Bn
'V such
t i.'W!a.
filler bind himself
-j.’ vis of proviwons
' u which ho inav
- :ie hia exemption
-oi!t - .r to the fara-
‘ \cd hv the Com-
the impress-
/ person ex-
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u_v ani.-uut of meat
'hill three inontiia
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i;*-is(>u (it having
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• iri*iXoiiig exenip-
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ni ay be satis-
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the i^nxliic-
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-•iditTs. lie may,
'■ dotan.-*. o!i wjch
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iii the iuili-
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piivirer or
•> o:iM>h-y in
■'I't uiui Ikboi
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li 1 th - drivers ot
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FAYETTEVILLE, NORTH CAROLINA. MAY 23. !8^;4.
[NO. 2451.
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i«r !.•■(■,),
■'V.in:-
h W .
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•liar
] Btltutin^f aoire militia for the pros«rvati
i order in the 8tato—by extf^nding the a
ill the militia. aiil by .somo new or
rt'mnaiits of the Miiltia and Home
tions; other\ri3e 1 shall have on
Ml of two ili?tinctoriraniziilion.^, powerless fi , ^ , i t .i. an--n. t invi"t tt
j.. f mon. lalhiscouuectioii I would mention that the same j that “no p'*rson shall be deprived of hisliberty with- ^ iii.iK-l
^ I act of Congress has again ;v>ufcrred upon me. with- | out due process of law”—that i.s, “law in its rea;'J- j o-ive hhu 1
.iU5. and if it «^ould liavo th.it cours- to h»i- s. 'Arv "’•« Iv tm-.are
,r i » ■ , ‘ » I • ‘^•=’-■'ri- j i! • >111! iDt give hiiu an authority whil«''ischargiug hiH
out reference to the Legislature, the power to claim | Lir course of admmwtration, through courts of jTisHj... ilf'ial jurisjdictiun to lay aside the restraints fmi^sed
v*nt’s Com. Sec. 24, paragrapn.s 13—M) mnin th - oth.-p iiid,r..a
the exemption of such State oHioers a;; I may deem | tice,”'(l K*nt’s Com. Sec. 24, paragraplf.s 13—l-l) u|>,in th'- ytht-r judges.
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11: 111
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;01 F-RAOirN -VF.gfACiii:.
Jht Hvn- -‘thl: (tfft: ;(xl ^f N.
>i[>Co \our !>'.■ t adiournmpnt, various and iinport-
1. ‘ * ‘
of
»ut chiin
turn d a: tr.
at vovr 1 un.';
th-' Ih' a.
Fi a ■■ t‘
latious and r.
ti> such a !*;. ‘.. in, 
tht>niif>, :»■= will c;U-f’u;iilv
."ii'iatioQ of our nfi\iir« have oc-
y (i thfiii require l«iriiaure action
■ necessary for the due adin nistratiou of the laws,
j Not wishing to take so important a responsibility
{ upon my shoulders Without consulting the Represeiita-
I tivfs of the people. I have so far claimed the e.xemp-
j tion ut all civil and military officers of t^e State, to-
i j;ether with the indispensable employees of the
i tliCfereut departments of the Slate Government, as
I enumerated by your body at its late ‘^.ttra session.
I And 1 now respectfully ask that you indicate to me
I by resolution, what persons yon regard as proper
! eabjects for exemption.
1 have taken .the ground that exemption of State
officers from conscription into the Confederate ser-
Tice is not by favor of (.longr*‘as, but is a matter of
right inherent in a sovereign Slate, and that for the
same rea-^ion the State has an indisputable right to
the services of laborers :»nd other persons who are
uecesj^arily in her employ, though they bo \iot ojficern
within the meaning of tfie act of Congress. Should
voii again au:ree witlymo in this opinioa, I would l>
„> -rt'^s  oMferriug pt'Wrr on thi*
ife-.'cnto J^'.auja to ii_ .poa« r».«u- \ \j;i„py ^ W ^ustaUiert oy li fpsoluhon'to that olfect.
■n on ooinmen e has srivrn rise j should you conclude to combine the Home (iuard
ta'.- p. !-t.of tlic t ouii'ki, rate au- j ^ Militia organizations. I recommend that the lat-
I'ludo thi^ Mate j tt>r be Twecerved. I should n'gret exceedinglv to
iiiit'ori^LU liny i-.n-m.t up;.'ii.‘S foi the .ir:ny or y
now iinirt- eff
pK-,
Uii^y
ft-rm?
,r \\'
d II
i.- '!
l.li'Z ill-
- li
-.1 jil>
* r iiiir
}’r V ti-
ni* nt. ii_\ .
hy tti- -sr- rcirnl;
na
re'u
t-
-n tiiaii witi'o'it. Tiie
’•'•utTs bcitiir sucii ;hat a
:,y t.‘very voy.’>;:7—and
■ S..M u. ; |'r)vi»lc = ; • 'I’ii it ui thing
co:'-tr-i^d to pr'ihibit tlv* Con-
I'V :iLv i:!' fl>. !ii. trom importi'lir any
'v '.;'i;:ii r,i. jd t'li tiioir own ac-
^ ; -.1 - ■!.' :n;‘-d by tlu- lloTcniuicnt
. ‘.'I submit ‘o flv,' tanit' terms
i>n private parties; aod ’•ie.arauces are
'jiias oi'the lovti'i a'ii'O,-: brought to
w!i vci.-^eL^ to rumpi ! .i coinin anve.
uiiiuriU.;; ivir the uovLrri-
’. toi• n 'nnous j>rotits, an' not t.ix.-d
tion-: vi‘t the S’ 'to of Nortl! 'aroli-
;i,pi rtiiur aim
puri'M^'- i>; c 'Tiip.
lui-o-.^istfiit wi-h
,h> articles 1'or ihe f‘ im^
•li d to subuut to them. 1 ueem it
the ] iutLTcj'T to relor more
pa; ti. u:.. ;> i '.r I'tockiui'-ruaiunLT tran-^actions
and t’lo ■ '.viii. h ^vlll s'ill.-r on both ships
nnd >npji • i.u uaa i. i. t!'* .>c rc.-ul.ii'on-; continue
in force. v\'; t oiisi^’f-cd with the further
fact, 1 li tt'- t ih'‘ g :it“i.tl government has
no riirhl to s ''Ui. ^ait'. or if/y nart nf. the interest
of a St'veri'ii'^n .'f!:’e in the vf.-.-els employ*d in im-
pot’;;:^' her -ii!';-:!' li'ii- Ix-nitr the tcrm« to which
Wf :'.fi i-alied to sabniil!' or i:J;po^^e such
tti; a:i wiH di -I'y .Uilcad of rt-gulating
. 'I ..i— '.it - . ■ li’' ■oi’i'vinvo to demand a
r'p‘.1! -r i ti'e a -t. and I re.spei.tfully
Rnd ..•□(‘■J 'y - . r.d t’!a’,\on do so. And in
-ciii;' :o repeal >r modify the
t(.T diretti'.'iis us to what 1
.;ul >UT>pl;-’- on ’;a;ai. A
th' •• '■!iiiHio. ti,;,'eiher with
i- a- ’.t cu:i be Without voucher^
:i'i 'lot I'l t. r-'teiv'^l. is hen with
a-t,
d”
an
o'.iii! i;
V -Hk
aoi •
■ t oi)..ri -.-
1
• .Ti-h au:
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■iin* u' -t. -Mir.i^
: >r . -d.-;:
tt“d —
h. v.-;r '■III
• h ' d >!iy, li.
