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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1867 edition. Excerpt: ...was discharged. The action was, therefore, brought to recover damages, which were fixed at $10,000, for this illegal arrest. The defendants justificd under the act of Congress protecting all acts done under the "order" of the President or any of his subordinates, and claimed that they are protected by the provisions thereof. In the Supreme Court at Washington, on Tuesday, Dec. 20th, in the case of the United States an. Col. Baker, upon the indictment for the arrest of Dr. Gwynne, the Court decided that neither the order of the Secretary of War nor of the Secretary of the Treasury would be justification to the defendant. The liberty of the press and of the person, seems also to have been violated in the insurgcnt States by those in power. Mr. De Bow, a financial writer, wrote an article upon cotton which was displcasing to Mr. Davis, and the consequence was that it was suppressed and the author sent to prison for writing it. Here is a paragraph from the article which Mr. Davis snatched from the eyes of his countrymen: Cotton has failed or will fail us; the negro has failed or will fail us; it is idle to ho c longer to enjoy pcacefully the proceeds of his la or when at this moment eighty thousand of his color are organized, and hold arms in their hands to free their fellows. The longer the war is protracted the more violently will slavery be destroyed. For two years and a half we have waged war, and lost more t an half the territory over which we asserted jurisdiction; the supply of cattle no longer comes from Texas, nor does cotton esca e lon er from the frontier to furnish us supplies. he ississip i bears a hundred gunboats, half of them iron-c ads, that effectually prevent our occupation of any fpoint along its entire course,...
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- PublisherRareBooksClub.com
- Publication date2013
- ISBN 10 1230006834
- ISBN 13 9781230006833
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages818
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