Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1862-10-18

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The Yew York Weekly Caucasian published
by the former proprietors Of the Dag Book aut
Macs, has notyet been suppressed by the Lin
coin government, though from fhe following Or
ticle we should think its season viii be brief;
Few people know, or even think, Of the suf
feTing men, pining for liberty, in Fort Lafay.
cite, and none realize bow cruelty ard harshly
they are reported to be treated. The Express
states that Messrs. Soule and Mazsrsau, OF New
Orleans f'are not even allowed to leave their
cells, and the privilege accorded to other cap
tivesi of taking exercise in the yard, has been
/ denied them. No writing utensils are ia their
reach, and they are under constant suTveil-
lance Dr. 0lds, of Ohio, it is said, has been
placed in close confinement and what is MOST
remarkable of all, the Express report also states
that every prisoner released from Fort LAfay-
! cite, aud every visitor thereto, is bound not to
\ reveal anything Of the discipline Of tie prison or
the names Of those confined, and hence the
press knows nothing, and canrepoFt but little, Of
! what is going on"
Was there ever anything in Austrian OF Naa-
poLtan dungeons that could exceed tbe-despotic
character of such reguiagi0nsl '4Ths nsHes of
! those confined must not be revealed. Vino
/ knows, then, how many people are lsuguishing
there, or for what trivial 0ffSnsesi We know of
| one man who wss kept in Fort Lafayette last
| year for six months because his children raised
| upon pole rag through which he had been
strsining blaekberriesi some neighb0r, who
J was at snmity with him, started the report that
/ he had raised "a secession flag and suddenly
! he was arrested, hurried of hundreds of miles,
/ Che resided in Michigan) and incsrcsrated IN
! Fort LSfsy yette, and kept there more than balf
| year without any attention bsing paid 20 his
case. He WAS hnAlly informed that there was
no charge against him, and allowed togo. Six
tedious months of cruel Imprisonment, simply
on account Of little harmless play yfuiness of his
children! Can that os called free or Just gov
eminent under which such shameful outfages
are peTpetrated7 And yet this is but sample
of what arbitrary arrests must aud viii ever be
IfaBy persons have committed offences, let them
be tIied and punished. 1t is folly to say the
&W is not adequate 10 reach ali cases. It is sd-
eqaats to punish all real o1Tsnses It's only
because the powers that be wish to torture into
terms acts that are not crimes that they resort to
the high-haHded measures they DO
A few days since some Black Republican
spectators in the substitute business, who bad
violated the orders of the War Dspsrtnent, were
sent TO Fort Lafayette. The abolition papers,
however, msde great howl over it, and they
have bean released. There are, however, scores
Of better men and timer patriots IN there than
those released, in whose behalf not a word is
uttered. There is Judge Carmichael. OF Mary
land. Guilty of 1bas Why, of the gross
crime (?) Of seliisg the grand Jury of his county
what the law Ia relation to arrests was. For
months hss Judge Carmichael suffered the hor-
FoTs Of the Bastile for simply doing his duty.
Is it possible therefore, that the recent Rspub-
ican outburst of Indignation against arbitrary
arrests proceeds from any regard FOR the prinei-
pies Of civil lihertyi No, it is the grOssest
hypocrisy They wish only Democrats to be
Imprisoned. Ii they are sincere, why do LEgy
not ask for the release Of Dr.. Edison. 3. 0ids, Of
Ohio now in the fort, for simply expressing al
opinion GSaiBst the administration How many
more good and true men are also in the same
gloomy prison walls, against whom no charges
are preferred, re can only coHJsctaTe. We hear
every day of men arrested in different parts of
the country. They are spirited away, their
friends and their families know not whittier
Some dark and neIsome prison vsnlt receives
them, and tAsY are buried alive Where is ID.
s. Mahonoy, ESQ. Of the Dubuque Herald, the
central organ Of the Iowa Democracy Where
il dr. ID. Sherwood, editor of the Fairfield
(IOwa) Union, recently snstched from his family
by the Liacon kidnsppers Where is Judge
Allen, member of Congress, recently elected
tom Southern Illinois
We might Increase this list inde6n tely, bat
it is not necessary. Il there is but Ons man Ua-
justly deprived cf bis liberty, ], ought to arouse
every American 70 instant sction. The princi-
pie Is the same. Oar liberties are GveFthrEwn
sad the rights of the individual sre left to the
1him or caprice Of some upstaTt official. There
IS day Of reiribUtion coming, however for the
murdsTeFs of liberty aud the prosecutors Of Dsmo-
crets amongst Us. AS Mr. Fallandigham says
in bis excellent speech, which We publish this
week, the measures they have melted out to US
shall be measured to them again" Yes, that 1t
viii, shaken down and pressed together" "Fhe
arrest Of DR.. Olds," chuckles the abolition ty
rants Of the E5sRsRg Post, and ths summary
SquAlcaing Of Charles Iugersoll, show that the
government is vide sWakt!" Yes, indeed il is
wide awake. lt-csn conquer uGermed meD, aud
thHt seems 10 be about the extent of its victories
It can send posses Of kidnappsrs to the houses
Of quiet citizens in the North gag them, and
biud them, and immurs them 10 forts and f5rtif-
cations; but il has not the ability, with hundreds
Of thousands Of troops, 10 keep the COnfsdsT-
stes from bssieging the national capital. l. can
wreck petty vengeance upon sCme individual,
who has had too much honesty to bend before
its usGTpationsi but it is Incomplete to save the
country from the cslamities which menace it,
Il loves dapiieity and deceit, and pays a high
premium for them, in the person Of the renegade
Democrats who go over to it for plumber and
pelf; but Il especially hates manliness and hon
esty, and PeTsecutes every individual who pos
sesses enough OF these qualities to tel 1t Of its
faults or TsbUke its foliss. L. has finally con
victsd itself of party favoritsm by releasing
from imprisonment men of its own party and
retaining Democrats in custody, though the Of
fenses charged were the same in both cases. DR..
0lds, is charged with disc0ursging enlistmenis,
yet he is imprisoned, while Black Republicans
are released Il is no wonder that some of its
own party papers are calling for the resignation
Of President who has allowed the government
TO degenerate into an organization which would
seem to exist, ast now, mainly for the persecu-
ton of those who have intelligence enough to
see the auth, aud manliness enough to utter it
an Exciting Adventure la Arkansas.
From the Memphis Argus, October l6l