V.i». llll- Mil..
tile o'" i
Oji nai i U'
ilae. i.s O'-
■will 1 b.-liov.* '
disable T .• li'
I rer^pe 'ful’y
tee to invi,-’.;'.
f.omd
k for t
I th*> p.-port d .Mr. .lolr.i
,iv-;oni r ’>> l:i re-
it is du(* t him that 1
r'u-oa to b>- I'ica-cd
I- w!'h wiiii h h- jicrl'i'mied
:n;.''i"U. A r*‘p‘’^t of tiic
,’..,;!!s-ii'uer,»1», iC. M'--
. ’ . !.1>- -i;- d. aud
l')a;;y satisfactory, and cre-
r I It 1 foaiioctifvn
.>r t .ii'p->inTm>‘;it of a coinmit-
itv* al'i in.i-iter- appertaining to the
blo( ';adi‘ rrjiimir of the itr*. to V>e appointed at an
eurlv dav, so as t > r^tcrt to your present session if
posiible. No approprirttion has been made by your
hoaurablfc b>dy ti> pa.y th- current e.\pcnsi-s ot the
vessfls en,ja'.i( d in rutiiiing the blockade, and none
will V.-e ne'e^sai'y, fir these ex]'- n.-es ■•an be paid by
sellintr biiU. dra-vi; >’i our agt-n* in Kiiirland, as be
ing iaciim d iu Wilm. i j'lon ciiii'tly ti.r th',- e.xpeiises
i:Onr.;i;t d w;ih tin.' ioadinsr and iinloadintr vessels,
comprea.sintr cotton, »Vc. And tiiey can be discharged
In c"rr> ncy. I w.iuid ^unL't 't 'hat you authorize
the 'I'reasurt-r to purch^i ihe>e bills out ol any mo
ney in the 'I'n asury. and thus keep the .-terline ex-
chanc' ’n t!i* Trea'iury—which otherwise wo'ihi have
to b' put on liic gf-i;; Tdl market, and b*- lost to the
Stat”.
liciim i'.or vine; d rVom “xperieiice that the legiti-
mati- of mv ofti' '-. n>>w fo'ir-fjld greater
than ^jrint'plv
....lid 'U am
■iiifrc-t of ‘ S: I- ■ in a bu'^'m-s.-: so complieaK'd, as
I ti'r be iwecerved.
I see the militia abolished, and its organization le-
i stioyed. It is the ancient ar.d time honored military
j institution of the -state, her maiii.dependenci'. in or-
I dinary timei. for the s’lppress »n of rebellii)ii and re
pelling t>f invasion, and though shorn of its sfrenjth
by thk! raising of irreat armies, and d*‘,-jpite its many
sliort-comings, it has been of ereat service both to
the State and Conlederacy during this war.
Among the acts of (,'ongress referrel to. that which
ha* suspended the privilege of habea? corpus, has
moft thoronirhly aroused public attention. Neither
the losses incurred by the radical and s’ldden chanires
in the currency, nor the cons ription of the princi-
paU of substitutes, nor the exttiision of it to such an
age, and upon such terms as to place the industrial
pursuits of the country at the feet of the President,
nor the heavy burthens of taxation—none of these,
nor all of them together, have so awakened the pub
lic feeling as the withdrawal of this time-honored and
blood-bought guard of personal freedom from the
people iu limes when it is most needed for their pro-
tectiom. It is true that our forefathers assumed, and
this ceneration has conceded, that iu cases of rebel
lion aud invasion, the public s.afety may sometimes
require its suspension; and, therefore, we have con
ferred on Oonirress the power of suspension in such
cases, when the public safety may require it. Nor
cun it bo doubted that the power authorized to sus
pend is the sole power entitled to judge of the ne-
ces.ity for the act, and if the late statute had merely
prohil)ited out aud gut the use of the writ for the
time specified, there could be no complaint against
its constitutionality, however iil-tiined aud uuneces-
sary may have baen the exercise of a rigor so great.
Hut I have b?en as unable to St^e. in the times, any
necessity for denying the wri*. as I am to recognize
in the law the constitutional exercise of the power
t'nat is granted. Concurring in the doctrine that
the protection against the abu^e of the constitution
of th>- Coafedorate States, either by usurpation of
powers or oppressive use of such a=« are granted.
\‘Vi -u nt t 1 tax all my energies of
tiuit 1 crvnuot hi ju>tice to the
many
KUcll
■;om ’
sucfi
-■ri'Ti
•h' I- ’
th.
rr; n-\e ti .ii, of which is carried on at
il: ’:'n- . I r.'spec'fully r> .•onimf'itd that
•• .;:!'• or m'l!’-- L'l'nt^ -men. skilled in
a ■]i.'i::M-d ‘•uDduct t!te' future
n-^ the .-staM'. in iinp.irtinir uppiies. whe
'ae i'i»'p '>-“ r continiiiujr the Operations or
'AindiiiL' up th • iinsine'-.,
A r. port ot the AdjuUuit lj"ncrai. covering re
port- il hi? siii'orr’.in'les in the different depart-
:iit . is herewith sul>iii,tted.
'I'iie 'inpre-^meat of property of citij'ens by offi
> "r- a id aureiit,,!, of th.e Confederate' Govrrnnient,
har.-h • non^ti in itM-lf. ha.' becotU'? doubly so, by
the ■ =jn',taiii d; re”-;iril ot thi; p;-i>vi-ion of tht: law
^'ij.i’.-Ung 'eizmes. In nd.lition to tlii.s. the Hagraut
ontr-.itrea comniitied. in t verv jiart of the country, by
t'trai.^iinir su!u' Ts. and oth-r person.-^, in the tkm-
f''icrate servjee. living no shadow of authority to
Jiiiir'r prip. rly, !:a- become a grievance almo^^t in-
toitr.tO!'-. ,\ r'-el'.ii! «f itmny instances of such
which have 1 ■ n bronirht to my knowledge, w'ould
ehock tlv(' iii.M '.1 -;e".si .'ftlic iiu>-t hearth
1 have urti'd in v in n\io:i tii.- imOiijriil'-s ot the
Conied' rae\ ■;> cljec^: th s ev 1, and h;!.vc n.-'-d every
possible ellr.r: to d.o >o inysetf, lint it ;.eei!is to L^row
wor-e. and as the rti|)i'Hcs of our people beeom
more -cant i-,‘-y .'' e] ut -re .-'en~:o!y this nnjiist d(’
privation of th'-ir property, which reduce.-' them al
1" iii‘ ‘>1 '!ur', tit i.iii If uiijj't f>c .ilO(»
ped. :i >>o.^-' bie. and f > iru - iy recommend suel
a; tieii on y;i!ir part as yi>it in 'V think l):‘-;t en,!cii
idled t" :i.:d tU'- U r- l!V ■’i'.’i fl'i’ the evil. My c>rres
pond* ;. e n 1 i tl!'- \V:u- D'-fMrtment on tlr'i-subjee
r u.-HiiitMti fo- yi'ur eou'ideration.
1 iK'-ii- t i caU your attiai^ion s{vcia!ly to certain
■n,. !..!“:;t- . f th-' last ‘y'oU'.'resa of the Cnnfederat
. : - .\ni"a,_ tliem is one extending the age 
C 'U'.rip’.soli f.''i '11 l."^ to I" iinddo to 50 years, whic
force la t>. i ■ orL’aii'/.ed ii3 a Stat-i re.-erve—thei
C'Miipany t>ti;i er^ t>i be elected, and the fielii officer
a;.pe n-' d I'V tii-i '('resident, ami all to bo under hi
»;ii,(!id.
In iso.'iti to th-- '.’■••e:ii injury to be app-'ele ud
the iiLM-;enit n-;d interest of the country, shou^a
s to be found in the responsibility of Congress to
the people, ensured by their .ahort tenure of idhce,
uid the reserved right of each State, to resuml* the
powers deleg;ted to the Conf- di'rate govcriiment.
wlienever in her jndgment they are perverted to the
•urv or oppresaion of the pt-oplo, I deem it a duly
rToi-rcJ on the inrouS'fi l»er proper org-jns.
to make known to that govcrnmenl her complaint
and to insist upon a redress of her grievances. Un
der this idi-a of duty, and in a spirit of regard for the
government of our adoption, 1 lieem it incumbent to
present my objections against the late act.
