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THE CONFEDERATE. WKDSESDAY, February II, 1864 Th? Habeas Corpns--Contlncd Y '.r'ni-c l on yesterday to meet the ap . . tii;it agitators mike to English History j , pr...(-'!tnt against the-' purp'usion of the wr't i-i" '"-' rorPKS- They proles: that sncii !'!! i.- an "odious act of despotism" v-rivi' of free jovernraent and they say, , T , '.:. .1 isacuntrv of C'nfti'tutional lib t.,.vt:. it i" Kola'-id writ sacred, and t'-.-v IiiV? the infer-.-nce, that the suspension -,f r;t ( haotas corpus docs not occur in We !r:v this t l-eso: on the contrary, ;-. v hit. -n-ft. reader of Loghcih history, js i- ;' riii i -f th frequent resort to the suspen ? ; ( this at. Previous to 1704, it had been n::." tim-44 Mi-pended. I the reign of King W.iiiam. in that of K'u.g James, in 1715-22 7- ly.th the writ at common i,iv that r,;i-r Jyu Char'a, ur.-ler the Petition of K l;t. and in i!er the statute of Charles, a'! hii-e vie.'-i' d to imperative State necessity, av:d t ac:s 'f .rrsp4nion ; and no Kuglishman v: ..b-ervt-d the law., and did Lis duty, ever F'.iVrd i:3C';ivprdirice. O.i the contrary, it r-n -o.rx'-d hy Mr. llnike, that great and f.-.-'ir -it'- thik'T. and most coriTvati ve states rra::. in th" rp'-t-lliori of 1715 and 1745 ' :;. r v r.i' houses were divided K'tween t!i ,' : - f t'e: Stuarts, and those of the H .'i f I! in vt-r. II lppily, by the Misp'-nsi u ..f " torpns act, the heads f yeveial "i, s, now the oriia'nent.s of th-ir " :ry . ' f;' sa-!y I-'nkd up in the Tower. " w ;.: !: ' if in c..:;d.tion to take any part in the r ().t- f 'i-: r f. rtnii's -.v.-nld have been cmm- d. th-n s.-lv.-s bi.t;Lt to the scaffold, " s'i I t ti-i r f;ifniii- xtii.ct. " I'.-s-i'r'j (.fM 7e .-ante salutary effects " m i'i art J'i"ni the atopion at pres'nt of " .1' in. '1 1 ': m' ion-: . :, - 17','t thr ?U'p'"isi-is f the act o! h't'fui ri-rput hav- o '. 'irred a' tin in Kng!;ii;d in t'h'- r-Vm v I m-fr ai; than on the 04; -ca-i-'ii of th- " fjoni..l iiMUirection ; mnl stil; la'er, n lien Win Smith ()'Iiri-'i and thu Irih ra'-i'-'ts at?"f!ipfed t'ne n-dein ption of Ireland. V, ' w-' v;-,'nt cad t 1 n - public ut'ntion par ti ::;ir;y to the supefiMou of tlu a.-t in 1794, th- eaiie wlii. h le 1 to it, and the happy re-Buit-i -;;'-rt'd by it. On t'nc 1'Jth of May if that year, the King mtith-d tii" II uf "t C t: 1 in-::s that the coun trv !"-i:ig th n at- war wit'n Kra:i' e. " certain " s' d ti' Ms pr.i'-tie'-s svere hi-ir, carried on by " in I i v I duals and certain vci.-ties of L.indi-n, "iti c rrr.i'on.l'Tiee uitii s-eieties in diff'-rent " part- "f ih" country 0 directed to 'the objct of an-nihln;r a pretended general " t.vf!.ti"ii of the p"' pie. in contempt and " 4b-tlar.ee "t tli' aTi'iiitv of r.irli i'n-n'; and ' asit'iig the 1 1 -.use r- tik" the pr.-p.'r step? f .r " the pre.-.erva'iori of the .safety of the nation. ' Tie' address v;i. taken into e-xisideration nd a ."?' cuwmh'e, 1 d by Mr. Pitt, and cm! ;r:.. in the first talent of the House and the li:.:!i'-t elnuv.eter of t!: nati m , was ap P'.iii'i' l t. invctiafe the matter and institute th.e i.-!n Thi- C'-nniriittce immediately coinm.': 'i it 4 lab'Hts, and if dicovred that there exi.-h-d iWu S.cie-. -otic for "C-HlstitU" ti 'iia! I;.f...:nari..n to-; otieT the "Imdon J. .rr-sp. 'i !!.ii;g S !'!. ty" that th'ir object was t p-i!iiis!i : i -iiut e.ii'.i'in of Paine's '-Rilits ofMri,"aini diss.-m'.na'e it; that they lrid Tnfi.1 an appriivito:y address to .he Jai'o; bins, at Paris; ihaf th"y iutitute-l complaints of their owt: government, and among other thin that they pissed the following resolu tions : lt. " That the law ceases to be an objest of " (be lience whenever it tit-comes an instrument f t. f' . iriT-i-oi i.n 2nd. "That we see with regret, but we see ' without fear, that theperio ; is fast nppro.-ch-ing when the liberties of l'.ritons muft depend " not on r ason to which they have loug ap pealed ; but on their firm and undaunted resolution. "That two delegates he appointed to a gwrnl 11 Cmv 'niton in C linhurg. And these delegates ' were instructed to assist in bringing forward "and supp iting constitutional meatrt f:r pro " curing a real rep--soritation of the Commons ' ff Midland in Pai liament." Ttie London S--ciety set f -rth an address eniiiiu -ratiin; the grievances they sutiered from the itiveriunent The usurped power of the judges " " Jhe in-ide.piaey of the habeas corpus ' "The transportation of virtuous men to Hot any lay." . . And then tney further " Resolve, that during " thf ensuing se-sion of Parliament, the Gem-ral ' Committee of the !Soeit ty nu et thiily, for the "purpi.fe of fvatchinj the pr'fi'f'.lm'i of 1'arl'tt " rt nt ; and the administration of the Govcrn- metit : and upon the first intro ' Unction of any bill tor suspending the habeas " enr'-us act: or for preventing the people from "in-'M'mg- in Societies, the delegates shall forth " with cafl a general Convention to take .such " ir.crures into consideration." Then came a dinner nt the Committee rooms (for the stomach also was one of the aggrieved mem bers) nnd citizen Gerrold concluded a speech, wishing "We mijrhtrathyr die the last of Pritish freemen, thru live the first of slaves." And in that time there wa3 a certain T. Hardy, (sup posed to be an ancestor of our old friend Uf. Leach,).who wrote communications for the press, n! in one of these he said : "I am directod by the London Corresponding Society to trans mit the following resolutions: "The Society 'conceives that the moment is arrived, when "a full and explicit declaration, from all "the friends of freedom should be made " w hether they coLcur with us in seeing the " necessity of a spcedj Convention for the pur ' pose uf obtaining, in a constitutional and " legal method, a rtd;es of those grievances " under which we at present labor; "and ac companied with Resolution 3d " That it is the decided "rpiniunof tlii-s Society, that to secure our "sdves from future illegal and scandalous " prnrt'cr-tiVii:?, and .to recall those wise and " wboh?suti-e laws that have been wrested ' from us 0 - 0 there ought to be imrao ' diately a Conventual of the people." 