Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1886-11-14

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AM SunpsIles 10 pEcpouna ths fore.
upinR frpm am a1EumeAt win . kneaa
nlnas tho iata eiscttouA beeing tnAs
fha heat 81 he I4fe e4EapasEn - eYsf
- the rae1l8 are 1rpzH19tly o1u1en1
- aeasvf ~ rosaii, deem i oppoFsqae
= have ihs sabiset axplaineo. O1.s
rar3s "a a. as1n ssans held thNs TIE sols
newef ~ Aerarlna martial iaw hrs 81.
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dl9Seeut gisNs. an1 nm e1Bten1 - 80
Mft ~ arEnment - gou Tor eec.sie1-
L-There Il and haseseR been Ia sc
Unitsd Gsaaes the graves Differences q
opinion b ssassd . ne powaf b cues.
aon. On TIE occasions h vhieh Ne
wFit 81 ha5aas eoSpas has besn suspesded
within shs United States, u has been
done b Exsoatiys goolanstion, bai
ths ausslion % uhsther ne power 20
tins suspond ne wit b vssssd b he
Prssiasat alona. O. WHISTLER Il exists b
Csaefosn and can b sxsFtsd By thel
Prssidsnt oniy when be lssapseially az
fhoElzea b CosRfsas 70 DO -. ia upsst-
fisa and No sonclasIvs weight Of az
shaElty rests on either Side. The Goa
nfitation merely declares thas sths writ
Of Aabsas covpus shall not Be saspsndsa
unloss uhen ID eases 81 Febeliion % IN
vaafon che pablis safety may rsquiFs
ia This Is 3 distines fsooenition Of
the fact that heroic measures are some-
times necessary 70 nnaintain tue iaw
nna defend ths Stats sd than there
nay Be oooasious 10 which, Il the gov
osnmant h . live, 4 mrs. ass inds-
pondeniig n. and often even 10 vi0la-
zion u Zoe oisil Law. Il 4, howsvsz.
little moss lhan a Fosoanition e thls
feet. 10 Be suFs, 4 Is mfsenard
aeainns NE abuss Of the great powoF Of
nuspsndiua the privilege Of The wEit 81
Aabsas sospas, bat Il fails 70 stale b.
whom he pousg shall Be exercised.
sush eminent lawyers 81 ksverdy
johnson, Horace Binnsy, ex.AttsEney
0onsral Bates and Judge Rarsons have
mainlalned that the poser y declare
martial law l. vested Ia ne Executive
alone. Authsriiles Of equal eminsnss
ere 70 be found on ths other side.
Upto 1868 he oniy Suspensions Of Ne
privileas Of the writ of habsas corpus b.
ne federal eoFernmsni we're thess made
- tho Executive alone. bat b. NE aes
eg March 90 Of that year, Congress
aathorized ths PFealdsut whenevsF. in
hls Judgment. ths publio safety might
rsqnirs Il. 20 suspend the writ anywhere
throughout Ne Uuitsd States.
What has besn naid thus far has been
concsEnine she declaration Of martial
lau By the federal government. Il haa
also been frequently suspended By State
goyoInmsnts. aad the right Of q State
eoysrnmeni te resort 20 this extreme
meaauEs has been distinctly upheld By
Ne suprome Court Of the United States.
ne oass 10 which this decision vas
mads Naa thai Of Luther g. Borden,
which aFoss from tba. declaration Of mar.
tial Law IN Rhode Island daring sha
DosE Eobollion Of Isis. In the course
% the deoisisn 10 this eass. which vas
rendered b. Chief Joslles. fancy, 90
ours shs following passage which Is too
dlslinoi 10 be misunderstood
sUnqnestionabiY q military govern.
mant, established e. The permanent
aogerument q . STATE, Woaid not Be q
Hapabiican government, and d Would
ba tbs duly Of Congress % overthrow Il.
Hat the Law Of Rhode Island evidently
contemplated no gnuh government Il
waa intended merely for the crisis, and
% meet the parll IN which the existing
government vas placed By the armed
resistance 70 ita authority. IL was %
understood and construed by tbs State
authorities And, unquestionAbly, q
State mas use iia military power 10 pnt
down en- armed tnsuffection, TOO stFona
- Be controlled bs the eivfl antharisy,
This power Is essential 10 TIE oxiatenos
Of eVofy government, essential % the
pfsaogyaii0n Of order and free inslitn-
tio0n, and Is 40 necessary 10 the States
81 this Uni0n e. - ang ether govern
mona Tba STATE itself mast dsiaFmins
what doaEoe % foFoe tho crisis demands.
Aad II Me government Of Rhode Iaiand
deemsd The armed oppoaition % formid-
aba and % Famiiled thronghoat the
State ~ 10 require the nee Of tta mili
tnTY force ano the declaration Of mar
tial Law, ~ ~ no gFouDd upon which
thl3 couEt can question ita authority"
What haa been said Ii regard 10 NE
Suspension IT he wria By che Federal
Government nag Be said eg its snspen-
sion b. ne slAss 0Ovsfnments. Thsrs
ere Instances Of its having been sas-
pended b. the combined action Of the
Legislators and the Govsrnor, and u
naansa Of lee Suspension b ths 0oveF.
nor alenA Ths poser haa many times
bssn sxsFisd b ihs Stats Exscusivss as
wsll q b ths President
II. Thoawh the deolaralion Of martial
law hes always been regarded BY Amer.
leans ~ Al extreme step, V b taken
enly n faea Of ne gravssa emefRsnsy.
such declarations have nos bssn infre-
Qaant ID tha history 81 she Uuiled
States. We are unable 10 stats We En-
81 Number of tines that ths s,ap has
been taken. eut tolloWine vill Be found
anumbes 81 notable Instances;
o. ne i2th % luna. IT'S. General
Gage, ne eommandor Of Ne British
forces. declared mAFtiul laU IN Bsstoa.
On The Ia Il Novpmhsr. iTTs, Lard
Dsa@oss declared martial Ian through
eus ne eommonweAlih Of Virginia.
he EiRAt Of AaAess esgpss vas uaa-
psndsd h Pennsylvania and Maryland
n i7T5 By Ne 0ovsrsoss Of thOas States.
vho bad plesiousls bssa authorized 10
saks the sep BY she oeasinonsAl Goa
gFea
1hs Ashsas arPus vas suspended foF
limited time in Massachusetts, durinR
hhay's ksbellion, fIST.
Martial lAw was declared ~ New Or.
leana By Gonerai jackson IL 1913 Fer
aAis hns uas aflsruard impossd upoa