It is declared in the preamble that "the President
has asked for the suspension, and informed Congress
of conditions of public danger which render a sus-
pensiou of the writ, a measure proper for the public
defence against invasion aud insurrection.” There-
f»re it is enacted that the writ shall be susjiended as
to “the cases of persons aprested or detained by or
der of the President. Secretary of |War, or the
Geu«ral Officer commanding the 'i'rans-Mississippi
military department.”
I’he statute proceeds to classify under thirteen
heads a very great number of acts, of which, if a man
be accused, Jie .shall be deprived of the benefit of the
wri*: and among tuem the act of attempting to "avoid
military service.” To prevent the , out rage which
may be perpetrated on an innocent man not subject
to military service for merely attempting ‘-to avoid
military service,” unlawfully demanded, itis provided
that ‘ in ca.«c of palpable wrong and oppression by
any subordinate officer upon any party who does not
legally owe military service, his superior shall grant
prompt relief to the oppressed party,” and “the suu-
otdinate siiall be dismisse«i frotn oflice.”
And as a general protection of the citizens against
abuses, under the act, it is provided, that ‘‘the Pre-
ident shall cause proper officers to investigate the
ca.«es of all person,^ so arrested or detained, in order
that they may be discharged if improperly detained,
unless they can be speedily tried in due course of
law.”
And, finally, it is enacted that “no military or
other officer shall be compelled in answer to any
writ of habe«H corpus to appear in person or to re
turn the body of any person detained by the authori
ty of the Presilent, Secretary of War” Ac ; “but
uoon the certificate, under oath, of the officer having
eh'-irge of an}' one so detained that such person is
’ ‘tained by him for any of the causes specified in the
act under said authority, further proceeilinirs nmler
the writ
In order to ascert.iin whether the enactment is
within the powers delegated, it is proper to keep in
mind what are the privileges of the writ of haiieas
corpus, aud we shall lie sure to know what can be
affected cfmstitutionally, by a suspension of it. This
writ is the offspring of the love of liberty, and has
t>e-n in use lor ufjed by our ancestors uud ourselves,
its the hiindinaid of freedcun. Its use is to have en
quiry made accordinff to the rules of law of the caus
es why persons are restrained of their civil freedom.
If upon enquiry by the proper authority, there be
no cause for detention, the person is set at liberty,
if there be cause he is remanded for farther deten
tion, or allowed to go at large u[>on bail. Xow,
these are all the privileges of the writ of habeas
corpU'. The writ finds no place for action until
after the per'^on is arrested. So that if there be any
privil»»^es or securities to the person attending the
mode of arrest, these are not the privileges of th(i
writ of hiibeas corpu.s, but exist independently of
♦ hem. And it is therefore clear that a power to
suspend the privileges of the writ is not a power to
•se tm u be ordered into at-tual service, I have to | suspend the privileges secured in forms attending the
n-irind you ttiat it v.'iji absorl) the entire rnililia
'iirce of the. State, and would leave the P]xeculive
'Tith no force whatsoever except .State officers, a
• lidition tlangeKuis at once to the peace and order
>f ilie State, and to sovereignty an«l dignity.
Fhtr* : an -•■■a.rcely b» a doubt of the inexpediency
of this act ^s to this State; since the same mfn 'witii
■ihe ; .o ption of boys irom IT to 18 are now very
d .IS lioino tJuards under Stai-
be -n herolofure and would be
mode of arrest. They art* too distinct to he con
founded bj any species of sophistry; and this distinc
tion is plainly and notably observed in the bill to
suspend the writ, passed through the Senate in Jan
uary, 1807, whicli suspended it only when the per
son may have been “charged on oath,” and arrested
by virtue of “a warrant.” 'I'he writ was as effectu
ally suspended by that bill as by this act, aud the
Coh: tiiutional securities attending the mode ofar-
re.ct. were left untouched and unimpaired. It may
The beginning yf this due process is first the chargo
on oath, and the next step is the warrant describing
the person to be seized. 'I’he third is the arre.st, and
until this takes place the habeas corpus h«s no sta
tus, and cannot possibly have any. At this point
the writ springs into being, if not denied, and as here
only its aid can be sought for the first time, so here
for the first time can its privilege be derived. Yet
the act involves with its suspensioc a suspension of
the distinct and independent provisions which guard
the citizen against a faLse charge and the dangers ot
a general warrant.
In my judgment Congress had the same power to
suspeod every other guard of civil liberty to be found
in the coustitutiou—the same to deprive the citizen
of the guaranty that he should not be held to answer
for a capital crime, unless on presentment or indict
ment of a grand jury—that he should not be compell
ed to bo a witness against himself—that he slioiild
have tne liii’ut Ut a .s;)e_,-dy and pulili.- tna.1 by u.n im
jiartial jury, and a trial in the district in which the
crime .shall have been -ommitted.
The writ of habeas corpus is peculi^'.r to the En
glish people and ourselves. .\nd a complete ilbm-
'.ration of the tiporation of a suspension of its pri*’-
ileges will be seen by supposing that it had no ex-
i.-^tence here. In such  a-^e no provision would hi.ve
beeu lound for its su--;p('n'i »n. Hut the clause requir
ing a «-h;ti-ge «jf i-riuic to i>-,' made ou oath anil war
rant to describe t1ie person to be .seized would iiuve
been u )l only very proper, bm the more ni-ccss.iry
to be in.--erlcd. The-se could not have bf' n leual'.y
disturbed by Congress "rid -.ny legislation dispensing
with them hi I bev'u mere usnrjiatioii and void.
Such is the general view I have taken of the avt
as it is >upposed to relate to rrimcs. But the stat
ute is construed to reach cases involving no oifcnce
whatever, legal or moral; and though there is gome
lifl>*rence of opinion upon the question whether
]»aragraph .'> of .Sec. 1 embraces the caoe of a citi
zen not liable to military duty, who iioither tlie« nor
ri'sists. bnt dimply appeal.^ or tries to appeal to the
eonstitutioniil repo*itor» of the law for a decision
upon his rights; yet there in too much reason to be
lieve thaf the langua-re i^ susceptil>le of the inter
pretalion that it does include such persotiB: and
such is ttie inter|>reiation put upon it by the mili
tary authorities. And a* the suspension wa^ atiked
by the President, il it but jun to infer that it wa-
drawn to suit him. and his exposition carries th« in
tended m* aninsr of the paragraph.
I am unable to see an\ reason coniiitent with the
princijiles of a free and civiiiaed government provi
ded with a judiciary ad a grf at and independent
branch of its compoiit'on, for iuspendiiiL'the hab-:'ai
corpus in oj. '-s which involve no evasion or att-mpi
t-.i cvad-> military service that i» due. but wtiich
merely asks srhen honest ojiiuions diti'-r tf> have the
]>oint settled by tho=e tribunal which »-tt!e all ma‘-
ters of controverify betw-en citixen and citieen and
a citizen ami his 'r‘'>vernnient. If a ciliaen owe not
any military servii-e to t!ic goveruiiu ul, he !ia^
much riirht fo refuse to rend-^>r it n wrontrfully
claimed of him. as h-j has to n-tuse to pay a del.t t'
the govern meat wrongfully ciaim--«l ot tiini: au 1 if
in bo'h cA'Cs h'‘ stands fairly up and submits to un
iuve^tiiiation of the question bt-fore tlion.' iri'mnals
learned in such mailers and appointed bcrau-e of
tnejr fitn -s an 1 s!:i!l. it would be just as n-asonab'e
to suspeml the writ in the alletred debt of tnouey as
tin the case of the aller> d debt of service. This
vum ?*t* t^He p«*VTTtr‘nt
of a debt just or unjust, and so it may serve to put
m u in the army exempt by the laws of the land.
