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

all the guarantees Of both our StatAand Nation
Rl Constitution. Lincoln and Tod caused 3 q
TO be kidnapped, and hurled of out Of she State,
and placed In solitary oonanement IN Fort Is .
fayette; where, after having surrounded me
with armed soldiefs-end with Q gentry dsv and
night tramping backwards and forward before
my cell door-Hith cannon loaded to the very
muzzle standing innide the sallyport, ready 10
deal death 10 any and all cflcers OF the civil
law, they set all Constitutional barrlee and III
writ of habeaa cofpis at defiance, and laugh AZ
the majesty Of the Law, and the yirtuous indlg.
nation Of an insulted;and outraged lpsople ,
You will bear in mind IL you please, nv
frlends, that oil the barriers and safeguards
which have read from the Constitution Of a.
United States, are repeated almost word for
word In the Constitution of Ohio hta~
The Governor of our State is bound bg ali
the soiemnitles of HE oath of oflce 10 main
tain this Constitution, and extend to every oisi-
zen all the protection It affords. Has a. r.
garded his oath Of oaise2 Did he extend 10 mo
that protection tho Constitution guarantees 10
met Did he use such Constitutions poWer al
was at his command to prevent nj being kid
napped7 No, my friends, be did not. On the
contrary, he both oountenanced and aided IL
my arrest; nay, more, be has boestcd that nv
ares. vas made upon bis own order.
Dcss Governor Tod know that there IL uocn
M statute books Of Ohio, . Law against KID
ntcping7 Docs be know that the penslty Of
.hat law ie seven years confneinent In the Pen
itentiary7 II be does not know this, scme kind
friend Of his should give bin the information;
for the time may come, nay, II there 10 justice
In Heaven the time will come, when the tables
will be turned upon him. That MEASURE which
be has me.od to me will be zessrrcd 70 him
again; aud then he will need ell his bossted
"baek bone" for instead of taking NY plsce in
Fort Lafayette, he will be wearing the uniform
Of g conyic, 10 the Ohio Penitentiafy. ~
Compase. II you plesee, this high handed,
bossting tyranny Of Governor Tod, with tbs
! manly, patriotic and conscientious cuurse pur
sued under similar circumstances By the Gov
ernor Of New Jersey. ,ro7i1t
The mIpione Of the Administration with
"letters dc eaekef" from the var ofice hs5 az
reeted q Mr.. Wal! of thss Sta'e. Gov. 0iden,
himself Republican, feeling the great reepou-
sibility that unds- ;bLa oath Of on 70 rested AZ.
on him, 20 protect the liberties Of his cltz.ns,
and msintdla tho rights OF bls State, and the
msjosty Of her violated and insulted Con,titu.
soD. demanded of Me-. Lincoln, the. surrendsr
Of Mr, Wall. Andthe Adminis,ration with eli
its despotic appliances. durst no, stand one
against the State sovereignty of New Jersey,
and Notwithstanding the loaded cannon inslde
OF Fort Lafayette, Mr.. Llnooin ordered the
ssllypors TO be opened, and DIR. Wall walked
forth once more free man. ,l
have said, my friends. that upon this utter.
Il false and malicious charge Of Bob Clarke,
and az public sumor says, five other blackhsart-
cd Republicans, was arrested. speak fesl-
iGs.y upon this subject, for l have suffered by
their malice; but l want you TO understand nv
friends thst mean Just what have said
mean that the report of my Bern sounsiiip
speech, made BY Bob Clark, and published in
the Lancaster Gasstts, and which have been
given to understand, he and Ave other Repab.!
caus sWore TO, 10 false. repeat ths Words. 10
baseiy and nsliciously false. 1 make tbis,ds
claration upon my responsibility es g man and
citizen. make |. upon my responsibility TO
she lave OF my county, and further make it
upon my responsibility to the Laws Of honor aLd
manhood. -
ln proof of this charge. hare written out
during my confnement 10 Fort Lafayette, the
speech word for word as made il, omis,ing
only 30 much as referred TO ole of the capdi-
dates upon our State ticket, aud ss .oon ss
have obtained and affixed the afldavits, az 10
Ito truthfulness, Of some Of the gentlemen
who were present when it wss made and heard
u from beginning to end, | shall publish ,t.
