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o>u.e what causes produced it. I wien to
•Keewhv it »v..sever though* et in coin.ee-
tk-ii with tivii government.^ M 1ml. old it
propose io accomplish i M list ci *d '*• °i ! '
pose, and vvl.at did it favor? Who have
i, vi. j..j it, and v l.o have .been against it
The answeis to these questions, drawn
lonn history, will,according to my inode oi
reasoning,thiuw inmienso light os. the ques
tion of the power of any executive officer to
suspend its operations and depuvo the pro
pie of its benefits.
Sir, the history of the progress oi liberty,
next to the history of the Christiau re I iff-
ion, is the most sublime and instructive
lesson taught in the annals of the world,
its fortunes, indeed, have been various,
but no season of adversity has ever sufficed
to quench the’vestal fires which burn on
its altars. And in all the terrible strug
gles with which it jarred the nations and
liberated the people, its sole antagonist has
been the principle that to no one man belongs
the tight to govern the many. Kings, and
the courtiers of kings, who talk of a divine
fairtt-d from tlieir sovereign the great ae-jyct the public fcmnl < f did world lidt
km.wledo-ement of national rights con- j learned a grand raid Overwhelming lesson
tine it to themselves alone, but delivered j every age and every country
it as
people.
common llcr.sing to the whole j dignity of bl<:
g
tor.a
“Whoever, in any future age or yet
unborn nation, may admire the felicity
of the expedient which converted the
power of taxation into the shield of liberty
by which discretionary and secret impress
ment was rendenl impracticable, and por
tions of the people were trained to exer
cise n larger share {of judicial power than
ever was allotted to then, in any other
civilized State, i:i such a manner as to
secure instead of endangering public tran
quility ; whoever exults at the spectacle
of enlightened and independent assem
blies, which, .under the eye of a well-in
formed nation, discuss and determine the
laws and policy likely to make communi
ties fgreat and happy; whoever is capa
right to the possession and exercise of pow-I hie of comprehending ad tl.e^ effects c
er, have been the enemies which liberty j such institutions, with all tlieir possible
.has had to encounter. Every contest it cv- < improvements, upon the mind and geniuo
i-r waged has been to put to restraint ana i of a people, is sacredly bound to speak
control on the will, the pretensions, thp an- j w’itli reverential gratitude of the authors
Disaster fcas Wen tl.e result of tlieir evdrj'
effoit to turn or to storm Vicksburg ana
Port Hudson, as well as of every attack on
•>ur batteries on the lied river, the Talla
hatchie, and other navigable streams-
\V iih;n a few weeks the falling waters and
the increasing heat of summer will complete
their di-enmiiture, and compel their baffled
and defeated forces to the abandonment of
_ ^ __ expeditions on which was based their chief
heart today and treasures upas an ever-j and the framers of our Constitution as- j hope of success in effecting our subjuga
lasting inheritance.
the American Cousinutiou; btit stfrr.c-
thiugmoreisutcessaTyandindispeusa-
t.lined in Magna Charta, they did not con- J The English people taught mankind of; 1,1c iu order to MOT It out aud confer
' x 3 —’' its practical benefits on mankind. Tlte
Barons said that the executive should
i not^take, imprison or punish any citi
no piescrv :I,e cu-toms,
' no pageantry of royal state, no bayonets
trir James Mackintosh dwells upon it in surrounding tne place, can protect one man • , ' r * r- „ ,
lowing ueriods. Kay,tint bnllia.it l,U-! h, j,U,...lo,0.5 ilk muliujo ,.f .1,0, «,-!**» f the realm except according to
urian and statesman: | sonal liberties. It is nlessou, sir, w hich | the law ot tne laud; the subjects ot
the humblest America citizen knows by j every Eqglish king have repeated it,
II. Let it be the duty of this corti
niittee to ascertain from each citizen in
Starting of OiPaeos,
MiLLfmaariLLe., April i-j, 1?i1
the county or parish what amount of j A ™, 8 £ m tf
surplus meat, whether bacon : pork or SO pp)ie*, to be sold to the p„ oro f th- Mi
beef he can spare for the use ot the ar- ; tv ut ,llB ecialtost possible a iv»n Ce on con.,
reservinor for his family and t“p*hree hundred dl'iflars!* rBp, ' ne ‘ 1 am ,Uo M
ilut there was another great period in ; U | ;U j fv and care j n “the sections which I
history in w hich our ancestors developed j ^
Uert the same thing with great partic- | t,h "; ... .g-
- * •••*'* >Ve must not forge t» however, that tne
war is not yet ended, and that we »*•
history in winch our ancestors developed j * •* *. j. i what* would all this . r ent *ed. ana tnai we » «
their devotion to the nro-res* oi like.t v, ! h,lVe ^ but "T*”; confronted by powerful amiies. and tlireat-
to the, principles of Manna Charta. ]„ j h*‘wurt.l ll no means had been pro\ - ene d by numerous fleets; and that the
<3c<l to £utorce tiiis ofton reiterated Government which controls these fleet
priiK-ij
1(589 ano'.her mein' or ot t
Stuart, forgetful <.t the fate
lali.tr.
of
end armies is driven to the most desperate
in
It
iborit v of one man. Every battle fought ) of the Great Charter, lo have produced
l.cneaili its banners, in the four quarters of j Tt, to have preserved it, to have matured it,
1 he earth, lias been fought to resist and rc-! constitute the immortal claim of England
pel the arrogant and unlawful claims of: upon the esteem ot mankind,
power made by one man. Every law ' TV by, IWr. Speaker, has Magna Charta
which was ever enacted in its interests,from • been thus esteemed by the wisest ruiuua
of the world to be worthy of such lofty
encomiums? Why does it tower up with gal.”
t he laws of God on Mount Sinai to the pres
ent hour, has been enacted to protect the
masses from the ravaging and oppressive
hand of one Yuan. This has boon the issue,
and it is the issuo now.
