Newspapers / The Durham Recorder (Durham, … / March 16, 1864, edition 1 / Page 1
Part of The Durham Recorder (Durham, N.C.) / About this page
This page has errors
The date, title, or page description is wrong
This page has harmful content
This page contains sensitive or offensive material
in ,. i 1 it i 1 . i- . IF 1 ! . THE CONSTITUTION AND THE Vol. Xt HILLSBOROUGH, N. C., MARCH 16, 1864.. No. 2237. LAWSTI1E GUARDIANS OF OUR LIBERTY. . SpeecaGov. Vance, ptVrereJ at uh sh,X. C, Ftb.SZd, 1864 f oluJ-J ) , There is ano&pect of the question it which I w'uh't! your attention, and one which desetrnsch consideration. I dcsiro you to may prediction. There nsver can bi jieU the Continent of . Hwrth America 1 1 c North and Sooth re independent distinct nation. - - . . . - There might be i ,orarv pence; men a vou - effected b over pace nuwrrini; a gauaru ii nan his limbs a dstgeon. Such , putting owing turn ; as manacles into a iTiit until lie reueiics the oarf,Cs the wall ana . Ik . . .ft rues trrr r iniotrtf t Lis eocmies htn the dream f-e most secrc. A'aa would luv- 4tpeace . Poland No douht man? cf you have read the tritings of Solomon, and have concluded I think ever said was hat Solomon knew a thins or two. sowing the best things he ever said this: "The Kins 9" 4 name M a tower of t I. - bit to-day. obtained peace iam and again, clearly ha Uod dran a d.stinctioiween the P sjd tuetr cooqu-ruri the? rfjae to wit, ami hive retacu uiHerrnt ria- tiosaUtv , though el rter of a century itfAHoJ lor tt a scj,j blond, j-.ir wUe peace would ,a Warsaw, but time act of oppre whipping' ddicate lad.es u thucfc in the pub U: nrre', lr 'n'fciild cause the peop'e In bod oer inleuulition of in i.jwation, ad a t utf j(M( t fiw aatil peace" aa ffctOfd. Jtt th with tie'and. It flike Scnilaod. J neacc hj'.d oat t the uitt bat obtained " peace." aod ever 4 f the n tint race o l fc.arth In been es;i;ed. except hei,, their op irniori, in fattening L for tUe 01 lUf strength." He simply meant that those who Jial law anil order and .authority on their aide, which in old time wa reprinted by the name of the Kinj. had a mural force against their enemies and would generally prevail.' lheretore remember, in all v'r individual cuiiru lo ouiaiii r uei, mat me Kind's name is a tower nf atrength, and thst it voi proceed accoHmj to the established authority and order you carry with you this tower o strength, which will accom plish more far you than any revolntionary or ill conidered pi in that could possibly be leviMl amongst you. There is another consideration, fellow citizens. - it is exceedingly important, before we take an v great step of this sort, that we should bi our action upon the right ground ; weiould not put oursilves in a false position. iNnw if one of vou should undertake to address a ."State Convention, what reasnii would vou ;ive to justify a separation from the art'Jthern conieueracy f iou near a great deal Mid b'jit the "tendency of the military authorities to overslaugh the civil; abiut the fl igrant viditiun of faith on tlx part of the Confederate Government in ronscribini the principals of substitutes. Could o anver t God fr the vou had broken on I the fellow at the door; " You gave me exigency lasts." . Offenders in Jact or aua-( two quarters this morning." .Well, are pected offenders are the bnlv persons as to' you not satisGec. t" " No, I am t; one whom the privilege of the writ , can be ot cm wa a suck quarter and I came Here constitutionally suspended. .: Of this char- ln rn (rt 'tnihr fivn' ennfa " firosf I ( tuaa iha Kill f n l(F . - x ..vi. fl v VhllLBi , V v I n VI VI. w fcll UII4 IUI 11,3 BUVUCIISIIill IU lift laughter.) That fellow had rather a. small times of Burr's conspiracy. A very, few soul, and I was going lef say he was the words will make this perfectly plain. The meanest man l ever Heard ot. liut I nap power to suspend the writ is given only in pen to know some fellows who were so red cacs of invasion and rebellion; and in hot for the war; that had you thrown them these only, when " the safety may require into a branch they would have fizzed, it,' laughter, now that fighting