Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1862-12-28


these outrageous usurpatloas. Other Dam.
ocrats, as loyal men as live In Ohio, have beel
arrested and Imprisoned on various frivolou
pIetextS' and without any pretended legal au
Casea Of individual hardship, however. thouel
entitled to grave confederation, sink Into Insip
nlncence 10 comparison with the legal and polit
ical principles involved. (
To the right minded man u matters not vha
me charge may be, the accused ia entitled d
his trial under the guards and sanctions Of ii,
laws and Constitution. He is entitled 70 ID,
igll benefit Of every guarantee Of the Bill O
klgnts' And In State like this, where intern
al order and peace uninterruptedly prevail
where the courts are open and the due AM
usual course OF law ls unobslruosed, there can
be no excuse for these summary pPocsedlngs.-- =
10 an insurreotionary district, where the coural
OF justice 10 obstruoted and the officers Of th,
law are unable to execute lie mandates, it Il
necessarily otherwise. -.---'-- - -,
The result Of the late elections throughout
the loyal States atteSte the high estimstion II
which the people hold these sacred rights.--
EveryEhere the Democracy have been success
ful. The grand old party, having contributed
more tnan its full proportion to the soldierJ
who ngnt Tor the Consultation and the UnioI
on the bloody fields Of battle, rallied ils sner,
giles to resist and rebuke at the baliot-box, The
aggressive and disunion policy Of Abolitionlsm.
IL went into the contest with the high and holy
resolve 70 resist usurpations both at Richmond
and washington. They boldly avowed "WAr
TO the knife and knife to the hilt" In their fo,-
hlity to the wicked and unholy rebellion, and
ae boldly declared uncompFomising hostility 70
Execusiye usurpati0n and political fanaiicism,
State after State wheeled into the Democratic
column, giving rs high assurance Of an early
and honorable peace--a peace that Wlll bring
with IL q redeemed Constitution, a restored
Unlon--a happy and united people. .
Peace and union are the highest aspirations
OF the Democratic heart-a peace durable and
benefcent, and q Union conserved by wise con.
ssitutional enactments against the assaults Of
sectional fanstioism. ~.
. Wishing you much happiness and long life,
l again, ln the name Of these lion-hearted Dem
ocrats, bid you welcome, thrice welcome, to
your home, friends and constituents. f.-.
DIR. oLps's sPEEaH.
Mr.. MARTIN:-I thank you, and through you
all this vast multitude Of my friends and fel.
low-citizens, for this most cordls! reception up
On my return from imprisonment.
do not misunderstood the 10y that now
waFnis your hearts and beams upon your coun.
tenances. Il ls not merely that fellow. cltI.
zen is returning to the society of his friends,
and the bosom Of bis family. II Is something
deeper and broader than all this II Is bo.
cause, In my restoration to liberty, You have
quasi guarantee that the reign of terror In this
country is coming to an end, and the keys Of
the American Bastlles are being, BY the ornnip-
otent voice Of the people, wrested from the
hands OF the Jacobins now In power, and held
mp to the case Of the DAntons, Murats and
kobespierres Of this Administration as warn
Ing to them Of their approaching doom.
You rejoice because In my restoration you
have made an advance toward the Fe-establish-
ment of constitutional liberty. You rejoice
because 10 my release you feel renewed conf
dences In your own freedom;-you rejoice be.
cause you feel once more secure In your per-
sons, your houses and your property;--you re-
Joioe because In my release you have guaran-
y that you, yourselves, will no longer be sub.
leosed to the worse than Star Chamber despot-
Ism OF Charles |. Of England. You rejoice,
ny friends, because you expect on this occa.
sion to hear from one In whom you have conf.
dence, one who knows by personal experience
some OF the horrors eeen and felt In the secret
chambers OF the American Inquisitiun,
. That may not be misrepresented by such
Republicans ss have heretofore shown such
Willingness to falsify any remarks of iulns,
contrary to my usual practice, have reduced
. writing all intend to say on this occasion.
Lend me, therefore. your patient attention.
on tne 18th Of August last, after ten O'Clock
1t night, my house was forcibly entered bv
'hree government rufHians, who with violence
'eised my person, and holding q revolver at
ny head, demanded my surrender,
During the time they were making such re.
,eased and violent efforts TO burst open nv door,
hey gave me no intimation thas thew were
government officers, or that they had any. Gov.
'rnment authority for my arrest. They came
ike assassins and robbers-they behaved like
.ssassins and robbers; and had / not been in.
ormed by the 6oastinss of certain Republicans
mas etndayita designed TO cause my arrest had
,een forwarded to the War Department, I
hould most undoubtedly have taken these
dovefnmens fufians for midnight robbers.
N men, AFTER my capture, demanded 10 know
y Nhae authority they had thus rudely broken
ato my room, and By what authority they had
mus seised my person, they very gfumblingly
nioImed me that they were acting under au.
hority of the War Department. I then de.
handed to be shown their warrant. They In.
ormed me that had no right TO make any
'uch demsnd-thst the order which they held
Was Tor their protection, and not for my gratih-
cation. They however permitted me 70 zee IL.
. fne document was aligned by the Assistant
Secretary OF Waf-Was dated at Washineton
Cisy. August 2d, 1862. 1t was directed to w !.
d. scott, and commissioned him 10 take with
him one assistant, and to pfoceed to Lancas-
'eFi Ohio, and arrest Edison B. Olds, and TO con.
roy him to New York and deliver him TO the
officer of Fort Lsfayettei and
that II he was resisted In the execution of the
orcer, he was directed to call upon Gov, Tod,
'ary. :" 80 ~ "''''
The order contained no intimation Of the
nature and cause' of the accusation against
ne; indeed, IL charged me with the commission
no onense whatever; and when demanded
u my captors TO know what we're the charges
snow." ~ y
! have no doubt but what the rufflans had
Jailed upon Gov. Tod for assistance before
proceeding to Lancaster to execute their order,
10 they had with them big double-fsted bully
rom Columbus, who informed me that his
lame was Bliss, and tina. he had once belonged
10 the Democratic party, and that he had met
ne In Democratic Conventions at Columbus.
These Government ruflsns were directed to
'2saeeabty" arrest me. Yet with violence
hey burst open the door Of my room, and with
! revolver Of my head they arrested me. They
'ame at the hour usually selected by robbers
ind assasslns 10 break into mems houses and
commit deeds Of violence; and had been arm.
NJ T ahould hava shnk thay,, aov,,, a. -nhh.-.