When the lights of liberty faded away
in the sky <;i southern Europe, and Gre
cian and Reman glory went down in the
gloom and night of despotism, ages of
darkness followed, over whose paralyzed
faculties the spirit of absoluteism held uu- j dom—to the clergy, to the barons, a
disputed supremacy. But liberty lias made j the people.’
one grand epoch, it had built a iuonu-
men
i principle of liberty? It would simply
possessed himself of the atrocious insti u-! .stand as ati expression, a sublime one j efforts to effect the unholy purposes
inents of oppression; ami attempted to it is true, in favor of immutable jus- . which it has thus far*been defeated,
subvert the Jaws and iiiiert ies Of Ids king- j t j ce and right; but without the much- j h “ utmost e ''*Wj°*™ Tt
dom ” ’ ’ ’ 1
C
and
the
the same aggression
rights of the subject which produced the
Petition of Right under Charles 1, pro
duced tlie Bill of Rights under James 11.—
It was the same venerable issue, and is
contained in the, following sections :
“I. That the pretended power of sus-
pensing laws by regal authority, without
consent of Parliament, is illegal.
Ou moiiou a Committee, consi-tinjr of D. S P
White, Pr. Gret-n and Mr. Waiizt'-dder wa s
pointed to nominate to the mmiii)- the names
seven Directors I lie OommiUee nominated J c
Whitaker, 3 N. Houghton. Dr. S cj. VVhito v
Waitzfelder, N. Jiee, It M. Oniie S-n'Jfi
H H. Waters. The uuminaaon* were unanimon*.
ly ratified.
Dr. 8. U. White offered the following resolntin,
whirl, was adopted. '
htMulvtH, That th-ee shall eonatitote a
of the Board of Directors, tor the transaction of
) business. ‘
Dr. Green offered the following resolution which
was adopted.
consultation with au officer who is to j Commuter’- 1 -iu!.:.r-~ ^. , '‘ on .: Cnmposin sr die
And the same causes, y;; .. . , , V o.muin g uimuq m n»*miuip
s no-ainst thc-persor.nl lherelore, all these proud declarations j servile population to tiie massacre of our
gainst theinfringementofpersoual lib- wives, our daughters, and our helpless.
city by the executive, from Runny
uiecie to the presejit hour, have been
accompanied by that messenger of
speedy justice the writ of habeas cor
pus. It executes what they declare. It
: gives motion and efficacy to the laws
“2. That tile pretenacd power of dis-1 of a‘free government. It is the active ^eginniug of the -war. The very unfavor-
peuding with laws, or the execution of! ageut by which the will ol the people, able season, the protracted droughts ot last
authority, as it hath- been j as expressed in the Constitution and year, reduced the harvests on which wo
children.
With such a contest before us there is
but one danger which tho Government ot
your choice regards with apprehension, and
to avert this danger it appeals to the nev-
er-failing patriotism and spirit of self-sacri-
fico whicn you have exhibited since the
laws by regal
assumed and
mv, after reserving for his family and
those dependent on him for food.
Let this committee fix a price which
is deemed by them a just compensation
for the articles furnished, and inform
the citizens what the price is, so that
each may know, before delivery, what
price is to be paid for the articles fur
nished. •
Let the committee make arrange
ments for the transportation of the sup
plies to some convenient depot, after !
Consultation with an office, who *S to j Q onMni ttees for soliciting Subscriptions'w*||
receive them. I expected to continue llufir efforts until'they
Let the committee make delivery of j
the supplies OU receiving payment Ot j present rule, as to the amount of subscription to
the price, and assume the"duty of pay- ; t>o considered as a share. Provided *, w c« m .
lug it over to the citizens who have Uu- | ti0ll <lf mouey or provisions, which
Bished the supplies. i
HI. Where the duty of the commit- ;
tee is performed in any town or city,;
at which there may be a Quartermas- | t.-d by the chair to draw up rules and r-pnS'ns
- _* „„ ,1,..,. ! forthosovernuient of this Association. Themov.
ter or Commissar}, no furtliei duty I er requested that ho should not be appointed ebair-
need be required of them than to deliv- man «(the Committee The chair appointed, H.
er to the officer a list of the names of; H J - H-Nisbet, I. L. Harris, said cW
think proper to inah
J II. Nisbet offered the follj
which was adopted :
Utsoleed, That a Committee of ft.ree bo appoin.
receive aav d„ n „.
parties nuy
' ks.solution,
.llAjn
of *.r.
the citizens and of the supplies which On motion, it was
each is ready to furnish and the price Resulted, That the Committee on Rales #n d
/•It .. „„ 'll ; Reeulatioiis report to a Ineetinsr ot the Association
fixed ; whereupon the otncei w ill him- ] Tues d ay Apiil aist at 11 o.ciock A. &i.