There is no instance of a suspimsion at any time
of the writ, or the privileges of the writ, if there be
any difference between them, for an% other cause,
eiih'T in Kngland or America. Many suspensions
of the privileges of the writ occurred in England
between the passage of the habeas corpus act and
the Revolution, running through a period of almost
a centur}'. anil they all empowered the King either
io 'l[>j>rJiend nii{ or to secure >i7tl l>tah
\cithont had such persons as ir>r suKperted >f con-
against the Iving and his gov**rument.
'I'here was a IJritish act in 1777. which denied the
writ to “persons taken in the act of high treason,
committed in any ot the colonies, or ou the high seas
or in the act of piracy, or who were charged with
or suspectetl of any of these -rimes." (Hurd Kl‘2.)
'I'he other susp-nsions in Emjlan l. after our revo
lution. commenced in 17'.* I, and erutinucd at inter
vals till I'-'^l’i. during the storms of the French Revo
lution. 'I’hey arc of the same character as those
before, and affected those tnily who were charged
with conspiring again.it the King and his govc-n-
mi.nt. The 6u»pension during .Shay's rebellion ex
tended to crime- or -uspecte.l crime. The attempt
ed suspt'iision in ls»07 was confined to persons ehai>
t'd "with treason or other high crimes ormis-.lemeanor,
endangerinir the peace, safety or neutrality of the
United States.” The idea cannot be entertained for
a moment that the power of^uspending the writ was
granted for any such purjiose as that of depriving
a citizen of the privilege of a legal enquiry into his
obligation to perform military service, in order to
till the army with soldiers. Jf such a power exist
the sovereignty of the States is at the mer y of the
Confederate (iovernmeut. Where lie,s the relief
against Ihe conscription of the entire body of Stat«
officers? IJy this act it is deposited with the Presi
dent alonel His oRicerii alone can give the dischargf
-Confederate officers chosen withimt even the consent
of the Senatv, and removed at will. 'I’he appropri
ate tribunals are entirely overlooked, tin '^♦at' Jndcrec
•are thrust a ide ■uio. .* »nn eron th»
». .onieficr^tc .iudtre, who holds liisoHice during good
behavior, is ignored, and in their room is placed an
officer who lives on the breath of the Confederate
Executive. If the State officers are not put into
the army under such power in the Executive, it
because the iueumbent does not will ii; and wh- n
the rights of the State sh.ill exist by such a courte.sy
tliey will eea.'ie to have any existence at all. It is
hard to diviuij a Ruffie.ient reason for disphicing th
civil tribuu ils already established, and substituting
others so ilL-jiendent upon the Eiecutive for lh‘ir
existeuee. The as.surau:-c of i>ublic men, that tin;
power will not be abused, can never remove the fears
of freemon, who rely only upon wriltim Con.stitutions
to protect their libcVlies. History is too full (d'
wrong to allow them to forget for a moment that
ifcriKt! rijilnnct fh" ftrire of/reittniii.
It is manifest tliat iIk; act couU inplates that the
mUit'iry shall be invested with full powers to ar
rest any person, who may be suspected of any of
the vagne and ili defined charges mentioned; amL
such is the inter|»retation put ou it by the generar
orders of Adjutant Gen. Cooper, thus suspending
the ( ivil authorities throughout thi> land, and it is
equally clear that it also cmtempiatns that the or
der of the President for arresting or «letaining citi
zens shall be a general order to arrest and detain
all such as may come within the category of suspec
ted persons—without naming or describing the in
dividuals, and each military officer who may be depu
ted for that purpo.se will be invested with a perfect
discretion over the liberty of every cit'zen in the
,di;.
• uaii
,>i;- in ■ ao.-
Ls nr' also
;>r;-e i-iii^ed
:--dit- I l!.,
great public { be then rf5garded as settled truth, that the suspension ^ v.’ii hout warrant or oatii of prol
1 h'- -.Hirst* adopted ’oy the. .administration of allowin.g
th "Ti! (jf habeas corpus to issue, and of forthwith check
ing l':o ■K tioii of the 'udge and suspending all his farther
pr-K-'i-dbjg^ ad libitum, to aw»it the rcportn of military
oflii-etri ieivbig custody of the petitioner to their sunerior^,
arvl iiially subjecting the case to the decision of the war
de!>:iit>iu-iit in dero.xrttion of civil authoritv, is h'liuiliating
indi‘iM*ndent character of the judiciary, and tends,
t‘tti? great, danger of liberty, to faiui?iariz» the people
wi‘h a military supremacy.
't must be remembe’’ed, however, that these ure ruerely
n|-‘ opiiiioiis. I he 'Supreme *'ourt, which alone has the
p*w r til di-eide upon the Constitutionality of the law, has
iw' yet spoken, -t hen it does sjieak, we must give heed
U Ms voice, so Ions; as the law remains on oar statute
b >ks. ■ u* whether for ironstitutional reasons, or reasons
fi 'ii'T'; iHilioy. the peoplo Intve a right to demand the
r,«-'v)"i' any obnoxious law. On both grounds I rcconp-
nii-tii. hat you urgf (.'.ongri^ss to repi-al the act su.spending
tt. •fn-it.-i' ->f liabess corpus; or, should yon c >nciir iu
(ft That a
bv jn-‘ exiu-en'-ios oflhe times, thitl it stiuuld at lenst be
niniilied ;ui 1 stripped of its uitcouslitutioiial or (al least)
oi-iiuxiour features.
My opinion on this subject is well known in the tirst
iiu-M>.i4e I ' ii'l tie- tK'ior to send to your hody. in 18'iV,
spi .'lUing oflhe llfen exi.-ting act authorizing a suspension
of th'* wri^. 1 u:ed th*j fullowing language: “J have not
s.--n an ottiiial copy of the act Imt learn from the in-ws-
p:iper' ihsit (.'onL'iess has conferred upon th« I’rc^i'tc^l
till-power to suspend the writ of habeas corpus in all
cases of arrv-ils male by Cunfederiilo authority. If
till' be on.-«! adiniUed no man is safe from the [wwer
of oil'- indiviilual, tb- i-ould iit plea'Uro s^ai/.e any eiti-
/.eii of iht- State, wilh or without excuse, throw him into
pri'-m -Old permit him to languish there without relief—
!» p>',ver that I am unwilling to see entrusted to any liv-
iiil; man. To submit to its exercise would in my opin-
!■ n, be establishing a precedent diin-,;erous and perni
cious in the extreme." A'c.
There is nothing of this that J am desirous of taking
R vav or addin;; to. .Vly earnest remonstrance against
the pas.stu;e of the pre.sent act is herewith transmitted,
tigether wilh divers other letters to the C’onfederate au
tJiorities in rebitiun to the execution of the civil laws,
-ights of the people, te., aud which will convince you,
1 fru,'t. that I have t>een equally zealous to guard a-jainst
ihe inner lU wt ll as the outer dangers which threat.n us,
,Maiiv recurriii;- dariirers of serious contlicl with the
C'onfe.lerate goverunu-nt. esjiecially in relation to th-
H-i/iire of principals ot subslituleo after a di.scharge by
i jud^e, have been upou me since your session. They
,v.M-e firtunate’y avoided however; but the'r solution
w luM h-kvi; been easv. i-ould 1 but have had the assist-
iiiee of :ne S'jpremeVourt. 1 greatly regret that you
!i'! uot .-••c proper to cmply with my recommendation,
w:i'-n ve;i Were l -otiu fi -»sion, to authorize some one to
e. uv,-i'k- that body in caKus of great importance, and
wiiieh adiuil of no deUy, 1 cau but re}>eal it now, for
miuiv iibviout' reason*,
N'np r>ii\ .• I. nmi.i ai! riie eiBt)arras«mi*n;? and perpb-xi-
tii« of the •it*atlon. been unialndfbl of the i;reat obje«-l
of «I1 ‘ ar blood and seff-rini;—peaot.-, or ne>^|e«tfiil ot all
pr 'per ua,! h'»n‘-.u-ai>l'j ellorl* to obt*iiu it—kuowini; ttii-
er l--jir * of our p.-ople to *ave the precious bloo 1 of
: t'l -ir chil lreri, if by any p'j;fc'bility. an op>-niti;r might
, O' i'li;-. 1 I'T lilt- i attiiimu t-j supercede the s-ol-aici’, 1
H’ljir-'.ieht-! tlie t’". »; i ut on the lir.l opportunity pre-
t -*• r ,1 bv the CM-» ition ol h-■•tililies la^t vriat'-r, and
urged hi:a to a;.[» »iiit C')mmi»'ioners and try what might
be'd 1U-- !>y ue.i,.ki il; >ns 1 hu.i Utile h->pe, indeed, of
th' . ' C'>innii"Ti"ne:-s being received by the government
of out enemv, but 1 Uiouidit it our duty, for humanity's
,.ike t-y make tile etfurl and to tymviuce our own *u.ier
111-^ p»ojile that their government was londt-r uf ihuir
live, and projierty and happiness,
.Iv .ire .eut h. T'-with f>r your information.