0 a . And then Mr. Hardy wrote another com numicatW, addressed toCitizeiis : The crit " ical moment Is arrived, and Britons must . 4i either assert with zeal and firmness their 'chums to liberty, or yield wifl.out resistance "to the chains that ministerial usurpation " is forging for them. 000 Rouse, then, " to action. 0 0 0 Let us form another Hritbh Convention. 0 0 0 " V; remain v. urs in civil affection, "T. Hakdy, Se: ry. 1 Then there was yet antther communica tion from Mr. Hardy, (who-seems to have a diarrhrci of the pen, just like our old friend Dr. Leach,) setting forth : " That the friemls "of icform are the friends of peace 0 0 0 " but they will not.be alarmed by threats. " They wil, pursue tne cu"se they have le 'gan, turning neither to the right hand nor to the left." Then follows another meeting and other resolutions: ' R solved, That this Socity have beheld" " with rising indignation, the late rapid ad vances of despotism n Britain. "That any attempt to violate those yet " remaining laws which were intended for the " security of Englishmen, against the tyrirfrty "f Courts, 0 0 0 ought to he considerefl as " dissolving the social compact Detwecn the ' English nation and their Governors. 000 "That the thanks of this meeting be giv "fn to Earl Stanhope, for his manly .and " patri-tic. conducts during the present ses "s'.m." z This is a faithful transcript from the Par liamentary History of England. The points of analog) between the movement there and here, are many and striking. England was then at A-ar so re we. Malcontents not in the army abounded then as now. fhev at tacked the CJovernment as these do; de nouncing it as a desp.-t, and tyrant. They had a central organ at Edinburg, with whole st iin'.rs of correspondents, just as ice see in a late Slandard. That organ invoked meetings tit" th people, and they were held, tixm'a-, now - and tl eir r solutions - wore com bed in the name arifal sense, but iutending the same n.i.'- hicvous , purpose, then as now. They called for a Convention to supercede Parlia ment arid take affairs into their own hands, then as now. What became of them the levlers and their movement ? We shall tell that to-morrow ; but in ordr to do so, we must turn trom the Parliamentary History to the criniiual trial.sof England. The Habeas CorpiM-Contlnued. The Committee who made examination of the Resolutions wc have heretofore quoted, of the meetings of the "Constitutional Information," and the " London Corresponding Society, " and the dinner sentiments, and the communications of citizen Hardy if they were now alive and were set dowu blind-fold in Raleigh, and the Stand lrd were rjjad over to them, would think themselves back in London in the date of 17f4. All the same harsh denunciations of the Govern ment, the same awful threats, the satne shrewd disguise, even the same taking of the " cue, " wherein the provincial resolutions adapt their language to the metropolitan programme. In citizea Gerrold's "stream of inspiring elo quence. " they would readily recognize cur pie thoric declaimer, Hon. K. P. Dick. In T. Hardy. Esq.,he hero of "critical movements and immediate action, " they would discover the photngrnph of our old and successful competitor Dr. Leach : the same innocent leakage, lhat the more artful did not intend. The resemblance betweeu the two eras, their nctors and pur suits, arc identical dowu even' to the tying themselves on to Ivirl j?tanhope, just as these tie thtmseres to Gov. Vance. Well, what tweame of the movement and the agitators in 17'.' 1! Vhy. on the lGth of May, in threedays, the Committee made report to this effect; " Your Committee concede, that the measures " which have been stated are directed to the "object of assembling a meeting which under the name of Convention, may take upon itself " the character of a general representative of " the people. However at different periods the " term of p-aiTuunent iry reform may have been "employed, it is obvious that the present view " of these Societies is-not intended to be prose- cuted hy any application to Parliament, but 44 on the contrary by an open attempt to super 44 cede the lb-use of Commons." The Committee were not deceived in 1704, and no more is our Government in these days, although the present agitators cloak their de-. signsmder almost the precise language of their predecessors. Cm the same day. Mr.. Pitt presented his Bill for the suspension of the llaheus Corpus. He calhd the attention of the House to the Societies and their varied places of operation, now un disguised, audacious hostility now, putting on the mask of uttachmeut to the State and coun tryone day provoking the hand of justice ; the next'putting on the garb of reform and affecting real for the preservation of the Constitution oulif G-nce, 44 a sincere confession that not to "parliament, not to the executive power were 44 they to look for redress, but to the Convention 44 which tbey proposed to erect. Happily (said "the Prime Minister of England) for this country and the world, they had prematurely "thought the period at hand, and thrown off 44 the mask just when the bulk of tno nation "were uniting with the Government.". If this the greatest of England's Premiers' were here to-day, he could not more