M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1863-01-22

, has this been carried that not onl,
have our citizens been driven from thi
camps whhe they have traced Their
property into the possession OF Oh.
soldiers, but the civil Officers have
, been prevented from serving any
process for their recovery. This high
haoded and iniqnltous conduct is daily
and hourly weakening the cause o
} the Union and paralyzing the efforts
10 suppress the rebellion. And, IN
! addition to all this, it is putting the
, State to Imminent peril. 1t is asking
+ too mnchtof the citizen to expect hiu
, to told his arms in quiet submission
I wheR his property is taken frOIpihim
: IN his very presence, and TO be rudey
, thrust aside ut the point OF the bayo.
! net when he attempts t., reclaim it
} Your State Ipws are already ample fu
redress OF oftenses against the prop
er,y Ol the citizen. as the samo hay,
y.
} been ordinarily committed but
suggest yon have the rFap'Iety o
oIher ana more Stringent laws agalns
tbe, infamous practice "t Abolition
soldiers IN this par icular, and to d,
this ctEcctual!y there should b. a sol
einn roslhrlDalion OF the great 'rnt'
lhuF ;n a. n e., (t,,,.s,,,,,-.., A., -. a:
lh" IN al iree 0overhmehts The mill
| ply IS ana must be subject t. Tux
clNi' authority, ana hy proper Ieglsla
t'oh give II d practical meaning bS
providing Tor Its manlcnehce at oil
hHzar''s, ). #if.... 't-
ltls but just to Ndd That this accu
sHhon does not apply indlscrimnatey
10 AL the reElme;'i5 thatlmNe been
qnaftered IN hentucky. Tao com.
nanaers OF many OF 'hem oppose tho
lract'ee 50 'ai rs thty can do so con
siStemIy win whHt they believe to be
men dnty rs su'9ec's 10 the rules and
articles OF war and the Proclamation
o' the President OF the Unltrd States,
,SsHed on The 22d day OF September
lsSt' 10 that proclamation wquid
now can Your especial attention
! Mh''c am wiling to believe that
the PRESIDED, thooGht that MS. prot'a
m"hon wontd have Oehrhclai "tIecf
I IN exEedi''ng the close "i the war, II
Is now apparant t'l"t hc has lcnt too
lsc'ie Oh ear To me schemes OF aDoi'
toh partisan leaders, VINO rave prac'
tIccn npon ma patrIouc heart, blinded
Ills Oe'ter Juugnieht' alarmed MS Tears.
ana induced INN 10 pnO,'sh a mani
lg'to rom winch nothing but eYIl and
'nat coht'nn"Ily' can now AS al
operative edict IN the Southern rebel
nous o'"tcs' u can nave no olhrr
eject th"h 10 strengthen mem IN Their
reOl'I'oh ana give t'I'F'nIe prtteHt
10 'neIr cause lilo m'ght WIN "'
much reason nave 'ss'led " Pfoc'anna-
,Ioh TO them to lay down 'he'r arms,
Doth eq"aiIy e%pose MN toa con-
temr'uonS rejcctloa oI .Ils scheme.
Dut ne makes a distinction between
slavery IN the rebel niates ana slavery
IN the loyal States aud proposes TO
the ia'tcr compensated emancipation
as ah equivalent Tor thtlr surrender
Iol the ihstIfntlon 'tseli. II is probH
O'e that this proposition was intended
especially Tor htntncNy; bnt ho"
VAN IS an "iirr when there IA no pow
or 10 accept II, even II tne!e was Il
disposition 10 90 81 h'n'ucky 5
constitution likes the institution as a
pant OF her settled policy, and the
question IS a concluded one, only to
DC reopeneG ny the call OF Conven
tloh anu the adoption Of new Con
s''tntIon. lhls could not, owIng to
'ne provisions Of the instrument, oe
enfcteu unt,l many years have eIapse
:" pvrIod before lhe arrival of which
II IS 10 De h"pea th'a Hretched wal
VIII have been brought to a close.
But even it there were no constitu
'lonal lmPedlmert in the way, his
prnPosl lIon would be aud onght to be
promptly r'Jected' Kentucky under
st8nds her own interests too well to b.