by proxy is I take it for granted no man of any legal nlaid out, say to some Convention man, knowledge will deny that. I regret to see oul lellow, you have been right all the the suspension of the writ. It is evidence time; turn dawn the sheet quick, we want of wrong -existing somewhere either of a to cet in bed with you.' TChecrs-and desire upou the part of the covernment to laughter. I know some men who were assume more'authority than belongs to it, the moat (unous war men at the start, who or ol a state of affairs in some parts of the were for giving the last man and last dollar, country that argues ill. But in the name provided they didn't happen to be the one of common sense, if we are a, law abiding hnal individual, and the dollar came out people, if we regard the King's name as a ol the pocket ol any other man" and now tower of strength, we must not make a corn- it is amusing, when the question begins tt motion because a law has been enacted come home, to see the whites of their eyes which our jurists announce as within the turn up, and the palms of their hand begin J limits of the Constitution of the country to sweat, and their knees beat the Jang roll j that we have sworn to support. e ought on the appearance ot the enrolling olhcer. to be willing to stand up to our own Con- e can t star.il it. it u a violation ol stitution ami our own. laws. It tliey are faith. The agreement was to fight entirely Improper, if they are hard upon us, let us by proxy. It will never do. We must go instruct our Representatives to repeal theov Ijaujntcr and applause. ana give us better ones. lie. out!" this gromi'l ? fign wasters, de icata palate "wiiiUt their children c ure4j ; and at length their majnihC jnU j j, be icj depopulated by of "the en--lioUned conquerors wl tlt t,eep re mvre valuable f it i;t Tinker. rhf propose Utf a .. better nee." Do y P.-' chitalr-j peapla of the S'Uh, ifact inoti monality has Jng Mnt'.-CHghi.ed, woa'd su'jmit to ee -l ,l04d cities , gmisoucd with ngr.i o, te tit UnJ "f thpr friends d:v' tnj p,r. csllcd out among the rcnarie ? DoyJ i-ippose the blof . jtfl.jlfrn fttilh would raa qaietiy i;V whe he saw a negro otTi ter wallvinj,t?u t(lj Baking his sister gve Vf gr I Insulting her by his very tt J D you fupp sethiskind.e wouj( l.ojedarc? Nt-n,urrffrinsur-, rection, revolution upon ,n Wtr a'ter war W Mildbrt -p0,jntrT oi for year al'er year, ce fr cp . lury, as in European iiia-ei wott,j he "demanded and blojd fi'rrntSi compared to which adroph . first won indcpcnle.ee ain.fl ptace. The only w.iy to as(d p?ace and I want n oioer-j,, jt pjght notvi (Applause;), ta"J out iiaw, whilst we have a gvl Inj k t ...... If it is not a legal outrage, let the men But .are thev doing any Tjetter in J-Ir. vim nut in fcuhititntps. rn tn thi wir. anil I f.inrnln'H rnnntrv ? Pnnr ulil TvnturlfV he thanklulthev have not been shot during that we used to regard as a most chivalrous the last twoyears. "Good; hit'em again." and independent State, undertook to be I here is a great deal said about the dan- neutral. M.e declared she would take no You y t is a great outrage. Be it . ier of the military authorities overcoming I part in the quarrel. - But Mr. Lincoln soon violation oil the civil." Veil. I acknowledge all that, thrashed neutrality autol Kentucky, made There is danger. But there was nevei her furnish her quota of men, and subject vet a war where th same danger did not ed her to her share of all the burden ot the ... i - - . s . cannot iane. and esDecially a warlike ours that government. Some tune azo the election taxes the whole energies of the people, that lor uovernorot the State came off. lwo nenneates every strata of societv, and is candidates were in the held both Union the sole bus;nes of the day. We uiar men but ane of them opposed to the Abo- interpretatin of the laws of Congress is!ogt, ir.the midst of the pomp and cir- lition policy of Lincoln s adnunstration. left f your own jujfies. men of yo!irowritCumstances of ilie war. that we have civil An individual by the name of Burnside choice. If it is a violation of right, let right and constitutional