The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1864-03-10

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BE-. let III sac how msch consistency tber
you'd be in proposed action on this srbs.itus
!"e mo" Why, gentlem 20, as Early "a sw
ysars ago the caoscrips Law c,ma along am
. s%zaa the poor fellow who had nire little cail
d sn--:hs eldss: hardly abs to pail the yeuns
.'ai ont of the frs-Eviag on ,ntad iand III
: la-ky satia- II. had no money, aad be wa
i'rced 70 go Did snybo1y propose 70 raiss
TeT0lution for him Not single soIisary
nj 10 though. Of such thing. Bat his neiyhsor
On " ho,e land this pocrcontcrip. was living
J u ID his p 'cks.s stuffed with mouey baugh
hia ca'c 80 Gus of danger, sn1 "a. l.: q snbsi
u tate.
Two years has roli.d around, mesnwhil,
the poor eonsoript, worn down with auxiss,
ttinking about his wife and helpless It'll,
oaes, has nevertheissa fought aud bled aat
snfsred 70 protect, aunong others at homo, hi
rich sishbor, ,who, in the interim, has dresa 81
N purple and line iiusn, fa,ed eumpsuogsl,
evsfy day, and mads SO Elach money by spec
! mating that he. DONE know what to do with it
Congress says tho exigeueiss of tho hour do
rlao5 noro men, and it il sboas time for ,hjs
ti'ta to tAka his plaes aloagside of his poo,
ts1aa' aud help to driva bsek :ha foe "Bat,'
any eou,e, f'is is violation of law, we will
A'ok Gp \ fuss and plunge oursevas iu:o dan
GER Tor the ksEe Is OF tue ulau who buys bin
e'i; out of danger" Lsushse,I Ny rs
nsrss ara nos iatsaded TO apply 10 all priaoi
? ts o! suassiaases, for "a ny OF si.sm have baan
! eoinprlied, ons-teath psrh APPS. to s,sS by force
ef eanssanoss. Bat you know sha. Gina
! tsntas O; them are either spsculators, or ori
| gia2' escessionisss who haipsd to bring n the
war AMI .rs now try ing 10 get themselves Out
81 1t hy hook or crook i2psuss
! heard of gentleman who, to get rid of
. 5cggar's importantly, at length gave him
two quarters. About one o'clock In the
morning he was aroused by great banging
at his door. Ga going to see the occasion
OF the unreasonable visit, he found the fell
| 10" at The door. "You gave me two quar-
| tcrs this morning" "Weil, arc YOU not sat
is1ed?" "No, amt; QUE of 'em was a
slick luartsr, aud come here to collect the
'to:hey five cents" [Great laughter That
itliow had rather small soul, and was
goiu2 to say he was the meanest maa ever
hear! OF; but l happen to know some fe!-
, lows wGo were so red hot for the war that
had yea thrown them into branch they
would have tzzed, Tiaughter now that fight
irg by proxy is played out, say to some Con
vention man, ''oid fellow, you have been
right all this tinie; turn down the shee,
quick, we want to get i'll bed with yoa"-
lChcers and laughter
know som m7n vino were ths most FL
rious war men az the start. who were for yiv
jag thu "A t. nan and last dollar. Iprovidad
III ~ {: ii iiappsu t. be tns one final indyid
u.i aa lie dollar cams ont OF the pocket Of
aH9 other man. and Iov /, il I'm ,aing whsn
| tie q1es.ion t'avins to C ns h ,n, to sea the
7intas + their eyes s;lr, NJ. aai ths palm Of
J ~ siAnd' hagiu - +,yaat sni their xmas.
be i,,e lnr. roll oa tas - p,7r,nss Of sb. en
r,|1inx ot.isr W. car a4a,.d j. L. "a !.
Vi 'atioI of fa'tn- ihe agra msi,s vas IT, ayh
eu.ir9ly By oyy It will usvsr do. We
:aasa z nu}l'' l. .ughter aud ypplaas- /.
u 10 not iesai outrage, let sae IN IA who pu
Ill Substitutes 20 to ths war, and bs thsHkfa
ntss-., not Are.r u, ,
,, wears. God; his 'e;n again
The Military Lar Overriding tie Girl Lar.
