Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1863-02-28
Ohio 6tatesnram
ARBITRARY ARRESTS.
1 SPEECH OF ett
Il 0 N. D ME L s. UHL
In the Ohio House of Representatives, Jan (,
i nan uaTv 1914, 1858. y = ~ r..

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Mr.. UHL said ..
Mn SPEAKER I'll desire to call the attention
Of the House to the very great importance |
should attach to the resolutions, upon which W,
are ADOPT to act with 60 little apparent refiec
tlop, and with reckless Indifference to the prif
ciples involved in them. II there is one sub
Ject which, more than any other, demsnda tn
candid attention OF the representatives Of ths
people, IL 10 this one, which carries with IL
when properly guarded, all that Is sacred and
benetcentin government, and, when disregard
Cd, destroys every principle Of public liberty
I-asserted and naintalned In the old world fol
vUuturies past, and reasseFIed Uu uySry v,o.aior
10 the bill Of rights Of every American Conati
tuition. We may review with calm candor tht
past history of mankind, reflect on the seduc
tive Influences which always cluster around the
seats OF power and preferment, and fail to rec
ognize in oil its recitals examples of such cold.
blooded and wicked attempts, by the miniopl
OF ACCIDENTAL power, to aseimilate the long
cneriahed and most sacred rights of the people
forgetting for the present all the unfortunate
causes which led the people to enthrone the
power that now oppresaes them, We shall more
readily keep before US the hypocrisy by which
many an honest man was lashed to tho cal
i huo OnhhtCu w hO uthE 00htTuCUOn.-
These great principles Of civil liberty, 40 es.
sential aud salutary to the public safety, were
set up by the party aoD In power, when It vel
had the boast Of youth and purity" TO al.
legged wrongs tolerated by the party then ad.
minlstering the Government. In fact, It pre-
tended that the whole superstructure of III
rotten machinery rested on these principles OF
personal rights, as its chief corner stone =
On the eighteenth day of June, 1856, when
tnat party was for the frat time sssem-
pied In National Convention, In the venerable
city o. Philadelphia, protest, fraught with the
air OF soemnity, was entered against the usur-
patton OF officials, Sustained BY the military
power Of the Government" to enact and en-
force tyrannical and unconstitutional laws: and
the rights Of the people to be secure. In their
persons, houses and effects, against unwarrant-
able search and seizures, was promulgated as
u originated at that time and In that Conven
ton, What more is contained In these resolu.
tlons, or In those recently offered In Congress,
and epurned ae IL encroachments on its sacred
presence2 If the statements Of the resolutions
are false, why refuse iUqulry7 The people de
mand IL. II they are true, has such deep seat
ed hatred of popular rights taken possession Of
the narrow, dark souls Of men In power a. tt
make them forget the birth right of the citizen
and treat with scornful contempt the bond ol
It's security. Have they forgotten the blood
and treasure, the toll and suffering, the sefsAc.
rihcing devotion to principle, that led to their
establishment and maintenance thus far2 And
Will they not, for one moment, be turned aside
from their mad career to heed the voice Of the
people, 80 recently expressed in the most SOL
emn manner, asking that these rights, guaran-
teed to them by the Constitution Of their allie
| gishGe, might be respected-eve by you, with
| whose natures opposition 10 the true principles
OF well regulated liberty aud social order is In
perfect harmony. The solemn truth is upon
| US, that all this is disregarded II seems that,
as people, we have been forced into a condi-
tion OF public affairs, environed by designed
and plotted circumstances, until blind submis-
sion TO the tyrant's behests has once more be,
cone bliss, and sober thought crime; when
| forgiveness aud forbearance has become disloy-
atty, treason; and cruel and unusual persecu-
tion virtue. l ask, gentlemen, what salutary
end do you expect to obtain7 What purpose dc
you hope to accomplish by refusing this inves-
hgation, and denying to the people the plain.
est guarantees OF the Constitutions, State
and National7 Is IL intended to inure the pub.
lie mind to think IL duty, BY silent aoquiescence.
10 yield without struggle all their COnstitu
tional rights; and fnally decide in favor OF the
montrous doctrine that oil their liberties are to
o nsu =. sne opuon OF any one man; anu .na'
d;ati. svi,ton pecomes sne RUE 70 "n,cu ~ o.ery
Isu,sning tIes feature ot our glorious Oonsrau n,u
~. son must DOW 10 numole snomission. inisi
ON % ~; - '.aimeu Ior .ne rsesoent oy genslemeu
cn.ad s.is nool. Inese afplsrasy arrests are eh-
.bse, VI 'ne plea .nas 'ne Eaecuave tnougns y
the necessary, wne.nsrS az; as1elllon ea'ssed 10
.ss n.a.e "I Ut .nousanu miles rom Nse,e '.ey
n.u.nta msue NV, wnas more ean pe asseu py sne
"has more graneu W I'LL sosoi''e
IPo1i ~. a.
ia interpree angns 'ne iessvns VI psssl,ps
events, ireighsed as tney are Win Inc mleerlet
ana woes OF THIS distracted people, the nme u
NOT distant Wnen sname win over'ake ana esepn'
al MANY setue as sn'ckly as tne gloom oI Dy'
fon's dream upon tne men VINO advocate tne as,
sumption and Insist upon sne enforcement o.
these unwarrantabie powers. Sopnietry canno!