had |
tho Tribune and Times published the
forgery land the Tribune candidly ad-
mits that it might have published it,
and was prevented only by mere
chance) would you sir, have suppress
I'd the T,lBpc and Times as YOU sup
pressed the " Uorid and Journal Of Com
m0cO 7 You know you would not. II
not, why not?
Is there different law for your op.
pontnts and for your supportcrsy
Can you, whose eyes discern oqual-
ity-untler every complexion, be blind
ID by the hno of partizanship?
The HorL hail s,,xiaino1 fhe e,nv.