Weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1858-1865, 1864-12-14

power OF government officials, WIN a.
county IN the State to stop free snrong ever,
press the puolicpress, to PROSTATE l,s.on Sun
art and every other other elemsat' AZURE scene,
INTO the boosted civilization Of ths ~, which entered
liable tendency of these usurpaton. "se The ner'
oil things into concomitants and .d was TO Convert
We are waging All this, he SAID 1"cs , o! the Va,
onr cause. More regard and revers, would weaken
tained one year ago for the goyernmau. were enter
PIE OF the Confederate States than nn ny the peo
alluinut'on OF attachment was conseons,,, and this
eroachments by the government uno1 ,s upon en-
t'ona! rights North Carolina was mt ets III eonsta
SUOMI" u another suspension of the w prepared 10
eo,pus snail we recede he asked fraa Of habsa,
sltion taken BY Gov. Vance in his ,. "em the po.
mss az .ne resolutions adopted by the
ax...s;e ~ ee .s or were they rath.s
o. tnen1ed purpose Of the neonis the
sne nI,. Is again suspended North Carolin, hs
would 60 beyond mere protest, and It m"n ne said
the authorities should be notified in "as well that
her probable action, in view of this rena as
upon her liberties Free discussion Of attempt
was no less conducive to the enliob. pu'nc ahas
people than to the success of the cause .na ofthe
nad now reached the point where such d;. maten
could not be suppressed. '''n olscusiou
The people were determined t, Canvass ~.
poets OF peace, the management Of ths "e pros
KINDRED topics, and be trusted they woud var at and
them fully and fairly. They would nl.., uscus
man's hand the power to detail the pra s' 10 no
overawe Legislatures. They would t.ke a a,. VI 70
own hands the issues evolved BY this w,r ".O 'aF
the sacred institution of slavery, which cou,s
have been done four years ago. S'u'u not
He adverted to the experience of otb..
in similar revolutions England had passed Ivun'es
like ordeal preserving her constitution nnsa.s
and settling all details by Parliamentary dscusa'
He trusted that like discussion here and j.;
gress would elicit some spark that would l,s Uon
our way to the haven of National safety ,nS a %a
or. 1t was right to learn of our enemies w VSa
bad been the conduct Of the United StateQ, N ~
the outset of the war, Lincoln had suspended Az
habeds corpus, suppressed newspapers. dsso,sas
Legislative bodies and filled bastiies with c;t;,s"a
arrested without color Of law. All of these ,e,.
enured to our 5eneft, and but for the bold ntss
ference Of wiser counsellors, Lincoln had had rs,o
luton in his own domlnions. Vallandigham vh;s,
candidate for the office of Governor of Ohio spot.
boldly in favor Of peace. He was arrested, ILLEGALLY
tried and banished. The exile returned and d,6s s
Lincoln and his myrrsidons. He was not mles,sS
and what was the result Armed resistance,
mol That State after free discussion, decided q,
further prosecution Of the war, BY a majority n
nj
the Government should learn something from thp,s
events.
He should be ashamed to defend the suspenuo.
Of the writ on the ground Of necessity. Such ula
would do for those who could only escape from con.
scription by servility to those in place Such De
fence he styled an abandonment Of the struggle
He was not prepared to suffer short sighted, m,ip
nant men to suspend the writ of AaIeus corpus
The Presidents conauct did not inspire unlimited
confidence IN his discretion, and the revolution bad
reached stage Of development when it were idle
to attempt suppression Of debate. Such attempt
would drive from the support Of the government
many who had hitherto sustained it. As friend
aud defender Of the Cen5edpracy he was not afraid
of it. Short-sighted Den acted as Though the gov.
erEment had but ninety days to live If commits
sary supplies were needed, the products Of the field
and the contents Of our granaries we're impressed
Was Unnecessary to replenish the army and renew
its ranks, enrolling officers we're sent forth, Who in.
stead Of faithfully discharging their duties within
legal limits, were always fishing for men eIemp! BY
State laws and the conscript law themselves Will.
blind to the existence of holes in the several de-
partments whence able bodied skulkers might b.
recruited for the ranks.
live had had Press worthy Of our cause
Congress = 6t successor Of that which Represented
our ancestors in the first revolution, and lit man
at the head of affairs we would have escaped mary
disasters. The President had resorted to ieg,
measures to bolster himself up independently ofh
cause. Mr.. 9. here advertei to the removal 0
Gen. Joseph E. Johnston from command in GeOrsa
and the substitution OF Gen. Hood, the Reporte'
however from momentary inattention failed to cacl
the connection. Mr.. Carter proceeded to say tha
SO far from violations Of the constitution being re
garded as criminal, opposition to and difference witt
the Executive of the nation were the only crime
now Of which cognzance was taken. He next aHu
ded to an inferior individual danger to be apprehen
died from the proposed suspension of the writ, VIZ
the danger that citizens and officers Of this Sat-
now exempt by law, would be forced reluctant!
into the army, that their rights would be disregds
and we should be left without redress 10 a!
these arguments, the gentleman from CHAMBERLAIN
(Mr. Shepherd) had only replied that these suspen
sions are acts Of our government He had nope
to hear from that gentleman SOME discussion OF th
merits Of the resolutions and expected at least h.
he would have indicated those propositions to whc
he objected in . legal peiat Of view. In this, how
ever, he had been DISAPPOINTED Many wrong
which would "stir = fever in the blood Of age" hs
been covered up by suspensions Of the writ Of haaM
corpus, and the blood Of martyrs who had died
the dungeons Of tie Confederacy appealed to Hesve
IOI vengeance IA c2S6 naG come 0HOeF MS Wv
knowledge while acting as military judge in ID
army of Northern Virginia.
An aged, venerable man, overcome by inhrmt|
whose head was white with the frosts of more thu
fifty winters, was brought to court in an anbuIsna
A young. sivacious, needless boy, Lieutenant
his company, appeared as witness, who sRoTs tn'
the old man vas volunteer in his company thl
he had gone home on furlougb for thirty days an
had remained absent, deserter, for TIVE years. :,
He had been arrested by Home Guards ia Sorsp
Carolina and brought back to his command ifl
was complete case The aniaus nan TsoeraS' :
was shown by two years absence When ssllsco
for bis defence the old man rose feeble ans'tot'eln.
aid drew from his pocket roll Of papers. ANON
these was a writ Of Aa6eas corpus together VIZ, !:
the judgment Of Chief Justice Pearsoa that DO ~ ~
not belong to the army, being liberated ~ .a !.
terms Of the first oonscript act There was s.'
the return Of the gaoler showing an !mpfisoaI",
Of many days, notwithstanding his esse had O "a
adjudicated, and statement from an enrolling ~
Ger that he had made the arrest Reluctantly ~
did not believe the prisoner was liab'a' to '''''
service l.,