exercised of l;ttn is iile-
sttch magnitude over nil other cousidera
ti-nis in the construction of freo govern
ments l 'Bite answer is very simple,
brief. It is because, in the language of
liittiic, the historian—
“This famous deed either granted or
secured very important liberties and privi-
Mr. Speaker, we. have here, then,
the three grand .icts in the sublime
drama of English liberty; and the
unity ofimmortnl principle which pet-! ecutive ruler is bevoud legal restraint
vanes ami bustains them all is so com
plete that Lord Chatham consolidated
leges io every order of man in the king-1 them in his mind, and proclaimed them
and to ! to be ‘-the Bibla^iy^glish constitu
tion.” The w<js confined,
It is immortal aud dear, sir, to all pco- j however, to to no age.
or coercion, and can with impunity
substitute his own will for the Consti
tution and the laws. •Without it arbi.t-
rarv power may roam over the right
of the people, like the wild boar in the
mis of Gaul, and tear and ^
ly peace, winch may prov
lnsive, our fields should be now
uy uioio ov , , x . - . - . "I . • . . . • I -'
.•devoted to ! Government, 111 addition to the price vision store for rfistubutiou, five of-charge, to tha
the production of. cotton and tobacco, in- i fixed by the committee,
stead of grain and live stock, and other ar-j V. As this appeal is mad
to the
tick’s necessary for the subsistence ot the i people for the benefit of our brave de
people and the army, the consequences | f eu( ] erg now j u the army, the Depart-
may fwove serious if not disastrous, espe- | meQt relies wittl CO ntideuce on the pa
noeily women of our county.
On motion, it was
liosutced. That tho Proceedings of this meeting
be published in the city papers The meeting then
adjourned. li. M. ORME. Sr,
President.
J. II. NlsnF.T, Secretary.
rich vineva
ictims at pleasure.
tlie plitloRopUer. the poet
the historian aii heiul reswrontlv before tlie
grand achievements of li.at ngc or v.e^ vfy
Then came, however, that mysterious tomb
of a thousand years, itt v. bicb the principle
of free government slept. But it was not
the sleep of death, i ibertv found it» res
urrection at the. hands of that great race
n-r>m Joins rlic. American citizens
have dr’ cegderl. It awoke w itl, r, mining
consciousness mi the soil of our ancestois,
st the touch of Edward tlie Confessor and
Allied the Law-maker. But it awoke ;
simply to renew tlie struggles of the past j
•with its ancient foe. One man in tlie robes |
of office, loving power with a selfish love, j
and exercising i: in disregard of law, met
four Constitution that no man can he j he free wnicli beats bcRoatu
!« I lie People of the Confedrrnle
Slates.
In compliance with the request of Con-
tcss. contained in resolutions passed on
•ent month, I in-
^iallyfhould the present season prove a, » 0 f the people,-that no more ,
unfavorable as tlie last, lour country, . 1 A ,, , ,• -i ; CrOi
therefore, appeals to yon to lay aside all | than just compensation would be fixed ; _
thought of gain, and to devote yourselves ' by the committees, uot accepted b} | j
to securing your liberties, without which those whose chief motives’ will be to j ..
those gains would he valueless. It is true | aid their country, and not to make uu- ^ paie.i iv <
tl#ik tho wheat harvest in the more South- ( j ue jjains out of the needs of our noble i 1,1 ‘ m . . ^, fl ’ ’ s ^. vs "
cjAtates, wbicli will be gathered m»« gojHirrs. - .Iambs A. Seddox, ! Jenk.ns expclmou, vuth a a
Good from Western Virginia,
SL’he Enemy Completely, Zlonted.
Lynchburg, April 13.—A special
"! dispatch to tlie Republican, dated
„ Wb 1 .romises an abundant yield ; hut
even if this promise be. ftultilled the diffi
i« G » \.n it lino in v/iii.ou ov immui u •»*'-< '•••*>
present con t cu |(y about transportation, enhanced as it ;
,1 aii i’ nnnntrv » 1
f our country,
iotisn. imposes
struggle for our
has been by an unusually rainy winter,
will cause embarrassments in military op-
Secretary of War.
Vrsm (!h Xiortb.
Fredericksburg, Apiil lo.—The can
WGllU ciuuuill rtuiimnu'iti ~ v j * . t » - ■». i !•» •
“those essential clauses n hid. protect tl.e i commerce, the progress, ami tne Civ-and our liberties. _
persouul liberty and property <>f all free* • i 1 izflt ion oi tho world. a jiuu W noil j ] an<TU . Mrft . *' >lo ns are in the Fodowing
men, by gi\ ing security from "arbitrary tilt'll tlie next great kstruofglo ill behalf : ° n
A1„I .J.lltk.i, „„il »> j , . • | **, - " , ,1 I JOINT KBSOLCTION RELATING TO TUB ran
imprisonment aim arbitiary spoliation of coontitutionai nbciTv lor tho citi-
crations and suffering among tho people, j lionadiug heard yesterday in the diiection
should the crops in the middle and north- r 1 " 1 — 1
small
portion of his command, in Western
Virginia, Inis been completely sueeess-
, ful. The elections for the .SpringCourt
_ i of the bogus goverment, in all the coun-
j ties west of the Kanawha river were
i 1 completely broken up, driving the
with great loss into their forti-
&uch, sir, are its claims upon the near
est affections of mankind. It was born
in tl.e hearts of a proud, free lacc, and ir«
mission on earth was to confront aud resist
aud T
Tiff ni
Philipof Mac- left tH fho control of any solitary individu- aroused it ... .... . — IS , caU iiig pamouc cu.*e..i. iu :
never ceased. ; a b whether he be called Czar, Emperor, j clauses of the American Constitution engage largely in the production of cotton
King tir President, And in every con- j which secure tho independence and ; and tobacco, which they would not other
test with its enemy it has been eventually | personal rights of the citizens, was rea- , wise do ; and, whereas, in the opinion o:
victorious. The people of England com- ,j y an< j amp l e> a , j c |, inheritance of Congress, it is of the utmost importance, j
1 lie genius of liberal institutions at ©very j that pernicious dogma ol tyrants, that tlie
step on this side of the da.k ages, as well as ] liberties of the people can in any event be j
in the days of Tiberius
edon. The struggle
The people grasped at power; for to them
the possession of power is freedom. Crown
ed heads claimed it as their right; for to
them it was the gratification of a passion
nmre consuming titan all ol Iters that ever
cor.oded the human heart—the avarice of
dominion—the lust for personal supremacy.
