The Cadiz Democratic sentinel. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 1854-1864, 1862-11-05
Prssaners.'

S1u me goeerumehS posoonce oaHmng IN
This city seventeen persons aFe confined for
alleged political offences. They were arres
ted upon afidauts made 10 some, II not all
the cases, by partisan and pessoual enemies,
upon which they arc deprived lof their liberty
without any means Of redressj' without abe
opportunity OF iisproviBg the charges made
sgsinst them through the judicial tribunals
Of the country, o right guaranteed by the
Cdnstitutioa and which should be held sacred
If guilty o Q any crime agsinst the Govern
Ifient these % rsons should be- punished. IL
they hare violated law they should suffer the
penalty therefore. But IL is palpably ufiust
that acilizens should Ne taken from their
homes ard business and incarcerated in a
prison for weeds and months for alleged po-
litical offences, and dehied the privileges
granted the Ineanest crim Dals in the land =
Three OF the prisoners have very comfcrtable
, quarters, but fourteen are confinee in cells
built for criminals. In one cell, . small one
nine are confined, and in still smaller one
are five. Neither fthem have side windows,
but light and air comes through O. skyfight
in the roof Here they eat, sleep and live,
shut out from the world, and only permitted
to see the light Of heaven through the sma II
ces are they permitted to leave their cells,
and before the iron grated door Of their. pris.
on house, securely fastened, armed sentries,
day. and night, watch then. One prisoner,
who came here sound in body and mind, for
some days was insane through the effects OF
his confinement Who two years ago would
have anticipated that such arrests would have
been nader Who would have thought one
year ago that the President would have
brought all the people OF the United States
urder martial law, to he administered at his
own discretion, and that in our magnificent
Pos'ofiice building, ina State loyal to the
Government and In which the adnmistra
ton OF the civ il law has never been obstruct.
ed, seventeen OF its citizens would be con.
fined, deprived OF all their civil rights? And
4 what IL their offence?iS l--iFa
One Of the ptisonsrs is DR.. Theodore Hor.
ton, Of Wells county! He was arrested and
brought here upon the charge Of discourag.
ing snlistments. Dr. I'll. is q good citizen
He has represented his county in the Legs
lature. e1 His most intimate friends upor
oath say that they have never heard hun ex.
press a, sentiment disloyal to the Govern
ment, but on the other hand has often sait
that he would freely give all be was worth
even ihislife, iftlhose sacrifices would pa
down the rebellion. And the direct chargt
made against him is dsproved BY some 0
the most trustworthy citizens Of his county
Yet these evidences Of his Innocence do no
release him. He cannot get his liberty upoi
! hail.s In confinement he must remain viii
his fellow prisoners until the author
tiles at Washington dispose Of them, 1'h
President may think that the public safet,
requires these extreme measures but IL give
power TO bad men which may be exercis
ed, and " hich has been exercised, to injur
the best citizens. Wherever civil law cal
uot9be administered. martial law may be ne
cessary, but in Indiana no one can doub
/ that all offenses known to the laws can. b
! punished through judicial tr buuals Indian
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