I res|*eetf-ill\ ree.jiiiuiend that you. as th- Hepre^eut-
atives of the peoi'le of North Carolina, nhould lay down
wliai vjii w.fuKl consiiler a fair baciii of jieace, and call
upon uur K"presentatives iu Con^^ress, and those to
whom i. couiniilted tiie power of making treaties, by the
Constitution, to nci;!ect no lilting opportunity of otfer-
iiig such to the enemy. rhe>« terms, in my judgment,
should be nothin:; less than the independence of those
S'tutes, whose liestinien have been fairly united with the
C onfederacy by the voice of their people, and the privil
-if of afr^.- choic# to those which ha\u bi'en con.idered
loubtful.
1 pre^-um-- no honorable man or patriot could think of
au*‘ thing less than independence. Less wouhl besubju-
i;alion. ruinous and dishonorable. Nobody al the North
thinks of reconstruction, 'imply because ii is impossible.
ilh a con-^titutlun torn into shredii, with ulavery abol
ished. with our property coniiscated iin'l our.selves and
our children reduced to" beggary, our slaves i»ul iu pi.>s-
sessi-iu of our l.-indft, and invested with equal ri;rht.-, so
cial and political, and a i;re,it jrulf yawning between the
.Norih and the South tilled with the blood of our mur
k-red sons, and its waves laden with the a^h u of our
ruined homes, how can there be any recon-^truction
svilh the .inthor,s of the:-e evil.s, or how can il be d
ab.p if il were possible'.' Lincoln, himself says it is not
p s.il.le, so does Mr. Fillmore, a man whom we once re-
-jiii ted, and so do uine-tentiis of iheir orators and press
i:x The onlv terms ever otlered us contained in Mr.
Lincoln's infimous proclamation, were alike dei;rading
in matter and insultin'; in manner, beinj; addressed not
to the author'aii-s, I’ont'edet-att* or State, of the South,
but to individuals, who by the very act of accepting it
U-nns would prove themselve.s the vilest of mankind.
I cauuot loo earr.ehlly warn you, gentlemen, and the
couiilry. agaiust ihe great danger of th^f'C insidious at-
U tnpis of the enemy lo seduce our people iuto treating
th him for pi.-ace, individually or lv the formation ol
spurious Stales or partn of tit ales. Indeed I might add
that 1 h'oU upon any attempts to treat for peace, olhtr
than throuifh the regular channels provided liy our con-
'titution. so lo'ii; as our government is maintained, as al
mofi equally dnnnerous. It is th** real peril of th-; bour
The \onif continua.icc and bbM^W ch^^
te\t‘trnVj^TtlSom arc iu a condition to listen i.'yge, ly u>
ti.-rn.s of ;>• iice. without duly con«id linguhat the n sii't
Wi i’ld t'e, or t!o•^ they arr to iicquired .-Mii-xinipl
.iflais (ircjit d-i!ia:er is fo 'ih- feu -d lu lie’ •iitcmjii n( ill'
IJiiti-h miiiis'ry in 177)^ s-'duce the loyalty ol i-ur fort
latluTS from th" cause >; independence, by e'ciiiiiniLr ne.ici
c 'inn!!-=>i:,*’'.eis to the c-ilonii-H with the propositions con
tain d in bold North s • co'tcilialing hills." ll.-se bill
,IS. 1 to iil 'tlish all ta-.aUon wliatevec upon the ci'lo
Vl‘"^, e\e;|it. '.vfiaf mieht l:‘' llCCe-'^ai V for fli" co.ivi nje.-.c-
•)! f.i.nr;' ice—t!;e n-t pr>>C' ed- o! a loch were to go to
till' ii,c oi ih-' coioiii--; to Ku-pond tiie operiviioiis of all
-V lU'.xio is S'aiuo-.s ia r ter .'icjlu .-'aid oolontes j,a:^
.•i,^'-e iT- ;}. ai'd auLhori/..'d Ihes" commissioiiers to par
don all Midi persons^ a.s ih'-y .saw proper and to lrc-,ii will,
-•til'- ex -.tiiig ^oK ernm--’its or individuals." li'-re alinor^t
-,iU th - wincip.il m.i’tiis of dispute were conceded; l>ut
•im 'i-uii -IS had an orgauizi d government a- d had ,-^ei
ih-ir ):c«; ts o:i iiaiejwndcnce. Yet the .erms otfi-n-d w ere
so "a'r. t‘i!it I'lit for ttie tinnuess aud wisdom of the gfat
and good (J'-oijie W-ashi'x^ton, and the untiiiiching patri-
oti'-m of t 'oniiV'.-s, the late of this cont ineni migbl have
Wen ciiiing d; ^reat «a« the we-ariuePs ot the people
aud so gloomy were th-.- prospects! fhe dinger of allow-
infiT coiniui-sioLiers to addr .s« liieinselve-^ to any^>ody nut
C ,o;r(^,-s .so greai as w.;il as such a violation oi the
iav«s of war auU inli.a’iiatioiial coiu’te.sy, tc;*t that body,
afl -r promptly r-j "wing the pn-pnsitious atid declaring
that •the only solid proof" of a di-position on the ptrt
o! iLc crown Vo r.iake a i boni)r vhlt- pcace uith th-; cob.v
.)i.s. "would Im: an explicit ackiiowledirmeiii ol the iu-
di-p^udetice of the-^e StaWs, oi '.he witlidrawal of the
il,-i ts aud armies’' • went ou solemnly to dcclaie tiie mea
sure ‘to be com;ary to the hi'\ o( nations, and iiilerly
subversive of iriat conlideuce whicli couid alone uiiiiniain
tlii'Se uie-iius which had beeu inven.cd to allexiate the
horrors of war;-I'"* "V*' fhe-«f»r» the p>:fo s f^.p rytd
lie p-r>p e iv "• •■'.l urt'fL-r-u of pf ict It if» not im-
prolwble that they have had such abundant cause to be
tired of the war. thut they may be sincere in the terms
which they o.T;r. --.vi.ich. though far short of our pret'm-
.sions, will Ik- ex'i tii, y tliUteriiig to minds tlial do not
penetrate !'iir into political consetiuences; hut whether
they are sincet or not. ibey may oe equally destructive;
for to di>cer!';ng m-jii nothing can 1>« more evident than
thill a peace ou th pri.iciplt-s of drren^ener howevrr
limi ed "ft-r ,«i >- ■>• ,.r,i tcruld be to ihr laft dr
grte dith.-. ornh r ■ ■ d THii i-un. » • • -It is doubtful
vvbctlier many ol o^r friend- miirht uot incline to an ho-
commiaiation on ih • grouads held out, or which may be,
ratli^-r than pf rsi;vei-e in ;i contest tor independence. *
“t'ttiis ;s Oift il ii list surely l.e i!ie irneMt p«il;cy lo streii(!lhen
llie iirniy, «ml pUrc r iukh h .uii-.'.iiiti;il Tihit-nr Ti.m will ron-
durr lo l'if[iir? th. wilh conliilence; * * * ami If a treaty
stioual hp ilerniPil eMiP'!!"!!!, wi;i put it in (heir imwer to Insist
U(Xin lieaer lemii tlmn they i-.>iil3 oOierwi^o i-njicci.”
