The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1864-10-20
From the New York Express.
DcsDGsiSsss OF 6asG President.


We are sometimes complained of for de-
nouncirg he President as tyrant, and
his Administration as despotic But the
=tatemsht IS too true, as every -.st man
who will investigate the facts mnst admit.
Those who read littlc ofpublic affairs. and
think less, can not comprehend the wroues
and miSchiefs inflicted upon innocent per
sons, and therefore pas o7cr these in 81
lence. The number Of journals s,ippress-
ed MAJ - enumerated by the score
The number Of citizens imprisoned we
say nothing Of military mem is discour<ed
1pon in The Journoi Of Commerce. The
record should be read Of all men. 4 mere
list OF names IL says
with the breiest mention possible in
each ease, ecould fN not fess Man eightcen
columns cf orr paper. This tremendous
list is exclusively made mp Of arbitrary
seizures Of individuals who We're dragged
from their families without Indictment.
without warrant, without form of law,
withou; being confronted with witnesses
/ against them. without being informed Of
the nature o. the charges against them.
immurel for wcckc and months in dun
gcons often thousand miles from the
State in which they were seized, and f.
nally turned loose without trial or apology.
This list Is made up entirely Of the names
OF citizens OFF, loyal States, in which the
courts of justice have never been suspeu-
dod, where every crime whether treason
or other. could have been punished in due
! f.r, .,fl
made IN relation tothcse victims of auto
cratic power IS terrible book cf history.
Careful as we haze been to preserve the
record Of these proceedings under the
roi-n o. ~. lincoln. We fi.d that we
nave missed many N rast vcare. Tor the
puIre.see of stow we Ak the I'd Of orr
friends. in sending us the particulars of
any and every casa heretofore and hcrc
after
We cen not Cad IA history . ro5or.,
vh.~. compares with this. The wiscst
Gaan ear not euc>e he causes fer hun
;ireds q. seizures We know of ladies' be-
;nr arrested for WING Heir mouths with
pocket hanlkcrchic:. after eating ORANGES.
The Provost Marshal thought il WAS a ee-
cret signal We know OF :, respectahle
citizen seizel carried 4 thousand miles
under guard. ,lnnluge,l }or men,Is n y,
vile.t. i:ltIiast ,nn.,.sn IN A,nqrica and
n leno,h ris,l,aroe1 Wit, ;,f,,rno{;o,
from the Wa pe,...r.-3epf t:,at H. W
seized because he lta. 3.su srcn IN nrb-
lie street to d~sr his tiuoer across his IL.
under his nose. The r~ctopso was that
;his was susreetcd to he . .ioua1 of some
secret political association. The f,ct w,s
that ~ such as.ociation exis4oJ tbo oct
was l,er!cctiv iunocon+ .nd tho so;y,ra
WI. so;ely because the man vas = prominent
Democrat. and his radical nc;alibors Mot
tod 10 punish him Ia thi. WV
+ We lnow al. :. farmer a,;innooou4 ,,,...
good waru-iieartcd I;emocrat seized in
Michigan :.nl brought 10 New York i'm
priscucd Or 1ian,i., IN Fou Iaf,vette
aud finally d,s,bar..l by General lj;x-
II arrearc, 9n ih3 examination oi his ease
before Judge Ficri ont and General Dir.
La the charge against him was having
something 70 90 with Z Secession tlar. and
tina; TIE whole .5erv uroa out ol an oid
! !coison si.irt vhich had !, e.. used 10 press
and straii. l.ac..lcrr. i.,irc and wl;c5 tho
malice, Of Aboiitioui,t nc.phbors had trans
iolmci into a Secession banner We
know Of children Of thirteen years old
held 6y Abraham i.incolu's strono arm IN
military prisons for months extcnd;,y tn
years. lor pretended suspicion Of disloyal
", Ifthere be y, otbny no,,,orr oftbo
Lincoln dynasty. we venture 70 say That to
.hc remotrst eeporat;ou h. will nLc ro,,o,n
bcred for the seizure Of = nnor Iumr-bacx
newsbov. who was canvevad hv . elo &C
soldiers to Fort gafavetta and reco;.sa -
ltbe fortress liz Cnlonrl Hnrto ,r;tb al tho
soieiinity which used to cbaractor;za tho
.ate,.., OF the Castle or X.inrennns or Tho
Tower oi London WIZ. = ecorn c,r :
historical PAINTING HAT will be Tho ra
n;us of = II,vaan or ,...La,s l,.,on ..;ii
or,b,, ''r,a,., IL,
nee }er,,.i 1r,,. -, - g
Vr I;no,,S, ~. ''' . -.
saarc,, ,ona f,n ',,'','J a,aa eA Pi:i's} h''sh'
adorn the rot,,nlo nc tIo ra,,;tal -,
inc arch Of tho fart tho .,Ioon,r ,asaalo
opening toward tLc Junaeon tIo IT, IT,
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