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Fir,. -'wags . - . - . . - y -I - - i ' - 11 KURT II CA l&OLrXIAtf, nr P. J. SINCLAIR. THE DAILY NORTH CAttOLINlAN la served to sbcrIbcM in tw.n jtt ON E DOLLAR per woek in advance, payable to tb,e Carriers weakly. Single copies TWENTY CENTS. PRICE FOR MAtLVtO. Singta coplea -25 cents. Six months FIFTEEN DOLLARS. Thx? months EIGHT DOLLARS. One month T 111 HOLLARS. The "IXTKLMiJE-VCKK," a weekly four pfi'cd aewapap-r, published a this O He-:, ia mailed to ub3arib;r at FIVi: DOLL.KS for six month". Three noatka Til USE lyLLAttS Strictly in dvar.ce. U V.TRS OF AOrETlTISIVO. Th folio da? rlvt will bj chi.-gvl.for all advertisa r aata iaa.jrtal ia thi "Tirfch Carolinian : os auita or eight lii, oa r.ia : Oae dtv $1 01 On wsak 33 5D T vi w j t'zi ...IS 03 Thraj-.V5.skj 23 50 Ot- nonth 35 S3 Tvi iar.Cia 7') "9 Two din... 1 5J Thfja diya 0) Faur d 173 51 Fire diya ,..3 Oi Fifty word. .- eight Ui vli.cj nt sqre. and a llitiJnat qn:i willbt, cWarad tua ve. a4vrU3asnU 'niv-tt-l o-.-;., twii or thre ti nei & wuk rill 5i charjol ti diUrj a aqmre tor verv imert'm. Ad V2rtia3rn"'u tor nniiiunu" . Jnsertai das j in th a UVdy.aaJ ah-area Duly ra.tss for that inaarlion. Wfcia 3?ntb.- l-jtt'-. th?-n--nrii'taoeorB'9inT th advartis -a vat. Mrri?i!, diatha, reliiaaa and othir notiua eYirgal i a ir art!? o-ni.-.ti and aaust be pah! for strict! v ia aivanca. mmmmmu nwi m ai.ai tmfri w .n-'uc, M111 ' J 'JT Cj .N I'm CV V.J a . I V 1 -i W vx . . Conff lcratc averji -ncitt. JeTersn DtvU of MU-da-dppi. PreMlci. A!er. If. Stephen of Ga-.-gi Vic-Pr,.' 1 ?P Bsitjuuvfl, of Id.o nsianv Se l? of ste- the Trw isiiry ... S R Millory of ?tvil Ses'r of tn Nxvf. Ocoro D iri of iri'i Cirolin C.iiof the Depirt-ant of J.inue or Attoraey Oiicral. J 11 Ren of fox" ltrrrnter (iaricral. The I'reii.leiH wrviM aix years. f'SECOlfl) CO.fSK"ESS- Th firt aiion oT th. Snal Ca?r wiH MM'iuni! on th nth of th ;r?43rit n.i:ith (F.:b ruary. ) T!n fUfi.vir a list of tha Ssiiatrs elect an I tU.i- : )iiia? osr with the ynr a.T.-iex-ed ia ir'ui-h thir rar'tivt- ter of t pire. Alao a liu of thj ah-it i A:H of tli: ilouaa of Repr0.i-itaiUi, a tar a as-i t u.i 'i. SEN'ATI A 1. 1 3 V. Rd Wi1 1 vValkj, Robert J-nij. Ro W. J ih hji, Chas. B. ditrU -H, ' r'.n.'UI't. Ja M Di v : , A F- .Mar a .11. o i "V- 1 ST!) lSTO 1 3--.S 15T' u ; ; 1-tGS t "w r w.'.,.. Wrt a itp.jvrn ' ls-is! xtssjet:. . 1870 vira W . V. (irahi n V n. T. DrtvJi. 1 S7ii j 1 sSc i s f ;n or.iuii. .1 i n? L. o.-r. IjCSi f i.. IV .-.11 !Of:H 1 1 . KKS f'J" . r rft l n. c. I. im -t. L.a t n C. flaynes, W. S. Ollht n. Edward -S i ro v , Thos. J. S - a niM, R. M. T. riant r, ii o ess or 1?C 1 ' " ' - r . Vttl-.iS' 1 S -i ,Ul;a T. Cip-3rton, 18SSjl4 XTATITES. 1. Th-?. J. Fo-fr, 2. Wr. It. - Hith. 3. W. R ,W. 0 ")S. 4. M. H. Oi-ai'nn'ft, 5. Fiaurii S. Lv.-i., C. NT. f rhiHn, 7. D ivM fji ;t j-i, 3. J A J. A. L. 1)1 . i h, Wa hiv- ro in Ttr n tti tt of Represntativ;-i I) lU n'l (.'. i; i K II. 1. St. Ghfrrri '?ri, 2. i; : : ialian II a :?.:! f.r, V. hi, S r'th, ' 7. Mark II. it! nr-H. s. Cli3".rd A -I I m-..i, r. J. T. Shjw uiV", 10 r. Tf. 2 4. M. i-Pi-. n -ii. in Akin. m. r. Wat- 1 ?"o el?tiou for r.-t 'n.-.. I.ai'ist v s v Chai. J. Vil! I. Duao.ia K. Kuun t, G. f i. ih ti ki ii jr. J ha 1. 4. J. A. CVr. A. 0:h- It. inT'-ton, W. I). H..l.l?r, C. Kth-1 Darkidale, Iral Wel.fh, 7. J. T. La npkin. ILenrv C. Chaaiber. jiisvii;::i. Th pr??"nt ddetim w.t? nletd to hold oli'j until thir succ js w:re ehict-id. Thi qu?iti n ot q aah.ioatioa will bs d;cid.jd by tnj ri .-.Tt Coagrcss. OVROUVA. 6. John A. Gilmer, 7. al. II. Christian, 8. .'sues (.1. Itamsov, 0. B. S. Caither, 10. Gsty. Y. Llan. " C VROLTN-V. 1. 3. 4. 6. f. N. H. Smith, R. U. U ix M, " J T. L" irh. Thos. C. f iller, Josiah Tu.-uer, 1. 2. 3. 1. 2. 3. 4. .S. c. 1. 3. 3. Jai. FT. V,";r,herpoon,4. W. f). Simpson, W. Porch ?r Miles, 5. Jan Farrow, Lewis M. Aver, 6. W. W. Boyoa. J. B. neikrd!, Wm. (J. S.ran, A. S. C.dvar, John P. Mvrray, H. S. rwn. E. A. Keebl3, 7. Jamss McCullarn, 8. Tho?. Menjps. 3. J. I). C. Adkins.3 10. John V. Wright, 11. David M. Currin, TKT vs. 4. Prank R. S?rto. John A. Wilco. Cl.iiliorn I, ilerhert.5 A. M. branch, 6 J. ft. s. n. Ilaybir, , M, rgan. VIUUINMA. It. I,. M -jta?.t. .o. xr ! Fanit??i. UoKt. II. Whitfield. ID. F. V. M. ilollidar, VUhn 0. Wiekman, 11. .Tobn 11. Baldwin.' I. 1. :t. 4. Th s. S. flhobon. 12. Walter Ii. Staples, Favette McMullen, ftasuuei Nfillnr. Robert Johnston, Charle W. Itussil. Th'.'n.-'s S. Bocock, .T.ihn fl'irt ls, Jr., Wm. C. Ilives, 0. C. Dc Jarnette. 13. I i. 13. Iff. &everii;ncnt of Nortli Carolina. Hi1 Kxcellncy. Zebnlcn B Vanoe, DuucotuUe, (sovomor. Col D.m'l A P.srne, Xorthampton, Ai l. do George fettle. Wake; do. Richard U Baltic. Jr, A:ioa. Trivate Sec retary. Dr Elward Warre-i. Chowan, S'lrfon Gen'l. John P 11 Kus. S"ake. Secretary f State. Jonathan Worth. Uaudolph. I'u lie Treasurer. Curti- II Rrnglen, Wayne, Comptroller. Samu"l F Phillip-;. Ora.ige. Auditor. Ebeaezep Emmoiis. State G oloist. Oliver II Herry, Wake. State Librarian. Major General li C Gatin, Lenoir, Adjutant General. L.aptai'1 ;luam hGulick, Betufo-. Pay 'risier. t.iin Thomas D Iloxg Wake, Cum:r.i?arv- ' :m vrnnance uraccr. 3 jitain J ames Slo ta. ( Juilfotd. Qtiarterni aster , T 1 taptam Henry Dowd, Ldgcorube, do . James 11 Foote, Iredell, Assrt. Adjt. Gen.. boll of Honors. William A Graham, Jr., Oranje, Ass't Adj't. General. - -' Lieut. John U feathery, 'Wake, Asst. Adjt. General. Liuit. Thorais White, Franklin. Ass. Qnartcr inasur. Judicial Scfrkme GorttTs. iiiclimond M Pearson, fadWin, Chief Justice.. William H battle. Orange, and Matthias E Manly, of Craven. Judges, sion II Rogers, Wake, Attorney Gen eral. Hamilton C Jones. Rowan. Reporter, Edmund li Freeman, Clerk. (Meets iu this city f Raleigh second Monday in Jntie each year. Tbe Morgantcn terra has been discontinued.) SnrtiuoK. Cocktp. Judges John L bailey, flunboomlie, Romulus M Sounders, Wake. Hob't K lleatlh, Chowan. Rob't S French, liobc.-on, James W Osborne. Mecklenburg, George How, ard. Wil-o:i. Roh-rt ti GjUlani, Granville. William M Shipps, Henderson. Soli jitohs. ist Circuit, J esse. I Yates, Hert ford; -ud Circuit. Charles C Clark. Graven; Hrdrthe uvvmrd to the commissioner oi the State ; Circm'. !?:'?a IJ RrT'. Wake, A'.'r-r'e-y Gn the nit tf yol l. oral; Circuit, TJioms SeltU;, Uockinghara, Ath. -Circuit, Ralph IJaxtoa. Cumberland. Gh: Circuit, Robert K Ariubeid. YadHn, 7th Cir cuit, Willam l Hu iiii, Stii Circuit, AjUitus 3. Merrimon, IJuncombe. C-vfjjbate Statks Dwthict CccnT. Hon, A Krij,'s, f:irtia. Jn?et (ieorgc. V Strong W'.iyne. Attorney. W N Watsors, CrATn,C!r, Vsley' Joum, Wake. M-rfhaj. Cvffsutt at StvT F if Satwrftrxa'itp, Pitt !l bsrt P Dl'.k, Guilford. Dr Jam C -iil Vy V'.lkes L KMi-dx Jotmstua. J H ' llrrave VnWn, R Stub, .Viartu, A PatUc, ian'omb?. Lirsit.vur KoAiti) Hi F.xcli.'n y Go-?. Vi.ice."if :ai'kflt oiticio. Rev VYiiAHi E fell. Waker. aal Profe.r Uio'iard Strliu. taitilfurd. Dr. MTm. SUa'i- of Uavlon, Uicbsid il liattle, Jr. ecreUry. tvMmsy GttVerr.or Vnuce, Pre. ient kx officii t'ta Kitou. Jr,of Warre.n id 4 li l'lo:irtoJ"! No tlaiuvr, iiihrd il Cattle, Jr., Scrc-1 C'liCMisw.Vvett o? SiSJtiN-.f Fc.vd. Tlow.Tho'p AUhujic, Hon.