Orleans independent standard. [volume] (Irasburgh, Vt.) 1856-1871, 1863-02-20
From the Cincinnati Gazette.
Parson BroWnlow on Arbitrary
Arrests.

iOCiA O1 oiShbCSoy HaNO OCCh iOi
several days, | have only been able to
glance at the papers. In looking over
the Gazette of this morning L see that
certain class of men in the Ohio and
Indiana Legislatures, continue to howl
and whine on account of what they are
pleased to term arbitrary arrests, on
the part of this government. These men
call themselves democrats If they
were fully unmasked, and the malignty
of treason by which they are actuated.
and the depth of the hatred they bear
their country in the hour of its danger
were brought to light, it would be seen
that they do not represent the Presiden.
tial democracy of Jefferson, Jackson and
Polk, bu; are the exponents of certain
| Vice Presidential democrats, such as
! Aaron Burr, John G. Calhoun and Jno.
c. breckenridge. They are class OF
men who, when our forces were driven
back at Fredericksburg and Vicksburg,
set up howl of exultation, thereby let
ling the whole world know where their
,ympalhies are. and what loyal men
have to expect should these malignants
realize what they are battling for. And
yet these traitors call themselves demo-
Gratis They are a burlesque upon and
a disgrace TO the name of that democra-
cy represented by Jefferson and Jack
son. Ttey belong TO the wild, infurated
and revolutionary democracy that inau-
gurated this rebellion, and has sought
since the days of Burr to divide and
destroy The country. And you ought
never, Mr. Editor, to send out an issue
of your paper without reminding your
readers of the never be-forgotten fact
that it was this democracy, (Southern,)
that inaugurated the rebellion, under the
'aiSC piCteitoS vi ubdiutdluiIS 'ho IIShls
of the States. 1t is not the Republicans
of the Northwest, nor the Abolitionists
of New England, who are in rebellion
against the authority of the y. S. 1t is
the South, If the reader please, the de
mocracy of the South. They fred up
on the Star of the West in the harbor OF
Charleston, government vessel, with
out any provocation under the sun
They congregated 5000 rebel troops
here, constructed floating batteries, and
fired upon Fort Sumter without any
provocation, and expressly TO bring
about collision of arms between the
U. S. and the intended confederacy.-
They justify these assaults on the ground
that Lincoln called ou; 10000 without
authority, and suspended the writ of ha-
beas corpus. Why, Lincoln was not in
authority when this deviltry was perpe-
trated, but a worse man, to wit James
Buchanan. say well done, Lincoln.
Suspend the writ of habeas corpus and
every other corpus on earth prosecute
this war with vengeance, and suspend
the necks of the leaders of the rebellion
between the heavens ard the earth, at
the ends of so many ropes, if that is ne
nessary to put down the rebellion.
BY these arbitrary arrests this con-
fnement of traitors at the North, for
words and deeds of treason, are offences
of the highest magnitude in the estima
ton of these democratic lovers of the
constitution. Who began these arrests
There were thousands of Union men in
carcerated in dungeons in the South for
daring to talk and vote in favor of the
Union and constitution, before the Fede-
raj Government imprisoned the first
man. Nay, there were thousands shot
down, and hung, and this benign govern
ment never has to this day, shot or hang
ed the first man for treason, or for his
rebel sentiments.
In all the seeded States, by authority
of JEFF Davis government, thousands
were notified to leave the confederacy,
and were given "a hours in which to
start their property confscated, and the
proceeds applied to the use of corrupt
and plundering government, simply be-
cause they were for the government of
the .. s. And yet the federal govern