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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC08599.09 |
| From Archive Folder | Pamphlets related to President Lincoln's suspension of habeas corpus |
| Title | The suspending power and the writ of habeas corpus |
| Date | 1862 |
| Author | Johnston, James F. (fl. 1862) |
| Document Type | Pamphlet |
| Content Description | Published by John Campbell. Johnston states "it has been said that the 'President has no power that can be abused, except with more danger to himself than to the community,' and that ... ours is 'the most feeblest Executive perhaps ever known in a civilized community.' Is it not plain that the inference from all that is against the President's having the power to suspend the Habeas Corpus?" (page 48). Cover is missing. |
| Subjects | Civil War Military History Union Forces US Constitution Law Habeas Corpus Congress Civil Rights Bill of Rights President |
| People | Johnston, James F. (fl. 1862) Binney, Horace (1780-1875) Campbell, John (1810-1874) Lincoln, Abraham (1809-1865) |
| Place written | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
| Theme | The American Civil War; Government & Politics; Law; The Presidency |
| Sub-collection | Papers and Images of the American Civil War |
| Additional Information | In 1861, President Abraham Lincoln suspended the writ of habeas corpus for all military related cases. Suspension of this writ, which is guaranteed by Article I of the United States Constitution, provoked much controversy. |
| Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
| Module | Civil War, Reconstruction and the Modern Era: 1860-1945 |