Speech of Mr Barnard of New York in the House of Representatives of the Unite
Speech of Mr Barnard of New York in the House of Representatives of the Unite
Daniel D Daniel Dewey Barnard
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The Legislature had suspended civil proceedings in the courts for a limited time, but their criminal jurisdiction remained. The habeas corpus was not suspended ; nothing of the sort was attempted. Nor was this the martial law that was complained of, and which led to the fine im. Posed on General Jackson. It was another martial law, set up at a dilferent time, when all excuse or apol- ogy for its existence, even in the mildest form, had been taken away. It was a martial law which distinctly prop...osed to abrogate, for the time, at discretion, the whole body of Constitution and laws and every vestige of civil authority, and substitute in their place the military power — the per- sonal and irresponsible will of the conmiander of an army. It was a self- created dictatorship that was proposed and attempted — an absolute, unmit- igated, unregulated, unrestrained military despotism. This was what General Jackson attempted, and this is what gentlemen on tiiis floor justify and applaud. , 13 But, Mr.
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