l!y »'irh'l iiiely cour-.'l itia the lirent VVHehiniiton snitain Ihe
rnn>v I'tiTtdrpenJenc'—^'Wryiiti up Ih - liiitK.-s of'our »me»ti>rs nml
fnlcrlnij i" liio^e i'i*i-( ou« Hlieiiipi's «f ih>* Hri i»h H I'wioy
tlimi imm'ie nai.B'-e* ••I s*-* k ri: |i**ace liy irr«-gu':»r ant revolinimi-
arv m,'th--ls i» hii-'IIkt i«t>tr I'l ihe > iiiie ivtb'"!, h« s.«y':
• Il fct-eiiis III mo iii'Oil p Ilf (-e i-i.n |i..s«iblv il" The
ii-j fi«-i V o U.IVI- lec* VI il Iniiii I'.f i-:iu • »-vi r ' =, ti.ie-.lien, ai'it
b fta.uc4- t’tht'’ ij^r.i -i IV u; ; iM- t..» f/ pmrpeTuol
I'l'r- ivtiz.il u..rl'l, wfit-rcvtr ii/icr(u is %v*r-
s;.i(i|»--tl. n-is Ilh I'll' V. ili -nk*-1 I'nt jj.n of in?
t.'„ 1,1 w , h - i-.,iiii:ryi„-,._r„,.,:,,;t.nl'; -f ihl- li:ts»lti)!s of his
w.s-l III ■ n.l viiliir r lusi- 1 > liecil h's « tr iiij: niicct
iSlfiHte :is i‘ III ly ''rein, lhe^e *'«pt'rnnis ailur* iiii-nl-4 of iieace.*
d sC'ili'- . ;i- li lif.-iiiiiui'-- iJ I-',* i;«n. \V .i%h i;;*;fMi. tt -Ve not ht eii pre
(■cnit-i I v Ih** e'.iiii ',W H'e try.f.ji lo di* Uiie oiir-iflves 5i»
uo- 't I-" ihe h-'-l Uv .'i il ■ i fiiiii'in t i>injii-l-iii uf ilip ileminvi.t
('ir'v .XoitL'. I' ;it 1 h ivp ii 't e\e" "ir r« il u lirm.-i lh»U
C'iii..i !:• rr.;’.r i- 1 liy 'lie lo is' liiii ,-e -1 vv iv ring ks --»llitrllii: ”
I in ip.-'.t-'- ill I ifii! 1-1-o UI. N-ly I inru(!e'us i .il ,-u repiu'n,tnt
I’l . t.r • ji -y u;.. I Sir:- ri\ , i.. p r’i iiim n ti eii-uri; Ihe
rijfl li'.ii i) if,i:i, ii ii'ii ■ a'il, -• h .« it ,'ild-i v eijilit and glvi*!! a
t.in*- of -111 h r;lv lo Ihi* • It rciw-m d a-s- rti.i is uf iln-.r p- lilic men
:uiii pic.s^.- Ill 11 O'ty V».-1.>I II.- • r.l:.f.:Ki, e l-ii will oi'ly be C"r,-
t*-ii:ilii i-iir sul'j'ii; It  II If eiir.n -iii, w le cally williiiir, im-
H'jy -.e iiiii.-t iiir-s, :o i"ii'ii ■nnwt' u iili ii u|>-in ai.j^lt-rms
sho-i i.-r.iu.' nii-o iiif !>h!;!ii.-, ,1 II. 0 cy «»aui cxrlinnly say so. kiiiI
ih-it t' v.-leiiu th: kii"V. lo lit- -lUiii'iriz.d to eiiiertHin 'heir
projhV^in'iiis Tilt* insi(Jioii. iti'-iiipts i-i invoke sep:ir,-ii«, individn
«1 i-nd .'t-(t? :ici‘o ’, prtue th s i-.'ii!cUi--v#!iy, uhd can hase oo
oil »;r inlijntioii tl.an ;o p. inpp u» inl'i i-ivil war anil lo«iit'jue,-tle us
ke\ 'ad red-iitplion. Il.i.v htring*- ihcii lo think, hs some of »ar
pfoi'le li.inctiy uo. !iirt'Ihe ve-j pi-ti (.r'ljMi *d liy the eiiriii, f r
I'll/ i'eslrurtion, is t e hist \\*‘y to st-i-iire h -ipt^edy i nd hun-r:ihle
pp«rc: 1 r*-s[H-cllnUi siihinit lli-it my I'lan. bust,| oa the wisdom
iitiil pa'.fitiieui oi \V .«hii ut n in d t.iV u i.virs.il t**;ich;,-gof hist.e
ry—lo »iri-r!(ftli*rn ami MiscOti il,«: ntiiiy. and nc;j»ti.ite lUruii^b the
pnip* r cliaiiiii-lj—Is tne s .ter »nd heltt-r one
U seems lo me tlsal the -ale lru» muI  I'usorvaiive path throuuli
ail our irouine.s, lies in (!ii;ir..ini alike agilnft ihe destrunion of
1-tw .-.nd liiK.Tiy I II Ii’t- o.u- n iid, :u>d the impatience of ihe |i^ople
lirder .he iijrdens of w .r, on ih.- other, while with IhhIi hMntls,
ai'd \vi h fi 1 tiur strcn.tii. >i:i,l ne >rls and souis. we uph Ul ai.d
III in-.ai'i th « ho even is I wn e, are Itaitlii g and hleejiiig f-.r
the r,phis in-J n.i (lend-nr uf li-eir c-.iintry 1 confe-s I am n .1
ol ilKmi. wh'i "I* fill I'l t!i' K l/u grtateit iiant T oar r yhis an>l
lit>eriies i- from -'lir own pe'>ii|e an.l -'ii' 'iwii K'lverniiieni, While
i.rUL’slma l" rrii^t the ii’t'viiililp te (l-'!'rres of revoiiulon to des*
stroy i-.ivil freel-im at ho:i:e 1 v,ir>n'-i lorcei th»l the ila'-jrer fr"iii
%v h u: ihre.'itei's tlir d-striiirl'->i ' f mrytking) lhal there i:fmi**?
troni the \..rih a rank aiel lilu.Mly d.--iii .lem. M-n « »-!'J finHticrii
B.,r\ wilh -inr |>e"ple',s hln il ;.t„l ti. irkene.l hy the 8iu-'ke of Ihe-r
liiirni: I' I; wi'tn himle- ■ f a-inel sinvfs th'i.tine cn i-i,mpler,-
th' I r-iii n 'I- work i,i w t-i ' ui •it' t-o'm.;, H'ld p&niinz lo -siw
»nU -II l‘>e ii"r. '.V ol'thi p'o ■. -h i'-- -I'lles"! tl in , as it ruas ' .-r
oil,-r le i-,i;■»>■, ,i' 'l 1.1 wim tn h, f riiis uf l.iw. conbii'utt.,
Ir e ::'M-naiit'n-'t, II**, ii-iiH ,pr-,Kr» . a il i:o lown !'i t no'm r.r.
till i;od -ii^ii iiitp in: :n the .if a i >'v,- {.'ener lion the cf'ie
c pU'- ' I lae.Plj und ,ov-- oi p-^.ice, wnic': this, m it,, inndne;-!*. haii
Sad Casl'altiks in Virginia—Juat as ar*
going to press the following private diap&tch (on th«
way since Sunday last,) brings most Bad intelligeQO*
, a.s to some gallant young soldiers from this place:—
KicuvoND, May 15.—Capt. Robinson, ankle shat
tered. Lieut. C. T. Haigh reported killed. Lieut.
