Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1863-04-16
[Rromsthe Guernsey JeiersonIan.
The Trouble in Noble County.

tions which has been sedulously incuicated and
practiced by the Administration and its blind
"higher law" followers, that has recently
fallen under our observance, Ia the recent
demonstration against law In Noble county
For years Abolition orators and editors have
preached a disregard Of law as a holy duty
when applied to laws odious to them because
deemed oppressive to their "colored twin broth
err the Administration has practiced on this
Same maxim of anarchy, selzlDg men without
warrant, imprisonipg them without trial, keep
Ing them languishing in dungeons without con-.
fronting them with their accuserB, and finally
discbatging them without an opportuni y to
show their Innocence of the base inuendoes on
which their arrest may have been predicated
Mobs have been encouraged and applauded by
the entire Republican press, and almost the
entire party, until 1t is q notorious fact that
mans house Ia no longer his castle, or his life
and property no longer safe for an instant un-
less he be "loyal" Abolitionist. II is not
from any respect for law or order that Aboli-
| tlonists entertain, that Democratic papers are
permitted to be printed anywhere, or that prom
inent Democrats are permitted to enjoy the
society OF their families or the frnits Of an
honest industry. Don't we hear the remark
every day from the lips Of piOas Abolltlonlsls
that the Cincinnati Enquirer, Guernsey Jt0sy-
soniGn, or this Democratic paper or that,
Sought to be cleaned out" "ought to be sup
pressed" ETC.; or that such and such leading
Democrats sought to be srrested7" II 10 not
their respect, as we said, for law and order,
but their eo,oaYdiee, that prevents them from
carrying out what they 30 often cay "oushto to
be done. But this kind OF talk from the editors
and leaders OF that PARTY (Which has fairly
won the name Of mob payfy), 10 calculated and
intended to excite their ignorant and deluded
followers into committing the unlawful act
which they are too coWardly (disereet they call
iD to commit themselves.
The incendiary is always the first to cry fire;
the pick-pocket and burglar the frst TO cry
"Stop thief 5" so, In this case, the real guilty
parties, the very "srchitects OF ruin" who first
taught "higher law" and anarchy, aud those
who we're fret to seize upon this unfortunate af-
fair among our own people and neighbors and
attempt to magnify it into terrible proportions,
simply and solely for political effect. After hear
ing the yemarks of the leading AbolItionists Of
this vicinity after reading the blood red SEN
sational articles and letters In the Abolition
journals of Cincinnati, Columbus, and herea,
bouts after observing the animus that perva-
ded all this and of The conduct Of The Lofsnds
and other numb SOULS who are notorously dis
loyal to the Constitution of our country, to say
that this great "hue and cry" was prompted by
patriotism is TO state manifeat and impudent
talsehood.
Not one Abolition newspaper or newspaper
correspondent, has yet attempted to give the
| actual facts in this case and az bad az We ad,
init 1t to be, as sincerely % we deplore 1t, and
as firmly as we condemn IL, we are free to say
that there are features to il that have been
most carefully excluded from the vast amount
of balderdash which Abolition letter writer's
and editors have written upon it.
Here are some statements which will be au-
theuticated, as we are informed:
let. Mr.. McFaran, the young man charged
with desertion, was paroled prisoner, but had
| neglected the Formally of reporting himself
to camp on being paroled.
"a. There was no resistance offered to his
arrest, on the part of the citizens. .5..
Sd. The only show of actual resistance made
| to the officers was In the case of Il, w Brown.
charged with having written letter inviting
McFarau to desert. .
4th. Resistance arose solely from misoon.
ception Of the case-the citizens demanding an
impartial trial for Brown In his own county
eupposfng that to be one of the series of "ar.
bitrary arrests" that has been pracNced with
such high hand recently, and supposng fur
ther that civil trial in their own county court
for the offense charged, was not only possible
but proper. als 81 rlf . IaL.L
9Th. No five to Six hundred citizsns as re
rorted by. the Abolitoniats, were 10 arms a
i Hosknsville, nor two hundred. nor one hupd
red and fifty, nor one hundred, nor yet fifty
but reliable men place the number at not eve
twenty-five (some say not over fifteen) as thu
number actually armed to resist what they sup
posed to be an attempt to make an "arbittaFJ
arrest"-msny others being attracted thithel
| from curiosity and the excitemen. of the occa-
sion. 1l5 a ~" .t t
9th. The feeling in favor of fair and i'm
partial trial for young Browh was not confined
to the Democrats of the neighborhood, bu
many Republicans strongly sympathzed in thu
movement, and, we are informed, some of then
were present al the demonstration against tT,
oficsrs--Mr. Brown being a favorite 10 ths
community. i'lS'p'I. +.t f".
7" 7th.. The citizens Of that vicinity have bee,
/ moot yillsinously msrepresented and slandere,
in that II was charged that they had thrown q,
q fortifcation to resist the soldiers when the
should arrive to vindicste the majesty of th
law; chat they are Of the most ignorant On,
God -forsaken of people; that no more than on
out Of every ten are loyal men, etc,
The citizens Of that neighborhood arc uni
versally loyal aud inteligent--in the main
they are law. abiding and peace glowing christian
people They are highly delighted at the yer,
gentlemsnly mannerin which the soldiers con.
Quoted themselves during she late excursion, an,
speak Of the Marshal and other officers In warn
terms. The complaints they have are agains
a few low, malicious, vindictive Abolltionist
in their midst who have attempted to act Q
spies, eaves-droppere, and secret informers OF
/ nd nd kaun -
tempted to fan a very small fire into bill
fame. ,e., S ~
The Negro Expedition into Florida.