Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1861-10-25
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name was no doubt unjustly invoiVeu'F rrohA 7
The article in the Crisi', l copy the following {
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On last Friday afternoon, one OF the editors
Of the Ohio Statesmen came into our once, ano
informed us that In, the testimony pnoilapea IN
the Cleveland papers, ID WAS stated tnat we Ntne
editor Of the Crisis) we're represented a. az the
head Of the concern -Alludipg more particularly
20 the remarks Of q Mr., Payne, one OF the
Prosecuting Attorneys, He stated also On what
the charge was based In the testlmony' pus ~
the same time denouncing u, OF course'9 wei
followed up bis remarks BY words still more
strongly denouncing the charge 90 false IN every
particular. This was .sthe first Baintimsuon
we had Of such charges being mades and knoW-l
ing their falsity, We paid no further attention
TO the matter at the time. ,s,se /
am the person alluded TO as Zone Of the ed
,itprs Of the Statesman" and, it Is but just 70
the proprieiors of the Statesman that ! should
Issy they knew nothing whatever Of the pnblica,
ton Of any Of the testimony, ia,i gluoo al
|, The extract above, from the Crisis, iain the
min very correct, with this differencet When
repeated from recollection what Mr.. CHRISTIAN
had stated IN his testimony, and what Payne,
the District Attorney, had said, i remarked
that Mr.. G.s testimony did not authorize the
statement that PxYNE had made; ~ IA "a
On Wednesday, | think, Of last week, the
proceedings Of the frat day in the case of CouRr
were received. AZ there had been so much
said In reference to this Marion county affair,
especially In regard 70 CoURr, 1t was thOughs
due to the Subscribers Of the Statesman that the
testimony in his case at least should be publish;
ed, that they mlghtresd and know just what
the affair amounted TO-, The following morn
ing the Statesmen contained the first days pro-
ceedings. OF, this, no one complained The
next days proceedings came in the Cleveland
Leader, the same paper from which WAS copied
the frat days proceedings, and therein ] found
1 the following in the testimony of DR.. Chris
TITAN: ~ sssl11is 4 c1tsim y s'sl ~ (,
| Thinks Mr.. Holder told him be got the obli..
CATION from sam, Medary, either directly or
through Mr.. Salisbury, Of Cardington, Nor
row county; got the Impression from Mr., Hod.
der that the association extended throughout
the State, and that there was one in Columbus.
| Ithen intended to publish the short speeches
of counsel, but upon reading PAYSE's remarks,
said they were not justified or sustained by
lcHRsrTAs's testimony, aud did not publish them
bteause they upjustly reflected upon Gov. MEDIA
RY. The testimony was then cent to the com. :.
Ipositors' room. Then It was went to Gov,
MEDARS's Office, with the purest intention, and
asked him ifhe had seen the testimony and
PAYNE's speech, He replied .No."a / then re-
lated to him, as near ,Ecould fromrecollec'
tiou,r what the testimony was and what PAYNE
had said, and remarked, t'the testimony amounts
to nothing, and does not sustain Mr. PArsE's
rsmarks'' ,aMy object in notifying Gov Me-
pARY Of this, was to give him an opportunity Of
saying. over bis own name. what he mightde
sire, in contradiction, believing that would have,
more force than anything might say editorial.
Ily; and that then It would give me an OPP
portunily Of adding my, beliefdefa the untruth-
fulness of the affair .,1a do'dE s.bs559a
Ibid not suggest this, because he Is an older
and more experienced man than myself, and
might deem any suggestions might make as
presumptuous. After some immaterial conver-
sqtion, ] LETT. With the impression that he, after
reading exactly what had been aaid, would mo-
lce It, either through the Statesmanor hisown
paper, and that / would, Of course, with pleas.
ure publish whatever be felt called upon to Say.
Bat he, as he says, g knp,0ng their falsty, paid
no further attention to the matter at the time"
Is 1t strange, then, that I, not" kFosciny :" but
bsli,uing a'their falsity,n should pay no further
attention to the matter at the time y la1e9
roI was as much,impressed with the belief as /
could be, without he saying so, that We ahouid
have a card from GOV. MEp4nY the next day, if
he thought the matter of sufficient importance.
| This being the case Il was astopnded OF what
occurred on the street the next morning be-
tween Gov. MEpARY and .myself, and which /
would not allude to were il not that q false
statemen. has been published in a paper 10 this
citys and copied ettteqnsSlysIy q eqnsSl throughout the
State, Tiz;.svea 81 Sea ,sas1 7swRss os---o9
/ :, This morning, the Governor met Mr. Martin
on hissway to the opostofice, and at once seized
| him by the collar, using some very forcible Ian
Ruage, and telling Mt. Martin that he (Martin)
was the first Knight ever made In this city, that
the Sfatesman Office Was their headquarters, and
| that he would have every member Of the Order
In this city arrested for treason before night. \
: Three points in this statement are untrue.---
Fret, That Col. MEDAaYs . seized me by the
collar;n Second, That L am one Of what Is
termed che Knighss,s Third, That the Stats,-
man Office was their headquarters"
The first Col. MEDAR1 could have pssitively
denied, as hsdid mot put bis hand on me, He
could also contradict the second and third, with
ss much confidence a. could have contradict.
ed the testimony Of MIR. CHRrsfiAs. = e's,.'''l ".
Col. M1DArt pubIishesi ths following article
from the Statesman; ;siia s5 b,d sogsE ~. 40
THE Usirrp STATES aDlsrlicr gArroRsrY OF
THE SourfiERs DnrRlcr or oHo.-It 10 seldom
that we notice anything published In the paper
printed In this city called the Capital City Faci,
but In its Issue of Thursday, October Il an ar
ticle appears, from which we extract the fol-
lowing, which demands the attention Of the au.'
fhoritiee; 9aibbiS0t ssts.-1 ~
s"We would fain treat this matter as base
less dream, disbelieve that leading members Of
the Democratic party have conspired to over
throw the Government; but the reality ID too
paIpable 10 adnit.of doubt. We are surround
Cd by dangerous men, and no one knows that he
is not conyefsing With (supposed) friend, who
has sworn the most terrible oath to murder his
neIgbbuf and destroy his Government. IL not
the reflection alarming7 and are not loyal men
called upon 70 move vigorously In the work OF
ferreting out those vile fends who have sworn
allegiance to Jeif Davis and destruction to the
Unio17 Wei meaainy men hace been 10th 10 be.
lieys The eristencs Of such orgdnizstioa possible;