The Cecil Whig., 1863-02-14
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The Arrest of A. d. Dni!eau-Judgc
AIiisoi,'s Address to the Grand


Anisons Address to the Grand
Jury.
His Honor, Judge !.ndlow, on Thurs
day, tie 10Th uit., called the attention
of the Grand Jerry, III 4 special charge,
TO The fact that 1t had come to his
knowledge that citizen of this common-
wealth and of this county had been
suddenly arrested at his residence, aud
had been torcibly carried, against hi,
will, beyond he limits Of this State aud
the jurisdiction of this Court. AccoAr
pa y NJ this statement was rcqneS. .ha;
the GRAND Jury would suspend all other
business, and an ins ruction t. the Dis.
,rict Attorney 20 send for the persons
named dircc ing the Grand Jury, after
they had heard the witnesses brought
before them, to present the tac.s 10
the Court.
On the following day a prcscntmcnt
was made to the Court, in subs ancc that
y. u. Boilcau, thc propric or Of he
Eueniny JoHrnai, had been arrested BY
military officers in the service Of the
United States, and conveyed 10 Fort
MclIcnry ; the alleged cause of the
arrest was the publication Of articles
tending to he support and encourage
ment of rebellion against the Govern
ment of ;hc United $ ates.
Upon this prescntment the District
Attorney, by the Judge then holding
the Court, was directed to prepare and
send before the Grand Jury bills Of
Indictment.
TO this proceeding | am compelled 70
except; regal ding it us wrong in every
aspect in which can be viewed, |
would be dcrclict in my du as Judge
of this Cour if by my silence hi ght
even seem to sanction it, and if in speak
ing, | did not place upon it my most
emphatic condemnation. 1t was unwisc,
because it was unnecessary, the ordin-
airy mode of criminal procedure being
fully adequate 10 remedy the wrong, if
wrong has been committed, aud that
method being in my Judgment the only
proper and legal way of bringing the
case in Courf. 1t was injudclous ; for
however we'll intended, the consequence
of Judge, Of his own motion, upon
mere information ob aimed in no LEGAL
way, for there vas no complaint under
oath, with unnecessary and unusual
haste, making use Of his official position
to institute a prosecution, strictly per-
sonal and private i'll i S nature, is to
render the whole proceeding liable to
miscons to place this Cour1 i'll u
false position before the country, as
anxious for, and Of its own mo ion seek
ing cause of difficulty with he Gov
crnmcnt, and because the legitimate
result of such ac ion is to prccipita e IA
collision between the States and General
Government, when such collision should
by all proper means and to the last possi-
bic extremity be avoided, that the true
and cons ituional government of the land
may be upheld and strengthened, in its
fearful struggle with an infamous Rebel
lion which defcs is au hority, trauiples
on its flag, imperils its existence, and
which has filled the land with lamenta-
ton and woe. | cannot consent that
this Court shall even unint cntonally be
used for any such purpose, unless the
necessity be forced upon us, and that a
necessity that cannot be avoided. and,
speaking for myself. here say, it shall
not be so used, if by the exercise of any
portion of, or all, the rghtful power Of
my Office, it can be prevented
There is still another reason why