Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1863-08-09
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Abolition Tyranny Exposed.
DIseRACEFUL CONDUCT OF COL. STANLEY
I -s AND COL. RUNKLE 5.,

Il lRrom the Marietta Republican Of August 9th
STATEMENT OF THE UNLAWFUL ARREST AND CON-
HEEMERT or J. T. HART AND OTHERS, by ANIL
rrARY COMMANDER. 1'i
}, Mn. EDIToR: propose to make the follow
b ing statement Of facts, connected with the ar
rest and confinement of myself and others, by
order of an Abolition military commander, be.
cause Of our political principles Our treatment,
though outrageous, was probably not worse than
that Of thousands of others; and this account is
written, not TO obtain sympathy, but % an exem-
pli6cationl of the way 10 which Abolitionists
4 maintain and defend the constitutional rights
land privileges Of unoffending citizens.
On Saturday, the 18th ult., there were many
rumors afoat regarding the Whereabouts of
John Morgan and his rebel followers. l was
standing, with others, on the platform at the rail-
i road depot 10 HarmarJ Jwhen James Dilley ,jr.,
mounted scout, belonging to Gen, Little's COM
mand, remarked that he would go and see if
lMosgan'e forces we're In the neighborhood Of
Coolville IL he had horse. told him would
furnish horse and 60 with him. We then Went
to my stable, got my horse and buggy, and start
ed. We drove to Little Hooking, where was
stationed large force of our boys, who said
they were going to blockade The Ioads We
for tbeboys to write about twenty letters, return
cd home, l5sg z.- ..'L
Upon arriving al the Harmar railroad depot,
We learned that there we're thee trains OF cars
loaded with soldiers, which had left Vincent
Station two hours before, and 1t was feared that
Morgan had burned the trestle work between
here and there. George M. Woodbridge, Esq,,
aaid if he had horse he would 90 and see II
any thing serious had happened. went to my
stable, got him horse and saddle, and be
started. then went home and ate my supper.
l A short time after heard the cars whistle, aud
concluding that the train had arrived, west to
bed. H.. ..a.t t.l..f5..4, e.... .. =.
| On Sunday morning went to the depot 10
hear the news. there found military officer,
called Col. Stanley, who 1t Is said Was once
court-mattialed by Gen. Buell.. He asked me
where had been on the preceding day. TOLD
him, as is above stated. He then called me q
traitor. told him IL was not go. He said !
was "not loyal" replied that II he meant
what Webster defined the word to mean, was
not loyaLa But ifhe meant by theterm areadi
ness TO support the Constitution and obey the
laWs, was az true or truer TO them than he
was, and would do az much to maintain and
defend them. He said he did not want any
noise. rejoined that should talk as much Rs
III pleased. He then ordered me TO consider
myself under arrest. said "didn't care q
Id-n," when be went away. He soon return
Led, ,.and told me he didp't want to make ne any
trouble, and that could report to him at three
O'Clock. i replied shat had no watch, and
couldn't tell when the time would come but
that wasn't scared, and should not run away
Atthis junsture Captain Henry Kelley came
10 me, and requested me to report to Mr.. New
1 ton with my team, to haul hay for breastworks.
i Y and IN w
land told him that my teamsters we're all doing
militia service, and would not be able to send
any more teams. returned home, fed my
stock, and had dinner.
i After dinner went to the telegraph Office to
hear the newe. was there informed that the
i authorities were impressing horses. imne-
dlateIy went 10 my stable, where i found the
officers on Colonel Runkle's staff taking out
nv horses. They told me to come with them
/ 10 headquarters, which was three miles below,
at scott's Landing, and get receipts for them.
went down with them and saw the com
nander, Colonel Runkle. He asked ne who
l was going to vote for. told him l should
vote for G. L. Vallandigham, If lived and
could get to the polls. He replied, "Go up
sfaifs, you d-d traitor. Ppe heard Of you.".-
A couple Of officers, with drawn revolvers, fol-
lowed me up stairs. Upon my objecing to tho
place for such id taitors as yOn are" |
told him was no more Of traitor than be
was. '.
The room into which wac thrust, was about
ten feet square. II contained at that time q
drunken colder, o man from Oh illicothe, Will
liam Sharp and myself; and at about dusk on
Sunday evening, man was added TO our COM
pany named Spencer Cooper. He was from
Reading, and had been following Morgan In
hopes OF recovering ave horles which Morgan
i had stolen from him. ..t-
On Monday we were all searched. Nothing
i worth noticing was found on me. Some powder
Was found In Spencer Cooper's coat pocket A
lot Of private papers and memorandums were
taken from VIM. Sharp, including letter, and
. song which had been cut from q newspaper,
When Col. Stanley who disgraces the United
States serSice under cover Of a commission,
read them, he remarked 10 Mr.. Sharp, "You
Internal traitor, how I'd like to have you out
In my bri Sade. My men should tear you to
4 lpIecas, yon internal scamp,"A 3Ak eSA1. lse
On the same ,day( Monday on old soldier of
the war Of 1912 was put in With ms. He had
nothing at home for his family to eat, and was
j going 30 mill 10 procure supply. Being COM
pelled to Icome toyheadquartsrs to get pass,
| and seeing Sharp and myself at our prison win.
dow, he spoke to us. For this, aud this alone,
/ be was confined With us, and kept there two
days, when the Colonel said there was no charge
against him, and he Was released.
1 Such treatment as we received, had never
imagined would be imposed on any one. Our
\ ratious for the first day were some scraps of
bread, and nothing else. On the second day IL
was the eame. On the third day some stink-
Ing meat and pieces of dried herripgs were
1 added. The man from Chillicothe paid twenty.
Eve cents for one teacupful of rye coffee 10
the lady Of the housesin which we were CEN
fined. -a y aT'At'0''-
! While thus imprisoned, we we're often insult
J ed, BY passing Addition fools, with such re-
marks as "How should like TO shoot them,"
I"You d---d traitors" ETC., while such choice
appellatiops as "thieves," "spies,". and others
! which viii not bear repeating, were common
! remarks. These insults were but oncs inter.
rupted; which was BY an officer named Capt.
i Byers, who told the guard (who was busiy en-
gagged In picking lice. from under his clothes,
laying them on the floor and beating them to
death With bis, gun,) to arrest any one who
!. abused uss Bat as soon as the guard was
changed this leniency was discontinued. The
guards alao refused 70 accompany rs out doors
when necessity required IL, go that We we're
compelled 10 answer the calls Of nature In the
9troom, continually inhaling the stencil thereof,
both while awake and asleep.