Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1864-03-11

kHe WrA o. hAaefua NoFpWas
From the sslna RspertSr.l
What is this wfill Il has been oars, ana wa
are new deprived Of ii-at least fsr ; fue-ii
may b. foF sl sime-And Il seems 10 us not IN.
appropriate 10 inquire what Il Is. that 10 mey
know what Is the nature and extent Of our less,
The more especially as II vas our birih-hghti
descended &c Us By 8 succession Of noArly seven
hundred years, and halloHed by stfeans sl
blood, shed ia ono Of tho noblssI struggles ever
mado for humsn freedom.
II is called by The sAgss Of Eagllsh law ''fhs
| Writ Of Liberty" " The nglWaFh OF tha Uaa-
sti,utian," The moat eelebratod wit Ia EaglisA
Law" " Anothe1 hagas CARTS" Il u q writ
by which any enc illegally o. oPpTaasVely iEa-
pTisonod o. deprived 81 bis liberty, may upon
politlon 10 a iadge, have kimsali and lhs PeEsoH
/ ranhnlFR ham, With the cause " hl6 agFsst
Ateught heisTs lhs ladgs aud laaalIy had
whether hia commitment be legal, OF Tie onanas
hailabls, aad Il Illegally detained. he u dlaehArg,
"a, aud Il ~eanmislSd las hAiiAble anepsa, hc
su released upen eiyiss ball Personal liberty
- An inherent, laAlienRhle tight, aoaagai BY cut
Constitution 30 evoEy eitisen Of ihis oOafsdaTsoy,
tbs Fgii % hAhaAA corpus Il the osay and sia.
ssSi.e' o'sa' OF sa's'Sing that ias'a@ssi'
Those wk0 Wets aheOKiOas 10 kingly pTsreg
sttvs Ia EBglaad, and whom u Wlahsd 10 p0a,
ish without the privilege OF this Wfil, were pc
htteAl oAandors. Oar O0ualFY ia the past has
bean happily nee iTom saoh e6anaers, OF the
laws which enacted saoh efensss, The single
pTovisi0a ia oar Constitution againsl lfsasoa
was al, thai wAs deemed, And has proven to DO
al that Wa neesaaATy 70 provide foE Ohsnsss Of
a political ehaEAoles, Hntl the session OF The
Ieosnt Congress, That CoRggess prOmalgAtos
10 The peoPleA series Of political e~fsases, sci
forth IA fourteen different articles from which
may b manufactured whatsoever Eamber Of
Grimes ambition, malice, suspicion, pFei0dies, or
tyrauny naay choose 20 invent and from AL
sUch ohenass WiihdTaws the aid OF he writ Of
hAeeas corpus We have not space 10 anslyss
and emmen upon these fourteen articles. They
have, 20 our sense, 3 strong odor Of the days OF
he Stasrls. We ash cur readers, each, to read
them c~ATefally and tAOGghually, and then an.
swer to himself, does he know, or can be con
lecture any Ofsadsrs or 0fsnseS 10 be- ia the
Southsfn CoRfederscy which would require or
justify the passage OF thsss laws, and The sns-
pension Of that law which alene rendoEs Gl
other laws for the protection OF the personal
liberty Of the people Of any avail
The dangers which would Justify ths suspen
sion ct tho writ Of habeas corpus should be
great, imminent and necessarily known. The
dangers which Influenced Congress in this &C
ton are known TO none. Some which are set
forth are obviously mere pretences. II the oeeR-
80 ~ 49, &69 wv 1@AGN~Gn - n&1 -
away. Our people are nov moTs unitsd-nors
determined to gesist cur CONNER ensmy-more
emb:ttsred against that enemy, thaa st anY pre-
vious period OF the war; and that determination
and hatred is growing mors intense every day.
II thsre is disafsetion, it is net oward the GsV-
eminent, but toward the Administration of that
Government. It Is the peoples Government,
and they have the right TO seTusinizs and con-
dsnn, OF approye the action of their agents in
administering it. More than this they have not
done, nor do We believe they viii attempt to do
mere except in accordance with law and estab-
lished forms.
The Congress say in the set, in strangely I'm
parliamentary language, land whereas the Pres
ident having asked fer = Suspension of the writ
Of hsbsas corpus &c, therefore il was enacted
the wit be suspended. Had the PsrliGments OF
England been As complainant Charles would
have never coue to the block, nor the English
ever have besn free. Bat though importaHed
and sntreated, and commanded, and threatened,
the Parliament always denied and resisted tss
Of the KiBg TO imPKison bis subjects, or 10
them OF the writ of hsbess corpus, and
demanded and extortsd from royalty the rats,
cation Of theirdemand, and the fullest guarantees
for this " writ Of hbsTty,'' At the cost of the
peace of the kingdom, the life OF the king, and
the lives Of thousands Of their people. And
EAsre il Is, after the lapse of more than TIVE cen
the chief cornerstone Of the Liberties Of a
great people, venerable in age, bat fresh in
strength and besuty; a2d were the Queen Of Eng
and now to ask, aud an English Parliament to
grant . suspension Of the writ Of habeas corpus,
{ would c~onvulss in revelation that vast en-
pie, upon which, it is said the sun never sets.