Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1868-02-27

come in their might and ssrene.n 20 .nc
rescue Of the country, anu az - shs..sa.
s.,s~,,o,,o, hitch nov seems 70 tnseasen
ia mir. Nv faith 10 the Ame. 0sn psop'e
! Ia s,ropp and abiding ,,,n Law ne'.. -. os
traycd them, nor 90 ,hrss,sn 10 snoulf
thc wns ,hev will desert or abandon one
me 'l H. ,hcir cause is engaged in g n earnest
wh..,,a for The preservation of cons,liu-
.;anal liberty and the supremacy OF ciVii
authority.
~ IIos d. X. CARrTEa, Chief Justice 81
he supreme Court. holding Criminal
Court In said District:
The petition of Lorenzo Thomas SHOWS
that be is now held in custody by the mar
shal Of this District under and by virtue OF
Il warrant made on, and delivered TO saiu
Marsbai 10y your Honor, sitting in cnaneer.
H. gg,rs and viii show that said impfsoh-
ngnt is wholly unlawful and wlthou. coi1T
N authority under the Constitution and laws
~ the United States, upon the facts stated
"a The cause Of his said arrest. aud he pfays
yonr Honor for y writ Of habsds corpus or
dering said Narshal TO bring the body OF
your petitioner before your Honor in open
Court, tba, the cause Of his pture and
detention aforesaid may be inquired into
and he be dealt with according to law
Mr.. Carpenter said that he regarded the
last ACTION HS III tAtiiCiy ubbS,~ -
sode This action has been prosecuted here
nv The Secretary of War Tor the
purnose OF bringing this matter TO
settlement. In the Courts there IS no
FEELING between him and General Thomas
Conscientious alone OF public nature
have nciuated thi, prosecution. General
Thomas is gentleman who Will mol de-
rsy, We do not ask that he should even
he required TO enter any other than his own
recoenizancc, and surely be cannot come
| into court aud make himself a prisoner un-
less the court at levst accepts tnat TACT, or
somebr dy asks him TO be imprisoned Win
the full latitude which VIC consent he shal
have.
The counsel for the defense again urged
this application.
ton of granting the habeas corpus was
not one TO be decided by him. The ques.
ton for him to determine was what should
be made Of the case.
MIR Merrick urged that as Gen. Thomas
was in court and application had been
made for the continuance OF the case untii
, tomorrow, some disposition must be mace
|, of the prisoner In the meantime II dis
charged the case was at an end aud he must
-. either be discharged or committed.
Chief Jus,ice-"With my knowledge oil
Tbomns's character, aud especially alter ths
ayowal of the counsel that they had iul
. confidence in him, should not have held
> him for amomen'.' :,
Mr.. Merrick-"Then he 10 discharged"
Chief Jusiice-"Y cir, he Is discharged.
. Justice Cartier proceeded to give his reas
ons for his decision, closing as follows:
ITO day think my duty as magistrate
, is properly discharged in dismissing tn
!. case upon the motion Of the counsel 10
: the defendant, and shall do 80. Genera
; Thomas. you can 20 hence"
! As General Thomas left the court roor
= with his counsel. several hundred person
9 in the street welcomed him with cheers.
II was agreed to-day by the majority G
the Committee on Ways and Means to 7,
port q bill retaining the whisky tax vt tw
dollars.
T. General Thomas did not visit the wa
10 Office to day, bu. after his discharge fror
custody he went TO the executive mansi n
d and alter short interview With Johnso
returned home.
n The President to-day nominated TO u
Senate Jno. W. Caldwell, Of Ohio, Minist
,. to Bolivia.