The safety of tl.e people lay in written
laws judicially interpreted, and this they
soon learned Kings sought to govern by
proclamations ’..Inch suspended or disre
garded law. Hence arose those glorious
efforts t<> fix the boundaries between the
ruler and the citizen—
tlte one. and give sec
■n liich constitute the cliif fglory of England
and the just pride of Englishmen
di(l tlie Ii,iti1 i Barons meet, at Runny-j Pjj son *
mede ! Why is the name of that spot im-! King’s 1>
mortal ? What causes produced that won
derful assemblage in the month of June,
and in tlie year 121f> ? Why is it that we
tfdk to day of that event transpiring more
than r-ix hundred years ago with the famil
iarity which belongs to an event of yester
day ! friir, the old contending principles |
zen j.'gainst the unlawful* assumption
j oi power by one man, which start led
| the nations in 17/<>. liatl closed in tri
umph’ou the soil of \ irginia—where
’t
l ho voict
of
-tin
hitrick Hem
inaterui*
l»l'CT<0.V OK PROVISIONS.
Whereas, a strong impression prevails
through the country that the war now be-
' mg v.aged against tl.e people of the C'on-
f - - -
of Kelley’s Ford, was 25 . miles above
n i.or!i-u.s of tl.e Confederacy prove de- i here, bfat we have received no particu- {'Wieiny, with great loss into
sieut. But. Ii0 uneasiness need be felt j iars. • j fictitious at Hurricane Bridge.
The Richmond Whig lias northern j Gen. Jenkins proceeded thence to
dates to tho 12th instant. ; the Kanawha river, and four miles be-
Their account ofilie Charleston lisht |
nc
in rogard to a mere supply ot" bread for man
It is for the large amount of corn and for- !
required for the raising of live stock, I
and for tlie supply of the animals used in ; says the fire which opened on the Keokuk
military operations that vonr aid is special-j f, f four or tivC hundred guns, has never
to States may terminate during the h required. These attinles arc too bulky j been equalled in tho history of tiie world.
low Winfield, and riddled two gov
ernment steamboats, which were pass-
fur distant transportation, and in them the
pelled tlieir sovereign to .solemnly' ratily
it more than thirty times in the space of]
four hundred years.
But, bearing in mind the causes which j
produced Magna Charta and the great ;
object which it was designed to accom- j
plisli, let us take another step in the histo- j
ry of the progress of personal liberty and ;
petsonal security, in 1(’,27 commenced!
that wonderful English revolution which
past, and only needed to he reassured
in tin 1 ! form of an organic law. Our
constitution is simply one more denial
recorded in history of the power to
transcend the written law in order to
reach and injure the citiz.en in the en
joyment of life, liberty and property.
It is simply one more declaration, ad-
1 ded to those alrea
-to put restraint on j ^*1 so many memorable and bloody pages of j ut ' u l . u ulu: ” ai, * a<1 ^ n . ia . t ^'” ^ K "
nrity to the ether, j bistory. The king arrested Hampden, P eo P ,e possessed an inherent powe
l>arnol and other citizens for refusing to j to protect tlieiiiselvcs against
; ivx.iv i a. vj uiatvn ivinnmwo uumi^ mo
rsr j^.rcsent year ; and whereas, this tmpres-
tiiose ; H p,,j j s leading many patriotic citizens to ; deficiency in tluy last harvest was most
1 felt. Let youc fields be devoted cxclu-
. sively to the production of corn,oats,beans,
0 f peas, potatoes, and other food for man and
beast, in immediate proximity to railroads,
rivers, and canals,-and let all j T our efforts
be directed to tlie prompt supply of these
articles in the districts where our armies
ate operating. You will thus add greatly-
to tlieir efficiency, and furnish the means
without which it is impracticable to make
those prompt and active movements which
have hitherto stricken terror into our ene
mies, and secured our most brilliant tri
umphs.
Having thus placed before you, my
not only, with a view to the proper snbsis.-
tence oi our armies, but for tiie interest and
welfare of all the people, that the agricul
tural labor of the country should be em
ployed chiefly in the production of a supply
fiffood to meet every contingency : There
fore,
llesoJrcd, hg the Congress of the Can fede
rate. States oj’America. That it is the de
liberate judgment of Congress that tho
people ol these States, while hoping for
li’ohl
Wltv ! p«y certain taxes, and thiow them Into j enemy—executive usurpation.—It-was j h j 10 j
They applied to the court ot • a solemn protest, in the name of hu-|tion
pence, should look for prolonged war as the 1 countrymen, tlie reasons for the call
only condition proffered by the enemy made on you for aid in supplying the
ench for the writ of habeas corpns \ mail nature, that one man should have
in order that it might be known whether
their commitment was “by the law of
the land,” and upon what cha’ge it was
made.
