Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1862-11-15
rhe Uaso OF mrs. Brinsmade-aross
= outrage.

Tho Case or MFs. Brinsmaue-"r"'
- W outrage.
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We refer The reader 10 the correspondence
published In this paper. between the Provost
Masuha,. @ CeneraI sIMroH DRAPER, and the coun-
eel OF young married lady, Mrs. BnINshADE'
Who was arrested In Washington, on the war
ran. Of ono BAKER, Provost Marshal OF that
city, kept closely confined there, and aiterWafo
conveyed on q night train 10 New YORK ci'y,
and by acting Pfovost- Marshal KENNEDY 'ooAeo
up in police station.hOuse for six or seven
weeks. But the reader will learn the de'aiis
Of this disgraceful affair from the correspond
ence, which cannot, II he 10 man win 'ne
feelings of 0 man, fail 70 make his oneeks
mantle with shame. How many such deeds
have been, and are committed BY petty Govern
ment officials, entrusted, % they imagine win
an irresponsible authority over the lives ana
liberties Of their fellow-citlzens, not excepting
women like Mrs. BRINsMADE, scarcely out Oh
their teens, the public does not yet KNOW, anu
uerhaps never will know. But If the Admin
istratiop does not interfere and put an immedi'
ate stop to similar outrsges upon the personal
liberty and personal rights Of American citizens
whether Of the one sex or the Other the au
thors and abettors Of some Of them, at ieass'
will be dragged to light, and meet just popu-
lar retribution, II the arm Of legal justice ID
found to be paralyzed
That radical Administration Journal the
New York Eusnins POsi, does not attempt 70
Justify, but condemns the scandalous proceed
inps In the case Of Mrs. BRNsMADE. Referring
70 the case made In the correspondence VIC
publish, 10 says that "if the Governments does
NOT at once carefully and thoroughly inVest-
gate the circumstances of this scandalous OUT
rage, and punish to the extreme limit ot i.s
authority every one who had part In H. Is Will
be rightly held responsible by the people ior =
shameful abuse" There arc many like cases
of "sbameful abuse" shat have trsnspired In
Ohio and other States, which the Governments
should also investigate. and punish the guilty
authors and abettors, or stand condemned be-
fore the tribunal of the American people ana
the world for Hsgran. disregard oi popular
rights.
In the case Of Mrs. BRINsnADE, the Post re-
marks, and the remark applies to hundreds II
not thousands of other cases. the arrest was
made without warrant or authority from any
member of the Government, supposing any
member to have such authority. Such proceed
linRs cannot be justified under the Pfesidents
proclamation of Septembsr "a, suspending the
writ of habsas corpus, and declaring martial
law to a certain extent over the whole country,
and the order relating to the appointment OF
Provost Marshals, issued September 26, two
DAYS after the issue Of that proclamation
That order defines the duties Of Provost.Mar-
shals appointed under the proclamation Of Sep
tember "a, as follows:
Third-It will be the duty Of the special
Provost MarshRls to arrest oil desertefs,
whether regulars, volunteer or militia and
send them TO the nearest military COM
mander or military poet, where they can be
cared for and sent 70 their respective regiments;
to arrest, upon the warrant OF the Judge Ad-
yocate ell disloyal persons subjectito arrest un-
der the orders of the War Department; to in
Iuuire into and report reasonable practices;
seize stolen or embezzled property Of the Gov
ernment; detect spies of the enemy and per-
form such other duties % may be enjoined up.
on them BY the War Department, and report oil
their proceedings promptly 70 the Provost Mar
shal General. ..-
Here 1t will be seen that no arrests can hs
made under the proclamation and order referred
to, except "upon the warrant Of the Judge Ad-
vocate," an officer appointed BY, and directly
responsible to the President and the War De-
psrtment Every arrest made without such
warrant, says the Eueniao Post, "ls criminal
usurpasion Of authority BY the person making
| It and his accomplices, in which they have no
more legal right than any kidnapper who should
choose to steal women and children from the
streets of our city"
But not few Of our readers will think, and
with Justice too, that the Poet might well spare
ils maledcdons upon the petty officials Of the
Administration like Provost Marshals BAKER
and KENNEDY, who only disregard an order
from other and higher officials, in order, as the
former imagine, to more eaectually and sum- |
maiiiy accomplish the designs Of their supe- |
riors, while those superiora themselves are vio-
lating the most sacred obligations imposed BY |
the Constitution and laws, and threatening to |
sct tho popular will at defiance. But day Of
reckoning for both high and low is at hand.
-e.
Democratic Jubilee 0s Otrclevtlle.