The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1867-01-26
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The New 0rs IItbui1S, OF the Io.a inst.
presents q ease Of radical Inconsistency 20
jlariag and Palpabls a. in spite ocths grayi-
ty of the subject, - be lau-hable. That
paper gives Porier)us and what il ao
Doubt regards as trsnchant review Of The
decision OF the Supreme Cosrt OF the l. s.
in the Milligsn c&se. 1t strives 10 show that
the court placed altogether too high an s-ti~
mate on those great bulwarks Of our liberties,
the writ o! hajsls corpus, and the right Of
trial by jary tia! It WAS altogether consti~
tutioaal and proper that Millgaa and huns
dreds Of othsrs though wing and cor a.i:>
ting their offsncss in states where 40 civil
was ragged and all the courts we're open,
should be tried by military commission,
without jury or the privileges ofhaJsls corr
pus; and that ths Supreme Judges, IN thu,
attempting, sm account of ths!r old togg
notions. to s.enl the current of progressive
ids.s," had really committed gr.st out
r.ye, AMI should lie lmpsachel and hurled
from their seats, Is, &c.
On the opposite page Of the same paper
tho Tribune publishes with words Of strong
approvaI-ndsed the highest com .nend.;ion.
latter from its London correspondent,
Thomas Hughes. a member Of the British
Parliament, and oae o. the most enlightened
Of British. radical statesmen Mr.. Hughes
is treating the case Of Gov. Eyre, OF Jamai>
ca, who year ago so promptly suppressed
a negro insurrscti1n in that ISLAND by having
the leaders tried by court martial as Mill
gan was tried, and shot. Mr.. HGghes des
nauls, in vigorous langulg-, that Gov.
Eyre shall be puni nj fer having, in the
case OF those negroes, violated that g.ea!
bulwark o. BrIti.h liberty; the right Of trial
b. Jury; and he quotas = namber Of au;hori-
ties to show that, although Gov. Eyr- coali
plssi an act Of parliament in his Justification
1t va: M isrlsT ior military man to t:y
cute him after ch Freteals& trial" H
shows that by Magma Charta (froal With
car oou5!it .ti3aal provision on the SANE
subject is Copied worl for word toe Cor
.
vested VIII The power to proclaim martial
law in any portion OF the British dom hons"
outside Of the line, Of the army actually en-
/ gagged IL hos litie.; that British subject,
except he belonged TO the army, could under
any circum stances be triei, Convicted and
punished BY cour: martial and Mr.. II ush hes
( concludes by hoping that the people Of Eng
laud Will have the 'bulwarks of the old
British constitution supported again by fresh
charges Of the Chief Justice Of this courtrv,
and the Petition Of Right would hereafter
be acknowledged, not only as the bir,hrigl.t
Of every Englishmsn, bat the birthright Of
every man, whatever color he might be, who
was born within the doninions Of the Queen
or King of England Mr. Hughes is plead
ing the cause Of regroes, snd thus finds favor
with the TijW,s, although those negroes
were taken in the midst of instruction, with
thei. hanls rel with blood, and at a time
whe. Gov Ere was surrounded by trea cherry,
ard a prompt example was necessary TO
paralyzc the hand of treason raised against
( him. II the case Of Miiigan, he Was arrest
/ ed il peacea5Ie community, where all the
courts were open, and tried and convicted
on evidence which grand jury subsequently,
rejected as insufficient to found an indcmsn.
upon, Great are the "bulwarks Of American
freedom when negro is 20 be protected
but it is "disloyal" even to name them when
= white man IS involved! Such is the radi-
cal madness by which this laad is ruled.