M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1863-04-09

fused terms of peace or warl The
Administration party - the Aboi.
tionisrs. .a... l.. sl
The military power which has been
executed in ths seeded States for
sume tirpr. now have made q bold
attempt to declare martial law over
all the United States. Not in Ten.
nessee, Alabama and MississipUi--uo.
In Indiana, II sister Northern State,
Colonel Henry B. Carringtony issues
0Eder No. IS, that .slhe habit of car.
lfyipg arms upons t.s person has
greatly increased d"--it has increased,
and viii increase more cheers --"and
is prcjrdicial to peace and good order
give us peace and good order, aud
we will lay aside our arms-''as well
rs violation ot civil law" - which
the speaker denied, rs untrue. FL.
Mr. V. read the remainder of the
order, in which it il stated that the
Major General commanding the De.
pa:tment, having ordered, &c. II
B. Carrington, Co Eighteenth Uni.
ted States Infantry, commanding,
signs this order. lle had nothing
disrespectiul to say ofCoI, Darlington;
he had served with him in the State
Militia, AMI only desired to speak OF
him rs Colonel Of the Eighteenth u s.,
Infantry, speaking Tor the Majul
General OF the Department If OHIO.
Mr.. V. had general order to read to
which he called particular attention,
The I'ght Of the people to cany ami
bear arms shall not be iuIriuged.' .
That is order No. 1. s'gGed by Gen
eraI George Washington. Who shat
be obeycd-ordcr No as found in
the Constitution Of the United States
tr order M. 10, issued 10y CoIone
II, B CarriEgion The Col0ur
lofgets his business when he under
takes to supersede the Constitution O.
rke United States. Now for genera
order No. 2, to be found in the Con
stitution Of Ohio. The people hay,
u right to bear arms for the defense o
themselves in the State" Cuione
Darlington was the gentleman wht
made u raid into Illinois with twt
hundred men and arrested Judge
while on the bench. Upon what
meat hath his our Caesar tci."
Colonel Darlington undertakes t,
lecture the people on the subject o.
bearing arms, and it has been mod
estIy done tor a shoulder-strapped
gentleman. "Tho Major General o
the Department having ordered"--
who gave him the right 20 order
What say6 the Constitution 2 The
right OF the people to bear arms shai
not be inIriuged, ami the right to keel
arms implies the right to ouy arms
and the right TO buy ammunition lOi
those arms, and lead and percussion
caps included Why, Lord bess me-
we are having nothing but Abolition
conscription, and everything ending
in ton. Hero the cannon belcheC
forth u salute. Mr., V. continued
Was that pO"dcr purchased before
General Wriglt's order vas issued
The order Of the military gentleman
with two stars on his shoulders ex
tends over the entire Department
The Major General and Colone
aforesaid have right 20 prohibit mer
under their commaad TO purchas,
arms, lead, &c. but have no mur,
r!ght to prnhbIt you and than tbC
Sultan OF Turkey.
A ruthless mob OF soldiers DESTROYED
| paper in Richmond, Indiana, u few
days since, and nothing has been done
TO those soldiers for that act. These
acts are twn edged, and will cut botI
ways by and by, and as the driver
said to Tom COrwin, when the latter
threatened to whip him, THAT'S t
game two can play" Ii the grea
State OF Indiana, u crowd OF soldier,
who had never heard OF the Jfer
S0niar stimulated BY towards at
lack and destroy the office OF til,
paper. Colonel Darlington lectures
the people on the prrniclons habi; .
the the recent popular demonstration
against newspaper OF the State, bn
What has Colonel q. or the Genera
done to punish these soldiers 7 Ii,
had but one single rule to lay down
obey the Constitution and The laws
and make nc resistance, not even th
semblancc of resistance meet th
question in a different way and else
wherein Your conrts-and all poll
tica questions meet at the ballot box
but meet mob with tufcc--tnrce b.
force and violence. If there can't b
iasticc done in that way, then resor
to retaliation Pointing to a banne
surrounded Nv butternuts, on whicI
was Inscribed, sin quest Ons Of power
let no no,c be said of confidence il
man, hut bind him down from mis-
chief bv the chains of the COnstitu