- Weldjn K Lid.v;4-, A' .uuu. a nj lio;i. David L Swain, Oran-e UaUcrity of Nirth Laroliiu is m Jbai)l Hill. Uo.i. Uavid L. Swan, rr.-aiaenr. di'v. C.vtvhi il W.ify Staperialeudtrat ?f the Com nca School i of the State. W U'J J Plti A M, is Priijc pa' of the N. w I-.tituiijii lor the Df aud Dumb audU ind U lla'eisfh Dr. lmui I C Fisher J 5i5:ritttendut of j ' ' A"" ' - ' T W M!4 Forest Coll,' Itiaptiat) whicU is tor lbs present u3yadcd- . . liev. Braxtin :rrcn is Preaileat of .nnity Collcz?. Metbodifrt.) " . , - . ljev Presidant of Daviuson Coll-gv, Prekyt rinn.) 31 tj r W M ; idi-' SupetJudeiit of UiUsb no iliiitary Academy. the Sue. 1. Wheni'TCr the eaiencies of any army 1 in the fild are such a- to make .mt.rt sfuienia of forage.artioU.if.-utMitiiceorotujrpivper- ty libjotutcly i-itce viry, tn;n ; -neb i;npr ?. in ut) may mad-bv .a-.-o.Uc.rrs w.o-e aut-y ic i ; ! tii r property tot ucn army. io Cii.ej vvuere i lo-rtitne o-,v.ir oi sueti or ortv a.iu - hi t inioves- -niu oilier oaa iot a.ec uyo.'i ih valu ih'iie- . of. it shall be t e duty oi "ch impr.H.'i;i j -i!Hcr. np-u atfidavit iti wrtiinff of the ownt-r jyad j such pnpe-t v or hn afit. ti.At- "uca i-ro-v-.-:.rA. jperty wli -i-.v:i, raided or proli.l Oy said .) ,voer . or is held or ba j. n. ptirs.-Uased by ri'tliill iiol ior .-.Y1-: or sp'.'CUiii:oii, uu i: in. Iowa use or cavi-ii'Sulion, to cuilsji. the sat;ie tt m8 a-certained or d-?t:-r:n:aed wy t.ij jttdgiuent , . ... .F,il.iiil.-l,,llUJrtiV,,., an i iT'.il'U C.!L.--1 O lha oTty. CJ Jaty or para m v. .nch piic:i i:uji: e.-i-!:neut may b io.i-iJ ''- !j- sebv.t.-d, after (. .ki ig i! oat'i l aporvisc tls.; prop-'rly iin ,r."s i, f'.iily an I imp ii ii illy (vi!;.h o;h as i;.H i ivit . provi I :U f ftr in t.ii" H ;( ioM-. the ..,.- !ri -!,.iteiit oIIie.T lis n"r-uy air v.r; '.ci u nUiMl.yjr ri.t 1-,-rT l ! V ) Al 1 1! I): Of Co:il,w,!,atiou i Or the proper a -ffa '""I ..res I or the ' l. vhrtiu.-r ta a'moiuti: ovi,ership i.e:porary u-e herof iJ acquire Stcc. 2. i'hat the tVn;.-r r p - preas titneor iit or apprais- mr in oojrty. ;v .tt.or -n all v ' propirty l. i talii.i. pvy to the -,vu.rr, i fti,l..ra v. c .iijatioti li.v.jd by bii" a:ita era; :.:t ..hall lo giv: to.the own-r or pei-Kon j controlling said iripertv. a cerlilical e over hif ; . . . a , 1 . ! oi.n.:ial ig-iaUir;. pec"tyiii the battalion, re-; n-Mit.' br;ail''. division ur eorp to which i,e ! D-i -ii -; th it s.iid proii.-rty is e -initial for the ; (ti oi t:i .irmv, :o:i!d not bt otherwi-e oro- c it e 1. an i was takri '.br'. ih vbotule nctf. t whel-e ..nkea th-r a.a.it of co.ni.a-at i-t: lit d f br a tid appr .i-.vrJ, hI h" s; ti. Z. -u.uy. .11.11 IM : i ad .it- tU4 Siirt ;. ut c:tlHj uti im ; . -idcic: for tu.. ..waer well i- ot :he taki.ij? i ; . r ...1.1 t- .- f . . i. I h.i t. ii . .1 i . i .i ... t ! i .. i-t .. h I i p-;rty for th ih- amoii nt o compiis-ition Ii "d a. al'iM ti.t. Arid m ( said '" in pane "ai'l ..if er or 'vrin ak- 1 ? t y s iil! hiie 'ai led i p:i v t j v (1 1' r iim a ;fni . ii i .-op.-n-aTKin as !i--re- n before r-o:iii-fd t iMi a;d owio r shall he imi- i.' i i.:d I.) th" .;.-edv pv,po:it of th Sinn by the proiwr dii'iiirM-.u-i officer, which, vhtn n't. ;iid, shall he in fair saindaetion of all el.r-tu the Gjverumeut oi the Couiederatf S ate?. . . t t. ... t Linear npara sem-ni prima- u,y reason, be impracticable at the' tiai'.: of said ! I f a ! iii I h o ; tt L-.it Ion ,.f f h o -j , r 4i I - ! I (n r mipr -P-siijenl then and ui that caie. the value ol the property i niprrfssfd shall be assessed mon n possible, ay two loyal ami tiisiuteresieu t i7. Mi of the city, county or parish wherein ilie property wa. taken cho-en as follows Oie iv the owner, and oae hv cominisgary, ur q ran i rma-uer geiu-ral, or his airent, who. in j ci-e ol disa.:reem-it shall ehoose the third j stance3 to offer woras Df advice, not oulv as ''itiZ" of like qnalitication. as an umpire to j . ., ... , de ile the m iiter in dispute, who ahull be ! umes Psitaan of great responsibility, but sworn as afore.-id, who shall h ar the proofs addu icd by tin- j arties. as to the value of .said property, and assess a jujt compensation there of, according to th testimony. Sac 4 That whenever the Secretary of JFar shall be of" opinion that it is n-ctisarr! to. take private property for public use, by rciasm ol the impractibility of procuring the vitme by gers that threaten us, perilous as is our situ purchae, so as to accumulate n'c-sFa'ry atio-' ation and I do not intend to overstate or plie for Hie array, or the good of the service j understate, neither to 'awaken undue ppre- the oroi.er subord nat' officer, anthorir. Kmr. i w t j rr froooi-tv to takeu for Jlie nni.lie ti.A -. n m n. ......... w. 11 A t !i . . ... .... I. .. ll... ... 1 utiijiv ii n 'U iiiu un net 101 i ue amc to 0( 1 -leriuiued and the value found a provided lor in the first and second sections of this act Sko. 5. That, it shall ne. the duty of the Presideut. as early as practicable after the passage of this a I. to appoint a comrniasienet in each State where property shall be taken tor the miiilio. use. jind rcnttit nf Ho. n.Tr...,ft . or of such of the States in which thG President, ! hall appoint said commissioners to appoint. : another commissioner to aet in conji.nc.tioi. i TV'l who'TiT re f Ppn!(,d h' ,h ., rc-. 1 licit, who shall receive the compen-al 10:1 ol I eight dollars per day. and ten cents per mile J as milea.c. to bo paid by ibe Confederate Gov-i "vnm -ut. Said connui-ATi.Mers shal I constitute , Uoard whose duty it shall be to fix upon the J prices to be p u . by the Governmer.t, for all I sltall not. be a'ole to agree iu any mann- r coe- ! ihv'd to them in this net. they shall have to ap-! poiut, iin umpire 10 uecine to decide the matt, r in dispute I ,;v'cl 'J .- ' . Vl UI. ,oe Puo ..... , ..w.. , ... next venr. if the uolicv adopted by Coneress the V . r, . .x...,.- . 1 1 .. 1 nave uctu uiicu num Liic.r nuiiirs. uuiouicu . ..tse, as aioresaiu, so as to atioru lust comnen- men nave Deeu put, to ueatn, otaies nave ueeu . "t . . - ., w ,1,.,, .1, ...L. .e .i r , , , , at rts late session, is carried out, no one carrHrai j.t:on lo v.. n wucui. o.nu umiimi.-sioii-1 overrun ana wnoie populations ma.ic vo . .- . . , mcnt ers shall agree upon, am public, a schedule of voan under the heel of despotism : all these I ..;r" :. ..: ..... ")k. k; r u: -J prices every two mouths or old ner if thev I j e 1. Z .l iL- ' ia UJ- vi, o. ois ,linprl shall deem it l.roner: and in the evnt tnings are seen ana icii, out. in tnem nounug address, a review ot tnese acts pi Uongrcssto witb ' . 1 --.lv 1 . . 1 wto'sc " decision siiall be the dicisioti of th. -it 1 ., , " . , ,. -.-v. ,,,-,v. .,,,.! -.m.ftiro as n ; .1 borders, on the coast, and on the line of the boat 11; anu said umpire snail receive the same ; - . rate of compensation lor the time he shidbi. rivers. "here by the aid of their ships of war serve .at tov eu to said conimissiouei 5 respect- 1 1 vuiy: 1 roviuen. 1 nai saia coiici!i0ner shall ; oe residents of the S'ate for adiich thev shall ! be appointed; audi: the Governor of anv State ' ...n ........... . 