Council Bluffs bugle. [volume] (Council Bluffs, Iowa) 1860-1868, 1865-08-17

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answ4r ii the @rit 0f na1xAs cokszs II
i rssting HsBeral Hxnsock sa pro3nce Nm.
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III nnay nss ha oil ii arsIer fox rs Il
say here that this EhaIs subject kss, ok
ossrss, bad sha most sarsess sal aaxssas
cksnsidsgation sf tho Exseafive. nsd as
The var makisg power al sha Gosssar
m sut. Every mao, upon reaeesiea. and
partiealAgiy eseg5 lawyer, knoxs that The
war cannot be fought BIZ due process al
iaR; khere muss be asaEess faera mass ba
basslsst 81 wsr; ca war essaes sha lag Il
saS. aAd usage permits battles 10 BE-
sasaghts permits human life 90 be sakem
wathout the judgment of tbs court. and
Withoas the process e1 the soars ss pag~
naIts psls0neTs TO b taken and prisoners
20 De hela and yoav hoaor will nas um.
aertakn 60 dasebaEge them, although tha
Constitution says that human life shaM
not be- taken, or nan deprived Of his iIb-
: eFty or properly, without due roeess oe
: Iaw, Conflict, of necessity, eomes az
when wax eanes up hegwesn she excessive
and the Judicial. IL the war-pewer In
war does not transesad che civil, war Ia
made for The uaaintenanes Of ths civil
powar, that is, uhen rsaes somes, for shs
purpose at giving as tbs beneht of the
! civil. This country Is nos ID the mldas
OF great var, and the Conman6er- IL
Chief 6f tbs Armies of the united Ssatsa
VAS slain 10 the discharge Of bis duties;
aAd ii the armies of Iha United States
cannot, sAder the" laws Of war; protees
It's Commander. in,Chief frosa asaassIaa~
tlon and destruction. what has the Cow
eminent come to? Tho thing appears 10
me 10 be too plain for consideration. bak
/ your honor has disposed Of the case
only make these remarks for the purposs
Of satisfying your honsr that We have
anxiously, aud, think, most naturally,
eensidaFed the matter, giving your hsnog
credit for having done what you consider
ed to be your daty in the matter, aad ars
very glad to hear that Jour honor giyea
Us credit for having doao what We hawa
done and regarded to bo oar duiy to ths
court"
This extract ernAgaees ssthe argarentss
OF the iew ei6oew n the gaxSrnmeat fn
defenseof one of those excessive asurpa-
tions y hieh bare become 50 common shss
the most ridiculous nonsense and The moss
dangerous falsehoods are dccned susEciens
TO exeusa. In case whera wh0as pso~
pie longed 10 be the mini 3ns of dapos~
Ism OF where an eui4re popuiasipn had
became insane with political tnaaRssa
this. s'argament" might paas AZ the best
excuse that could be given for q iawlssa
set wlieh nil desired ts see psxpasraasd.
But aEaong people laying claiIs 10 ia~
teiligtuce, in nation WLaso gos egnneng
esaiRb to be government of Law and
Justice surh haidsriash as Attorney Gea-
erai Speed puts forth in defeass af tie
aREeSsness Of bis master. should be tRea~
ted With that eobtempt Hlich we,fsel for
the kiRs's fool in tbe play who attempts
10 inssify some uAnrration among sAa
scallions Of palaess
X Speed means anything Ly sach am
expression as that "waF cannot be efongha
by due process Of lax," be mems thas
war cannot be conducted By certain givsa
rules and regulations oil lag; and In this
be displays an astonishing degree os igne-
rance or a remarkable degree OF impn-
dcnce in sacrificing bis political reputa.
ton aha consistency to please his mas-
ter. Congress bas provided all shs ru5aa
anh regulations Necessary to eo4dnct var.
and the Consultation expressly prohibits
the military power from interfering ia
cases where the parties do not belong 10
themilitaFy o. Rssal service. To say shas
war cannot be conducted under these
rules Is to assert palpable absaFdity.-
ANY other process besides the one pFescrf-
bed uf conducting war 10 oassids es tAa
lag, and is simply massacre. Ths sama
is true Of the absardiiy that ssaxluies cans.
not be maintained by the process of Laws
If they cannot be thus nashaafned. thea
they are illegal organic asions of marmaa-
ers, disciplined baadItti. Bat Speed !
statts that which is not Gully faEaehood
lis III tbe 4aw, bat a# &Easa ef cosunoa
sense. The Coz stithtioa and the iaws
provide for the raising AMI mafafkHaacs
OF armies, aid nobody bat Q 6oEernmEns
officer fool enough not to know what ha Ia
talking aboot, or veBai enough to rely up.
on falsehood and folly to supposs "A as-
lastiiiabls position, sSould think of aeay~
ing it, The idea thai battles sre ealy
Permitted by ''usagen is sach prepostegs
ads absurdity that its utterarsSe hsfoYs
any village justice would be laughed as.
Ihe argument of the AsEorHey Gcas-
rel i no argument at all--IE j. ) aissue of
aEsErffities such as would disgraes the
mo>t pitifui pettlfosger.
The real 4sargumenlu OF the ATTORNEY
General rests In bis remark that fhs eoaFs
wlli co. undertake 10 enforce the writ oil
\ atfeas corpus aftof the Executive hes de-
siiiea 20 bang AFs. SuFrati 10 episa of Il.
Ills lrssFassmatical declaration that s*soss@
iict e9naes up when var comes hetwean
theszseatiFe ard judicial, was threat.
meaning fhat il The judge perforaaed hsa
iaty eentrsFr TO the vicwa os gha PreSi.
ient, the latter woald destroy sAs ferasex
~ FoFce. This was what Spesd massss
Z Tas the highwaymaa's argunenk.-
There vas DO aHcasi3n for ooniiics be-
Hfafn the executive and iadissal depart
asats Of iae 6oyesnmept in tho SaEfass
Faasse, had both exercised oaly sheis .saa.
flFr tionaI fGoctious; but tha prassisns
ssHssaded 10 usurp Judicial pJweT, and
speed was the servila instEwmeas whe
'aaVeyed the information 90 taas Coasx.--.
sPeel is an inahceiie, a. vel ~ "a abse~
Iaioas creature, for be bad not the akin
q cloths bis mission in decent Ianguage
" gaard lt with tba shaeiew Of sessssw -s
sFesi1eHt johnson and his sssusssers neA
MY omitted to obey the .law, bas shsy
iotated. outraged and inealtoss is by bal
ring jusge into ao4uiescenee, BY Aaas.
ng an iHaocens wasssaa contrary % TIE
lain letter Ct the law, aad By atsempsiax
Q impose upon the eommen sense al tie
sopte sransparrns sophistfses aad imhe.
lie hes Csfsss.
ca The report made "a tae rebsl Goa
rfss OF the wsFking Of ,fAe rebel essn,
sissary department. How 10 pssssssisn Il
ar geyfrnment, aiseIosas sAs faus do
se rrbelli N was keps alive as he was
by vfliainisx anrrxaxl -, srvss.-