Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1858-11-11
The Louisville Kidnappers.


from The Cleveland Herald, Sd lnsLI
We have heard nothing from the expedi-
tion which went from New Albany to the
rescue of Captain Horace Bell, and it is to
be hoped that correct public sentiment
will be aroused in Kentucky which shall
right this wrong upon her own soil. The
Louisville papers rebuke the outrage per-
petrated by the Kentuckians, but they treat
the matter as if there was great blame on
both sides, when the fact stands public that
the first great outrage was perpesrated by
KentuckIaDs, and that the utter denial of
proper bail, the refusal of speedy trial,
and the murder Of friend of the Bells led
Captain Bell and his brother to take tue !
case in their own hands, and accomplish the |
release of their old father and of their
brother. When justice is utterly denied BY
the tribunals. :here is no remedy save by
an appeal to ones own strong righ. arm.
The Louisville Courier says that some of
the kinappers are heartily sick of their con.
duct. That paper also says: .-..-
"Horace Bell was taken from Branden-
burg, on Sunday afternoon to some safe and
secluded place in Meade county, where he
will be in the custody of the sheriff. The
citizens of BraDdenburg promptly paid the
reward Of $500 offered for the arrest of
Bell. The .ofhcers who made. the arrest in
New Albany, sold their claim for $780,"
\ The Neio Albany Ledger says:r e. go 'ten
y aft is said that the ferrybo at Adelaide
$ left this place last night for Brandenburg,
KY, to ascertain if anything could be done
to secure the liberation of Horace Bell
: The Louisville papers, however, announ ce
that Bell was carried off to the Elizabeth
Il town Jail, some thirty miIes distant. L. such
e is the case, we presume no attempt will oe
J.. made 10 resc"e him, If surh was iRte nded.' .
The Louisville Josrna. has most Jesuit.
y cal editorial upon this abduction, either
e showing that the editor really is in favor Of
, this mob law but dislikes TO frankly say SO
# or that the public opinion of Kentucky over
awes him from honestly rebuking the grea
wrong which he at heart knows has beer
* done to Irdana citizens; we believe the
ofl latter is the real state of the case. Tn
a. Journal advises the Governor of Indian;
:. not to make requisition on the Governor o
Kentucky, because report says the officer
'f Of both States have been the habit of max
's ing reprisals from ea:h others territory; tha
tn requisitons are game two can ply at; an,
il that requisition from Gov. Willard, o
Indiana, would be followed by "extensiv
calls" from Gov. Morehead upon the Indi
Sd ana Executive; and then adds, that the In
ne diana people had better leave Horace Bel
in in the hands of Kentucky law, wher
"ju stice will be done;" and where, if he
tconvicted for breaking the Brandenburg jail
the editor "does not believe the punishment
se will be excessive" What shameless
nd ground that is take, when the editor know
at that old Mr.. Bell and son were kidnappe
and confined on mere suspicion, and wer
the denied justice in Kentucky, reasonabl
bail being refused,a friend Of Bells aurdere
ms in open day, and the murderer never arrest
IL ed, and the trial of che Bells postponed 70
On nine long morthsI and these outrages t
We 90 uuavenged, and the son who was forct
Ito efRect the release or see his father die
NJ PrisaR ID kidnapped, and and Raw the edits
efE of The Journal asks that the people {
Il Indiana permit Kentucky law to take j,
;" own course! Kentucky law is the law
o. blood; Kentucky morals is the code of th
we assassou; Kentucky courtesy is the courtes
Js- of kidnaPpers.
7, |: is fit that the editor who could unblusl
r ing y pen such a suggestion should ais
VI saunsingly write the following. The Journt
las feeling that the kidnappers are safe in ii
is, last great outrage says:
"We understand that the warriors WI
=. constituted the military expedition again
the Brandenburg Jail, landed their boat @
'a' the shore opposite Brandenburg, pointe
Int their loadeG six-pounder at the town, an
&C. then sent a committee across the river
nat confer with committee of our citizens :
pie The KentuckiaIs, however, refused to 8
icy into ary conference until the invaders shou
to turn the muzzle of their gun in anotht
BIS direction-turn it toward THEN own Stat
cal 80 that If it should happen to go off. II
damage should not be in Kentucky. TT
ost muzzle was duly turned and the committt
We met, but we have not heard that any treat
H.. was made, or any treating of any kind dom
"Why didn't the Indiana warriors mare
vi" 20 Elzabethtown, where Horace Bell W,
u.s. in Jail! Didn't they think it safe to 60
it! THUS far into the lowest of the Iandl"
How perfectly applicable to the press al
people of Kentucky are the remarks mao
On by The Ntw York Post relative to Maryla
ng and the driving from her borders the Frien
>, Bowers. The Post says: .... ..
"It (slavery) is able to silence every al
verse expression of popular opinioni it col
ai- trolls the press, it influences the Legislator
BAR and procures such laws to be enacted q
~ suit. its pleasure; and when it deems til
his laws inadequate to its purpose, it sets thel
ost aside, sutorDs mobs, administers Lyme
he law, drives out of the State men who hav
ak committed no offence against the laws, an
I'm resorts to every brutal method of su2pre.
he sion that seems likely to answer the pu
pose. Such are the results of slavery, eve
to in those parts of the Union where tn
slaves are fewt.t ::ln number. The save
holding aristucracy is the most cowardly c
II. all aristocracies. 1t lives in constant feu
ev of overthrow; it knows that it has : ba
name; that the sopinion of the world
in against it, and, as those who are apt to d