The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1860-07-12
E ne Case of s.. VI RootEl.

ne Case of s.. VI. Booth.
The Democrat Of last week has for
its leading editorial, an article headed
''THE CASE OF S. M. BoorH," in which
the incarceration Of Mr.. Booth in prison,
is dilated upon most pathetically, and
his hardships depicted in moving and
melting language. We are glad our
neighbors' sympathies are enlisted in
behalf OF the suferings and wrongs of
Mr. Booth; we hope the Democrat will
continue to keep this subject before the
people until the public mind shall be
aroused, and the release of Mr.. Booth
from his present unjust and cruel i'm
prisonmeEt shall be accomplished.
We beg leave to state few facts
which have recently TRANSFERRED, in adj
dition to the hardfhips enumerated in
the last weeks Democrat. That Mr..
Booth has been most barbarously treat
ed by the officials of the government,
who have him in keeping, there cannot
be any doubt; their conduct towards
the prisoner is despised by all good cit.
liens irrespective of party. We see it
stated in Milwaukee paper, that few
days since the father of S. NJ. Booth,
came from distance of an hundred
miles to see his son; the father had not
seen the son for over year, and was
refu ed admittance to the prisoner by
the brutal officials. A few days since,
a gentleman in the country, sent the
prisoner box of strawberries; their
delit cry was retused-such Injuries
were not allowable.
Last week, on the FOURTH Mr.. Booth
proposed TO deliver an Grafton from his
prison window, in commemoration of
our National Independence; number
of the outside friends having signifed
a wish to hear him. The government
officials became terribly alarmed, and
snuffed treason; on the morning of the
Edurb,th us. Custom house, booths
PRISON., was surrounded by large ad
ditional force of vagabond government
officials aud sub-oficials. 1t seems to
have been feared that some incendiary
sentiments--such as are contained in an
American Declaration of Independence,
might be uttered in the hearing of the
people In the meantime gentleman
by the name of LaGrange, had procured
a copy Of Booths grafton, and dared
to read it outside the prison walls, to
crowd Of some four or five hundred per-
sons /; the only molestation offered was
from some of the principle prison off
GERS, who thrust their heads out of the
Custom House windows like so many
owls-uttering curses and all sorts of
foul epithets.
Now the Democrat will agree with
us, that such treatment of Mr.. Booth is
a disgrace to this age OF boosted civil
izatjon; and we are led to hope from
the tenor of the Democrats article of
sympathy last week.. it will continue
to hold up to the public the cruel fate of
the prisoner. We beg leave, however,
to correct the Democrat on one point &.
that paper singularly has got an idea,
that the Republicans after having got.
ten Mr.. Booth in the limbo, have chang
ed ground on the States Right question,
and therefore have abandoned him to
hopeless imprisonment not SO, Mr..
Democrat. None but peaceable reme>
dies, were ever employed in Booths
case in former years, and precisely the
same remedies have been resorted to in
the present case, but as yet have not
resulted in the prisoners release. There
has been no change of policy whatever
If nothing can be done before, to relieve
Mr.. Booth from the grasp of the soul
less Democratic officials, we hope the
election Of Lincoln and Hamlin, will
overthrow some of the despotisms in our
country, and thus put an end to such
barbarisms as imprisoning men for
no crime.