1... . . .-. shall refuse or neglect to appoint said corn- missiouers wuuiu ten o ays alter ?. rrqueist , i do so by the President, the President siiali an- point b.nh commissioners by and with the I olialitv rd th article or property impressed or taken, there- j by Making it fall within a higher or lower ; price named rtr t schedule, then the owner or ' price named rrr te schedule, then the owner or ; agent and the officer may select each a loyal and disinterested cu12rcng ol tbl. qalincat1nn,- as aloresaid. t . UT-mne the.quahly of such aVreentpoiuVan tioos. and his a ecision. if approved bv ths ! oflicera impressing, shall be linal. Iiut'ir not 1 anoroved. the impressiiig officer shall mhH .vherc the i i..vtrt, uircr?jd. ith hi; ft- advice and consent ot the Senate. j unknown) and hundreds of thousands of lives j done in a proper spirit, and with a view solely j to put his argument against this Act pon .ur tions of 'several "against a few mi-ht be formed for j dC; ""CousMtutionai ami void. Im.i, Skc. ti. That all propertv jmpreed or tak- been abit only to breik the outr shelU of for the public welfare. In free governments such grounds. He bui..jv staoea a faif,, as it most f like purpose, and tberc would be no remedy or mind, it IS just as clear tait Co. s en for the public use. aioresaid io the ham s ! lhe Confed racv Tho Onlv si-nal advan- men will dift.-r as to tho best m-ans of pro- clearly is, that the power" tauslend a.ll ft uiaa- j redress against this species nf licensed la wiessnesa.i cannot confer upon w l'resideut. or a.,y S iCim tiwt"inr, r .per-i the wafer, or where their land and naval '-or opinion should never beget ill feelings, or and clear oulv bv indication. The language of of a land of laws, the whole country would be no ,SJ,uo. 0ld' 1 If ,orr .nauts for tt.e ai rest o, p-,- . l''Vr or ttiehr own use or i forres were combined. That they should personal alienations'. The expressions of tiie C aiUtatio.h:it. t-w prtvilore of h writ I bettea-than a Whitfriars domain-a pVfect Alsa- WHS m civil life, h it was thvii, and o it.a h!!rMUlutdV.re "nder snch circum- differences af ..piniofi V harm when truth ?f W,e, corpus .hall .not be suspended unless, tia. Jis would be the inevitable efiect of the pnssage of a Mtnilar act prcf i n iy thai : th y nerei ocioi c i tquui u. stun be paui tor accord- w ?. r 1 - i . un ftl ...t i n Inih iil... n. n , 'ho inr c'ai-es oi Mu hsn or invasion, tre publv eercue of the power, bv a enral su-pensioi , could not confer the Dower Uoou the l'ivii- Uig to -he schedile of prices fixed by the com- j 8.ta".CeS l.S n0t a matl.r inuh 6,urPri , ?lon 18 e h?2 nf l 'V J lU'' require it," clearly a,x1uWesilslinte,.- j with anv other view of the f'5j,t. than this Tre- .t to hUSPWld t Allege of ul t ( missioners as aloresaid. but if u,t. tifilcer itud 1 Nations m war. luce ituuviduaj men or ions in all such di-cussf?Us of .pub.ic affairs.; timj jUJtt ih,. ircr msv bo exMcised in the cases sented. Toe . no erf ,-ts a. to out.-ag- u ..r. jWd, , bU.Spe"a tA l'l,wlthl 1 f the owner shall differ to the nintif - r.i' ii, a ! animals, show their real power in combat should bo given as bom friends to friends, asj stated t but it doed so by implication onlv, just I sonal rights must issue under a limited s usiMv-i.! ; habeas coi pus. fayetteville; :w Sons for difcnpprorig the Samp, and .said, com mUaioners mAj fccr ach proof as the- ph tlofi may respectivelT udduce. and theft Uucisica ft i r . 1 . . . entu oe nirauprouu a, iaai iu- owner may receive the price oSred hy.tho impressigs? olfier, without prejudice to his claijn to receiveJhe hih r comrH-nation. '-'; rv for tlv, M,p;,urt of the owW id family, or f,t !ho earryi;z on oT his Uuai-i or cupati.5. shnll n-.it ba lBTprs?tI. j Sse. 8!'u. !r.Fi.1- iti&t property iot .01 ; da u ijced wh I - tvm'porarify inpretss d by ih otfjcr, shall b ptd fvr, them "or ' VftC.' 1,.., t',.,f 1I ..nra 1 e-jarilent in ddw i. ?ivt absence Mc. 10. That pr viuasi to th fir day of Dscem'ter nt, noMe laboring oa a farta orpUnl,tio..M7l.Hlvlvl.Voica t the pro- fttictiftu 'r rain and pr Jr iiion. shall be taken for the puMic us. without the cou?et of the J owner, ex t: ?p't In ease of UXKent ueCfity. i 1. That any .cauiruiysitincd. offic 'S-'. 1 1. Th:t aMy .cauirj:sit:nCvl ofncer or private who hall rioiate (he pritiions of the act, sjall b.; tried before he mililery court oi the corp to which b- Is nttachud. oa C'inDpIalwt made Hjt ibe ovvne or other perpon. and on ooftviciioQ, i! an oflieer, he sdi-ail be calxlrl and fmt iato rai.4cs.a a pri7ut. find if a uba- comuiiifiied offi'C'-r or orirate be sijAi 1 niter Rlvll;, piii';si55Rt not iuc'a4itat.h mUitary UV.V tJJJ Wft.. SPEECH o? A. Hi STEPHENS, DELTTERE3 BEFORE TIIK GK0UG1A .LEGISLATURE, ON WEDNSDAY NI03T, MAUCH 16, 1S64. i?jrUir U trZanfa Intitlifnetr, and ?i; v At the hour of 7 J o'clock, p. TO., the Ff-all jiaJ b-en tilled to its utmost Cflpacitv bv memlera of tlie Ln'nalaMire n.iil citizen irf-n- ... -j "- ft ...... the beloved f ru of Georgia' prottd and no ule son, overv eve grew bright with joy, and x,Mt j ;,a:rftl,a KM bim welcome. Mr. Stenhens ascendw-d the Speaker's stand , . 1 . r J spokofomnva; and Gentlemen nf the Senate and H'yaizof Representative: In comph.-iiTce with your rutjeat, or at least with that of a lare portion of yir re- ispactive bodies, I appear before you to-night to sjak t?i the state of public, ajfairs. Nev er, perhaps, before, have I risen to aMre3.s a j public auviieneo under circumstances of so i -uiuch responsibility, and never did I feol more deeply imprujwpd with tie weight of it. Questions of t'ne most momen tons importanee ! are pressiu? noon vtxi lor consideration and action. Upon these I am td add res you. Would that my ability, physically, and in all otuer respects were coiiiiuensurate with the j r .i - ix- . magnitude of the cession. Ve are lit toe . ? mitwi .: uangers a:ui j)er:i3. i 'augers wiut- out and d,iiiger vrithiu. Scvlla on the one ship Charvbdis on th other. War is b 'ung waged against t;s bv a st r on r, unscrn- l'1'!" vindictive foe ; a war for our sub : ' . - A - 1. I..! J r . . ft . jus'lon,,iK - grai;atun ani exieriiiinauou - T..-.-ATfft 1.1: . fruaMn K a Yft.-iTj MM.'i- .9tb. Provias thtttae'lmprwinpnt oim,.,,,, frorvr WiUnnilloa. Savannah n,U shU bi rsg(i!4t4 by ihc law of -Utui '. Tf,..-- jil-.islnvr. 1 id where the lrapresftDWnt 1 wwl.', nd ini;fi itndt th moat funnidtsi. frehS;M,l. tLeu to be ri- - J 1 , . rwi.quit-, ii.-i they ntver wtKffoe. lhessds uiit i within r'f frnm finpstinna nf . J . . ai to tbo best moan3. trie wisest lind satest. t repel tuo cn mv, acluere our inde- t p:iii-:ice, to riHiinaiu and kejp socurc c-i-i r- i.t !.K.'.-;;.-i T.'T. t)w. s &nn uncifcios. L.-p dcciKton .?t . j these questions, looking to th proper devr;.. " " t V ' f"-t --" . opment of ur limited resources, wisely and , patrioticallr. that their entiro efuciencv j ! mar be exerted in our deliverance, with at i Lu " . i r 1 i . t the same time a watchful vigilance to the: 1 Uftv of ,n rifc-td1 iflf mn,h rlfinW..h J ' .