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U.S. #4861
2014 21¢ Abraham Lincoln
Coil Stamp
 
This stamp was issued to cover the additional-ounce and nonmachinable surcharge rates. It pictures a close-up view of the statue in the Lincoln Memorial. The stamps were issued in coil and pane formats.
 
Value: 21¢ additional second-ounce rate
Issued: February 12, 2014, Lincoln’s birthday
City:
Springfield, IL, Lincoln’s home before becoming President
Type of Stamp: Definitive
Printed By:
CCL Label Inc.
Printing Method:
Photogravure
Perforations:
Serpentine Die Cut 8½ Vertical
Self-Adhesive
Quantity: 200,000,000 (coil stamps)

 

Lincoln Suspends Writ of Habeas Corpus

2014 21¢ Abraham Lincoln
US #4861 – Lincoln’s move was controversial, but he hoped to prevent Maryland’s secession.

On April 27, 1861, Abraham Lincoln became the first US president to suspend the writ of habeas corpus – the right to be released from unlawful detention.  He took this controversial move in the hopes it would prevent Maryland from joining the Confederacy.

When the Civil War began in April 1861, Congress could not convene until July, meaning that President Lincoln had to make his war-time decisions without the advice or consent of Congress.  He called upon his presidential war powers to create a blockade on the South and distribute funds without Congressional permission.

1987 22¢ Drafting the Constitution: The Bicentennial
US #2355 – Article I, Section 9 of the US Constitution states, “The privilege of the Writ of Habeas Corpus shall not be suspended, unless when in Cases of Rebellion or Invasion the public Safety may require it.”

Slave states that didn’t declare their secession from the Union became hotly contested as the nation spiraled into Civil War.  Delaware, Kentucky, Maryland, Missouri, and a portion of Virginia that became West Virginia all remained in the Union while generally opposing military action against the new Confederacy.  Loyalties were often mixed, even within families.  Many of these “border states” also had social, political, and economic ties to both the North and South.  More of their trade was with the North, but as slave states, many of their residents were sympathetic to the Confederate cause.

1946 80¢ Stock Transfer Stamp, bright green, watermark, perf 11
US #RD218 – Stock Transfer stamp picturing Chief Justice Taney

Maryland was especially important to the Federal government in April 1861.  Maryland falling into Confederate hands would have meant Washington, DC, would be surrounded.  Vital rail and telegraph lines passed from the west and north through Baltimore on their way to Washington.  Additionally, troops summoned to defend the capital also needed to travel through Baltimore.  At the time, there was no direct connection between Philadelphia, Wilmington and Baltimore Railroad’s tracks and those of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, so railcars transferring between the two had to be pulled by horse along Pratt Street for over a mile.  On April 19, 1861, a crowd of anti-war “Copperheads” and other Southern sympathizers attempted to prevent the 6th Massachusetts Militia from transferring between the two lines, in an event that became known as the Baltimore Riot of 1861.  The mob prevented the cars from being pulled by horse, forcing the soldiers to march the remaining distance on foot.  As they marched, the rear companies were attacked with cobblestones and bricks.  Some of the soldiers shot into the crowds before the Baltimore police gained control of the situation separating the two groups.  Four soldiers and twelve civilians were killed.

Following the riot, the Maryland legislature met.  They voted against secession, but voted to close the railways to Union troops.  Lincoln was so determined to keep passage through Maryland open for Union troops that he resorted to extreme measures.  In a shocking turn of events, on April 27, Lincoln suspended the Constitutional privilege of the Writ of Habeas Corpus (Latin for “show me the body”) along the military lines from Washington, DC, to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.  Habeas corpus is the personal right that an arrested person must be charged with a specific crime, or they must be released.  It serves as a safeguard against unlawful seizures.  In taking this action, Lincoln was authorizing the US Army to arrest and hold anyone they wanted.  Though it was a controversial move, Lincoln viewed it as necessary to protect DC and end further talks of secession.

