. The lost cause : a new southern history of the war of the Confederates : comprising a full and authentic account of the rise and progress of the late southern Confederacy--the campaigns, battles, incidents, and adventures of the most gigantic struggle of the world's history . ndvigorous prosecution of the war, and confining all business to the militaryand naval operations of the Government; by a general approval of theacts done by the President without constitutional authority, including hissuspension of the habeas corpus^ and by the initiation of a barbarousI)olicy of confiscation in a bill
. The lost cause : a new southern history of the war of the Confederates : comprising a full and authentic account of the rise and progress of the late southern Confederacy--the campaigns, battles, incidents, and adventures of the most gigantic struggle of the world's history . ndvigorous prosecution of the war, and confining all business to the militaryand naval operations of the Government; by a general approval of theacts done by the President without constitutional authority, including hissuspension of the habeas corpus^ and by the initiation of a barbarousI)olicy of confiscation in a bill declaring free whatever slaves were em-ployed in the service of the rebellion, tlius evidently containing theseed of that thick crop of Abolition legislation which was to ensue. Mr. Lincoln had suspended the writ Qlhaleas corjpiis without the consti-tutional concurrence of Congress, and under a claim of authority to arrestwithout process of law all persons dangerous to the public safety. Thisremarkable usurpation was tolerated by the country. Indeed, it obtainedmany ingenious defences in l^^orthern newspapers. It was declared thatthe privilege of hahcas corjpus was really in the interest of no one butquasi criminals; and that what had been esteemed for centuries as the. ai«^ eUBLlCLl « RY, A8T0R, LENOX ANDTILOEN FOUiJDATIBNt. mcLELLAIjs CONFIDENTIAL DOCOIENT. Jl77 bulwark of personal liberty, was really a matter of no great concern to thegeneral public. An apologist for Mr, Lincoln wrote : In such times thepeople generally are willing, and are often compelled, to give up for aseason a portion of their freedom to preseiTC the rest; and fortunately,again, it is that portion of the people, for the most part, who like to liveon the margin of disobedience to the laws, whose freedom is most in dan-ger. The rest are rarely in want of a habeas corjpusP This astounding and atrocious doctrine had already been put in violentpractice in certain parts of the North. We have a
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