accurately describe the agitators ; tho same artful guise the same unguarded discoveries the same plan the same causes of discontent, and the tame inevitable end; the dissolution of Govern ment. "Then" (said Mr. Pitt,) "it is usual in 44 time of danger to suspend the habeas Corjms 'laws: As thosa were made for tho prcser 44 vr.tton of the Constitution 'n one hand, so " on the other they could not exist if the " Constitution was gone. It is suspended 44 when the Constitution, and liberty of the 44 Ci un try arc most peculiarly guarded." Af ter some clatter by the few about freedom ot speech and press, the bill passed by a vote of 14r yeas, tu 2S nays. It went totheL'rds and passed there by 92 jtas tu 7 nays; and thus authority vas given to the King U secure and detain persons suspected o.f con ppiring agaiust the Government. The good and worthy of the citiaens of England sus tained the Parliament", the ministry was up held, and order, quiet, public security awl har mony of action were established, and the Gov ernment was left to prosecute the war, free from the embarrassing opposition of malcon tents who, themselves, taking no useful part in it, were constantly arraying animosities against the Executive and Legislative depart ments, a&d thus aiding tho cause of the ene my. But what became of the agitators? We lay down Sthe 44 Parliamentary History," to find the record of their future -action in the Criminal Calendar of the country. We will remember that among the causes of com i.lut, with the worthies of.tbe two' Societies aVCouyentioa agitators; wh jse proceedings we have noticed, was " the transporting of vir tuous citizens to Botany Bay." On turning iu the criminal trials before the High Gmrt of Justiciaiy at Edinburg, in March 174, we eneounteT among the de fendants or rather panels, as they are called in Scotland the name of or.e Joseph Gerrold. v e are siriu-K with the name, having been heretofore struck with he " stream of in spiring eloqueuce." of one citizen Gerrold, poured out under a stomachic stimulant at n anniversary dinner of the " London Corre3 )onding Society." Ou enquiry, we ascer tain the two to be one--and we are now the more struck at the nuifet change in our worthy citizen. At the dinner--he was Citizen Gerrold "big with god dinner and preferring 44 rather to die the last of freemen, than live the first of slaves." (IJy the bye, not a bad idea in a well fed man of preferring to die the last ") Now he i h Panel Gerrold answering to the name of Joseph : and the first thing he shjs before the Court is : 44 My Lords, I am totally ignorant of ihe laws of this coun try. o o 1 applied to several gentlemen of the profession to advocate my cause ; they unanimously refused." 0 0 The Lord Justice clerk replied That his application was rather late, but he m'ould as sign him counsel. The accusation against the panel was of sedition in the assisting to assemble an illegal association under the designation of a 44 General C lention of the friends of the people.'" That he had been present at a meeting as- chairman, at which a resolution was passed, which 'Resolved, That on the firt notice given of any bill in Parliament for the suspension of the "habeas corpus" act the different delegates shall repair to such place as the secret Committee of this Convention shall appoint, and the first seven members tshal declare the sittings permaneut, andtwent t one shall tustitute a Convention and proceed to business." Oo these and ri.nilar charges he was tried and on his trial was defended very ably by a young advocate by the name of Gilliers, who introduced into hisspeecn (as young advocates metimes will, poetry which applies the wrong way,) this quotation from Macbeth : "O! fare thee well- those evils thou repeat'et, upon thyself, 44 II ve ba"nihed me from Scotland." Thcpanel also defended himself, but. with out avail. He w,a found guilty of the crime li bulled, and sentenced to transportation fr fourteen years, thus adding another to the vir tuous members of Botany Bay. Pursuing our investigations in . the year '94, we come to a special commissi. n of Oyer and Terminer at Ihe Session House, Old Bai ley, in the city of London. Present, Lord Chief Justice E re. Our attention is a! tra t -ed hy the calo( "Thomas Jlardy.'' Yc had known a certain T. Hardy, Sec'yj '' the writer of communications to the ' Edinburg -Gazeteer," (a standard newspaper of that .lav, but this T. Hardy that we had known was a sort of prototype of otir old fiiend and sue. ess -J. ful competitor. Dr. L' acl . Ih lued to write of the "erilical moments" that "now wasthe time to act" that tht '-Hessians were iu ti e land." In other wrds, that T. Hardy, like our old friend Dr. Leach, was, a "haky ves sel" a "broken cistern that would hob! no water." .Strange to say, this Hardy is the identicai T. but no longer " T. Hardy, Sec'y '' n lunger "citizen Hardy'' but Thomas Hardy, prisoner in the dock of the Session House, an swering to the charge ol high treason. Th.e basis of a charge- was these 0 n.uiuiiie,itioi s which we have noticed ; ihe indictment ran th.it "he did traitorously wiiteand publitdi let ters, ii.s' ructions, resolutions, to move and se duce ihe subjects of I't.e Kinj; to lepu'e and send, and cause to be chosen, Jeputed and sent, delegates to compose a Convention, with intent and :n older to subvert tl e legislative rule and government." 