“The writ was granted ; but the warden
of the fleet made return that they were
detained by a warrant from the Privy
■were there brought face to face, aud a great Council, informing him of no particular
landmark was directed in behalf of person-! cause ot imprisonment, but that they were
uf subjugation ; that every prepara- wants of the coining year, 1 add a
necessary to encounter such a war vvorf J s of anneal in behalf of the brave
should be persisted in, and th** the am-*-.ij: * *• - •
While balls struck her at every moment,! ^ expedition embarked at night
her guns worked with vigor and precision; 1 itl Hat boats and floated Gown the
it soon became evident sits was not as im- I Kanawha, attacked and captured Point
num-
eneu^y, tooK one" hundred
and fifty horses, and destroyed a large
amount of stores.
The enemy made desperate efforts
to cut off Jenkins’ retreat from the
pregnable as Eiicson’s Monitors,and as an j Pleasant, killed and captured a
iron clad shv was a failure. The rebel ber of the eneiqy, took one" hi;
balls seemecLto penetrate her as easy as a
wooden vessel. During thirty minutes
one hundred shots struck, ninety of which
were water lim. shots. She was perfectly
riddled and sunk the next morning. She?
hail 13 seriously wounded and two mrr- j Ohio river, hut they were eluded,
! and the command extricated in safe-
! tv.
tally. The iron irf not seriously damn
The rebels mistook a scow’ ’which broke
loose for a Devil.
The Yankees sum up thus: We have ; Van Sorn Uot Eadiy Kurt after ait
Chattanooga, April 14.—The ma't
house attached to Snyder’s Distillerv,
entered Charleston harbor, made a success- |
f«il rcconnoisance, engaged the rebel forts
three hours, damaged Sumter pretty seri- j „ t this p l aoe> wae destroyed bv fire at
ously, lost one vessel and bat! a crowning j !100n with a quantity Of grain.
r proof of the invulnerability of tlie Monitor
few l licet. ^
the liberties of this people with
omrtrvl no more forever. It
promulgation ot Magna ('harta, and
the continuation of the Petition
flight, tlie extension of the Bill »j
/lights, and a contVntration of them
all. Here arc the noble, familiar sec- j food for’all classes and for every emergen- ^ on Pna b] e us to restore the full ra-
itions, the due observance ot wind. | cy. thereby, with.true patriotism, ^ubordi-| ti()IU But that ration is now reduced
Arrangements were being made to blow
action for the
Sf Ids | and confronting your enemies, I up the Keokuk,
was 1 he people should be the first object of all agri- to ? vb ^ n ? >'?!"* Government is una- It is reported that further
cnltuiists; wherefore, it is earnestly recoin- ; , e a ll the conif''" 1 '' 4 ‘
richly merit. The supply
the arnty is deficient. This deficiency
is only temporary, for measures have
f , mended that. the. people, instead of plantin
c/tton and tobacco, shall direct their agri-
cultural labor mainly to the production of
ish all tlie comforts they so | present fta3 been suspended.
"it. The supply of meat for | The Herald has a report that McClellan
al liberty and against the abuse of power, | committed by the Special command of his j a l ollt . renders American citizenship j mitiug the. hopes of gain to the. certain
as high as the heavens, and as enduring as j ma J es! y- • ; more valuable than the condition of’j°^ , h e c uan t r y-
the eat th. The people confronted King! We have bad many such returns in this f tJlu on |,j s plantation: 2. That tbe President is herel
such crop as will insure a sufficiency of been adopted which will, it is believed,.
soon enable us to restore the full ra-
| tion. But that ration is now reduced
at times to one half the usual quantity
;ood
has tendered his resignation.
In closing a speech in Parliament Lord
Russell said : Depend upon it, my Lords,
if that war is to cease, it is far better it
should cease, with the conviction, both on
tlie part of the Ko'rtli and the South, that
they can never live again happily as one
John, who bad been arresting citizens i l an d °f freedom dukjtqr the past year, and
without charge, and punishing them with- ; ever y uiinti will suggest the ready parallel j -wki , j. . . .1 in 1
out trial, at,d made him recoul an oath to- , » «*'nple change ofnau.es. lint in tl.e ; t0 secure m tltei
fore ar.gels and men that lie would forever j do}’ 8 °f Gnarlcs f., more than two hundred ; fects against
abandon the practice of stu-li outrages. 1 years -"igo, our ancestors did not afltnv the
This was Magna Charta. ’J'liese were the j 8 'd'jcct to drop at the haughty bidding' no warrants shall i.-su
causes which produced it. It became a
perpetual law, and every English monarch
from John to Victoria, iias sworn in ex
press form of words as a part of the corona-
even of a king. They met the issue- Bold
and fierce discussion followed, until tlie
unwarranted arrest and imprisonment of
live Englishmen gave rise to the famous
“Art, IV. The rights ot tlie peopli
r persons and ef
unreasonable settle ’
and seizures, shall not be violated, amt
>ut unoii pro-
pported liv oath or
■ " ‘ 1
by re-
nested to issue a proclamation to t lie peo
m some of our armies. It is known j community and one republic ; and that the
that tlie supply of meat throughout the | termination of hostilities can never be
le of these States urging upon them tl.e country is sufficietU for the support of I h rou ght about l«y the advice.