1948 3¢ Francis Scott Key
US #962 – Frank Howard Key was arrested for his critical editorials of the move and was imprisoned at Fort McHenry, the very fort his grandfather (Francis Scott Key) had written the “Star Spangled Banner.”

A month later, US soldiers arrested John Merryman, a lieutenant in the Maryland state militia.  He had been ordered by the governor to burn rail bridges, preventing Northern troops from entering the city of Baltimore.  Merryman was imprisoned at Fort McHenry without charges or legal counsel.  Upon hearing of the situation, Chief Justice Roger B. Taney issued a Writ of Habeas Corpus, but it was refused at the fort’s gate.  Taney submitted his written opinion on the situation to the president, claiming he had overstepped his Constitutional limits.  President Lincoln responded that without Congress in session, he had to act on their behalf.

 1863-64 10¢ Confederate States - Jefferson Davis
US #CSA11c – Confederate President Jefferson Davis also suspended habeas corpus during the war and instituted martial law.

Taney urged other judges to follow his lead and issue writs to the growing number of border states secessionists who were being detained.  Frustrated, Lincoln issued a presidential arrest warrant for the sitting chief justice of the Supreme Court.  When Congress finally convened in July 1861, it failed to pass a resolution supporting Lincoln’s suspension of habeas corpus.  Lincoln released most of the prisoners in February 1862, bringing an end to the court challenges.  He again suspended habeas corpus that September when people opposed his calling up of the militia.  Later that year, Congress passed the Habeas Corpus Suspension Act, which Lincoln signed into law on March 3, 1863.  It remained in effect until Lincoln’s successor, Andrew Johnson, repealed it on December 1, 1865.

1890 5¢ U S Grant, chocolate
US #223 – Grant called upon the same power a decade later during Reconstruction.

In the years since the Civil War, other presidents have suspended the writ in times of crisis.  Ulysses S. Grant suspended habeas corpus under the Civil Rights Act of 1871 in response to the Ku Klux Klan’s opposition of Reconstruction.  Franklin Roosevelt suspended habeas corpus during World War II and George W. Bush called upon the power to after the September 11 attacks, but this move was overturned.

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U.S. #4861
2014 21¢ Abraham Lincoln
Coil Stamp
 
This stamp was issued to cover the additional-ounce and nonmachinable surcharge rates. It pictures a close-up view of the statue in the Lincoln Memorial. The stamps were issued in coil and pane formats.
 
Value: 21¢ additional second-ounce rate
Issued: February 12, 2014, Lincoln’s birthday
City:
Springfield, IL, Lincoln’s home before becoming President
Type of Stamp: Definitive
Printed By:
CCL Label Inc.
Printing Method:
Photogravure
Perforations:
Serpentine Die Cut 8½ Vertical
Self-Adhesive
Quantity: 200,000,000 (coil stamps)

 

Lincoln Suspends Writ of Habeas Corpus

2014 21¢ Abraham Lincoln
US #4861 – Lincoln’s move was controversial, but he hoped to prevent Maryland’s secession.

On April 27, 1861, Abraham Lincoln became the first US president to suspend the writ of habeas corpus – the right to be released from unlawful detention.  He took this controversial move in the hopes it would prevent Maryland from joining the Confederacy.

When the Civil War began in April 1861, Congress could not convene until July, meaning that President Lincoln had to make his war-time decisions without the advice or consent of Congress.  He called upon his presidential war powers to create a blockade on the South and distribute funds without Congressional permission.

1987 22¢ Drafting the Constitution: The Bicentennial
US #2355 – Article I, Section 9 of the US Constitution states, “The privilege of the Writ of Habeas Corpus shall not be suspended, unless when in Cases of Rebellion or Invasion the public Safety may require it.”

Slave states that didn’t declare their secession from the Union became hotly contested as the nation spiraled into Civil War.  Delaware, Kentucky, Maryland, Missouri, and a portion of Virginia that became West Virginia all remained in the Union while generally opposing military action against the new Confederacy.  Loyalties were often mixed, even within families.  Many of these “border states” also had social, political, and economic ties to both the North and South.  More of their trade was with the North, but as slave states, many of their residents were sympathetic to the Confederate cause.