H. W. Horne and Lieut. C. P. Mallett captured.
Lieut. W. T. Anderson missing.
Ill ;t,!.l;: on t.' ti.e oitiiy I" '!i n: ■- i
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lir.tf-ilier, H')w '»l. jM-ij-'i- i't- M'S-?* .
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II 11.f tip e t’le land f'lri-es,
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,,ii .-'iiie .I'thi'rT.r ronlig-
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aliCse-ii'in-'. « men I, ;n t:ie iimi , en.ims--
siK-i:ia;iy tfie iiul ire. i 111 us . f ear s ii-.htr «i 11
dem it'd our i-aie ti i-ju-tl> cm*-U-d lhii',vnt n 1 hey are n-it a
hir to supp'r. them.-:ve«, I e .si.it,- sh-i.t d au port ihein in ihe
ali-enire ot thea iiatiir,-i. pru',*-eior«, I c,tna,ii. h"Mrver, in ike Kny
sp-i itic it.ri'iiiiiiend-I'.in Icrilie r nirM'r r li* f, i.iil-boni.l an) pi n
f ur to yiiiir fii, en .r »vi5'Iii!ii, 1 un-il'iol hiil joii -All! pr'-mell)
art u|Hin a It will lie very n.lh- uit loi in ny 01 il,e 11 to siiut!tfie
Ihr ■iii.-h lii 1 iiarv*->i,. -ally In suinr .,1 the coonti--s ol ihe we.-'t
nli'i-li have be -n pieye i up -n a ike by Jr^end and foe.
'rru.*iii'g ih it t'f-ri.M'o-. -.N.l pr v il m \oiu c oin-els. nml l*;ai
miirb HihKl III y U; di r IV d, '»-su:i lo In.- i - unlry iheri Ir en, I c!
my messHif w i,b nn evpri- S'on 't rt ad iieMi I'l to •'iw-i-nte », ilh you
—shi'U d II I'e in 111) p-.ner-'ii t;u. txn ut'on > f it-e ahor-dev.
inp np"n you, . 'L. 11 V.\,st.'E
Kxiruiive i*t p -rinie-it, M iy 17. Im,!.
Col. McKetoa.v’s RKOiMSNT.-^We copy elfle-
where an account of a gallant afiair in which two
companies of this regiment were engaged near Pe
tersburg last week. Tlie whole regiment was ®n-
gaged in Monday’s battle and sufifered severely, M
will be seen by the following dispatch received her#
yesterday by the Colonel’s father:
Petersbcro, May 18.—We charged the eOemy
Monday, driving them before us in wild confusion.
My Regiment had 25 killed and 111 wounded. All
the bov8 from town safe. The Express will gir#
you full list of casualties.
II. McKkthax, Col. 51st N. O. T.
WowKDKo North Carolikians.—The Richmond
Dispatch of the 11th reports Ool. C. M. Avery, 33d
N. C. T., Lano’s l?rlgade, as woar>ded severely in
arm and leg. iiib aTm has been umpuiuted. Lieut.
Col. Winston, 45th, wounded in leg, but not daager-
ously. Col. John R. Laue, 26th. slightly.
Lt. Col. Davidson, 7th, is reported captured.
A PowERFCL 4i’1’kal —The people of North Car
olina are called-ripon to contribute to the relief of
the destitute and suflTeriiig people of Washington, N.
C., who,to the disasters of yankee rule for two years,
have the added calamity of seeing their dwellings
and in many instances all else that they possessed
destroyed by the torch of the vile miscreants. We
have uot room to-day for a more particular state
ment, but hope that our Town authorities will take
the matter iu hand, and give the people an opportu
nity to show that they sympathise with their fellow
citizens in their calamities.
Gov. Vanck w^ill address the people of JohnatoD
county, at Smithfield, on Monday next, the 23d.
Of the Gpvernor’s speech at Raleigh on Monday
last no full account has-been published. Judging
from the flutU^ring of the wounded pigeoni, it must
hav8 been a most effective speech.
4 Backtxg O.vk’s Frie.vds.—Mr. Ilolden has pro
tended that he was not a secessionist. We have
proved from the files of the Standard that for ten
years he -advocated th;it doctrine, that in fact it was
he of ail others that educated a portion of the people
of North Carolina into a belief in that doctrine. Hia
‘ faeilitles for gathering public opinion,” of which he
boasts, euabled haii, however, to discover that ae-
cessifm was uot popular just at the time that it wa»
put in prai-tical operation by the cotton States.
Therefore- he then suddenly became opposed to se
cession. Those s-ame facihties for gathering public
opinion showed him th.it when Lincoln issued his
proclamation in April 1-61, it would be popular to
pledge “tiie last dollar and the last man” to resist
it. aud so Mr. Holden made that pledge. Those
8-dine faciiit es once more showed him that the peo
ple—everybody, man, woman and child—desired
peace, and forthwith he was par excellence a peace
man. and set to work to ridicule the “last doUarend
the last mao” meu, of whom he himself was first and
chief. In this work he has been seconded most zeal-
>u-j!y by the Raleigh Progress, which has aerved as
hi« organ during the suspension ot the Standard.
Thi'S Progress was also a fire-eating secessionist,
aud iu attempting in a sort of side way to appear to
deny the fact, the Progress says that the Breckin
ridge and Lincoln tickets were both “sectional tick-
/,>>, gotten up and advocated for nn other purpox*
than to disrupt the old government and bring on
xvn r."
This is a hard hit at the Propress'e friend Holden,
who abandoned the regular nominee of his party (a*
he declared Douglas to be) to advocate the election
of one of those sectional tickcts, the Bretkinridge
ticket!
Ik
Another Hard Hit.—The Raleigh Standard
abuses Gov. Vauce for relating in his speech In thfi
place, the coiulu'' t aud language of Mr. Uolden on
the night of the Raleigh mob. The Standard says
that even a wild Arab has more regard for the rights
of hospitality than Gov. Vance. We have already
stated that it was the Standard’s infamous charge
Gu)Riovs Vu'TORiKs:—tiod be praised for the I of corruption in using the steamer Ad-Vance to im-
siirnal victories with wiiicii IL* has bk-.ssed the Con- I port lu.Kuries that justified and demanded that state-
fedt rate armies! From North and South they comel j m^-nt from Gov. Vance. The Rfileigh Conservative
^11 KS
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I K.*.»'>»i. .M \Y 19.
borne on the wings of Heaven's messenger, the
lightning, they evidence God's goodness and mercy
to this people.