-- i j u uPon tbe iki11 of our commanders and the valor of our -citizen soldiers in the held Everything dear t' us as freemen is at stake. An error in judgment, though springing from the most patriotic motives, whether in coun cils of war or councils of State, maj' be fatal. He. therefore, who rises under such circum- stand3 ou dangrerous abound. , Impressed profoundly with such feelinngs and convic tions. I should shrink from the undertaking you have called me to, but for the strong consciousness that where duty leads no one should fear to tread. Great as are the dan- ; hension, or to excite hopes and expectations nerilous therefore aa never to be realized perilous, therefore, as our situaticn is, it is far, far from being des perate or hopeless, and I feel no hesitation ia saying to you, in ail frankness and candor, that if we are true to ourselves, and true to our cause, all will yet be well. In the progress of the war thus far, it is true tlier0 is mucl1 to te &en of suffering, of sacrifice and desolation; much to sicken the heart anfi cause a blush for civil'zation and Christianity Cities have been taken, towns , , J . , . have been sackcd, vast amounts of property hve- been burned, fields have been laid .waste, records have been destroved. crunches have bcen desecrated, women and children , , , . e . , " , 13 to be seen t0 cause dismay, much less de- spair ; these desds of ruin and savage barbar- itv hA ben nernetraiprl onlv on tbe. outer and gunboats the enemy Has nad the ad van- tao-e : tho crreat breadth of the interior the v " . ...v ' ... , " t-rtarM-xxi hv tnptn thpv hard as vet. afver al reached by them ; they have as yet, afier a stru,rlc or near tnree years, with xtnumuca ms ins. at a cost of not less than four th -us- and millions of dollars (how much more is when they stand upon tire advantages that nature has given them, and fight on their own ground and in their own element The lion. ground and in their Though king of the successful! v with the no confl-iCt of arnr forest, canupt contend the shark in the water. In arms away rrom trunfc-oats. ring the whole war since the ft battle of Manassas to that ot Cvean Pond, have our gdlant soldiers failed of victory when the numbers on each sido were at all equal. Tiie farthest advance into the interior from tbsj base aud pr-tecuoa of tneir jEanbcals.- mil y either on ihe.cost orlthfc 9iv. At t!tbBacUrsnrt cn onorr.tr hit been abi t MUarur thretryearai vcas JUd Utff niofrm.s Xferidian. and the srfcc.ty ,jf. showi tiotlisns rHro clear y than thefiXd interest. JUtrthtitir batter csuM not he diftiuUu-3 and UtsaaTages ntteiwiinr 1I suet : r!ie.-e thing shonj. ?e noted and mark- cjJ?S or.P-tutittoa nd r" of tne ".'"t', ln '1 oar P -trt thi vu 110 tal tOfr Jsercr been yr- ri oi ner to 'tr or. oar enties.. y ruriioiu K: 'hni iaftcr ivpeatoJ elTort ;'i if, bot.'i iv iWtef ti-i -HffaUijy. W'm slili aol-t 0:1 tli tlulf, AtuWL-. . uuti on tha Tan aiT IhTri'kl rpofl thaca. lb. brought to W lu . WMUUm-U: Ah, energy, rancour atl TOftrtce.. QhrtKago delm,ida cC 1 their vnr am to UiU devoted ctj. tvery laesus tw inoney oan com atau.1 ami mgeiiity uggM, from th hugMt ongiuoa of var nTcr Uut'ore knowa to. the llciiiiiiih resort of Or-eek'-'lre, har bea and are being applied for; Uvieatruction. f or iiafij niue-mouths tli":viindar tbo skill' of our coNkiuinaJiLo eoiaw lesr. hi surhordi nates, and lb hrc,iipf ir snMhlfisa brawijtht"" ?D TJi oiW-'it IlU-Cdyimgwi of.4We vrithoa sult abl naval aid. That he ittay coutmue to bolt! uut, her soil neTe'r be polluted by the unhal owt-d fkt prints oiF her . vandal Uesieers, in, of cours t-he-'aroHt wish of nil. . Cut even if so great a disaster should frappsn to US jjot dbiu:ived. as the load 01 Charleston, be indulge no sentitueut akin ty ttiat of uVauair Chariest 04. Is mt a- vital part. We may lo-e that place, Savannah, Mobile, Aniiaiugton, and even Kichmoad, the nat of government, ami fill survive. We , ! may ose irl! bur strong places the enemy may iraveiac our ihu-moi m naic lately', done in fU.ii.ippi, and w e may atili survive. Ve siiouid, even underauch calam ities, be no wo So f dif than our ancestors were in their struggle for independence. During thednie that "tried men's oul" with tnenv everv City t-tt tliC coat;t, from Boston to Sa v..nuaii, was istKvn by tltecneuiy. Philadel phia was taken, and Congress driven away, .south Carolina, Noth .'arolina, portion of Georgia.- irginta, and other JstateSj were "verrt.n ami occupied by the enemy, as com iple'.elv tisRcuUififtV, ait-soun. Louisiana ant TmJs.see-r ouff.' .Take courage from th aud the exaiuuio of your anisters disastors caused iUb it.c:n notiifig idee di-may or despair tbeV only nr.. used a spirit of renewed energy ftnd" loi nt i''e. The pi i:iples - thwy fougbt for, sutiered and endured so much for, arc the samo fjr wuieh vc nre now struggliisg Utc Kibts, State Sovereigr tv, the great ' principle set torth it the deolaratton of in Je- penoence the ngnt oi eery state to govern itself as it leases. With tiie sanie wisdom. prudence, forecast and patriotism; the same jr equ.il siatcaiattship on the part of our rulers in uirecmg anu wieiuiuj our resources, our material of wtr, that controlled public af fairs at that time, in the camp and in the cabinet, and With the same Spirit animating the breast oi the people, devotion to liberty and rig it, hatred-of tyranny' and oppression, ailoctiou for the chu.-0 for the cause's sako ; with the same sentiments and feelings on the f-art of ruitns and people in .tk-ese days as were in tnose, we tniht and iflny be overran & thu'y were; our interior may be penetrated bv upcj-ior hostile armies, and our country laid w.vlvr tiiuua butHMn never be i . . t .,r ii'iiiH a-t luuch ?unon Si.ite inanH!i)- tiA Generalship : qaite as hiucn 'ioo'n siiatis do;ie at the uuimcil board as uimii wii t'. i doue in the field. Much ,the -ic.tcf part of ..il wars, is business pluin, j.raUoai, every d ly ile business; tncre is in ; l o- in m-i or sp( -'T1 gi-.'u, Mf o eommoi Ules ! t'e tiua.iee the qu: c oiu:iii.-s..ry s depart merits, . ;,, ., xrixrA t. ini'iiiiii i ii o-.ei in a oru n mystfiy or special anowieage, oinm n sense this re- ttie quartermaster's and f Im wAv unrl in a woru to tne resources oi . 1 country and its capacities for war. The num ber of men that can ie spared from production, vthhout v'. ckeiiiiig tiie aggregate strength ttie propv-t of uppiie.H, subsistence, arms and munitions of all Uinds. It is as necessa ry thai men called out should be armed, clothed sbod and fed, as4ht they should be put in the Held subsistence is as essential as men. At present we have subsistence suffi cient for the yer, if it is taken care of and managed with economy. Upon a moderate e. annate, ono w itliiiT reasonable bounds, in the tythes of wheat and corn for last year were not less, in toe States east of the Missis sippi (to say nothing of the other side,; than eighteen miilibn bushels. Kentucky and Tennessee are not included id this estimate. This would bread an army df live hundred thousand men and one hundred thonsaud horses lor twelve months, and leave consid erable margin for waste or loss. This we .' have without buying or impressing a bushel its broad terms declare, to put an-i k.