Holmes County farmer. [volume] (Millersburg, Ohio) 1857-1926, 1863-01-08

cd JEFFRiEs-they sought You ont In the
gloom of the prison, and conferred upon
you by their unbought and unsolicited
sufIrages the high honor of that repre-
sentative trust This, sir, is the proud
vindication Of your own loyalty and
complete reiutation of the calumny laid
to your charge.
But we are told that the Governor of
the great State of Ohio, in an interview
with several Of our townsmcn, at the
Executive office, obtained by his own Of
fetal procurement, avowed the response
bility for your arrest, boastingly saving,
81 ordered the arrest Of DIR. Olds." The
Governor is bound by his official oath to
support the Constitution of the United
States and of the State of Ohio, each OF
which guarantees to you and every other
citizen, in addition to many other iuval-
liable civil rights, freedom of speech, ex
emptiOn from arbitrary causeless arrests,
speedy and impartial trial in he district
or county where an ollense is alleged to
have been committed, the right to be con
lrontel by the witness against you.-all
Of which, in your case was violated
that, too, by the procurement of the Gov
ernor, who boasts of the achievement.
How come it that Governor Tod thus
trampled into the dust these sacred Con.
stitutionol provisions? Is he not a mere
servant of the people, pledged before
high heaven to preserve and carry out
these provisions ? Where does he get
the power to abrogate and annul the Con-
stitution? Is he the State
"No;-mcn, high minded men,
Men who their duties know;
But know theirrights, and knowing dare maintain,
Prevent the long aimed blow,
And crush the tyrant whilst they rend the chain
These constitute q State.''
But, sir, you are not the only sufferer
from these outrageous usurpations. 9th
er democrats, as loyal men as live in Ohio.
have been arrested and imprisoned on
frivolous pretexts, and without pretend
ed legal authority.
Cases of individual hardship; howev-
er, though entitled to grave consideration,
sink into insignilicance in comparison
with the legal and political principles in
volved.
To the right minded man it matters
not what the charges may be, the accus-
ed is entitled to his trial under the guards
and sanctions of the laws and the Con-
stitution. He is entitled tc the full ben
eft OF every guarantee of the Bill of
Rights. And in State like this, where
internal order and peace uninterruptedly
prevail, where the Courts are open and
the due and usual course of the law is I'M
obstructed, there can be no excuse for these
summary proceedings. In an insurrection-
ary district, where the course of Justice is
obstructed and the officers of the law are
unable to execute its mandates, it is ne
cessarily otherwise.
The result of the late elections through
out the loyal States attests the high
estimation in which the people hold these
sacred rights. Everywhere the Democ-
racy have been successful. The grand
old party, having contributed more than
| its full proportion to the soldiery who
fight for the Constitution and Union on
the bloody fields of battle, rallied its en-.
ergies to resist and rebuke at the ballot
box, the aggressive and disuniOn policy
of Aholitionism. 1t went into the con
test with the high and holy resolve to re-
sist usurpations both at Richmond and
Washington. They boldly avowed "war
to the knife and knife to the hilt" in theil
hostility to the wicked and unholy rebel.
lion. and as boldly declared uncompro
missing hostility to Executive usurpatior
and political fanatcism. State a(tel
State, wheeled into the Democratic col
umn, giving us high assurance Of al
earl and honorable peace-a peace tina
will bring with it redeemed Constitu
ton, restored Union-a happy an,
united people.
Peace and Union are the highest as
pirations of the Democratic heart--i
peace durable and benefcient. and I'm
ion conserved by wise constitutional en-
actmcnts against the assaults of section
al fanaicism.
Wishing you much happiness and lonG
life, again, in the name of these lion
hearted Democrats, bid you welcome
thrice welcome, to your home, friends ant
constituents.
OLDs' SPEECH
Mr.. MARTIN Il thank you, anC
through you all this vast multitude o
my friends and fellow citizens, for thi
most cordial reception upon my return
from imprisonment.
| do not misunderstood the Joy tha
now warns your hearts and beams upol
your countenances. 1t is not merel
that fellow citizen is returning to tn
society of his friends, and the bosom o
his family. 1t is something deeper anC
broader than all this. 1t is because, i
my restoration to liberty, you have quas
guarantee that the reign of terror in thi
country is coming to an end, and the key
of the American Bastiles are being by tn
omnipotent voice of the people, wreste
from the hands Of the Jacobins now i
power, and held up to the gaze of tn
Dantons, Murats and the Robespierrcs q
this Administration as warning to then
of theit approaching doom.
You rejoice because in my restoration
you have made an advance towards the re
establishment of constitutional liberty
You rejoice because in my release, you fec
renewed confidence in your own freedom
You rejoice because you feel once mor
secure in your persons, your houses an
your property you rejoice because i
my release you have a guaranty that You
yourselves, will no longer be subjected t
the worsa than Slor-cbn33ber dosnOtiSm n