Then you will see for what sentiments have
been thus cruelty imprisoned; and just keW
much reliance is 70 be placed upon the oktha
OF Bob Clarke, and his fye associsggs il
lnfamy. a u
have In my hand, and shall read an sHadsvit
given me by Tall Slough, Esq bearing direct
ly upon the guilt of this Clarke and his afida-
yit associatee. Let me say, however, that Col.
Sharp, DR., Sharp, John See, Egg John Crooks,
Esq VIM. Mitchell, Sheriff Miller, Chss. Ro.
land, Benz. Shumsker, Samr Smoke and 9th
others, have oil sworn that they,Were preser. and
heard the speech, and subscribe 10 the ttuthfol-
ness OF the stadii Of Me-. Slough ..-ff-
s- Ioopy Of Afadasit OF Tail Slough, Esq.l
STATE ef 0at0. Fairfield cosnsy, ~: nn,
Tall Slough, Of lawful age being frat duly swofn Do.
possth and saith tai he o lawyer and Issides In Ian
caster, farnsld county oho and was present As the
meeting o. Bern township Fairfield eonnty, on eAtnr
day, July 30, 1859, addressed By Dr.. Edson B. Oids
That he, the snani heard the whole Of the speeo Of
said DR. 0lds upon that occasion, and has read Pre-
Eettet Of July 81 lc0a, copy Of which n hereto at
tsehsd. That said pretended report ID gfoe. isreprs
sanitation and peIv.rtice Of what DR. ods did say In
substance thereof. Thatby emitting material and draIi-
Tying portions and By altering hs wording IN many par
tSulsrs the reporter has managed 70 syesn entiisy
Dr.. olds That Dr. olds did not In hi, said speech op
pose the war 90 long as carried for the purpose Of
suppressing rebellion and restoring the Union and did
NOS either directly OF indirectly discourage snii,ments
advise resistance to the draft TO the execution Of
any laN legally enforced, or single word either
lion; but on the other hand Denounced knd condernsd
bath ssce.sonats aud aholisisniass. 80
4 (SigneD Z ,-..t..s,.o..,s TALL SLOUGH.
; Does not this af2dsvit backed up az it ia.
brand Bob Clarke as liar and calumnistori
MY friends, when all the barriers of cousti-
tutional liberty are broken do6n--uhen the
haoeas corpus is set aside-When The tribunsls
in which heretofore the oppfessed have found
redress for laWless violence, and resisted and
set at naught with arrogance and contsmpl.--
When loyal and law abiding cidzsne axe i'm
prisoned at the discretion Of some minion of
Cabinet officer, or upon the ~ ordered the arrest
of Dr.. Olds" Of David Tod--when the sacred
right OF trial by juryLis set aside tor military
commissions, the inquiry OF what sre We 10 ex-
pect next7 becomes one of momentcus interest
10 every cltlzene 1t is q question which comes
home alike to Republicans and Democrats
During the dreadfu, days Of the French Rev
oluslon, party followed party with such rapid.
ity, that IL seemed more like q panorama upcn
the stage than living and pasaiDg drama
Those men Hho to-day consigned their VIC
: Tins to the Bsstile, or ordered them to the
: Gnillotine, we're on the morrow, BY those rev
olutions OF party, themselves the occupants Of
cells Ia the Bsstiles, or their headlese trunks
lay bleeding beneath the axe of the 0uillo-
tine. a ;4sa.a i n agAss flJ
The result Of ths late elections, like to-
teachings Of history. demonstrate hoE speedily
: party may be overthrcwn. Robespisrre.and
Dantou, whilst riding upon the popular wave,
raised the Guillotine, bot when. the tide tuenod
against them, iiisnoW ltufalna agsIn@r the
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