liberties. I have I A. E. Burnside I bad the honor of mat yoar judges say , anJ not a single sohta-j striven against this danger as much as any ing his acquaintance down at Newbern. But who prn:''.nics upon a Uwl ur judges. It is not for you to say, it is nit for rpe to say, it is not for the lCilature to .ay, a Conventiaii iranuot determine ; it is for the Courts to decide. There bring no Supreme Court of the Con federscy, (v much the better for vou) the ' .. . en'' iro nl r- great and glorious armies iiij jf . .1 . u, .. .ii i.iffi vir . i : un miii, win iv - - ir.. Unce to our cni.irro i yA little bov. to sfttle wen wU ca wiy, and o idf r circa .nj-tauc,- rnian.i ativania"" i "s14iw possess fur averting nnr rigutt ( and natinnalit v. 1 If you think fellow citi.ent..4t caoy of you do, tnu rnp?r nat been tnade during tois war.ay tie peace which you dne, cannot be anv earthlv a'jiect'.or.U forts being nude. I ! b-:-n them mys( H,and fro n time t oadvicdthe President. Ifyo'l government should tender the of peace and let ni occasion pa . . ... ..f i.. ... .1.. i a inaurr i cre, iei u ' be? vou to recollect that there i and legal way poiatedoatby the lion of yoir country, and any r .! ...ll f ' .1 maKe in nits war win ue rii'ii an rv man who has nut in a subit-tute sinll be carried from th State ! North Carolina if yourgovernmi-nt can help it. (Applause.) But if t is tVcidd to be according t law, he hsll go if I can compel him. But let us see how much consistency there would he in propoed action on the substitute question. Why, gentlemen, as early a two years ago ihe "conscript law iame along and seu'd the poor lellow who nad nine little children tie eldest hardly able to pull t'e youngest out of the fire living on rented land, in a leaky cbin. He had no tnonev and he was forced to go. Did any body prpo.e to raise a revolution fir him r( Not a single siditary man thought of auch thing. But his neighbor, on whose land this Poo, conscript was living, had his pock ets stuffed with moey, bought his carcass oit f danger and put in a substitute. 1 wo ers rolled" around, meanwhile the poor concript worn dwn with anxiety thinking . e aa t t l'..t. - I. . . aan'it tus wtie an i neipiess nuie ones, oas nevertheless faught, and bled and suffered to protect, among others at home, his rich neighbor, who, in the interim, lias dressed i-i purple and fine linen, lired sumptuously every diy, and made so much money by sj'ccuhtitig that he don't Vnosr what to do with it, CsngrVss says the exeamcie l the hnur demand mre men, and it is ahout ti-ns lor this mm to ake his plsce along side of liispoor tenant and help drift hick the foe. B4t," iy so ur-, " it i a voli tion ol law. we will' kick up a fuss and p'unge ourselves tula digger for the benefit .,f the man who buys himself out ol danger.' (Laughter.) My remarks are not intended to app'y to r.U "principals of substitutes, tor in in of them have been compelled, one UMii'i nerhans. to act by force of circum stance v But ynj know that nine-tenths of ih-jni are either f peculators, or original ere ssionists who helped "to bring on the war and are now trying t get themselves out of it by hook or crojk. (Applauae.") I heard of a gentleman, who, tn get rid of a beg.ir's importunity, at length gave I . ll.M.it Mn aVlftfV in man in the countrs. ve must all strive sgainst it. But if we undertake to go out of the Confederacy on this account, and to! go to Mr. Lincoln to get these rights, I exchange though I nadn t miKh time to compliments with him. I had an ment about that time and had to cut the in terview ra'her short. (Laughter.") Well? engage- ...... iiiri.ri Attfitit ftti m rlack ------ j i Mi lHIIU inw' '"'"1" ii"'"--" Othjr modes of procedure will o mnrn;nt k w. .reused by a crea ss... :M r.. I . tAH . .1 .l.t inoA. . . . a . a. a I. jua io a laiaij jiwiviwii og. u jwii)pjf,. 