00a He was defended by the mst eminent of English Advocates, jSIr. Erskine, and thftnigh his powerful agency he was ac quitted of treason and justice having been satisfied on moie piomincnt crim iriiils, the prisoner, Tiouiis Hardy, the leaky prototype rrf 4iur jtl c mpctitor Dr. Leach, escaptd. But we never hear of him afterwards in the w..ri l of letters, and presume he returned to met ding .Ies, for he was a shoe-maker. Trie " E linburg Gazet tecr.'" was the title of a newspaper published iu 1794 at Edinburg, and edited by one Alex ander Scott. There were,. ne or two other papers, sorts of common srs for the viler kind of trash, emanating m the iguoole and V . . . irespoiisible members ot the a. rating societie; but the Gazetteer was the standard of au. thoiity with the seditious and ill-dispsed. Its editor Alexander Sett, had been a politi cian of all par;i-s, but had finally settled down among the band of seditious agitators and become its organ.. This Alexander S -ott was libelled (7 r .-edition, and his office seized, and ample proofs found for his couviction, and he was convicted by the Lords Commissioners but when the court came to pronounce sen tence, Alexarder Scott, the organ, had aban doned his comrades, citizens Gerrold, Shirving, Palmer and others, aud Wing 44 called in court, and three times, at the door nt the court house, he forfeited his recognizance and failed to appear, and being enquired of at his own house, it was found that he did not lodge there. 44 And thereupon he-was adjudged to be au " outlaw and fugitive from his Majesty's laws, and they ordained him tole put to hithitessess " Aori, and all his movable goods and gear to be ' 44 e.-cbeat and imbrought to his Majesty's use 44 for his contempt and disobedience in not ap 44 pearing this day and place, in the hour of the " cause, to have uaderlyu the law for the crime 44 ot sedition." 0 We do not hear any more of Alexander Scott, tke editor of the Gazetteer. He deserted his companions, escaped under coves of pight, was outlawed, was supposed to have gone over U the enemy in France, where it is conjectured he perished miserably meeting the common fate of those who desert their country. We have shown now the agitation iu Eng land in 1794, and the results tothe country of the suspension of the habeas corpus, and the punishment of the Agitators. We have not noticed the progress of the lesser and unim portant characters through the agitation of 1791. We presume that they were not crim . mdly prosecuted, (perhaps some of them turned State's evideuee) and were simply enrOied into the service and made tu fight iif the army. On Monday we propose to tajce up -the habeas corpus" as understood in the old Unitel States, and now in th Confederacy . The Habeas Corpus t'onclndcd. We have finished our compilation frcm Eng lish History, of the circumstances under which the Habeas Corpwaet was temporarily suspend ed by the Parliament in 1794. We have re ferred to h'. story also for the accuracy of our statement, that it had previously undergone t like suspension and so it has since. From the tone of the debate at the period referred to, it is readily perceived how strong was the dis inclination to difturb the act. and how high the reverence towards this " Writ of Liberty.' But by a large majority of the ablest and purest men of England, men above the sordid motives of fear and favor, such men as William Pitt, Edmund Burke and Lord Thorlow the guar dians of Constitutional Jaw it was thought that he circumstances we have detailed, whe.e mis guided meti, aiming at injurious purpose, were formiitg themselves iato Conventions, to take Government into their own hands, were a sufficient occasiou to interpose a suspension of the Habeas Corpus, for tho public safety. W, the people of America, formerly the people of the United States, and before that, Colonists of Great Britain, bad imbibed the ideas of our fathers upon the inestimable virtue of this sacred writ of right. Vei when we came to contend with the mother country for in dependence, and war succeeded,, we. the old Federal Congress, abandoned all claim in behalf of the citizeu to General Washington's uncon trolled power, relying upon the discretion of this great Commander-in-Chief to guard in dividual freedom, when not incompatible with the public safety. The resolutions of the Con tinental Congress of December 2 Hh, .1776 44 constituted him in all rcspcts, a dictator ac cording to the Roman sense of thar term." They vested him with the powt-r to create an army, 10 appoint its officers, " to take wherever "he may be whatever he may want, for the use " of the army, if the inhabitants will not s'ell it ; dluwing a reasonable price for the sanV- to arrest, and confine p rsoiis who refuse to take ' the Continental Currency, or are otherwise ' disaffected to the American cause, and to re "turu to tho States cf w iden they arc citizens, ' their names, and the nature rf their offences " together with the witnesses to prove them.' Robt. Morris, Clymcr aud Walton, the Com mittee who transmitted the proceedings, con gratulated the country that the most unlimited power was thus safely entiu-ted. Suppose now thfit in those days newspaper editors, politicians nnd people had set to work to abuse the Govern ment to publish it as a despot and tyrant to be resisted by negotiations with the ei.t-my, irrespective of it suppose they had held, met t iugs, arid stimulated agitation denouncing the war, nnd rendering the siddftr discontented and unhappy suppose here in Jvortb Caroliun tbey had done, these things, what would Gen Wash ington have done? They did do things like these here in North Carolina nnd in that day men disaffected towards ti e Government were called Toeiks, and Military biw dealt with them whenever it. was stiong enough to seize them. God forbid that history fhould be obliged to re-enact this hcenc in our struggle. When the Union was fi rmed atd the Con t i 1 11 1 on 4f ihe Uiiit4l Stales was ad. itd. all the attainment (f our peop'e t the ancient wiit of " hi. bras .corpus" recurred, and its suspension was stringc ntly restricted uiilews w 1 e 11 in sifafs oT iijvj ii 11 4 rrtbt li nn, tlu public af ty nay n quire it." We aie not avt'ie tt at at y cfe'of its suspen sion occurred after ti c adoption of thej'on Mitntion. The two inff.nei -lions which prt cedd Huir's coi spiiacy were asily contioll ed, and tie nu-pei sioii whs not necessary. On the occasion tf the -corn-piracy .f Ann 1,, liui r, ah h ugh Mr. Jiflemm 'did not recom 11 1 nd it. "a bill to h ej 1 i.d ti e lalnts corpus p s.