New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1862-12-09
"ARBHTRAYY AHRESTs.v

"ARBHTRABY ATHEISTS"
Very much has been said. ard not without
a show Of reason against the summary arrest
aud Imprisonment Of persons residing or being
in the loyal States who eviuce too openly and
actively their sympathy with the Shareholders
Rebellion. We have hitherto pointedly con-
demned those arrests, on the assum pton that
il cannot be- diff cult in loyal communities to
ndict, Try and convict overt traitors in tie
ordinary legal tribunals. We confess that some
recent occurrences have rudey shaken our
faith in the foundncss OF this assumption.
From among these we viii only adduce the
trial Of Andrew J. Houston before the L. :.
District Court lately sitting at Indianapolis.
Houston was clearly proved to have last Sum
mer pilotei small party Of Rebel guerrillas
over from the Kentucky eide Of the Ohio to
Ncwburg, Indiana, where he resided, and
where they proceeded forthwith to pluuder
the T.. 5. Hospital al that place-he know
Ing that there was no Federal force
there but a few score of sick in the hospital,
whom they paroled OF course, the Rebels
would not have ycntured over but for the IL
formation aud guidance thus traitorously afforded
them BY this HousiOn and yet four OF the jury
refused, in defiance Of the clearest proof to
convict him, We should Ike TO know what
oar conservative cotemporarics would have
the Government do in such cases. our course
would be TO proclaim martial Law in every n-
fcc,ei locality, aud send all such Copperheads a
this Houston at once before a drumhcal court
martial composed Of thoroughly loyal military
men, tsy them IN ,hort meter, and shoot them
directly after conviction, giving each full hour
TO make bis VII aud say bis prayers. Such
policy, firmly pursued, would save the lives Of
ten loyal men tor every traitor thus summary
prevented from doing further mischief.
Let us further illustrate by the case Of
George l.. Kane. c1-Mnrshal Of Baltimore.
This man cannot deny that he-the evening
AFTER the massacre of the Massachusetts yolun-
teers in the streets of Baltimore, and when al
between the Free North and the
Federal Metropolis had just been trai,orously
broken at that place-teegraphed 10 a leading
Seccs.ioniit at Frederick (who soon after lei n
band Of Maryland traitors 70 join the Rebel
forces in Nirginia) as follows:
T.ark ,ou for your oa,r Bring your mon by tie dr
~ n Na,p'asd biaof
seid erpi.,e. over the mountains and valley. Of Mary
lard rnl ra ~ The uleulru como without delay
Ir,s lldes Df uiou oun-ersl will be down upon
uouo~ CHE 1), ~ N~ Gsa9 lam ane sep ii.a o, aie
GEO T. kAhE'
This was but one of a series of demonstra
tons by this Marshal of Baltimore each OF
them proving him malignant traitor in fall
communion with jeff Davis and Beaurcgard.
On the strength of these, he was arrested aud
for monks, but finally set free
without trial or Indictment ilereupon, b.
writes and publishes letter, boiling over with
abuse Of " Mr.. Secretary Seward and his hired
miuions said Secretary having, according to
X uc, made him Especial victim" heaped
upon him all manner Of Accusations which
he knew to be false" aud thereby meritcd
tie contempt Of every honest man aud
woman in the land" &c, &c.
We do not like tie Bastilc mode Of govern
ment. We think that better can very gencr.
ally be relied on. Yet, if we were asked to
say whether it would be- of any use to try
Kane before fairly selected Baltimore jury,
We should have to answer in the negative.
There would probably bo a majority for CON
yicting him; but 1t would be- hard 10 keep the
panel entirely clear OF Democrats'-that is,
Scccssionists-and one Of those would suffice
20 save him from conviction. But if Gov.
Seward can fully yindicate himself from all
completely in letting this traitor loose to serve
bis two masters, jeff. Davis aud Satan, we
think 1t will not be difficult to justify what
ever part the Secretary may have had in his
arrest and incarceration