Semi-weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1853-18??, 1864-12-13

conn,v IN ~ SseInment officials, who tbroDu
county IN tne State to stop free discusSoOn ever,
sS que Puohc press, to PROSTATE literatnra 70 Sup
into the boosted civilization of tho which entered
table tendency of these usurpatons - The iner,
all things into concomtapts and od;, a. 70 eOnver
we are waging. All this he said r"S, ~ the Va,
onr cause. More regard and revarsn "ouu Weaken
talneu one year ago for the guyernmont we're enter
pie OF the Confederate States than 49,. W the pel
dlmlnutIon OF attachment was conspo,,a'' and thb
croachmcntS by the government mon ~ upon Co.
tonal rights. North Carolina was no o1,r C0nSitq
submit to another suspension Of the ~, pileParedb
corpus Shall we rccede, he asked fraS Vi Aabsa
sftlon taken by Gov. Vance in his last | Tue PO.
Are all the resolutions adopted by the meSSagge!
mere frothy defamation or were thew IL Slatlrs
expression OF the fixed purpose Of the na aef The
the writ is again suspended North Caroln. L
woulu 60 beyond mere protest. and it was r .e SAD
the authOrtles should be notified in adr wei that
her probable action, in view of this as to
upon her Liberties. Free discussion of attempt
was no less conducive to the enlightcpuon.e saarS
people than to the success of the cause ga Uthe
mad now reached the point where surb ua'erS
could not he suppressed UAScO&iOO
The people were determined t. eanv,,,u
poets OF peace, the management OF tbo W pros
kindred topics, and he trusted they wonId a. and
them fully and fairly. They would ni,a, uscOss
mans hand the power to detail the pra S' u 10
oVerawe Legislatures. They would tato ia,.t to
own hands the issues evolved by this war 'so snf
the sacred institution of slavery, which couS
have been done four years ago. O'u not
lie auVerted TO the experience of other con,,,;.-
IN similar revolutions England had passed tbror"S
IKE oToeal preserving her constitution unsc,SSs
and settling all details by Parliamentary d;So~.e
He trusted that like discussion here and SS ~
gress would elicit some spark that wond aI Ooa'
our way to the haven of National safety and p ba
or. 1t was right to learn of our enemies W TIn.
had been the conduct of the United State u q.
the outset OF the war, Lincoln had Susnandod ~ Az
hG0edS corpus suppressed newspapers disSolr.I
Legislative bodies and filled bastes with ct;U.''
arrested without color Of law. All Of tbosn
enured to our benefit and but for the hold ~, s'S
ference Of wiser counseors Lincoln had hsd ro
luton in his own domnions. Vallaadigham Will.
candidate for the office of Governor of Ohio Snno
boldly in favor of peace. lie was arrested IssnV
tried and banshed. The exile returned and JsGaI
Lincoln and his myrmidOns. He was not mnlas,oJ
and what was the result? Armed resistance,
NO! mat state alter Tree discussion, decided f,r
further prosecution of the war, by maOrity If
5o,UO0 votes. lie thought the peculiar friends of
the Government should learn something from tbo,a
events. |''
He should be ashamed to defend the suSDsr,,,
Of the writ on the ground OF necessity. Sucb ma,
would do for those who coull only eScape from con.
scriPtiOn by serVility to those in place Such de-
fence he styled an abandonment of the struysle -
lie was not prepared to suffer short sighted m,lg
nant men to suspend the writ of kabeas corpuso
The Presidents conduct did not inspire unlimited
confidence In his discretion and the revolution had
reached stage of developenent when it were idIs
to attempt a suppression of debate. Such attenUt
woald drive from the support of the government
many who had hitherto sustained it. As friend
aud defender Of the Confedrracy he was not afraid
of it, Short-sIghted men acted as though the gov
erCment had but ninety days to live. If commis-
sary supplies were needed, the products Of the field
and the contents of our granaries we're impressed
Was Unnecessary to repenish the army and to renew
its ranks, enrolling officers were sent FORTH who in
stead of faithfully diSchargiug their duties within
legal limits, were always fishing for men exemPtby
State laws and the conscript laws themselves while
blind to the existence of rat holes in the several de-
partments whence able bodied SkulkerS might Be
recruited for the ranks.
If we had had Press worthy of our cause-s
Congress iC successor of that which Represented
our ancestors in the first revolution, and fit man
at the head Of affairs we would have escaped mary
disasters. The President had resorted to illegal
measures to bolster himself up independently OfIhe
cause. Mr.. c. here adverted to the removal Of
Gen. Joseph E. Johnston from command in Georgia
and the substitution of Gen. Hood, the Reporter
however from momentary nattention failed to catch
the connection Mr.. Carter proceeded to say that
so far from violations of the constitution being re-
garded as criminal, opposition to and difference with
the Executive of the nation we're the only crimes
now of which cognizanre was taken He next allu-
ded to an inferior individual danger to be apprehen-
ded from the proposed suspension of the writ, VIZ:
the danger that citizens and officers OF this oale,
now exempt by law, would be forced reluctantly
into the army that their rights would be dlsegardea
and we should be left without redress. 10 all Of
these arguments, the gentleman from Cumberland
(Mr. Shepherd) had only replied, that these sGSpeG
sions are acts Of our government. lie nsd noPeu
to hear from that gentleman some discussion o sHe
merits of the resolutions and expecte at least 'S'
he would have indie ted those propositions to Thcn
he objected in legal point Of view. In tbs, now
ever, he had been disappointed. Many wrongs
which would "stir fever in the blood OF age, nAu
been covered by suspensions OF the writ Oh aaDa'
corpus, and the blood of martyrs who haa Geu VI
the dungeons of the Confederacy appealed 70 heaven
for vengeance A case had come under DIS 0"n
knowledge while acting as military Judge III Wv
army of Northern Virginia.
An aged, venerable man, overcome by lnnrml!'
whose head was white with the frOss OF more 'H4N
fifty winters brought to court in an anoull,ts,
A young, vvacious, needless boy, LeutenaIt ' u
his company, appeared as witness, who S"ore !n..
the old man vas volunteer in his company 'Il i
he had gone home on furiough for thirty days sn'
had remained absent, deserter, for two vs Moh
He had been arrested by Home Guards IN N %'..
Carolina and brought back to his command h''G
was complete case The aninus non TerS o. ~
was shown by two years absence. When caleG ~
for his defence the old man rose feeble and tosrms
and drew from his pocket roll Of papers. AD -S
these was writ of ha6eaS corpus, together N All
the judgment of Chief Justice Pearson, tna' n' -.
not belong to the army, being liberated Oy LEN g'
terms of the first conScrpt act. There was a1
the return of the gaoler showing an imPrlsonpsu,
of many days, notwithstanding his case nad "a "a
adjudicated, and statement from an enrolling W. -
Ger that he had made the arrest reluctantly -
did not believe the prisoner was liable to mI''~'
service. ,L.5
Thus was man over fifty years of age HlT i in.
volunteered at the outset Of the war, arres''I
prisoned and sent to the army as a cOnsCrPt' uHI''
a suspension Of the writ of ha5eas corpus ,os.