-e 'or pound. Nor ne-u a bushel ot it be lost on.tive service all between th.-. ages of seveni or pound aftunuiit nf the want of transportation from points at a distance from railroads. At eucli nfices it could be fed to animals, ut into beef and pork, and thus lessen the amount ih.n rtii-hi .,f fooi to be bouirht. Uoon like estimate tbe tytho of meal, for tbe last year, will supply tne army wr ai iwsi ma,.u,i Burstt;tJ moruhs tendering the purchase of aupplies-j of th s article necessary tor only nitl tne yeav the surplus in the country, over and above the tythes, is ample to riteet the de ficiency. All that is wanting is men of busi ness capacity, honesty, integrity, economy and indostrv in the management and control of that department. There need be no fear of the want of subsistence this year,' if our of ficials do their duty. But how it will be whicll vou. "attention has been spF.ciailv call - . . . ! . - - neia is uo ineir ouiv. liut now it win oc.; ed by the Governor, and on which your ac-tb or alternation aliedgm tiou is invoked-hese arc, the Currency, thelf Military, and tbe Habeas Corpus suspension Acts. It is the beauty of our system of gov ermnent, that, all in authority are responsible j h n l , i too always more a 1 , . ,u., rt .....igerous to nuolic liberty. Its unconstitutionality a ... " VTlV agents t.a c usiio. u,,., K,rt, t.....r mntr.. Knvrr.Vfer dt; iL'rfti;; a and tmn v' . t ..im luiour - j tHU( matters however disagreeable or event pamiui it miy ne to c.un uippruvait yet ! Sometimes the hlgtiot auty requires it. iVo ! exceptions sh u!d he taken, to this wben it is frnm brothttrs to brott.crs sii a common Cause We are all launched upon the- s tmo boat, and . ., . . . . j... , , must ride the storm or g dewu together, avisagrcemeniB auoum ncvei nc, except from one cause a ditiereuce in judgment, as to tho best means to be adopted, or course to be pursued, 'fer the common safety. This is the spirit by which I nrn actuated in th& com ments I sha-U make,uport thcay A:td of Con grats. As to the first two of these measures, the Tax Act and Funding Act, krown together a i frr.m 1 irftf hri t n brot t. cr s s i a Common c ! as it a tnotner saould sav to liar daughter, v I E 1 .C I B 12. 1864. 4 ebttfVi ed; t Jrnofcr-not pcrhtps not, With that rStW wiiiVbe reconciled to what we dj mt aprot.u ft la useless now to go Jnto distfmsw ns bwBi oes inicjiU hare been 4VrtL?d ht- tarbole is a JStrikinir ilin.-;trati(jii or th evih.' itt-.Xdtng tri depamire.- from - . . : , . e " tirr..r i ever thc'Iol.-ree'iirrof;" Our present fimmcijf tflihtvswcnl tiad their origin in .a blunder the btin'iin, Uut w must dal with the jrcSn? Nft the ptt ITeae two Act? wiikoTt Jieteary "r yoit tJ euaog your legisi.nti9A.to n the Star "om los. As to the course you should 'adopt xo do this. I know of nonbetur than thttj commo ided by the G ivornr. Hts views and SUKgeations , on. tulS poiut sewin to be pionvr ft - and judicious. The military act by which conscription is extended so as to embrace all between lha ages of seven. uen and fifty, and by which (he State is to be deprived of so much of its lab r and stripped of the most efficient ptrtion of her enrulled militia, presents a much graver ques tion. This wholts system of conscription 1 tjisTe looked, opon from the beginning as wronc. radfcalrjrf wrtt.g to'lferfiiclp' v-td W polvj vouunii ujjiuiy is, imWftSTtr", preruitcu. nat whatorer ditferences of opinion .injur have-been entertained as to the coustiiutionality of the previous Conscript Act, it setnns clear to my mind that box little difuTenoe cm exist aii to the uucftvistittitionalitv of this lak act. The act provides for t fife .organizing of troops of j an anomalous charactetv-partly as militia and partly as a portion of the regulur armies, liut in feet, they are to be organized' neither as militva or prt of the regulax army. We have bnt two kinds of force, the regular army and the militia this is neither.- The men are to be raided .as conscripts for the regular forces, while their officers are to be appointed as if they were militia. If they were iuteuded as i ilitia, they should have been called out, chrough the Governor,- in their present org.tui-zations-Hf as regular forocs thov cannot -be officered as the act provides. It -u rno.st clearly unconstitutional. Who is to conuni.V sion ,the5o ofJicers t The Governor cannot, for they are taken from under His control ; the President cannot constitutionally do it, for lie can commission none except by and with tne advice and consent ot toe Senate. It i. for you to say wuetner vou will tuni over these forces, and allow them to be conscript ed, a is provided, leaving the question ol con stitutionality for the "courts, or whether yon will hold thorn in view of agricultural and oilier interest, or for the execution bf your laws, and to he called out for the public de fense in case of emergency by the Governor when he sees the necessity, or when they are called for as militia by the Preside it. The Act upon its fare, in its provisions for details, seems to indicate that its object is not to put the whole of them in the field. Nothing could bo more ruinous to our cause if such were th object and intention, and should it err be carried into effect. . For if all the white labor of the country, from seventeen to lifty ex cept the lew txemptions stated be c tiled out and kept constantly in the field, we must fail, sooner or later, for want of subsistence aiid other essential supplies. To wage, war suc cessfully, men at borne are as necessary as men in the field. Those in th liel l must be provided for, and their families at host must be provided for. Iu my judgment, no people can siccesafu!ly carry on a long war, witn mi. re than a third of its arms-bearing popu lation kept constantly in the field, cspcciuily if cut off by blockade, they are thrown upon their own internal resources for ail ncj-i.sary supplies, subsistence ami munitions of war. Thi is a question of Arithmetic on well sot tied problems sf polkh-al economy, fiut can wo succeed against the hosts yi the enemy unless all able to bear arms up to fifty vears (of age are called to and kept in the field.? V a thousand .times yes, 1 answer, with proper and skillful management. If we can not without such a cijl, we Ciimot with it, if the war las, long. The success of Greece against the invasion by Persia the succors of tin. Netherlands against Philip the sUc ces of Frederic against the alhrd powers bf Europe rthe success of- the Colouios against Giv-at Jiricain, all show that it can be done. If our onh hope was ia matching the enemy with equal numbers, then 'our cause would be desperate indeed. Superior numbeis is one of the chief advantages of the enemy. We must avail ourselves of our advantages. We sho dd not rely for success by playing into his hand. An in voided people havtt many ad vaiktagis that may be resorted to, to counter balance superiority of imnlbers. These should be sWhiied, sought and brought into active co operation. To secure success brains must do something as well as muskets. Of all the dangers thct thrat-n ohr ultimate succcsa 1 consider none nio;e eminent unn ine policy embodied in this Act, ii the object really be; p iu ae on and and h:ty, except the ic tXeiia.t5VamcJ. On that hue edlv, sooner ur later, do what could do oouuuer ourselves, .t th obi It rtne Vct-ilt is we wilt most assui the enemy never And it such be uot of only intend a;Srcicef not UJ JJj.' wrong in principle but, its teudeucv I coaie,v now, to the la.:t of these Act. of Con gress. Ths suspension o: the. win of iiu Cur pui in certain cas.