Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1862-09-11
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lumbus, and the result of our interview with
Governor Tod. For the information of our
readers, we publish Governor Tod q letter in
viEiDg US to an interview, and what then took
place.
Another reason why we publish 1t now, Ia the
10" nuDg, Vlndctive notice of the affair In the
Lancaster 0azette of to-day, intlmating that
tne editor oil that sheet has present knowl edge
OF our intended arrest:
STATE OF OHIO, EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT.
CoLuhBUs, August 80, 1869
Editor Of Ohio Eagle, Lancaster Ohio:
DEAR sR:-I desire an interview with you.-
riease call upon me Monday morning.
Yours respectfully,
DAVID TOD, Governor.
We met the Governor in accordance with The
above request, and the time appointed. The
following colloquy took place:
Governor ToD-The general course of YOUR
paper has been objectionable, but had not
seen proper to notice the matter, until Won
struck Rsnney's name from the ticket, because
10 came TO Lancaster and made recruiting
speech, and issued from your office certain
nsnooiiIs calling an indignation macs meeting
Of Dr.. Oids
IOrdered the arrest Of Dr.. OIds.
MY hrst impression upon reading that hand.
Dill "ss TO arrest you immediately, and send non
10 FoTs Warren and close up your office, but un.
on consideration OF the matter, | concluded 10
wilIe you, asking you TO a personal interview
WIN me, not esOecting, ho,osusr, y1u uOuid call
10 see ms at all! ! want 10 know, now. air
whether you intend to continue the publication
OF your paper in the spirit Of that handbiH. n
you do. you shall be arrestcd! HAVE THE
BACKBONE TO DO IL! The course of
your paper, the spirit Of those handbilis. and
the sfeot of the meeting, have DISCOURAGED
volunteering. have Just inquired of ,Sat
spectacle man &c. M L. Wiseman, Lancaster
Postmsster), what had been the course of the
Eagle since the indignation Olds meeting. He
replied that ue bad not seen ANYTHING s6eciaIIv
Objectionable The spectacle man 10 not hers be-.
cause OF this interuisD.
EDITOR EAaLE-As to the taking down of
Rinney's name, I have distinctly denied :.
through my paper, that it was done because of
hls having made recruiting speeches. Bat I
did object to his Sam. Galloway comoapy,
Aud as TO the handbills of the Oids meeting.
tue SPIRIT OF them was diaapproba tion-indiRns-
tion over what we considered the illegal arrest
OF Dr. olds' The effect of the handbills and
the meeting was certainly not dscoursgiug to
eniiStments' because at the meeting thirteen
volunteers, some Of them the strongest Demo.
Gratis in the county, were gotten, whereas at
the meeting the day previous, called specially
for recruiting, only fue were enrolled
GoVEREoR ToD-lt was in spite of the Eaol.
that the thirteen volunteers were procured. =
Had IL not been for the Eagle and the Ods
handbills, two hundred volunteers would have
been gotten. You must change the course OF
your paper. Will you do 1t, or do You intend
to continue to publlsb the Eagle in the spirit Of
the said handbilLs?
EDITOR EAaLE-I repeat, Governor, that do
not think those handbils had the effect TO retard
volunteering in our county IN the slightest. The
Thirteen volunteers to fve," argue against apy
such effect ln reference to the course of nv
paper, l had supposed was living under a
Government OF written Constitutions and Laws,
and in the publication Of the Eagle have adopt,
ed them as my guide.
GOVERNOR ToD--I am to be the judge of what
you may and what you may not say, Constitu.
tions and Laws Notwithstanding. Unless YOU
Will agree NOS to publish the Eagle In the spirit
OF the said handbllS, ii wiH be suppyessed. re.
garaless o. consequences. WILL NOT PER.
MIL II! 10 come down to the question, un.
less you agree to change the course of your pa
per, l want nothing to say to you. (Erh Tod
Il
terview, but substantially correct.
CHARLES ROLAND.
Editor of Ohio Eagle.
LANCASTER, O., Sept. 2, 1862.
We, the undersigned, were present at the
above interview, and attest the correctness OF
the same as above related
... ....-. TALL SLOUGH, a
JAMES MILLER,
QhnriR nf Ea;,6od
We have no time this week to make any COM
ments on the above, other than to say that The
handbill to which objection is made was not
published in our paper. We printed and were
paid for IL the same as any other job We give
1t below, that the people may read and Judge
whether there is anything Objectionable or dis
loyal In It,
No Political Battles to Inearesyate American
Citgens!-Democratie Mass MEETING!
MEN CT FAIRTrELD! Again has the military
authority eubverted tho civil power of the State.
Again has the inaliensble rights of Freemen
been violated. A citizen of our own county,
without process Of Law, has been deprived Of
bis liberty BY the ipsi d,rit Of the Secretary of
War. On the night OF the 18th inst, DE-. E.
b. Olds was forcibly, and without civil process,
order from the War Department., and convey ed
to Fort Lafayette without trial or even q hear
ing. To what are these things tending7 Is
our glorious Constitution defantly set aside,
and our boasted liberty but o mockeryi are We
indeed going back to the middle of the da *
ages, and under the reign Of the dungeon and
the inquisition2 These are serious questions,
aid to calmly and intelligently consider them,
you are called upon to meet In mass meeting in
Lancaster, on Thursday, August 81, 1862.
The meeting will be addressed by Governor
Sam. Medary, Hon. VIM. E. Finck, Governor
William Medill, Colonel P. Van Trump and
Hon. Charles D. Martin.
FreemeD of Old Fairfield, no appeal is neces.
ssry to induce all, young and old, to come up
and counsel togetheri not to oppose the execu.
lion Of the laws-not to oppose The Government,
In all constitutional efforts to punish treason
and suppress. rebellioD-but to vindicate the
Constitution, which declares that no person
shall be deprived Of life, liberty or property,
without due process of law, and shat the &C.
cused shall haze q speedy trial by an impartial
Jury In the State and district In which he re-
sides. In eueh an issue Dr.. e. B. Olds, person
ally, is of no more account than the humblest
citizen In the county. 1t 10 the principle that
establishes brute force In place Of trial by
Jury, that strikes home to every one-uuder
such rule no man is safe, every mans lie and
liberty are at the mercy of every one who may
have personal or political hate to crafty, and
who may choose to make bim victim of bis
malevolence. The fate Of Dr.. Olds to-day may
be the fate of any other citizen Tomorrow
Therefore it does not concern DR.. 0lds simply
lit concerns you-every man--no matter what
bis politics or opinions-and should awake 9
feeling that would not rest satisfied until we
know whether We are living under Govern