, 1864-05-27

MORE ARBITRARY ARREsTs.-We had
been led to suppose, from statements made
by the Government some time ago, that
the day of arbitrary arrests of persons and
suppression of newspapers had past and
that persons would only be dealt with for
alleged misdemeanors before the proper tri
bunals and according to law butfrom this
weeks dispatches, it appears that Samuel
Medary of Ohio, has been arrested, for no
specified reason, and taken from the State,
and that the newspapers N. Y. World and
N. Y Journal of Commerce have been sup
pressed by military authority, for having
published bogus despatch. The dispatch
purported to be regular, and stated that the
President had appointed day of humiliation
and prayer; also calling for 100000 troops.
To appoint days of thanksgiving and prayer
and to call out troops, is by no means un-
common with the President. In act, it was
just what might have been anticipated by
the press, judging from the past, and there
tnat the dispatch was credited
: as genu' 'i7 it is surprising that the
I the Government should be silly eq5ugh to
El rPrS 'sa na;. - because the .edlto.s aad, !,
naturally enougn, published bogus dis
patch. Perhaps the Government had in
contemplation and under advisement the is
suing of some such "general oriers" as con-
tanned in the World and Journa, and was so
vexed to find itself anticipated hat nothing
short Of conservative newspaper suppress
sions could appease its rage Qlite num-
Der of persons have been arrested and are
to be tried before military tribunal for
having, as alleged, given aid an comfort to
the enemy. We hope the Administration
has not again commenced its'potical labors
by making uncalled for arrests, but we feel
confident, if it has, that it willreceive the
unqualified condemnation of th, people.
The Union State Convention in Oregon
in making up the platform for tie campaign
was particularly sweet on Mr. Lhcon's Am.
nesty Proclamation, especially tndorsing il
as liberal, wise and humane dbcumenE.-
The loyal press of the State shogered forth
prolonged praises in behalf of he immacu
late amnesty paper. To show how much
the lOyalists of Oregon were mistaken il
their late eulogies and endorsements of the
amnesty proclamation we quote the follow
ing from an editorial article in the daily Or
egoniaa of the 18th inst. +:
"The recent action of the House in Con
gress, providing for a republican form o.
Government in the States which have beer
usurped by the rebels. will give much more
satisfaction than the plan suggested by the
President in his Amnesty Proclamation.
The bill which passed, makes 1t necessary
that majority of the voters in any State
instead of one-tenth only, shall take part in
the election of delegates, prior to the re-es
tablishment Of the State Government Al
white male citizens, who take the oath Of
allegiance, even though they may have held
civil Office OF military rank, below that Of
Colonel in the rebel service, are to be al
lowed to vote Until the reorganization i;
effected, provisional Governors are to be ap
pointed by the President, and the laws oi
the United States and of each State as they
existed prior to the rebellion are to be en-
forced, except SO far as they sustain slavery
which is forever to be prohited in all the
States, that were reached by the Emancipa
ton Proclamation. These general provis
ions, while they are believed to be sufficient
at the proper time, to secure protection and
republican institutions to the loyal people Of
the South, obviate all objection, which wa;
quite general through the country, to the
proposed plan of allowing SO small a fraction
of the voters as one tenth in any State tc
control its political affairs. We trust thai
the bill will pass the Senate, and without
great delay for we believe that in a major
ity of the seeded States, there will be founC
before the Fourth of July sufficient mum
Der Of faithful and repentant citizens, to re
store under its provisions the system o
State Government 'as it was before the
rebellion"