Democrat and sentinel. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1853-1866, 1863-02-04
/. $. TODD, Editor s Publisher.
wednesday Feb. 4. 1858
kidnapping.

more desperation from the resolutions en-
dorsed by the expiring knaves of the pre-
sent Abolition Congress, has the audacity
to commence again, Its heliish system Of
kidnapping and imPrisoming citizens,
without regard TO the Constitution or the
laws of the land. We received the pain
fiII news, last week, that in Philadelphia
city, Il citizen of Pennsylvania, was made
a victim of the supcrlative wickedness of
Abraham Lincoln and his subortlinates.
Albert d. BOileau. editor of the ErenBg
Journal, was shamafully dragged from his
bed in the dead hour of night, by squad
of armed soldiers acting upon an order
from Gen. Schenck. We give an account
ofthe arrest as it was published in that
paper
. AT a little after twelve O'Clock this
morning, Mr.. Boilcau, the publisher and
editor of the Philadelphia Eratuig Journal,
was arrested, at his residence on Frank
lin street, above Poplar, by the provost
guard, and carried out of the State, to
Baltimore, Washington. or Fort Delaware
we don't know which or where. Mr..
E. w. Carr was also arrested, and coniin-
ed in the guard house, until about eleven
O'Clock to-day, when he was released.
The order for the arrest OF Mr.. Boi-
leau. a. we are informed, eDanated from
Gen. Schenck, in whose military district
/ PENNSYLVANIA Is situated. 1t instructed
peremptorily the officers here to arrest
Mr.. Boileau and suppress the JOa"aL"
Shall this be? Oh, God. shall the sa-
cred ri.hts of the American citizcn be
wantonly violated and the Government of
these States prove to be a mockery?
While we stand aghaet al the boldness of
this midnight arrest ola peaccablc citizen,
we enter our humble but solemn protest
against all such illegal proceedings, FOR
not only has an Individual been wrcnged
but the entire people of Pennsylvania
have been outraged: the rights and immu-
mites OF Il sovereign State have been tres
passed and trampled upon. The people
have already protested, through the ballot
box, against the arbitrary policy of Mr..
Lincoln and if he and his advisers per-
sistentiy follow, without precedent or law,
a system of unparalleled tyranny, stronger
means must be rcSortcd to; for the
! people, the true sovereigns OF the Repub-
/ lie, cannot, Will not quietly submit to have
! the blOod-houcht liberties of the Cun-ti-
/ tuition rUtIle~sly torn from them and
I tr;lnpicd under tyrant,s foot. Do we
/ speak idle things when we reprobate these
/ usurpatiunS Of Il wicked Administration
: Look at it, trcemen of PENNSYLVANIA, and
. ask yourselves what securities have YOU
il your persons and property? If the
/ General Government be permitted to
/ tresPass upon the guaranteed rights of a
sovereign State-if Gen. Schenck or anv
/ minion OF 4 sectional President, can with
seeming authority, steal upon us, like an
assassin in the dead hour of the night and
/ violently drag us To a bastile TO crafty
the whim of some fanatic, whose malice
and power may at any time prompt him
: TO acts of violence. then indeed, are our
boasted liberties mockery
! He must be a bad man who will up
/ hold the Administration, or fail to raise
/ ms voice against acts of tyranny which
out-step the limits of the Constitution.
Far better for us 10 become slaves az
once, than to become victims of an op-
preston, which the tyranny of the old
world cannot parallel
We commend the action of Judge
Ludlow, of Philadelphia, who at once.
upon hearing OF the violence done TO a
private citizen of Pennsylvania. by mill
tary commander, directed the Grand
Jury to lay all other business aside until
the violated rights of Pennsylvania were
vindicated, instructing them 10 demand of
the provost marshal, upon what authori-
~ the arrest was made Resolutions de-
nouncing the lawless arrest of Mr.. Boi
ieau, (Which will he found in another col
umn,) Were offered in the Legislature by
Mr.. Ludlow of Philadelphia. which were
passed; and it is TO be hoped that Gov
ernor Curtin will act in the spirit and upon
the suggestion contained in those resoIu-
tions that the honor and the rights of
Pennsylvania may he upheld