.er- all, but the distances are so great, the I llon ’ or in,prfp ‘ enc e of any E
tion oath to
snpp
old-fashioned and homely, lint most
ous text .
hahle cause,
j affirmation, and partieulariy describ
ing the place to he searched, and tlte
persons and things to he seized.,
“Art. V. Xu pel sorts shall he held
Magna Charta, aud an application of them , to answer u capital or otherwise in
to existing grievances. I quoto that! famous crime', unless on a presentment
essity of guarding against tho great per
1 ils of a short crop of provisions, and settin
forth such reasons therefor as his judgment
tnay dictate.
Fully concurring in.the views thus ex
pressed by tho Congress, I confidently ap
peal to j’our love of country for aid in car
meilia-
ttTopean
11 it. Listen, sir, to its J Edition of Right which was a clear and ;
explicit affirmation of the principles of
ty ing into effect the recommendations of
1 1 '
“No freeman shall be taken or imprison-I . - . .
ed, or disseized or outlawed, or banished ! ” 11 ' V J 1,C h . b0 , ‘^c/KIj'rerninds ns j 0 f a grand jury, except in cases aris-
your Senators and Representatives.
\Vc have reached the close of the second
year of the war, and many point with just
condition of the roads has been so had
during tlie five months of winter weath
er through which we have just passed, i
and the attempts of grovelling specula
tors to forestall the market and make
money out of the life-blood of our de
fenders have so much influenced the
withdrawal from sale of the surplus in
the hands of the producers that the
j power.
I
or anyways destroyed, nor will we pass
upon him, nor wiil wo ser.d him unless by
tbe lawful judgment of h’s people, or by
tlie law cf the land.
“We will soil to no >mu ; wo will not
deny to -mv into eithei justice or right.
This was tiie voice of a people in whose
minds a clear perreption of legal forms
had not dawned ; but it was tl.e clear,
high voice of liberty, which when once
spoken never ceases to echo and reasnuu
from age to age until the angel shall close
tlie book of time. I love to listen to its
pealing strains. No music this side of 1 he
winged cherubim of God is so sweet to mv
ear. I contrast it with the harsh, discor
dant notes of tho executive usurpations of
the present hour, and the abject tones of
those who feed on the smiles of executive
favor. 1 turn away from the sad omens
which surround ns to renew and strengthen
iny faith it. tiie ultimate success of free
institutions, hy contemplating the scenes
tbiongh which they have already passed
1 turn away from the. sight of expiring
liberty in this land to assure myseit by a
contemplation of other days that it cannot
altogether die.
Mr. speaker, we cannot over-estimate
the value of tl.e victory obtained by the
popula'r will over tl.e doctrine of one'man
power wbeu tiie Great Charter was extor
ted from England’s perfidious king. Every
enlightened lover of human freedom has
borne testimony to the importance of this
grand achievement. The great Eatl of
Chatham in planting the cause of constitu
tional liberty in 177--*. paid tribute to it ns
follows :
“It is to your ancestors, my Lords, it is
to the English barons that we are indebted
for the laws and constitutions we possess.
Their virtues were rude and uncultivated,
but they were great and sincere. Their
understandings were as polished as their
manners; but they had hearts to distin
guish tight from wrong; they had
heads to distinguish tinth from false
hood ; jltey understood the rights of hu
manity, and they had spirit to maintain
them.
“My lords, I think history has not done
justice to their conduct; when they ob-
, of tbe high and sacred rights which have
been stricken down by the present Ad
ministration in our own midst:
“111, And whereas, also, by the statute
called *thc Great Charter of the liberties
of England,’ it is declared and enacted
that no freeman may be taken or imprison
ed, or be disseized of his freehold or liber
ties, or his free customs, or be outlawed
pride to the history of our young Oonfede- j Government has beeu unable to gather
racy. Alone, unaided, we have’met and j full .supplies. The Secretary of War
iug in the land or naval forces, or in j overthrown the most formidable combina- ( has prepared a plan, which is appended
the militia when ill actual* service j tj»n of naval and military armaments that j t0 this a dd reS s, bv the aid of whWli, or
in time of war or public danger; nor | ‘heJust of conquest ever gathered togeth- ; similar means to be ndnnted bv
I
shall any person be subject
same offense, to be twice p>ir
partly of life or limb nor shall
compelled in any criminal case
for the
in jeo-
he be
to be
be de-
„ .- - , * f , -.„* some similar means to be adopted bv
er tor the subjugation of a free people. Wei , • , . “ XT ’
• ■ ‘ - - - 1 yourselves, you can assist the officers
began this struggle without a single gun
afloat, while the resources of ourenemy en
abled them to gather fleets which, aecor-
' | ding to their official list, published in An- i known to exist in large quantities in
afloat, while the resources of ourenemy en- , the Goternmeufc in the purchase of
abled them to gather fleets which, accor- the bacon, the pork, and the beef,
was declared and enacted by authority of j
Parliament that no man, of what cstnte or
ART. VI. In aii (Minimal prosecu- \ are now in our possession, adding to the irotll danger should be il
s the accused shall enjoy the right ! strength of our little navy, which is rapidly of abundance, and that
gunboats 1 .
