Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1863-05-21
How Olds Proved Himself to bs a
Traitor, and His Witnesses to b,
Liars and Fools.

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Our readers will remember that the Con
perhead' clamor as to arbitrary arrests
induced the Legislature to raise Commit
tee of Investigation upon the subject o
military arrests in this State. The repor
OF that Committee .hasjus been issued, an,
we are indebted TO Edward Kinsman, Esq
the able Clerk Of the last House, for cop,
of the proof sheets.
The arrests made in Ohio were as follows
Edison b. Olds, of Fairfield county; Pete
N. Reitzcl and Archibald McGregor, o
Stark county; Judge L. w. Hall and Davic
Tuttle, oil Crawford county; John W. KEGS
OF Pickawoy comfy; Daniel NJ Allen, O
Columbiana county, Samuel Flowers anc
Bethuel Ruberts, Of Champaign county
Warren Stanton, of Ashtabula county; anc
Alexander Wallace, of Brown county.
In answer to tho clamor that has beer
raised because these mon wero not immedi
ately tried by a jury, the Committee show
that on the breaking out of the Rebellion
there was no law for the punishment of the
offences for discouraging enlistmcnts and
exciting disobedienco or resistance to the
draft, and as these were the offences alleged
against these men, they could have no trial
But inasmuch rs such offender, nust be re
strained, or the Government fall a prey tc
INSTRUMENTATION. sedition and violence. tb.
military law was evoked Tim Comm;,,eo
say:
Two alternatives were presented to the
Government, in its great emergency, name
": EITHER to suffer Its arm to be paralyzcd
nrac,;ceS puJ s,ah W seun.Gas ,nh; anu u,sloya'
dictable hv statu,e' : ,nd benos M, ,r;. hIo
by jury, thereby aiding rebellion to effect
its overthrow: or 10 cnrb and re.tr,;, thosa
practices bv military nower mil ,ha onor ,"
gency rendering sucb ,estraint necess,.v
should pass.
C,,oross o, IL, L,,o ; =,
o'',S'o''' ~ ''' 'a'e Ses''on' supp''eu inc
'eneuy wanting by passing an act under
which like offenders can be tried and pun
ished
Tho fire, o,so ;,,,s,;..,l A.. -
,,, '1'e '"''o"ta''u "uH '"'' vi
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sent 10 fort Lafayette anu released Dec. 10,
ioo4. o'u' was arrested Tor d'sc"uraglng
e"''S'',e'''S' In orier 10 save witnesses
,,o'i 'ae "ra'h OF o'i' and ms ffienis' the
0o''n,'.e' p'e'rcrre'' 10 condemn MN
ou' Vi MS o"" mouth anu so used as evl
urn'e' ~, so.e'y' asai"s' MN the speech which
O'u'' ""'e Il" p.''o"' ~rote ou', had pup
'''r III '"o O"'' i1is'e' anu which, before
'"' Ho"''''ee' hc 'est'hed as being ne
'Peeo" "e l'aue at slndry places IN Fairfield
county ""e1e MS oIehco was alleged to have
'epm m co"''h'.'eu' Inc COMMITTEE say;
ine sltccii CONSISTS OF serlc, ot argn-
dicrs of thc Dcmorrar,p s pa I, a"' H,iJ'
series of charges intended to inf lme and ok
asperate them against the Administration.
sVu .ne persons charged wit, the duty OF
ol,;Snt of the v w,r m", a i ,h lnom ueoounces :ne
it Is carried on, as being such that Demo
Gratis should not vol unteer or engage in it.
l.. .nen a'luies to lhe possibility OF draft,
red onJ a, Smna II "'ti ,ht 10 ny nT,anaa,enuy execu
it at the point OF the bnyonet - - ''''
The Committee proceed, in sunnort If
their pos;,ion. IN analvzs tho s,nooh T.,
rho, sn,ooh MA, -. 49, e '1 .,-.,. -"
a, |., 'pC'o" o''' o'',''se, '"c respoh''o''lty
VI 'he war Oh the Administration, and AYERS
that the Administration is an ab,litioa plr.
iy, whose object is to dissolve the Union ana
,L,, :, ma;,, ".I p,.n: oo", ""'
clarcd tbe' Cons,;,nt;oa - p'' h ""u Nc
with Ds,,b and a. nnr,oo., ,,;.,, III "'
Other ror,,,,;ons",. .ha,u;.,, - y:
fuo'a''o"s' a. '"ow'"s 'l's en'r 10
exasperato MS hearers against the Admins
tration, we pass over Obs then went on
in his speech to declaru that if the war
sb,,ld oe,so 70 ho ar g. ~.
~, ~. ~ W "a' ~, '"o suppression
OF the rebellion, and should come to be an
abolition war, war for cxtinguishinp sla.
very then Democrats will rernso n ,no,,n
,oo. O,a, ,hou ". 'o'u"
'eo'' o'uS '"e" procecuea 10 Ills next
point, which was to show that the war ,1as
poto not carried on for the purpose of sun
,ress;ny tho robell;on bnt ,oos oorr;ad on %.
n o'oe sou, Wv 'oD'',o"' o.' ''.' oa'''eu D" 'or
'"e So'c purpose o' eA''hsu'shing slavery
tnat u Is an ub0iitlOn war, and that it will
utterly destroy the Union, aud on this point
the sneech winds mn as follows.
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