4j n)J U),or. Ull going l e oc vijuiy. fjoccasionof tlieunscaionauieyisu, iic itum think it would be the part of prudence, to I Gen. A. E. Burnside. aforesaid, was in say the least, while we are simmering and Kentucky about the time of the election, frying, and the under side done pretty and proclaimed martial hw over'the entire brown, to look over into cols and estimate State. Now there is a great difference be- their temperature. We might be glad tween the suspension of the writ of habeas enough to get back into tht pan, hot as it corpus in certain cases, and the extension is. Applause and merriment. Seward of martial law over a State. The former boasted to Loid Lyons that he could touch takes cognizance of a certain class t high a bell at his table,""and arrest any man in crimes, but does not otherwi.-e interfere the United States, and no man dare en- with the civil functionsof the community, quire why or wherefore. He his arrested When martial law is proclaimed all civil editors in almost every town in the North laws are suspended ; a citizen can do noth- t . t. ?. l ... . .rL. lor a simpir expression or opinion, lie ing wunoui me consent ii me Military ; arrested Vallacdigham, tried him by a mili- he can scarcely skin a pat a to or take a chew try court, in open violation of the Consti- of tobacco without permission of the pro- tution, and banished him. . I hardly think Ivost marshal. Here is one ol lien.. Burn we could find much protection for civil side's orders on the occasion referred to ; iberty in the dominion of Abraham tht his first proclaiming marshal law I need First, There is a talk of the writ of Aa6raittot read: corpui being suspended in the Southern J HaJnuitr 6th 5iiioa, 18'h Army Crp, ' States, i understand it has already been I Colombo, kj., juij xa, iS3. supended by Congress, but the suspension I OOEr AT, UDCM,? of this writ may not he in contravention tfl 7- the Constitution s for tht courts hats de- Df- rj" tf.TA . f V" .! . . , . . cided that Congress can su pend tht wn L,,, I8.u A,'m, Corp,, Jo!, u, im, u u or. wunin cerin iimus. i noiu in roy nan i Jt(J -ht no r.n shall b perrniueJ lo be votrJ a copy of the RsUih Prfigrm containiag fr,or to a eaoJihta for otTui,wh hs benn.or is n art. fie riltti bf one. of tht Brst law-1 now un I.e rrel or bonds, by proper sutbanty, for yer of th Imd. 1 he langoatt of the Con- ltwss or etnirnent. . '.. .ir..l i.i I a.. duniv Jihi'fs within ine CiMnct srs ueriy tr- a mutton rterre. to is, Art. I, Sec. -rd Jpftlj ,pp)Vl(lftM Jaiff tnJ c,Brk, of ,,,,, nu, a uriiifii f liiin.Atlv urn nriar. it ira avawu Theprivilegtif the writ of habtastor- h? sn.J ooconJitimnl lor the Union eoJ for ihesop- pus thall nt be suspended unless when in 1 pis-ion nfihs rebMlion. and srs further orJercd i t ' r I. . 1 1 . I l I I t . 1 .... II . ..r. .r-lil.lo. an. I case oi reoeuion or invasion, ine putuc Tn ? -,-i.i.n.i.ir... " af..tr mf rrou ire t Commtntin? anl1'4'"" r3U wat.svno st. noi tuca ,oj8l this he savsi These gentlemen, la tht ardor of accom- plishin- thfir favurite scheme of conscript jag all men wha have put in substitutes, have overlooked what vtt are sure they might have learnt of any ' petty judge1' In the la'id, namely : that the tuVpension of tha writ " h limited to tfincts," (either fttt.il or suspected,) "endangering the public safety." ' v Con--ress "may provid fo? the arrest in I imjirisonment of offenltrs or of tmptdtd ojjcnatri,xii ioruiu uieir release, wnue me tons. J mil's nd'Clerlls of elections are hereby onUrl nut t) i-I.ire t!i nmofany vron upon llis poll i i . i i . i . i...: .l..!. ... .ii.. OOOr.S, lV TOlftl II OIJ e!rilH w h i- nui nirwi iy sou tiienJitionslly for n toionanJ thn uj);.re. ion of th. robe!li n, or whu msy bo oppeil to ur ohhin mea tod money for lbs sui'prton of tha rebellion. The fallowing oath precrilieJ and will be ad mioUter,'J by Jo.'i of elections to such caiKiiJntrs as renlile within tin dicrricl : "l d snVmny sweat that 1 hsre never rutereil tha sertlrt f the "o-called (VoWersta Sft ; that 1 b.i nt been entsipsl In the -ivi'' of I ! r h f I-1 rfolnal Government of Kfntufljy, -itlier in a. eitilur military capacity that. I ha nrr, erf'ict
The Durham Recorder (Durham, N.C.)
Standardized title groups preceding, succeeding, and alternate titles together.
March 16, 1864, edition 1
1
Click "Submit" to request a review of this page. NCDHC staff will check .
0 / 75