-ril tlr 'n ate, 1 nt wjs r jet ted in t lull- use, 4111 the ground that the leading corrspi raiors had ban arrested, and they were lew in numbtr, and 1 eceity iid not n quire it. 'Ihe escape tf Aann Purr, who was un doubtedly guilty, order legal technicalities, was the result of ti e aition rf the House of lb prt s n'athes. Then ihne was peace, and tin- power of the nation was unemployed. We have ti ns given a historical rummary of ti e action in Er dai d and the United Statii i.j r-n tl is.wittl habeas corpus, in this c unity, no o i diti n of things undi r the old Government ever occuned like those which now ixist. We claim to hold in as teej ci eration ibis privihgeof the wtit of halfcas corpus, as man can hold a great jrero jative of the st vcr'iigu. for ihe benefit 1 f the citiz n ami a sacred right of the individual f..r the good of the community. It ought not to be .--usjiendcd for a moment except as the Constitution allow it: " when there is inva sion or rrbtdiit n and, the public safety may require it." On one point the provision of the Cor.stih -0 tun i ccrtaii.ly met. Our country is m merely invaded, but invaded with the fell purpose to sugjugate and destroy a purpose jut into execution by. thenost barbanars in humanities our own slaves having Leen armed as instruments for our destruction, This invasion is sr-pjiorted by a foreign na tion of twenty odd million of inhabitants who occupy a territory of vast resource. whose naval force blockades our poitsand be sieges our towns, while its - armies d solafe our frontier and drive our people tin aimed and puwerU-ss, cxihs from tl.eir he mts. The simjile question then being thus in v ailed doe the public safety require the ens-, pension of the privilege of the habeas corpus '.' On this point, we are inclined to dehr our opiDon to that of the Government. We can not possibly know how urgent the necessity may be in some places for the" suspension of this privilege of which the President - and Congress may be informed-. We haveren that Gen. Magruder has been obliged to ar rest persons of bis, own motion, and send them out of the country; and the proof of their tieasonable pryice justified his action but a Jess ardent and bold officer would not have assumed the responsibilityand the pub lic safety Tnight have been greatly imperilled It may be necessary that this writ should be suspended in the Trans-Musisdppi Depart ment, or on the frontier of .Mississippi State, or in Florida, or in North Alabama--'in all which it is well known the enusaries of Lin I coin are endeavoring, unrjer the one-tenth j feature of .'u late pro'sl'arcatfon', V secure t States in the Union to get t'iehr etecloraP votes for his own re-e!cctiof. Tbe Fres-dent cannot communicate Ids iii forms ticn to-She public, and the bet and wisest course is W trust 'the discretion of our r alert. It is a drunkerf or crazy crew that would disable the beliman in tbe height of the storm. We shall not. instruct tbe Congress nnd Government, but shall acquiesce in what they do. From what we have beard, we presume a general suspension of tbe writ is not intend ed but only to authorize tbe President to sus pend it in certain localities for a stated lime. One thing we see very plainly, if it is suspend ed, the responsibility of it can beclearly fixed. It is known that Principals of Substitutes intend'to contest the constitutionality oT the law by wldch they are required to do military service. Itis further known that the army must be filled up. Now if any Judge or Judges have inspired a public distrust by striking "licks at thv Government," and helping the escape of nicn who are liable; by summoning ofiicers from th4r duties to remote points when other Judges were nearer; by attaching others for c n tempt, when plainly nocontvuipt was intended then that Judge induces the suspension of the habeas corpus in that State, and is responsible 10 the people for the rnconveuience. If any Legislature refuses-to allow the Governor to call a court, so as to get its decision of vexed questions, so as to settle the'law and bind individual Judges, it leaves these questions open to conflicting opinions and thereby necessitates the suspension of the habeas corpus, and it is resjonsible. If any Editor stigmatizes the Government is a des potism, and invites tlie people to stigmatize it in public meetings, and theydoso, and threat en separate State action by negotiating v. ith the enemy, r other pulawful act if these meetings denounce the war as unholy, unjus tifiable, disapproved of God and any Editor publishes these prc;dings and adds thereto the threat that his State will "take her affairs into her own hands will asert her sovereign ty will tumble down the arch" will not sub init -to this law" of Congress nor that--nf.it stimulates a call fr a Convention, to carry these threa'R into execution and sends al ibis ii ct-i diary n att.ir to the awny that j.a per disquiets the publicniml of our leadars of the Government of our h-l!ow-citizns iu other States of the loyal in ourow.j State and if the h ibcas corpus be suspended, tint Editor and those who figure in such ineetir may be sure they will be regarded as respon sible. We have done