The Cadiz Democratic sentinel. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 1854-1864, 1863-09-02
A CARD.

On receiving the writ Of Ra5eGs corpvs from
the Judge OF Probate for Lawrence County, |
to bring the body of q w Schacblei(er be-
fore that tribunal. proceeded at once to |
Beri f. Cory Provost marshal OF the Eev |
enth District, in whose custody the sad |
Schacheiler then was Tie Provost Mar
shall informed me that he was under guard, |
and told me not to NEEDLE with him. |
then took counsel as 10 what course l should
pursue; and, after doing So, | went in quest
OF SchachIeiter, and found him at his 'ather's |
dwelling, standing in the door, by himself
and no guard in sight, or other person near
hin and made service Of my writ. nex'
apprized the Provost Marshal Of what | r ad
done. He went 10 the Court house before |
returned thither. As approached the front
door. met him coming out WITH the prison
er, (Schachleiter), in highly ex tied state
OF mind. lie batiished his pistol al me IN
dtflnce. Afterwarl, he came back and put
me under arrest He wished to know who
had advi ed me to disobey his orlers; an
swered that my writ was my guide in the
premises, AMI that had ~ ceilings in the
matter other than 70 10 as was commanded
by superior officers | am sill, under ar
rest, on parol Of hOn)r W. DAVIS.
Deputy Sheriff Lawrence County.
! The statements OF John S. George, and
! Ralph Leets, and that of NJ, W. DAVIS, De
putty Sheriff OF L,wfenc9 County, relative to
proceedings in huJeas corpus, attempted to
be had in the Probate Court othis county.
opens a significant chapter in history. So
far as we know. this is the first instance in
/ D; # ia,a
/ has been over,llen, degraded and Shnrn OF its
rg uI jurisdiction by opeO and di?ec! VIC
encs.
What! court house in the loyal and
peaceful State Of Ohio, entered BY an officer
OF the United State, with an armed posse,
and the Judge attempted to be brow beaten
and threatonei with arrest anl coah Ie nAn
in the guard house," and his principal off
Ger actually arrested in presence of the
Court. and the only door t. the Curt room
guarded with bayonets while the Court was
sitting.
Cav it BE-, inle3l, that the vital letter Of
our State Constitution [Art l, Sec 4) that
the military shall be in sri!t su5ordinatIon
to the civil power" is dispensed with and
suspended in its opera ion by District Pro
vost Marshal, or by his "nstructons from
headquarteIs?" Is it so that our Courts OF
justice are stript OF their high and impre
scriptabe function to :nterpo,e tie shield OF
the Law between arbitrary power and its
victim? Then, certainly, are our Courts no
longer temples Of re 'uge 'or the oppressed,
and the law is no longer protection.
What is there IN the past chaTater and
conduct OF } udge Eserton, or OF Deputy
Sheriff Davis, or Of the Counsel for young
5chachlater, to justify the assumption that
they had entered into a combination to de-
fraud the United Sta'es oil the services of a
, sold er? Are not all the gentlemen concern
ed the active friends Of the Federal Union!
, Have they not sustained the Administration
IN all proper effors to suppress the great in
surrection in the Southern States! Is not
the Government OF the United States their
own Government? And havo they shown
, ind ference to its preservation?
To place the habegs corpus on sure Foun
dat'on, SO that il became the prerogatiVe writ
Of the subject and the citizen cost England
three revolutions and America one. l.
seems, however, that it is not now a ,Crit 0f
right to the loyal State of Ohio, or we have
seen it trampled und4r foot by armed VIC
ence in this country OF Lawrence. A CRATE
Iul return is this for the two thousand vol
unteers who went forth from among US to
sustain the Government in time Of It's great
est peril, and whose blood has been shead on
almost every battle field, from Bull Run to
VickSburg.