Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1862-12-31

.,va Ior ,ho afroat Of any person who nae sls
-,aolIneas 10 atnnd up boldly for the saicguafvs
M she Constellation Lincoln himself ssems g
\. sctipr upon the declaration OF SenatN
Wsde, that sqks maS iDho prates aoou' 'as oo"'
wfifafiopiR m, great .ysiia, 70 msaO'
msnd NE obssrvance OF constitutional barriers,
and the enforcement Of the habsas corpus. ana
N denounec the arbitrary arrests OF Lincoln
and Tod. In 10 oppose the war, and consequently |
t,easons and tho CRY OF the Linoolnitee 10.
.,asoSg iOiH hi'n evacify Aim cruelty him"
Nav mora. my friends In my case, even 10
quote from Lincoln himself MAS denounced as
treason, and as have learned through tne me-
.dium Of Republican papere, was maoe tns
basis Of the charges upon which was arresseu
aud aent 70 the Bastile.
WhiIst In Fbtt LAFAYETTE some kind friend sent
mo number Of the Republican paper printed In |
our neiehborina oity OF Circleville, In which the
aditor denounces me as ''an arch traitor, and
I onotea from nv celebrated Bern township
sneach. a. reported bv Bob Clarke, and publieh-
"A In the Lancaster Gazette, In order to prove
NV treason, aud the justice of my imprison
, ment Poor fool! Neither he nor Bob Clarke
knew that the language used, and which they
called treason, was literal quotation, word for
word, from Linooln's inaugural address. So
rapid indeed have been the changes Of Mr.. Lin
according to these editors of the "Dogberry"
schnol, Il 10 treason now to quote language
t, ,used BY Mr.. Lincoln eighteen months ago.
Thus, my friends, one by one have all our
checks and barriers against the approach oil
despotsm been torn down and trAmpled upon BY
ths Administration. One by one the safeguards
of the Constitution have been swept away; and
last Of all, as the browning act of infamy and
despotism, that bulwark Of both English and
American liberty, the habeas corpus, 10 tram
pled upon By your Republican President, your
a Republican Governors, and your petty tyfants
commanding Lincoln's military Bastiles'
History furnishes but few parallels in the ut-
Ger subversion Of oil laws, the complete over.
throw of oil constitutional government, and the
most atroeious acts of despotism as perpetra-
ted under this Administration. The bloody days
of the French Revelation is one. Its horrors
are fast overshAdowipg this once glorious Re-
public. You have your Dantons your Murate
and your Robeapierres, in q Lincoln, a. Stanton
and q Tod. 1t needs but the bloody guillotine
20 make the reign OF terror complete.
Tho future historian of our country will moi
only be compelled TO darken his pages with
Llncolns limitations Of the reign OF terror II
France, but he will be compelled to record also
his adoption Of the dogmas, the maxims ant
the practices of the Spanish inquisition.
speaking Of the Spanish inquisition, says:
Banacsm s 80 far subvenive OF the most established
prncples OF morality that under the dangerous maxim
for the advancement Of the faith all are lawful
=. doctrine which Tasso has rightfuly though perhaps
ndesienediy derived from the spirits OF he'll. It no
only excuses bat enjona the commission Of the mos
revolving crimes as sacred duty. Many
bloody paFe history attests The fact that fanatcism
armed with power Is the sorest evil that can befal
nation.
The creation of special bureau In the War
Dspartment, under Provost Marshal General,
with his subordinates scattered all over the
county, whose especial duty It is to act as
epies and iniofmers, 10 but an institution bor-
rowed from the Spanish inquisition.
You will be surprised to see how graphically
this same historian has described the duties
Imposed upon this new branch of Lincoln's
Government, in HE remarks upon the system
OF espionage officially directed by the holy
Office of the inquisiton. He says "Edicts
were ordered to be published annually on the
= irst two Sundays in Lent, throughout the
churches, epjoining it as sacred duty on all
Who knew, or suspected another to be guilty of
.heresy, to lodge information against him be-
. fore the holy office. All acousa-
, tions, anonymous as well as sigued, were ad-
mitted, it being only necessary to specify the
J. names Of Witnesses, whose testimony was taken
down by u secretary, and afterwards read to
tnom-"niOn, "uicoo Suo uaCOufucioe were 80
great as to force th emselves upon tn cir atten-
s,ao thev seldnm failed IN oon6rm "
a. s';.nJa -a. ali ri - -. A., =,
MY iEionuo "ee ei 'ni0 nny "oree tnan tue
system adopted ana practced under this new
branch of LincOln's Government.
The following extract from the same historian
% graphically describes the experience Of the
inmates oil the Admlnistralon Bastilee, as il
did the prisoners OF the dungeons of the in
Qrisihon;
The accused in the meantime, whose mysterious dis
appearanee was peiasPa @ sne Only public evidence Of bis
n.;tionl vhe re he wsS e,ou.Iy eScndod Of tne IN
course with all, save priest and his jsor boiS :,
whom might be regarded IS spies of the inquisOn In
TINS as,os.s sonSor ns e,of.ulae man. cut OF
pshg or for some time In SYN
o. the nature the charges preferred agsnSt him sea
at length instead q the original process favored
only wt :. - o the Witnesses
au.iity. ssE ~ "'s" mama ana
Instead Of presumng his innocence until bls ru,lt
had been established II acted on etacty the opposite
pnnciP' ans';Sd =, arorang MN me protection aE
hs Soricrn sitaon is used the ost
cIrcumvent and to crush him He had no remedy asans
malice or meprsientauoD on the part Of his accusers
., .ns s,Scs Ssy we're nsvsp De ms eeres
rontsd win The prisoner nor subjected to cro,.
nstion which can best expose Wifui coliuson
" cvlasnce. ..,. IS. N W
noi Ssys entered into the heart ~ anv . ~ would
that in government like ours-based upon he Ssn,e
mscy Of popular rghts, and with every security and
.naI T,sao@ sonld devise against
insistlon thst ever dIsarscsd bpmSu,s o. ns worst
been revived and reacted. N ""'e 7
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