witli. the question. What ever Congres may do, we hope ami believe ir wiil iIimmi fu.l in estimation. V- hava noma-etidvi-.ee t" a hum in beifii. Etc pt one in.m, there is n-ntiz n of N rtli v."ar l-.a we woi.l l rot rather brrnfit thanj- jure. If w- c -uld i instrumental iu biiugi to one mind our (lis traded and divided ellow-citizons. ami induce a'l to m ve on if thf o-ily u!i to. safely, w should hate fulfilled the laiue ol our oo; li c. ar.d should be Content. Mr. ltcado, A sain. The lt Standard say The labored ttck of the Confederate on Mr Senator Read'', wili glanro inuoe.noui from the scurrly msilcd re putat n of th'it gentleman." Our criticism of Mr. Knde' nech rs not nn attack." At tucks are r-t:i- in the line of ihe Jtai-l-ird is by that means it kids and makes hve " i-r Xitmple: On tbe 'l-'rA of July t5', it ?aid of this same Mr K. G. Heade 44 We learn that Mr. Rogers is reading letter from "Mr. E. G. Kcade." 44 Mr. lleade is a smart man in a small way." This oily a id unscrupulous demagogue may flourish f.r a earon; but the day of retribution will surely enmc." Again, on tbe 80th of July, it Said in reference to the lirooks and Sumner matter: "So if Mr. Urooks had told Mr. Reade of hi. ' intention, he would have sneaked to Mr. Sum 4ner and ifortnel him of the fct. His vote .-hows that he would have done so. Mr. Read.. joins bands with these men, and aids them, in 'this blow thus aimed at a sister Southern V State. He evinces his 'ypipathirs by his 44 vote; and his sympathies show that his heart is not hi the right pla'ct. He has wisrvpre 4 sented a large mijority of his constituent, 4 and disgraced himself. He stands exposed by 4 his own deliberate net, ti the scorn and c-m-tempt of all honorable men." Raleigh Standard, July 23 and 30M, lo. So Mr. R-Mde n a sneak an oily demagogue a sympathiser of Sunnier a disgraced man, ez posed to the storn and contempt of all honorable men: his voice will scarce be anywhere re spected." We never expect to make such o ottack as this on Mr. Reado. M'e recognise -him a.-a high-toned gentleman, a christian, and au up right member of society a misguided, jre juiiccl aul ibingtrous jolitician. 1 1 is w'rst peril being of t close aMociatibn (politically) with the Standnr-1. But which is to be believed the ' Standard tht.i or now? V.'liy neither. Thu abuse was ouly " for party purposes " so is the praise Cease file bites you." ,' Our friend, R v. T. 11. Pritohard, has bren editcriahaing in the Biblical Recorder, a locum ienus, for the past week. He shows himself as efficient with the quill as he is well known to be in the pulpit. He is a martyr to the Lincoln despotism, having beeu banished from Baltimore because he was true to the South, his native home and the land of his fathers. We would thajk. the dynasty f r expatriating a few more of the :ne Sjrt li will be scrn by tho Telegraphic news, that, the Yankees arc about making another de nionstration uuon Richmond Wo understand there is SrVeport in tHs city, that advices have been received that a large number of 'trans ports had made their appearance in James 1 i ver. We have no such ad v ices, as we should doublless have, if there was any truth in it. The tCport, we presume, originated in the statement found in our telegram, that a large number of transports were in York river. There is a rumor in the city, that the en emy Jbas been heavily reinforced at Washing ton and Newbern ; but it is not credited. It is reported that a courier from Butler had been intercepted with despatches to the Yan kee commander in that department, that he could only send one" regiment in response to his application forweinforcemcuts. Address or the President to the Army. ADJ'T AND IKSP'R GEN OFFICE Richmond, Va., Feb. 10, 1864. GlXERAL OkDKUS, ) No. 10, The following address of fbe Presilent is publisher! for the information of the arirty. " By o? for : (Signed S. COOPER, AcFt and Inspector General. Soldiers of the Armies Me Confederate States! . Id the loug and bloody war ia which your country is engaged, you have achieved many noble triumphs. You have Wo-o glorious vic tories over vastly mire nuinexjptrs hosts. You have cheerfully borne privations and toil to which you were unused. You have r adi ly submitted to restraints upon you? individ ual will, that the citizen might better per form his 'duty to the State as a soldier. To ali these you have lately added another tri umph, the nob'est of human conquests a victory over yoursel re4!. As the time drew near when you who first entered the svrvice might well have been ex pected t6 claim relief from your arduous la bors and restoration to tl 49 endearments of home, yo bsve heeded only the call of vour Biitfering country. Agaiu you come to tender your serviers lor tbe public do ence a free offering which only such lat riot ism as yours could make a triumph worthy of you aud of the cause to which you are devoted. I would in vaiii attempt adequately to ex press the emotions with which 1 received the testimouials of confidence and regard which you hvi recently addressed tome. To -some of thiiae first received, separate acknowledg ments were returned. Rut it is now apparent that a like geueious enthusiasm -prevades the whole army, and that the only exception to such magnanimous tender will be of those who, having originally entered for the war, cannot display anew their zeal iu the public service. It is, therefore, deemed appr "priate, and, it is Imped, will be equally acccpiah'e, to make a oeneial acknowledgment, iniend of successive special rekponsei. Would that it were possible to reutb-r my thanks to you in pels.. 11, and in the name of i.Hrc immon coun try, as well as in my own, whil pressing t tie hami of each