We have little room for comment, but give all the
particulars receivird by telegr:iph aud^uail. Of]
alludes to the matter in the following caustic style:
‘I t is said to be true that a “wild Arab” holds the
guest sacred who has eaten his salt, aud will snfifer
no evil to befall him while under his roof. And it is
also true that the wild Arab guest will steal the mare
of his wild Arab host after he leaves the tent, if he
Banks’s gr.and army, said to have been originally j can: whereupon it is the custom of the host Arab to
from 32,(»0t> to 40.000. a miserable remnant of 5.000. pur-sue
with their Gom ral ulong, have made their escape to “ot strike this most Chesterfieldian
NewOrleans. 'I'he remainder have been killed, wound-1 j.a,ndidate ft>r Governor that the violation of hospi-
(hJ, captured or disper.^ed. We have captured also the 1 talitv came from the visiting “Arab?” Being attacked
lle’et of war ve-'s^ls wilh which he started on his ex-1 hy his foes and driven from his own
ind. In sub - vi! nco and eOect the President is in- j ui' .sw-v. * iitrt not mi t i lo it>t po e
tended to be empoweied with authority to till the '
I'liid with military ilcpuHes who may seize any c^i-
•»0'» o' a II tq
ih-J I
nlerlaineil ol its j of the writ i,^ no suspension of the (.h>nsTituUonal
uuib r it b^ !ug to j ionus prescribed for arre.st. ftiiJ Ui-t t’oagres.^ has
■; C'-utrol of wiili h ‘ no power, express, or implied, to suspend any otiier
'»ia ’ill* h.\'>cutivc- of the ^ guarantee of civil liberty provided iu the ConsUtu-
I .;o '-;r a.s the appoint- i tion bcsid-.^s those »ecur.*d by the writ alone. Not-
of ofjeorq is concerned, wiihstatidiug this, the late act has strode over .some
11- jitiseui-o of a judicial de- j »jf the most important guards of civil liberty, as if an
lu^’ituiiouiiity .ifihe act, decline ; express power had been conferred on Congress to
suspend them likewise. Thus, while by paragraph
cauje uu-
jH*i!t'on. We slioulil not wonder if wc now ro^wiu
command of the Mis.sissippi and its imtnense tribu
taries. and evi-n recapture N- w Orh'ans it.^ell. Louis
iana, Mississippi an,l A • kansas ^\ill be redeemed,
aud wo do not desp;iir of seeing Missouri also wel
come Price and liis army.
Surely the end oi' tir- t.Tii'iIe v.-ar is nearl
Thk ^Iaii.s.—We are yet without mails north of |
Raleigh, and l';ive not h.'cn so fortunate as the Ha-
leigh t.'onfi dera'e in seeuriog copies of the V'irginia
pap'Ts. The inieresling details of events in Vir
ginia in the preceding j);ige. taken from late Virginia
pajiers, reai;h us through the Confederate.
'PiiK Lkoisi.atcrk,—T'hirty Seiuitors and ^ixty-
nine I'ommonera were present on 'I'uesday, the first
day of the session. The Governor’s Message was
read and both Houses adjourned.
We received the Message at a late Ivour last night,
aud hasten to publish it in full, without having an
opportunity as yet to reud il.
Newbkr-n.—He-ports of a vansee evacuition of
Newbern come lo u-t from so many and apparently
reliable sources that w« would jmt implicit reliance
upon them but for the lac' that that no suoh ptate-
nient appears to have reached Raleigh, as we think
would have been the ca,se if s.o important an event
had occurreil. One nccount is that the inhumin
monsters burned the t -wn beforn leaving.
Arfj.!> seeks a refuge in the tent of his neigh »or. Tho
hosi flies to his rescue, disperses the assailants who
were outraging his propt-rty—then returning, com
forts his distressed visitant and ministers to his faint-
soiil refreshing draughts, to-wit: “Brandy and
loaf suear.” No somer, however, was the guest ofi
and relieved of his fright, linn he uses the very pro-
pertv s-.ived by his hoSt (printing press, type, &c.) to
slandtir and tniduce him, hy alleging that he did not
honestly acquire the very brandy by which he was
refreslii’d. 'i’o mention a respectable “wild Arab”
in t onncction wilh such conduct is a slander on ori
ental cliaractcr.”
der general w;irra:il from the l’i\’-!id -nt, to arrebt all '
su.'^pi'cicd pcrsou,s. Suc'ii a warrant is wiiiuut pfe- !
ecdeiit in Kngl.iiid for ihe fast hundred years aud |
durino-thu entire ceatury jia-t has L>c"a forliid-lcn, de- j
riounce.'i, uud lerlared voiit,
Jn I,IV ju'b;nu lit the re-iident is vested hy tiie
derate onstitutifin -.vitb no part of thn judicial authorit_
evcept i'l cad-.-a arising ia the lund*aud naval I'oi'ces, or iu
the mililia, when in actual dervico under his orders If
'icaer'l ^ashit>;fon *as so astonisln-d and i.;dignaiit. rnr-RT —T’lo
l;ia Oil u-5 i\vM iV' i-.r? to n z'jr^ it ‘
I l irg 'ry. and .1 a lelt'.r lo the iVe-id -ut of j this Coiiuiv w;i;4 held ih
lie iis,.-'1 the f',''.'-i..- -ig U’iguiv.re.'reiu- rkaole I'.ir !'-■ deserters for tl
'ingTorm of Court fi>r :
ek by .Judge • ench. j
I
murder of .Mr. I>.
J. (’r.lvin wa,- removed to ll.irnett county. The on-
• reiu- j.jr j
\ ritv, comio - ir->in hi'm: - J'r • ei;-lo-s-d drau of a bill t
w.xs 'jrm-.!iit, Lle.idquart^-rs yesterday aKernwn hy aj . r i ■ i
-reiiiloman, who infonn.-d me that a large cargo of them i jv ^-dse of int'-i’e^t tried wa- U of the Ma'e versus !
Graham D. lvq., for disti'ling whiskey from i
point ur.d'j ennin- gnxin. It rf suited in a conviction, and the Court
Th‘> C'>bimbia Carolinian says that Flour has fallen In
that inar'Ket ii'-m ly on(.--half from former prices, a..d that
other ki'ids of priKiuce have d -clined.
MABKIii J),
.-\l }he riisulence of the bride’? father In this vicinity,
on Tuesday moruing last, bv *Le Rev. Mr. Hardwick, Mr.
HliNUY I'l COLTON, to Miss SOPHIA McD.^NIEL,
daughter >f the R»;v. .Tames McDaniel,
Pin: I),
In this town, on Tueslay moruing last. .Mr. Dl^CAN
McNKILL. one of our oldest aud most respected citizens.
Nenr Laurinburg, Richmond county, April 6th, JOftlf
I5LL E, ag'-d t>8 years.
Near McKenzie’s Bridge, Moore connty, 24th March,
SIMO.S Ll TIIER, aged 18 years, 11 months aud 6 days,
also, on !rtt April, M.VL OM C.^LVIN, aged 16 year*,
3 month® and il days; also, on 9th April, ALEXAN
DER SAMUEL, aged 9 years and 2 days,-»ebildreQ ef
Alexander McKen/.ie
]n Hobe.son countv, after » ehort illnes*, 8th March,
Viss lIARUir.T l).,‘d; ughler of O. W. and Mary M*
i’h'itter, in the Ir-lh yeai- ef her ago.
■ . " .._jiaM_f^ -w
'■'rihn « 1C parc'-'as** amr'jai -,'f
j'X ft*
n r.;'-'- r,; a .. *!i«
r r -c'' -ir  X''h'tip-f-r tl*f
C'Sii
■ -reiiHoman, wtio intonneij me iioii larj
oTife- 1 h:iJ j'i‘‘l bi“ju seulo'itl al i’liilailelphia.
iritv ■ *'dious p-iMieediug i-* Apuuin'.- and uapoi
or m ' ‘i '-- rived iu i’iiil.id-.'lphia. is a p
JK-.t 'I.
H;- .-//
to Uik - llie lespousibilily of refusing assent to it, suspend them likewise. Thus, while by paragraph the milki^ when in actual service unde.r lus order* L,K,g ot ttie most w’ickad, diabolical baaeneas, aud meant
thfert! will btt m iiidibpenBabk m:ceB8ity of your oon> 1B«c. 9, it it allowid Gongreas to Baspeod the pii^- vestfcd wrtfa a pcnieie of avll ^adieUl jvnsdietoon. ^ ^ of he pedple, and detush fii'e wavei^
ed aud immaterial; but U in certainly foaud-.jd iu princi-
injposfcd a fine of $5,000, wilh GO days’ imprisonment.
Thie Coart a^oixraed yesterday. i
Tli* Farmers'riaitlcrj-’ Ai-
Ln.j;uri8o4 A fer recv.im^