n. »i.. trom danger should be in the enjoyment
their slaves al-
condition that he be should be put ont of his j to a speedy and public trial, by an j gaining in numbers aud efficiency. To op- so should have a full supply of food,
land.or tenements, nor taken, nor unpris- impartial jurv of the State and district.! P°se invading forces, composed of levies ! while their sons, brothers,husbands
wo^s of law. ' previously ascertained by law, ami {„*“ J* , “ U8ana me "’ I we ' ad ”° ; which tlieir health.and eflic ency de-
”V Nevertheless a-dnst the tenor of to be informed of the nature and L bu ‘ ^^"conquerable valor of a people de- d , 3
i\e\cnueiess, against tne tenor ol [ ; tern.ined to be free ; and we were so desti- 1 T -, , . . .
said stjtutw. and other the good laws and cause of the accusation; to be con- j tnte of j. liIitary sup p] ies t i, at ten8 of , hon . . Entertaining no fear that you will
statutes, of yonr rental, fo that end pro- fronted with the witnesses srgamst j sal „j 8 0 f our citizens were reluctantly re- . eitHer rfSttconstrue the motives of this
c U cd -' V f VS °‘, J °- U T su, 'J ects l,av « °f la, « J bitn; to have compulsory process for i fused admission into the service from our address, or fail to respond to the call of
inability to provide them with aims, while patriotism, 1 have placed the facts fully
obtaining witnesses in bis
been imprisoned without tu.y cause show
ed ; and when, for their deliverance, they j bave ’tli^assistaucc of COUMS
were, brought before \M>itr msticus. by your I j .i- , m
ajeSiy s writs of ha he tin corpus, there to \ ,
undergo and receive as the court should
order, and tlieir kcej.ers couimaudcd to
!\t>r, and to
for 'his
1 have thus, sir, given bri
unmiary view of tho ‘results which
r many months some of our important and frankly before you. Let us all unite
strongholds owed tlieir safety chiefly to a in the performance of our duty, each
"ief ami careful concealment of the fact that we . in his aphere ; and with concerted, pei
..... were without a supply of powder lor #ur -a,../ 1 .., J: _... • ’ P el
quantity
Loss $7,000—insurance $2,000.
The rumors of Van Dorn’s fight at
Franklin prove to have been exagger
ated. 'Loss only -50 on each side. Only
a portion of Freeman’s battery was
taken by the enemy, which was im
mediately re-taken.
.All quiet along tlie lines to-day.
Maj. Dick McCann has captured an
other train on the N. & C. Railroad,
also destroyed a long wagon train.
Two more gunboats and three trans
ports, on the Cumberland river, have
been destroyed by Wheeler’s com
mand.
G-rm-Biiclia t'nplurrd.
Tullahomn, April 14.—Further in
telligence from General Wheeler con
firms the capture of two trains, con
taining thirty thousand dollars in trreen-
bj.’eks.
• There were also captured a large
mountain barriers and tbe scarcity of food number of prisoners; including three
for man and beast for our protection iu Majors, two Captains, aud three ot
East Tennessee, ageinst their paying us a j Rosecranz’s staff,
visit. Me have no certain information The enemy’s loss is 30 killed and
to what pent Burns.de m destined with j seventy wounded. We had one msn
Ins army, but it would not be wisdom ia i-~t i .
ns to overlook the fact that East Ten j W0Unded ",
neesce can be invaded by overwhelming ; The Alabama hal captured and des-
numbers, and that the enemy arc eager to | tl - 0 yed thirty-eight vessels since she put
ge possession o it as one of tlie most im- j j n commission. Each seaman’s prize was
portant section* of the Soufli. M e hope : ao ; §00.
our several commands in the mountains! **’’ — r « »
are ^nider enterprising and skillful officers, j On Friday morning last the barn of
! Major John S. Rowland, in Bartow county
was set on fire bv some vile incendiary
The Crisis in Tennessee -A Tullahoma ! afld T-Zc A ^i ^ C °Zt
correspondent of the Chattanooga Rebel, I ° f ' J V / tt co«i 800 gallon
writing on the 8th inst., says : * j nb . out . f°’ 00() . P ounJ «;, of fod ' !er “j
I cannot but admire the secresy of our t ? l ^ r , VaIu J b!c a, , tlcIeS ’ 1 ' V °. thousand
• , , / ,, bushels ot corn being a surplus, were
<rrAn#f innvAiriAnf ofti ^ U>> ° U f ^ i a \ JchJgiied as a gift bv Major liowland, to
£ran« movement oi tlie army on foot in the • so jj^ cr3 families ' J
East Tennessee.—The evidence increas
es daily aud hourly that the enemy are
making considerable preparation for the !
conquest of the whole .State of Tennessee
We have probably n-licd heretofore quite !
as much as we should have done on our t
—nBehet.