war-worn veteran, to recognise his titlr to our love, gratitude and admiration S'-h!i;ra ! Ry your will (for )ou aud the people are but ou ) I iave been placet! in a p oii whudi debars me from, .hiring your tU.ra your Mill'erii g aud yur privations in the fiM, With ptn.iiid atl-itioti my hc-vrt has accon. panied yu in evt-ry march; with solici iili- it has sought to miniatir to'youreytry wait; with exultation i has marked y ur every heroic achit Vrtuent. Yet, never in t:ie U ilnorae march nor in the w. ary watch, nor 111 Ihe dc.eperate assault, have you rendered a RervLe so decisive in results as in this last dip ay ol "the highest qualities of devotion i.il stlf- nacritice v-hichcan adorn the charact-r of the warrior-patriot. Already th" pulse of W e wh-l pe-'pln bai in unison vi'hyotir. A ready they couipan y. ur spoiktaneons and unanimous otiT of your lives, for tried- fence ol yur e.-untry, witti ihe halting and reluctant sendee of the nnrc-t4a-rivn "wh are purcha. il by the er rmy ai th p:ic-c.'f hii.er bountie than have hitherto been known in war. Aon. t-d by I'i c i; trasl, tbey exmbit ch-erful ' OM-fitb-'.'.ce ai . more refv-lute laill-.g. Fvt-(.. the mur nr- 1 the weak ami timid, who shrii.k lr. 111 ihe i als width make r nger and firmer your 110 lle natures, areOsbam d into silence by ihu spectacle which yi-u present. Y ur brave bt-tle-try will ring hulid char through the ami of the enemy, as w-II :i otir t.wn ; wi-M 1 1 let re the VHin-gh.ri.u.- U.astings f their Cor rupt pavtizans aud ilveir penso .in.il pr-ss ; and wiil do justice to tljccabunny by which they si-ek to persuacle a tlelaiietl po"ph that votl are r-adv u pnri:!iae disli' ti-'rahie safety by dr-gra-lirit; Mibinwaiou. S'!iJ:t-r! The eoininc: pin-; campaign ill ..pn 111 drr au.-p'ces w O calriilatid to .-11 lac y.iiir Im-jk-s. Y'ur reitn'iri.-n iMoihil ii (ho to fortltv it. Wi b rank rrplcoih- r.l -iter the inlluence d V'Hir rxao ple, ami b tin aid o4 your lepre.-outa'jvs, who earnest of .their purpose to adilby 1 -isla-i in largely to your streii,4tl, you n.ay welcome the invader with a toulidetice jtisllti-d by ih memory of past vii tori. . O.i the t.tlier h tin), debt, taxation, rciretiti'.n ' drafts, d ss -nsions, orcasicned by the strife for power, by the niultoi toe rpv.ila ol orace, ij the tnirat f-r the pluodttr of Ih'' p.io.ic tr .ksun, .11 !, a'-ovr all, the coiisciUiue.-8 o ladcuu-V mU-t tell with fiarfui f.wu upon ihe ovcr-s rair.nl em rjrie- of th-i enemy. His cmiipsign in lt04 inns', t'r.i:,i. th x aii.ti .1. . t h les. nr'-e txMli in nin ami ui.'iiey. o far b ss formidable than those ol the hstrw wars wieu wnimpair'il meann were u.ed with boundless proiiaU'y, and with result wt i h are sujesteit by tne rnf.ii'.. n of the gl. ii us mt mad f Shie h and Perry vile, aid M'lifirrsboro -d Cmckatna g and t Chit kahomioy, and Moassan, nuii Fr ihr"tcU- burg ai d Cbaucellorvil!e. , Soldiers ! Assured success awaits us in our holy struggle for 111 erty and independence, and for the iire.iervntion of all that rentiers rfe le- sir.it.lr to honorable men. When that aucces shall. lie reached, to yon, your country's nope and j ride, under Divine Providence, will it bi Cue. The fruits of that success will not te reap ed by you alone, hot your "children and your children! children in lung generations to come. will enj'.y blessings derived from you that will prixrve your memory tver litir.g in the'y ueari. Citinn-defenders of the hrraes, the liberties nnd the allnrs of the Confederacy ! Thst the God whom we all humblv worship may shield you with his Fatherly care, and preserve you for safe return to the peaceful enjoyment of your friends aud the association of those yon most love, is the earnest prayer of your Cotntnardtr in-Chief. JEFFERSON DAVIS. liiehrtond, 0th Feb.,T8i4. Fai,s?s Ink -km MloN. The Richmond Dis, patih My, that the Yankees engaged in the late rid were tntslvd by the information of r-fuj-eee, that there was no obstacle to a swoop upon tho city. Wc advise the Yankees not to beli.-ve all they hear. K one in this city, axirpt the head of the Government, and his confidential officer, know anything of our military preparations worth knowing. The Government knows how to keep it own secrets. Ye only wish the Yaukecj had pgshd their late entvrpiue a little further. Patriotic and BtNKvoi.ssT Aoti'.Ksc.-. We call attention to the notice in this paper of Addresses to be delivered iu this ity ou the evening of tho 15th aud loth in'tmit, tor the benefit of the sick and wounded tolditrs in the llospi als of this State. The ability uf the Speaker and the objects of the lectures cannot fail to call forth large and appreciative audi ences. Dr. Lacy will le SJntbusiastically re ceived, on hi3 mission of love.by the people cf this corrjrr.ur.ity, of which t e was long a cher ished and eful mrrober. A correspondent of the Richmond Senti nel, writing frim Snow Uill, says "the pub l.c meeting he'd, here the other day must not oe taken as the sentiment of fbe good people of Greene) county. A few noisy ptrsyiia are hiakiag tbe disturbance." ' , This is a bard fortune ! as tho counterfeiter aid when he found himself cutting stone in 5fce State prison. TELEGRAPHIC REPORTS OF TUB PRKS3 ASSOCIATION .1 ..,a;n , t .rt r CowsrreMla mm ?r ... a 18, by J. S. .a..., f J2re.rtV8uS f the District Oowrt f the Coofedrate Btie for the Nortbera District ol ueorii- Coafrdcrate 8tte Couxrwi. Kicwe Fib. 1J. . ThcftoaMeom-ittee appelated sew tks Hrri f Ike .ewion, to inrestig.ta. the alleged f.Uare ! furBuh Q adequate supHl f faod U prisoners, made a report this mcrniac. they aavecxaoilaeaa laige aamber of wiUes sod accamulstcw a saauof tcstimoay, sbowinf thst though a considerable portioa of