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The Daily Dispatch: April 4, 1864., [Electronic resource], From General Lee's Army. (search)
The Habeas corpus. Gov. Brown, of Georgia, in his message to the Legislature, says that the writ of habeas corpus has not been suspended in Great Britain since 1689, and that an attempt to suspend it at this time would cost the Queen her crown. Gov. Brown has probably confounded the writ of habeas corpus with the veto which the law places in the hands of the sovereign, and which, it is said, has not been exercised since the revolution. The Fayetteville Observer has been at parlor to ascenumber of times the habeas corpus has been suspended since that period, and the result is anything but complimentary to Gov. Brown's historical proficiency. Between 1689 and 1794, it had been suspended nine times. It was suspended throughout the Brinder of George 3d's reign it was several times suspended in England, and again during the reign of George 4th in 1822. Gov. Brown surely recollects the commotions in Ireland, about fifteen years ago, and the suspension of the writ during the time of