. The history of the Civil War in the United States : its cause, origin, progress and conclusion ; containing full, impartial and graphic descriptions of the various military and naval engagements, with the heroic deeds achieved by armies and individuals, touching scenes and incidents in the camp, the cabin, the field and the hospital ; and biographical sketches of its heroes . im-pending ruin. It is worthy here of remark that despotic governments neverneed anyindemnity bills, for in them there are no restraints on arbitrarypower, and if the monarch perpetrate acts of the most unjustifiable ty
. The history of the Civil War in the United States : its cause, origin, progress and conclusion ; containing full, impartial and graphic descriptions of the various military and naval engagements, with the heroic deeds achieved by armies and individuals, touching scenes and incidents in the camp, the cabin, the field and the hospital ; and biographical sketches of its heroes . im-pending ruin. It is worthy here of remark that despotic governments neverneed anyindemnity bills, for in them there are no restraints on arbitrarypower, and if the monarch perpetrate acts of the most unjustifiable tyrannythere is no arm which can punish him. What would be th>3 advantage ofsuspending a writ of habeas corpus in Prance under the tyranny of LouisXIV., when a leiire de cachet or secret warrant, obtained by a parasite ofthe court through favor, could immure its victim in the Bastife for years,without any power existing in any of the judicial tribunals to investigatethe merits of the case, or to cite the parties before them for a hearing. In free governments and in limited monarchies the writ of habeas corpushas often been suspended under much less urgent circumstances than thoseunder which it was suspended by President Lincoln. In England thishas been repeatedly done in cases where the public safety required that Videant consulis ne quid Respublica dctrimenti PEACE DEMOCEATS ON THE CONSCRIPTION BILL. 4T3 suspected persons should be arrested without following- the regular pro-cesses of law. Thus, in January, 1817, when the Prince Regent, after-ward George IV., was returning from Parliament to his palace, he washooted and insulted by an indignant multitude. Parliament immediatelysuspended the habeas corpus act, in order to take possession of the offenders,and punish them with signal vengeance. And in the next year Parlia-ment passed an indemnity bill to protect all parties who had apprehendedand prosecuted persons under the late suspension act.* We cite this cnsepartic
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