-s. This the most exciting, as it is by tar the most important tjue&tion oelbre you. Upon this depends the questiou, whether the courts jthall be permitted to decide upoa tne const alit.v of the late Cousei iot Act, should yoi litution- ou submit that question to their decision, and ujx.n it a.j. de pend other great essential rights enjoyet.1 by us as fieemen'. 'iliis Act, upon its lace, confers npwu residen;. the Secretary of War, and the ien- commanding in the. trans-n.-si.-sippi lienai t- , (ttie two latter acting under tne control ana authority of tiie 1'resideut) iin power to arrest and son any person who ma v fTiandy Oj cuarged certain acts, not all ot them even crnnee uu- 1 dor anv law ; and tiiis is to bo done, without an.v I tU .: 1 . ,1 ... 1... I, .. itAiu 01 Aim uiac.uu aiivOiiiiiLL w liuauic i.aust v n. 1j aitcuipted to be none Constitution, which au thorizes Congress to suspend the privilege of tire writ oi Habeas Corpus, in c jl' tat u cases. In my judgement this act is not "only unwise, im- politic aud unconstitutional, but exceedingly dan- I aoj aj tvov li7U . 1 not rest upon the id,a that Congress has not ; g0t the pow. w.r t: Kii.n nd IK r..-i i-U.or. r. 1' hi riit. nor. upon tho idea that tin.-power to suspend it, is -' vica.i.v .aiwu tw r. a mc ZZZ?:. AtZ.r'.Tr rUA w v""vl a1'W4- i Jo ni andv.rtanduh Krutlvp nf thi, StatP as if a mother should jav to bar i 8ba.U BO,t? .vou rid ; Here the permis.k ,. taud authority to gir-i.-clearlv given, CV. ugh Sv m- jference and iunatiou only. It is u.ft ifositively and directly givca. This, aud this -onlv, I iruder- etand the Governor to mean wbntie speaks of the power being an implied oni, He raises noquoetion as to the existence of tha power,-or its validity wban rightfully exercised, hut He to:iiutiins, as I do, fhat its extCbise must ba controlled by all oth er restrictions in tho Constitution bearing upon its cxerci-30. Two of these are to hi found in tho. words accoaspaaing tho dteLegatioa. Tt can ne ver be t-x-erciaed except ia rebellion' er inva.-i,-m. -Other re slrirtioDi are to- be found in other parti of the Con- irimy nuirrMfrt. thev arc nMtht-r ttrnmr r from y ikbjirTv.to vu tar J ust. Whether in the midst or con torn of that morvjflhnine v?wa, in lach diversity of opinion 1 ;d to coascriot men not intended for -;oiistitutiou, tourts cannot De uepnveu ot t heir j ex.v anu put ltllO llllS lalw act, lu Wl.ich 1 with a view to lid the army, but for j islt or be relieved oT theii duty to enquire int.. clear enough they arc there intent:. ; lo to take charge .0 iu o general labor of tna legality o. an a. rests exe. pi in case, aiisiug pi,y ty otn6r t- judicial Olficcrs T in 1 e v and th- va.iou-n.-iv-L-v avocations in ho laud and naval torccs or militia, when inlKJ -o otuci man juuiciai oiUv.trs. uiu. . anu tauuu.- naait.i arocaiious ... ... c ... ....... t J , . , 'tbtn unr tinui onw nt.tnn.1,.1. .. ,1 f .. . of life, and then the Act is not oulv actual service lor ine government 01 wnicn a; ' v ;.tiv,ulii.h d-iiicreroin in different provision is mad in the Constitution, aware or, to the suspension ol the ii i 1 v e 9. atrtutioa. In th-anwadnients to th, - -k - - Cnnitutir,,,; au.pia au,r th ratiheat! ,a ofth.-V . .1. -,.1.... iM-ewh declared tW preqsU . to ....,, lo utd prert miscoiu.u uoth.u ,.,",1 . frietioii: ih-ri-... - " - I N?! H'' U,.tf r,?: : . . . .. n,..u:pt ln j i -eiao t ta3 power i the Coa-Uitutioa, rlis, ud..i-.,uai restrictive clau' ault b- rad in Conjunction with the original rrant -Hbrdi'rr that wj ma.t, poaiuvely aa.l dtrrctir, -or by i;apu-atiou ouiv j tt sirueuBa tar a-lare. - - . , . j . - . . : -- or property witbuut il-O pi iK-s of law," and that the right of tbepeopl"io brcuv- in their p.M ions. boa'v's, papers and ftt'vMs ajfaiuat unreuonatle aesrcli t a.ml feit.tr et in l ? ij violated, aiid -uu warranChall Lne but npon rrbalecaiwe. say- portett by oaftt or alCriratia:i, an4 partieularlv d ecribiu tUc jlc tu be ntt chfd, mid thj pefaou .admit that under tue elau.w its it stand, in laF?"Vl t1! , in eacM of i brlHon or inriou. " With the addi- T clause; put in aaTufther rjdtriftioni"trt prv 'f .ift.. t. .. I : . . . .. .; m t v?ii Nfcabudti of wiv.'f s ptfriottiiy OL-lcff aied, how is this cTauae, cdi'u'erriug the yower to atup -tid the -. . . l vi . :.. .. ... - i. .... : Pr I'fhall be dept. fed ol bfe. liberty or prop - . ...... ...--.. , . - - - - - ...... " The ribtwl the petp to ta'ocure iu tueir per 90BS. buiues. papers and ojroet-. Kirainit itarea.a- h!..i-, rti.nm juul iht -tart. b'iUljtt..i read t la tbU way. and ii thu way only : TTuv erected . But theaU'ikin iji;.r. -i b t cer" ib priritegre ot tiie writ o! Aaha$ rrp.n hall not .be :vst ;m and ours to which 1 hare lhu 1. dui.d Vb -r-suspended, antv wheti ist of i-eb-'Uion or iu-.saould never be hwt ic-htoi j thAr :- i , il cau?e, apport?dby oath or aiuimation, and par-judicial and leMatire und.-r ila-f.-'m ot (Jov-rji-tieuiaily describiug tl place tw b? !?a. cti.d, aad oent fct P.rth in the Con.it ituli.n tl ,iL -d v it. the persons or things to b. .seized:" rhe extrcise bf certain deb-Katod, ju-trtie and i-v- The att . inptod exercue of the power L.. sus-'ud j ited powers. In Kngland it U cnV -irut fui th' the privilege uf the writ of hnbeus varjjut in tbi j i'ai liatnent at any tiino to rturu Uie Comi !l Act, i the utter disre-rard iu tha very faee and j iho powers herstofbre extorted fru.n ih -ii k'u' teeth of those retrietiou.,as much so as a like at-i They are not restrained '-as our Contfr.. i, b? a tempt in time of profound peace would be ia .lisie-J want of power io do on their part., 'f h -v cin'v jfard of the restrictions to eases of rebellion and j Mead aiiy day mapna chart, the habeas c." -iei- a ' i. invasion, as the .Constitution was originally adopt-1 Arid the whole bill of right, and reader Llio iiiiu ed. It attempts to provide for depriving persons t monarch as absolute as either of 'the Tod unor 'of liberty, without dwe pWjss of law." It at- Stuarts ever claimed or a i.h.-ii to be. Thepiin timpts to aunul and at naught the threat eou- . iplca of niajrna charta as to pfijunal liberty -i.d sututioiial "right" of the people to hi secure iu ; iha riht of the writ of habeas Porpu to s--ciw , their persona against ''unrcAsonable .-.eiitnyi." It hose i ijrlits are pat in our fundamental la , tm3 attempt to destroy ano annihilate the bill .vai k ol cannot be violated1 by tonresi, for (h.-ir po-Ai ii personal liberty, secured in oar ;reat chart to th j are limited and they are tCcniselvcs .j unct bv th humblest is well as the hihet, that "no warrants (,' nstitution. That the It. iti, h p.otdo woitfd ev shall issue but upon probable cause, supported by j er sUbaiit to a surrender of their l ights ty Pai Ms oath or affirma ion." and Vpartb'uLarly deserlbtil i incht, no one can for a moment beJi ve thtr person to be seized." Nay more, it uttmpt Uut Parliament claims (o b omni jot-nt and to change and traiedoi m th ? distribution ot'pow nn eould make the surrender if they chose to run the in our systuul of government. It attempts to d -, risk. Th writ waa suspended th;r iu I7l" -- -.d prlte ttte Judiciary Dej.ai tnieut of its appropriate ia 171j 1785 it was suspended in Ireland with ih aiid legitimate functions, and to confer them upon : power conferred on tb lord iiuutcant to rnnke th.' President, the Secretary of War, ami. the Uen- arrests, Uuder the svstem of govi -iim-iit in Kut' eral otiicer commanding the Trans-MisMssippi lie- land, the Parliament could fconfer this towrr up.-i partmenj, or rather to confer Uiem entirely upon j the Crown or the bird lietit-nant. or anv oth r re- -the President, for thore sul.ordiiiates named io j son they saw tit. Not so with our Coioirtr! Mtid r Act hold their places at his will, and in arrests uu- jour Constitution. In critici.us num. r ... . der this Act Ut be governed by his o; d rs. This, . fbv the Cotiatitutio!, never can he done. Ours is Iioioniv "inn luu-.-ui til uuniru pnni:i.'uiu ciivu ... ... .... ........... . . ......... ..... department, the legislative, executive and Judicial, are .aepera'vi :wa! dirtinct. The issuing uf warrants, which arc not'uinir bt oders for arrests against civilians or pjrsons in civil life, is a judicial June-'judicial warrant issued by th.: establiih.d ceu'. tioa. The President, under the Constitution, lias ' 'f the nation, or in which he has au.-pjrded -i at no power to issue anv such. As co':amaiier-in--j tempted to suspend the privilrfre of the wii of . . i-.i-.t . . i ... .1 ". I ... .....1.1 :i::.- . li,iL,i. ir.M ... ,. . . CUiei oi ine liiii'.i a;iu uit.o iuiics, oti uk- iiiiuiii: when in actual Sii vice, he luav order arrests for i trials before C'-mrt-i .Martial, according to the I Parliament had not suspended it, or tiiat our C.n rules and articl-s oi war. ut h - is elwthrfd wi;h j gress could not suspend it, hi a r.ioper wa , b a . . . .. ...... . I . .. . . ;.. .1... ...nr. .. !.!... ? , . .i t . . 1 . . 1 ' no sucti oower over inosc noi in ine mnuarv ser vice, and not subject to the rales and articles of war. This Act attempts to clothe him with judicial functions, and in a judicial character to do what no Judge, under the Constitution, can do: issue or- 1 V a tV - i-i pe.vms .ue pension by our Congress, alluded to the m'.cr tube deprived of their bbertv, impri.'--oiied, lmni- i i- 0 , ' . "Miirn..iu ured iu dungeons, it may be "without any oath w I '"S" b t,tC distinguished gepthman, ( i I uliriiiatiun, even as to the probable guilt of the j -- lveenan, who lately represented tu partv aecn.-red wr charged with any of the ounee ! district ; a gentleman whose remarks I li-tcn-or ac ts stated. This, ui d-r the U.mstit.itlm, in j d to with a groat deal of inter sr, and wlmo mv judgment, cannot b r doue. Congress can con- Ort,.0i t . ' ,11 ,. f'r no such power upVi our Chief Magistrate. I PfcO"1 "fiidship I esteem so l.ighly. lie There no such thing known iu this countrv as j relerrcd to the act of the Oonfc.hr.de Con political warrants, o.- "tetter dr. ratchet." . This , ?TCSS, passed October 13, 1 SG2, Rlida.vk 'd -Act attempts to in.-aitute this new -order of things . VV by we.e there no objections male to that 90 iaCoaiUtv,"t tt i,h i H he read I have it 'befor, me. U U'hU Act, thr--To.'e, is unconstitutional, not b --iP-0,lues. tna- tlje President, during ui. cause Congress has nut power to suspend the pri-: IVSCtlt invasion, .shall have the power to Mlf vileirc of thi w rit of k&.-i. crjiu, but because ! -uend the nrivilo-es of tl 10 wHi ..t Ii d.,-.a ...... .1 '. r.. I thv b ve no lmtrer to do thc-aiug aim.-d at. in thi; attempted exercise of it. Congress e:in iT - peud the priviieg-ofthe writ-the power ia cl .ar and uatpiestioued neither is the po.vei. ks it stands, objectionable. Oeorgia. in the t onvention, apply only to arrests ril.de by t 1 tt j l! hori, i'-.s voted againsi the el.tuso conferring it in the Con-! of 1 be (Jolilederattl toVerrJmeiil or for o'" stitatioii as 01 i-rinallv adopted that, perhaps, was t t. . . a wise and prudent-rot'.. Hut, with the i "est, ic- ns" a5 -t the same, and in fcCvt.or, - 1, tions subs-oiieiitlv adopted, Were can be no well tlmt ll'e 1 resident shall Cau.SC pio..( j dlhce'-n grounded objection to it. It is. under xi.ni:;g re- to investigate the Cases of till person .so ar steietiona, a wise power. In time of war, in eases: rested, in order that they may be ii-i ha 1 . I or rcb,'lUoUr iavasion it may olteu be ieee.-sarr ; if iinpropt.rly detained, unless they ;..,".. to exercise it th imbue satet v mav requii e it. 1 . 1 . 1 , iw t .... 1 .1 ...... 1 .- . reeiliK' tried m rln i.mit-t. !.... . 1 . t...t nniiiii iMl t., sav that the tmblic it,.n- m .r not require it now. 1 am not informed of the reasons which induced the President to ask tl susp. iision of the privilege af the writ at thi. time, or Congress to undertake its suspension as provid - eJ in this Act. I, however, know of no reasons that require it, and have heard of none, -but in VliC CA VI tlt: Wl sail iafc.T(,.tvaj'?vx.a aamvr jr tk eainsl uucoi.stitutinnal arrests tcuipiiU W QOjiisi wiimi caunoi oe uone .10 auin- applied ' OI1IV orize illegal anU . uucxnstiiuuoiiai ai retts tiiei t " f can be no sUspVusiou of the writ, under our svst.;m . ule of ro vernment. a there can be no suepeusiou allowing, or with a proper authorities for issuing Warrant view to permit and authorize, the seizure of per-; j rest ore the Courts, whose dutv it is u i-uf sons without warrant is,u..d bv a judicial oHicer warrjntfl for ariest's whcnevci" idfeneW' upori prLab!e cause, supported bv oatu or r.ltirm-! . " , . . oo ir ii ation the whole Constitution mustbe road togeth- eriMies are charged upon oath or uliu mat j..u er, and so read and constructed as that every part ' stating probable cause. 'The coiioii iiiix; 1 and clause shall stand aufl nave its proper ellect under the resti lctaous ol otuer clauses. If anv conflict arists between clrtuses in the; original and the amendments .-.tbse4uently u:ade. : flc oicuon Willi tne proceuirig, ha.: 1 ,! -the original must yield to th amendments. As a , ing in it calculated to a waken ul.il 11. Im ..a'-'o will previously made alwavs yields to the modi- j objection, for by proper oliicers " 1 cations of a vodicil. Sach, of emus .-, was" the coa-; turnllj supposed judicial officers olil 'mull dition ot the old Constifutioit with its amendments,- i. ' t a t 1. . ' when the States of this Confederal adopted it- ettjudges who wpuld td llllgl.t i..-t !u and it was adopted by theseaS t.i tea with bfce mean-; discharging Under wrils of habi u i pi:-, :f inc. force and eifect it then had. In oust: uirir. that privilege hud riot been sum rn 1 ii l.i ; therefore, those parts of the old Couetituti..n hich we adopted, we stand just where we should have stood uuder like circumstances, under it. ith Uhese vi .ws it will clearlv appear that under our Under a C.uistituti.nal suspension of the privilefff of Tl1 aU t!,e Co,li"U CuuM wouW .1 tior district, or generally throughout ine cn..- se that the p;irtv- was legall v ai i est "d airff held . h i , upon proper warrant upon pr..babl -ca.i. cup-:lO; "Gonglvss really has good reiM.i b. portfd by oath or a!lii motion setting forth a e, i;ne ! heilcVC the public Safety requires i!. auS -l of some vioVittion- of law. l.itorallv and trutlv - 1 the power : to suspend be constitution di . e then the only eftVct of a, Constitutional exercise ol etcised. The objection to the late act i.' ti ;.L this power over tiie writ oi hahcit (-. m bv Con- .. , , , .. . , . , . gresi, is to deprive a person, after legal 1 v conf.u-I " ""mpts to do What CailllOt Ooii.lul t- n -ed, of tho privilege of a discharge before trial, by ! ay be clone. giving bail, or on account of iii-itihcienev of proof ( V lUt ill the SCCOnd place, in answer to 0 n as to pn.babl : cause of uther like ground. This inmiire wbe no ..rtift. ,,ft,i. .1 t ... . . jf'ieiitce oulv cn oe ii)eii(i.i, and not the writ itself. The words of the Constitution are aptlv chosen to express the purpose and extent to which ; tne uare Statement o! trie leal and eul.-s'K:.. i. I a susp -iidon can go in this country. With this j objection to that act, it was admitted to,i o view the power is a wise one. It r aii work n s-. r-! unconstitutional and void, hecutiso it n! t. m ,. ious injury to the citizen ami it sutHciently guards; to coufur lhe pywer to 8us,end idem ', the puolic saretv, Ihepai ty agjinst whom a grave i, , - . , v ,. accusation is brought, supported by oath or ailirm- ; 1 "CSlUcnt, When, in bis iu igident, tl.o pol .i j ation, found -d upon probable cause, must be .held Safety required it, in the localities em.ir.u- ;.i for trial, and it' found to lie guilty is to be punish-jits terms. Congress alone, under tin Ii ed according to the nature of bis olf-ace. The tution, has the power to suspend ihc pnr ... monstrous consequences ot anv other vi-w oi the; , . n., 1 .' . ubj ret are apparent. The exarcise of the power e&eA ot Ul wrt- lhey .Ciiimot t 'oui-,- s by Congress lniy be either gen.! ai or limited to ' power Upon the President or anybody special cases as in tiii instance.- If it lmd hentTliM IS Cttnclusively admitted both bv -general under any other h-w what would have I gre3g anJ the lresIliimt i(, lhu jaU. JU.; t . been the condition oi every cit:zi:n in the land ?: ,., r,.,, . ... Thewe3Pkr would ha.e been Completely in the 1 18 toi til in the preamble., " Whu e .s, ti e powr of t?f stronger without remedy or icd.-es-s. I power of suspending the privilege .. .i : i it. Any one in the community might seizu for any ! is vested s.oieiy in the Congress,'' cic. 'i -..- motive or for any purpose, any other, and coniiu'e j is'an admission on the rec-r l that lid r.. to anv p-;ecu-d cases uad-T nr otliai 1 view. -.:) 5urh hogo an t enormous -.vrovsri (.,); "uch ever spripg from our t onsiitniiu u it bj ng-ntly administered. So ih;rf thecjr.cuh.iAu of tbo who!, matter is weH stal-d hv tiie Gftve'rnop in his laL Message, in th-2 brief comprehensive, but exact terms 7'h-e only usprBti'T of tht piivileg--the wi rf of httbeci rorpa-i- known to oUr Conatitu tion and compatible with tbe provisions already qiiot.'d, goes t. th? si'nplo extont of pr vtnting tne release, under it, of persons whose arrvtjhavc been ordered,-under ConstitutiTmal warraits fiom Juriiiiai Authority." On this subjoct much light U t be derived froix Euglith Uitt rv. aju-r whole .'uUis ui Cua.t.n- 77? kB'1 ,h r" ?r,? -rrHl di'li i:.c- that MBIT aiiil JHlldft 11 .-t il th- , .Kr a 7 1,1 iw? Ujfcie'rZaK? UjiVTfJait tin tu.-n iifi.i. rl.i . ...I .a S- -. ? 7 .With ihAta lha iitrLr parstmal aeiui4 fra Wll nUiVII'i'l " iipjri mrvJC. ivx.i i iilf. and othei-rnn--i ' ' I .cknowlodi. In ii , -UZ T.: . f " '. .. JU.'l..-.k...1l. .v Wr of hi Privy CmJt to nJ, ard evrv unj-ft- sty Ai iv: ..r wn xof net, aHe-.i rrim.; the u warrant or Act, ibj p,rii f prubable cause, which before, had b-jve I t Hi i?51 Pr'rKtive, taken away fr.Mi, b; , Charles I, frave hi? consut tr, the Act Tau i Vijl a he anbseqa.nt hutorv of tJit -irlffe b M w ,., otAer matters ia not now ,,; ... .ir 1 tore u. Sni!ny it .... ' .i .. . . . j " ,i r " "rtJ "ai it t w-I.-J iU ill.' ana tntr nw aorerci IG88-X9. In this setdV...n Ji fV- j:a., Willia u aod iia.-v ; and hbortiea of the EnrfW .1 tK rtebt of the writ f haVa, crPi. lf auKb,r,tIir,5bhat0,,r l'-it"-iburf-t. abro.cbt with thetato Usis Contini. rj,-. p:i:il -u tabb.-hed m f.neland. i r r.-i.i.; ... ....... ...i . and blood, formed the !ais iij ou .'t,U-h ih - ft. ... ..........w. u... lw.i,M uriuiiru Ul I r.t n Iil . . . t . 1 and liberties were gram Has the IWty titi- ! nor's message, tliMe suspensions have b.-en alhid. i to against the positiousif the inessa." Thev ..ir..s - .. .M .ai. x . . . i wi iu Tuimn.1 ill ail. VtnatlUeltoVcrn.il' tlt-s , ia that he ia not aware of any "iu.danc ; the Uritish King has ordered the hu m ! person in civil life in anv other ninm in bi. ;i it of a ii v tin a I , .i.c.w iui lua, muee me UU ut ripli C aiiu fie cct of s-ttlement passed iu 1C8U." 11 did not n:. f i '" even iu .ngiauu, wnere j'ariiament was un restrained, they had not, since the ittllemeiit con ferred upon the Crown, the power to uiako arreaU so far as he was aware. At this DOillt I Will bripflv nf r tn fl.nji,: r ' .T ' J . ' o. . t ntn , fri.t.r, , . 'Zu"y ;,?f f 'V . j heueer, in Ins judgment, the pui-'ic safllv inilf ICqU'rc It; but Such 8U.-pension xhvil ; spceuny irieu in flue course ol bi - 3d section limits the act to tliiify da vs :. the ineetinz of the next Coii'ri e. ; Tne ttngWer to tne inquiry wi, tj , 1 , , , , , ... 1 ,-. . . Qlno,e " d about this act, whne t!..e i, '" much noise made about the orm iulrl intnevu 1 I 1 U 1 I 11 It AC Ji 1 l i 14 ' ' V L ! 1 1 to arrests rr..;..e b t j Confederate (jovt-r ot.n-i;:" "Jl om-ijew t. sanie. liui ing the President to Cause propel' .14. fi - to lnviistiTfili. tlx t " "--""'"f 1 this connection, these WOrdd Kfeliicd i,.4k. ..11 ; h , . y weanintr far d'lbi e.,' ( r tT , , 1 u meaning Iar u.llt l.,,rn - wha lhey uve when taken lluM tlie.i ; of the Writ of habeas rrmis in anv e..t. io m 1 e . l .oe.-i l i .i if ,ct,jbcr 2t 1 need onjy ay, thai i,r ,i iuc,wic di i w junv . .y...i .v.-i me pre u.- , ones, and for a like leison. m n Coiigl'ti-s has attempted to -o what they had no powtr to do. The first act on the suhje.-t wm. as sented t "ai the 27th February, I8'VJ. I h .t attertipted to confer on the President the po -' er not only to suspend the privikgc ol th writ of habeas corpus in certain cities, to-A iVj military districts, etc., but to declare mart;:, t law, etc. This soou afr was amended. Hut no one ca'u say that during the prngres of theso evcat that I was silent. My sentiments up'.'H S.ld-;t page.). f jJt-w .j t I a' . m. t .'Stab lujied by V.crf.t. ih. tfiU wf Kliu O ft I - Ml . . . " . -..... .1,
The North Carolinian (Wilson, N.C.)
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April 12, 1864, edition 1
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