Western Department—such must be the
fact, and the time has arrived for such a !
movemeut, and the condition of the enemy ! i
.ii i.:_ -a .n r J i n
Watch melon Syrup and Sugar.—M 0
ear some-persons have made preparations
baffled in all his plans, at all points, seems j " C nave mane D e P ara
to invite us forward'. Under the master!" i f ° r g °' ns ' n, ° the luanufact,,rc of ,hese
hand of Gen. Johnson, the last campaign I r .* ". i
ofthis war is gradually developing itself! , , as t
to the qiuet observer of men and things, !
and the patriot can plainly see into an im
mediate bright future.
certify the causes of tlieir detainer, no | have attended a contest between free
cause was certified, but that they were \ principles a lid the abuse of power for
detained by your majesty’s special coin-| mort > than six hundred years- in Ettg-
pply ot pow
j cannon. Your devotion and patriotism
[have triumphed over off these obstacles,
per
sistent and well directed effort there
seems little reason to doubt that under
mand, signified by the Lords of your
l’rivy Council, and yet were returned back
toseveral prisons without being charged
with anything to which they might make
answer according to law.
3 he king signed new guarantees of
liberty to meet these complaints, but, in an
unhappy hour for him, broke his royal
word, and again trespassed upon the
rights of the people- The struggle again
commenced, and raged until Charles I.
fell beneath the axe of the executioner;
and that mysterious and unexplained
enigma of history fc Oliver Cromwell, tri
umphed over him in the name of popalar
right and constitutional government. And
though the practical fruits of this mighty
revolution were for long years turned to
dust and ashes upon tbe lips of England
and called into existence the monitions of *-J ,e blessing ot Him to whom we look
war, the clothing, and tlie subsistence which Tor guidance, and who has been to us
have enabled our soldiers to illustrate their our shield and our strength, we shall
valor on numerous battle fields; and to in- maintain the sovereignty and indenen-
fiict crushing defeats on successive armies, dence of these Confederate States and
eacb o^ wlnch an arrogant foe fondly im- ; traiI8mit to our posterity the her j tage
laud and America. Iluwe endeavored
to point out the issue which lias at all
times been involved. It will be observ
ed, however, that all these gnat in
struments, which stand as beacon-
lights of liberty along the pathway of
the last six‘centuries, and from which
I have so freely quoted, are only de
claratory of wiiat the rights of man
are, and depend for their execution on
an additional agency in the policy of
government. Atugna Charta, as I have
shown, declared a mighty principle in
the science of just government, and it j ^ w
lias been repeated over and over again j on the X MUrirsipp!''stiirbid defiauce%7he oHhree o/more discreet c’itizenT'char!
many times since, and at last finds a foe,^ and months of costly preparations for ged with the duties hereinafter’men-
polished and detailed embodiment in their reduction have been spent in vain, tioned.
ined to be invincible.
'The contrast between our past aud pres
cut condition is well calculated to inspire
full confidence in the triumph of onr aims.
At no previous period of the war have onr | Richmond April 19, 1S63. j
forces been so numerous, so well organized, j
and so thoroughly disciplined, aimed and PLAN SUGGESTED BY THE
equipped, as at present. The season of
high water, on which our enemies relied to ,
enable tlieir fleets of gunboats to penetrate
y ( bequeathed to us by our fathers,
(signed) * Jefferson Davis.
Executive Office. }
SECRETARY OF
WAR.
I- Let the people in each county,
into onr country and devastate our homes, P ar * 8 hi or ward, select at public meet-
is fust passing away. Y'et, our strongholds ,n S> us early as convenient, a committee
!'•} ! necessary articles to a considerable extent
on. The syrup is quite
palatable as that from cano, and the
! process of manufacture more easy and
^ | simple. Let it have a fair trial. A sup-
Yr' !• MI"* * fV 1 'Z r ,» *. , i , .ply can be made from it that will pl ace
these tbinp” hut i n ° oom ”®' a ® u ; almost every one beyond the'reach ot
w‘ P T»#I, y0a f ». r ! speculators 'on these articles.-J^ *
crisis ot 4lip war* or rather for tlie linal | Vr
grand act ifl the W'est. Joe Hooker’s mis- ^ “ eMen i tr ‘ | ^
erable attacks upon Richmond will fade i From vickabnrg and P»ri n«d«*«-
Wl y t0 Tv" 5, be -° r ° tbc brilli#n * 1 i eu ' I Vicksburg, April 17.—Some eight of (ha
^w^tli^ewAr"" 1 ' ^ an | I>,,, f’ n whlcl * 13 enemy’s bo!ts came down at 11 o’clock
opening w.th every s.gn of success. j ]Mt J gbt Heavy firing wa8 openejby
’* ; our batteries to which he replied briskly
An Item of Intelligence for our Planters, j trom several of his boats. One boat was
—ThePfollowing dispatch is published in
the Washington papers :
Fortress Monroe, April 5.—Twelve
rebel cavalry, with their liorses and>equip-
ments, arrived here to-day on the York-
town boat. . They deserted from Gen.
Wise’s Legion at Williamsburg yester
day. They say that their whole company
are coming as soon as an opportunity is
presented, and that want of food will com
pel them to desert. They say their
troops cannot endure the want of food
much longer. They repeat the story that
Richmond is soon to be evacuated, on
account of the inability of the rebels to
supply the army in Virginia.
filed hy our guns and burned to the
water’s edge in front of the city. Others
including two transports, passed down--'
Two or three were thought to be disable 1 -
None now in sight below, but one trans
port, lying at Brown & Johnston’s. I *°
guns of the Yankee battery on the 1 e
ninsula opened on the city this morning *
nine o’clock and are still firing. _
Port Hudson, April 17th.—The enemy’s
upper fleet returned above Bayou
and stopped at Point Coupe post office,
returned the letters taken on their *•)
down. They committed no depredatioiW’
The lower fleet is quiet—one vessel
sight.