1946 80¢ Stock Transfer Stamp, bright green, watermark, perf 11
US #RD218 – Stock Transfer stamp picturing Chief Justice Taney

Maryland was especially important to the Federal government in April 1861.  Maryland falling into Confederate hands would have meant Washington, DC, would be surrounded.  Vital rail and telegraph lines passed from the west and north through Baltimore on their way to Washington.  Additionally, troops summoned to defend the capital also needed to travel through Baltimore.  At the time, there was no direct connection between Philadelphia, Wilmington and Baltimore Railroad’s tracks and those of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, so railcars transferring between the two had to be pulled by horse along Pratt Street for over a mile.  On April 19, 1861, a crowd of anti-war “Copperheads” and other Southern sympathizers attempted to prevent the 6th Massachusetts Militia from transferring between the two lines, in an event that became known as the Baltimore Riot of 1861.  The mob prevented the cars from being pulled by horse, forcing the soldiers to march the remaining distance on foot.  As they marched, the rear companies were attacked with cobblestones and bricks.  Some of the soldiers shot into the crowds before the Baltimore police gained control of the situation separating the two groups.  Four soldiers and twelve civilians were killed.

Following the riot, the Maryland legislature met.  They voted against secession, but voted to close the railways to Union troops.  Lincoln was so determined to keep passage through Maryland open for Union troops that he resorted to extreme measures.  In a shocking turn of events, on April 27, Lincoln suspended the Constitutional privilege of the Writ of Habeas Corpus (Latin for “show me the body”) along the military lines from Washington, DC, to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.  Habeas corpus is the personal right that an arrested person must be charged with a specific crime, or they must be released.  It serves as a safeguard against unlawful seizures.  In taking this action, Lincoln was authorizing the US Army to arrest and hold anyone they wanted.  Though it was a controversial move, Lincoln viewed it as necessary to protect DC and end further talks of secession.

1948 3¢ Francis Scott Key
US #962 – Frank Howard Key was arrested for his critical editorials of the move and was imprisoned at Fort McHenry, the very fort his grandfather (Francis Scott Key) had written the “Star Spangled Banner.”

A month later, US soldiers arrested John Merryman, a lieutenant in the Maryland state militia.  He had been ordered by the governor to burn rail bridges, preventing Northern troops from entering the city of Baltimore.  Merryman was imprisoned at Fort McHenry without charges or legal counsel.  Upon hearing of the situation, Chief Justice Roger B. Taney issued a Writ of Habeas Corpus, but it was refused at the fort’s gate.  Taney submitted his written opinion on the situation to the president, claiming he had overstepped his Constitutional limits.  President Lincoln responded that without Congress in session, he had to act on their behalf.

 1863-64 10¢ Confederate States - Jefferson Davis
US #CSA11c – Confederate President Jefferson Davis also suspended habeas corpus during the war and instituted martial law.

Taney urged other judges to follow his lead and issue writs to the growing number of border states secessionists who were being detained.  Frustrated, Lincoln issued a presidential arrest warrant for the sitting chief justice of the Supreme Court.  When Congress finally convened in July 1861, it failed to pass a resolution supporting Lincoln’s suspension of habeas corpus.  Lincoln released most of the prisoners in February 1862, bringing an end to the court challenges.  He again suspended habeas corpus that September when people opposed his calling up of the militia.  Later that year, Congress passed the Habeas Corpus Suspension Act, which Lincoln signed into law on March 3, 1863.  It remained in effect until Lincoln’s successor, Andrew Johnson, repealed it on December 1, 1865.

1890 5¢ U S Grant, chocolate
US #223 – Grant called upon the same power a decade later during Reconstruction.

In the years since the Civil War, other presidents have suspended the writ in times of crisis.  Ulysses S. Grant suspended habeas corpus under the Civil Rights Act of 1871 in response to the Ku Klux Klan’s opposition of Reconstruction.  Franklin Roosevelt suspended habeas corpus during World War II and George W. Bush called upon the power to after the September 11 attacks, but this move was overturned.