Democrat and sentinel. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1853-1866, 1864-07-27
speech Of Nr. Salisbury. Of Del
aware, OH the ESila AisOyVi ing
BAIL in Military Arrests.

MI. PRESIDENT, the Dill before me Sen-
ate is a bill providing for bail in certain
cases of military arrests. My friend from
Kentucky proposes an amendment to it
providing that the person so arrested shall
be taken Immediately before a Judge. 1t
is an amendment designed to secure the
personal liberty of the citizen. / shall
vote for it but | shall vote for it with
some hesitation, simply because it seems
to recognize by implication the validity of
the arrest If this was bill to authorize
any man not engaged in the military or
naval service of the United States who
was arrested to shoot down upon the in
slant the man that should attempt TO ar
rest him ii would do my soul good TO vote
! for it because OF all tue outrages that
/ have ever been perpetrated in this country
/ upon the rights OF free American citizens,
! of all the violations of the Constitution of
/ the United States, OF all the violations of
the principles of civil liberty, of all the
crimes that have gone up from Garth to
! heaven to invoke the vengeance Of Al
/ mighty God. this crime of arbitrarily and
without due process Of law arresting quiet,
peaccable citizens and dragging them from
| their homes is the greatest. Sir, | mean
to speak what feel | would welcome
any thundcrbolt, whether it came from
| heaven or from hell, that should strike TO
/ the earth any power which, in violation
! of the chartered rights Of the American
people, should attempt such an exercise
OF arbitrary power.
Mr. President, it may be considered by
some that the language | use is strong
/ that the feeling manifest Is unreasonable:
but / happen TO live in that unfortunate
section OF the country where these things
are of daily occurrence. Mr., NaIlandi@-
! ham, who has been referred to, was a
( distinguished member OF the Democratic
party, a politician known TO the country,
/ and when he was arrested it created great
excitement throughout the land. in the
quiet little village where | reside such
things happen almost daily. | have known
as many as four in day carried off; not
informed of the charge against them
dragged from their families and their
/ homes not allowed a hearing and by
the order of yom General Schenck, or
Skunk. whichever is most applicable to
his character. banished beyond the lines.
Ihaye had the young wife come to my
house and with tears in her eyes ask me
whether ANYTHING could be done, anything
could be said. to call back her young lus-
band to take care of his infant children.
have witnessed such scenes for the last
two wears They are men in tie humble.
quiet walks of life. and the attention of
the country is not called to their cases !;
but when distinguished gentleman like
Mr. Nallandigham was arrested great
meetings were called and great indimla-
ton EXPRESSED. 1t is Just that those meet
inos should be called, and that Indignation
should be expressed but, sir, the people
of this country know nothing from
such cases of the barbarous tyranny of
this Administration. When man of
elevated position is dragged from his home
they know it but hundreds and thous-
ands of people in the quiet walks of life
are dragged from their families and homes
and the country know nothing of it. Sir,
if the tears shed by the faithful and de
voted wives and tIe worse than orphaned
children in this country who have suffered
from the oppression of this Administra-
ton could be bottled up as witnesses in
that great and final day when a Just
Indictment shall be rendered against men
for the iniquities done in life, they would
be piled mountain high upon the heads OF
Abraham Lincoln and his unconstitutional
advisers.
Go with me to my'own State, and /
will take you to one single neighborhood
where almost one third of the inhabitants
have been dragged from their homes, not
because they have ever raised an arm
against this Government, not because they
have ever resisted the execution of any
Federal law, but because they were po-
litically obnoxious to the party in power
and the scuff and scum of creation, mer
whom gentlemen would not admit into
their kitchens. have the commissions o.
provost marshals 10 90 into gentlemen:
houses and drag them off to Baltimore
before General Schenck, who, not by
any authority of the Constitution of The
United States, Is to sit in Judgment upor
those men and decide whether they shall
live peaceably and quietly in their home:
where they have been in the habit of liv
ing, and where their fathers have lived
or whether they shall be banished TO 5
hostile shore.
Mr.. President, do not mean TO sa.
anything offensive to anybody; neithe
do I mean 10 say anything unbecomin: