Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1862-12-06
Arbitrary ArFosts in OnIo.

Governor TOP is reported in the Cincinnati
( papers 90 saying, in an address on the Sd Inst.
to the Governors Guards, Major ZINsI that,
thus far, Il had boen found necessary to arrest
only ten citizens of Ohio for disloyalty; that Of
these four were taken to Camp Chase, four to
Camp Manifold, and the remaining two i'm
prisOned out of the State; that those confined
within the State had speedy examination Of
their cases, and the whole ten have been Ie-
leased.
Ten citizens of Ohio at least, according to
Gov. ToDs statement. have been arrested and
imprisoned for dialoyalty, Many believe the
number to be much larger, But whether it is
or not, ii is due to the people Of the State,
since the Governor has made the foregoing
statement, and since he has been placed 10 the
official posluon he now occupies for the protec-
tiOn of the rights and liberties OF Ohio citizens,
for bin to 40 q step Or swo further, and pub
lish the names OF those Ohio men thus arrested
and imprisoned, the authority by which the ar
rsa!swere made, the grounds for making them'
!, she length of time each man was Imprisoned,
tae result of the examination in each case, and
t1e mode Of release.
If these developments are not made aud that
speedily, the impression which is now growing
will become general, that tho people Of the
State have been betrayed By those who are con-
stitntlcnally the guardians of their rights and
md lhat In IL iai
safe from outrage by those whose dark deeds
are not permitted to see the light.
Il ia essential to the security Of the people
that it should be known In what the disloyslty
consisted for which those ten citizens Of Ohio
were arrested, and whether on the examination
OF which Gov. TOP speaks, they were found
guilty in whole or in part Of the charges against
them, or were "honorably discharged" II is
said to have been stated by one Of the Judges
OF the United States Court, that there is no
such crime as disloyalty known to our laws. If
this Ia so; who or what authority ba5 created
this new offense, for which citizens of our State
have been deprived Of that liberty which we
have been taught TO ptixs as dear as life itself
and what ia the legal definition of this new
crime, If II have ADyi
These questions must be met end answered
By those who have caused or cOuntenanced
these arrests or their silence will be taken as g
confession of guilt of the deepest infamy. The
people OF Ohio demand to know, In the first
place, when the Courts of tho United States are
In full operation within our borders, and when |
there is no resistance or obstruction to judicial
process, why men arrested for disloyalty, i'll
there Is such crime, are not tried In the Courts
Thel demand, in the next place, to pc informed
why citizens Of Ohio, arrested for an alleged
crime committed within the State, are sent ou,
a stand incarcerated In prisons In other States.
Foil information should be Immediately given
on these points, and the longer It Is withheld,
the greater will be the public indignation against
those who apparently seek to cover the mean |
cot and most despicable acts of tyranny.
Gov. TOP is reported as saying that the ten |
men arrested In Ohio have been released. Has
Dr.. oLD5, recently elected to our State Legls. |
lalure from Fairfield county, and who has been
confined In Fort Lafayette for months, been re-
leaaed3 Has Mr.. HULL, who was arrested the
other day in Gallipolis, and sent to Wheeling,
been dischsrged7 By ell means Governor ToD, |
when he brings the matter Of these arrests up
in public speech, should be more specific in |
hisstatements. Let the whole truth be at once |
made known, that the people may not suspect
that there is more rascality In these srsnsac-
tions than the facts would actually warrant.