the piiaot - bav not receivijd fall aad regular allowaaee C neat, and eotae days received none, yet on atl soeb occaeioni bread aaa Testable ratiaaa increased or donWed ; anw the charge taat prie.i -,rs were starved or .uf.re Ur food, U atterly antrwe, and it fully appears that tkey have alwaj fared as well and anmetinaes Wtter than our c.w a soldier in the field j and lor wbatevar ral.are there may have been to furaWi fall allows- f meat to pawners, tbe Yankee arsty, by whole- pilUge and destractioa of property af 8oatl.era people, were more responstbte than any aeglcct -a iff yrl ot any one changed ;l b keeping and snbaiting prisoner. It it undertfood that ibere is eiaslderabU cim eulty ia adjuntfng tbe differenee betweasi the Senate and House on the Military bffl . agreement being on exemption, hot ncuire bave been in secret seasioa most of tbe day aud both meet to-idght. RicaaoRD, Feb. li. Sea atb last night passed a bill to issue tbatro aatioiK to soldiers. Agreed to. The II. ne bill to allow ofCeer to puiebs rations aad clolblag front the Government, re etd. Bill te create the office et enaiga ia the array, postponed indennitelyi Bill to aboli-h tke tmce ef third Lieutebaat. Hill to limit th term .I Cabinet efticert to tw o yyer. Hill to d eUre ii-n enemie and ionncatthe property i n.r..t.. . l.n ik nr nM inrfirfbt toir beTOlVll Jniidicii.n of the Stater, was made tbe specUl order of to-morrow. Tbe Uouaa last aigLtf pesett a bill to establish fourth Auditor's Ol1Se t feilitU the set' Ituaent of di cerditoMirr claim KicoMw.ip, Fb. 12. In th.- Senate thin merning, tbe Military Cos milire letvtrled a bill t retire aruv ofliters: It provide tLt tbe I'renideut, on reotimmeadaUfV of lb t'.-neral Commanding Department or Arm; iaay (lui-hsrge any otQcer frwui iervice who b no .finabltf command or datys or who is I ciiictt-iit, inetlicicnt or abaenU- O.licern tlisabbtl, the PreidJent may reire'oB fo pay during the war, or aiin tbem to such dnt a they are abb- to perforin. -Passed, yeas 13 nay 8. The, Scnut concurred ic IIiue amendmen to (ienral ftfl bill, and it now awaits rbe Pre dm' tinatm-e . The Senate adopted a reol tn miu -sting the I'rrsldt-nt to inform thntbt whvtht-r iienersl Law ton is nw performing tl dut'n- 4f (juArte: master General, and bis be sic tlo- tenth f Aiint last, receiving tbe p and allowances of Brigadier Ueni rt), and tf e, i dei wh: t law. The House pi-i.li tbe bill authorising Attorn General to have the law of Cengrcss paMiabif in n -wspaper at such ter a mi a be agre j-.-ri. The Military Committee reported favorably that ptirtion f Senate bill t provide riliciea! in te Cavalry seivirj. which awthori.e t Qnaeral Cpiuinanding tlrj a.nif nt to diamoi and place in tho infantry each rivalry as behaf badly in th ;fac4 4ftheeoeiny or ate disorder ly; nnfariirably on that p irtien abolithing' l'artil Kaners, with a view to brininx in a (substit not aoiiweeping in character ; but tbe House P ponrd tho whole bill indefinitely. Tne I'reni.Unt ti.e vetoed the bill ti eHiblif Veteran Soldier lloiae. The vet ineasage b read in the II use in the m.-rniug. Coi.fTsnre C .m n'ttee are en lavrin toi nci e ditTrenee b-tween lh S-nateand Hot en matter under eonsbl-ration in r-eeret ! ct senior From Gtn, Leet Army Osittii C. H:, Feb. All rjuiet in P e front. There are rumors enemv evacuating Cu peper C. II., but not! confirm e l. -Troops are still re-enl'tlngTr the war. From" IbarlrMoru CHtkLrsTon, Feb. The Ineiny h.ve withdrawn their forces John's Island, ami are reported going off la ganboats. Th 1 ankei-s on Mortis Island engaged to-day repairing injurh-s to bat cansttl by our hclliag. So futtber rh-lliog From Richmond. Kiciiioxd, Feb. It was report-d last night that the Yankee again con lng np the t'enlnsu'a ; said to be I vanee troop of Cavalry indicated ia the dirt of Rarhamville. Vaiieui rej oit received!: erTect that a jrgc Corce of the enemy were I bltny near York town. OUie account says fif transports with troops arrived In York Rlvl week. Kumor Ra been current here for twf thatUold had larpely advaac d in New It is credited from the naual source of relit formation. f ' 1 Charlentan. I CaaaLKSToK, Fell From Our batteries opened all around on Mo land f.ir about two hur this morning. Tit . tiee wns rplcndid. The cannonading ha nouns in the city, and toe flashing of gtrr minated the whole harbor. The Yankee f on Wagner war eut down. Only four she! been tired since on the city, lletails have; reached us frou. John Island. It is g reported that wc have driven the enemV Island, and that every thing is working we eatualtie are abo reported very small, J 1 he latest information from Florida e to bp of an eneonraglng character. . From KUhmond and the Norj IllrRHOXO, r ioi ty-threc of the escaped oOicers b returned to Libby priton Col. Streigh captured. Baltimore papers of -the 8lh rsy Ctf Tacttiry at Hartford Conn., was destroy on the 5th. Loss immenae. A joint resolution relative to coafiec La passed the Yankee H(ue of Ueprt ty eight majority. Humors arc rife of a change in the the army of the Potomac Hunter a 'both na tned as successor to Meads. The Judg Admiralty court at Hali eidedto rectore tbe Chesapeake an owners. me AraDia baa arrived st II European advice to Ihe J4th. Xo pe in tne a poet ortheSchlesing Holstott Maximilian will ri.it Paris and ouali ror of Ah ic4. The Spani. h Govei nrf point a Minister te Hesico as soon a ofTieil, cwnfiriuatioa ot the crowning) Ian.. - m tiold in Xew Yoik on tbe afternoon; US. , j Nothing further from the Pealnsulr Fr.m Tennessee. . MonuuTow Mr. Colonel McClueg, Mr. Boyd came through too line iioai Knnkri An election was being hrld for C
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