There is great deal said about the danger
OF the military authorities overcoming the
civil Well, acknowledge all that. There
Is danger. But there was never yet q war
where the same danger did not arise. and
especially y wal like ours, that taxes the
whole energies uf the people, that pcrmcates
every strata OF society, aud is the sole bust
ness of the day. We may forget, in the
MI list OF tue pomp and circumstance of the
war, tha. we have civil rights aud constitu
tional liberties. l have atrivcn against this
danger as much as any man in the country.
We must all strive against it. But if we
undertake to go out Of the Southern Con-
faai thia A-------ss -----4--1S--x e
coin to got tless rights, think It -woufi Re
the part of prudence, to say the least, while
We are simmering and frying, and the under
BUS doAC iClty W look over l0CO
the Goals and estimate their temperaiure-
We might be glad enough to get back into
the pan, hot as it Is. App'aase aud merri-
ment.
Ss~ard boasssd TO Lord Lyons tina. he could
toucr u boil at his tab!S and arrest aay man i,
the United States, and no man dare inquire
why or whsretors. Hs has arrested editors
IN aim 'st evsry tow il the North for simple
expression OF onh n He arrested Vaiau-
dighan tried him By military court, in open
violation CT the Constitution, and bapis asd
him. / hardy think We C III d lad much pro
tec.ion for civil liberty in the domiuiOn of
Abraham the First. Taers il talk of the wri.
OF habeas corpus haing suspended ia the South
ern States. l und rsiand it ha, already bsen
suspended by Congrsss; butthe suspension of
taio writ III ~ not be IN cOntraysnti "a Of shs
Constitution; for tbs c)urts havs decided tha.
Congress C IN su spsnd the writ within certain
ini's.
regret to see the suspension of tho writ.
It is evidence of wrong existing somewhere,
either OF desire upon the part of the G ~
ernment to assume more authority than be
longs to it, or of a state OF affairs In some
paris Of the country that argues ILL., But in
tue name OF common sense, If we are q law
abiding people, ii we regard the Kings name
as tower OF strength, We must not make a
commction because law has been enacted
which our Juris.5 announce as within the
limits of the Constitution Of the couutry
That we have sworn to support. We ought
to be willing to stand up to our own Con
stitutiOn and our own laws. II they are im-
proper, If they are hard upon US, let us in
struct our Representatives to repeal them
and give US better ODcs.
BuG arc tuey doing any better in Mr. Lin
coins country? Poor old Kentucky. that
We used to regard as q most chiva.rous and
independent State, undertook to be neutral.
Sac declared she would take no part Ia the
quarrel. But Mr.. Lincoln soon thrashed
neutrality out of Kentucky, made her fur
nish her quota OF nieu, and subjected her to
her share OF all the burden OF the Govern
ment. S,ne tine ago the election tor
Governor of the State came olf Tw, can
didates were il the dsld both Union men--
but one OF them opposed TO the abolition
policy OF Lincoiu's Administration. An
individual by the name OF Burnside-Gen
Burnside-A. e. Burnside had the honor
OF making his acquaintance down at New
bern, though Ihadn't much time to exchange
compliments with him ] had an engage
ment about that time, ana had to cut the
interview rather short. ELaughter.] Well,
Gen. A. E Burnside, aforesaid, was Ia Ken
tucky about the time Of the election, aud
proclaimed martial Law over the entire State.
Now, there is u great difference between the
suspension of the writ Of AaJeas cerDas in
certain cases and the extension of martial
law over State. Tha former takes cogni
zanc. of certain class Of high crimes, bat
does not otherwise interfere with the civil
functions Of the community. When martial
law IL proclaimed all civil laws are suspsad
ed; citizen can do nothing without the
consent OF the military; he can scarcely skin
potato or take chew OF tobacco Without
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