Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1864-09-05
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Price FIVE GEMS copy.
The Arrest Of ~. III. Dodd.
% Saturday last Mr.. H r. DODD. who ar
rived in the city the evening previous. vas at
rested by order % General HovEr. the military
coum.ndapi OF Indiana, and confined ia a mill
tsrv ptison We understand that the family
friends Of Mr. DopD were permitted to make him
as comfortable possible in the place Of his i'm
p-isonmen;. We sre informed that the charge
against Mr. DopD is conspiracy against the Gov
eminent aud. as we are advised. he j. in add
ton restrained of bic personal liberty upon the
or und that he l. the leader or head Of an organ
izAtiOu numbering twenty thousand men and Is
therefore very dangerous individual.
wea not the spologist of MT Dom fine
has violated the laws OF The land, let him be ar
raigned uia. ard if guilty, punished as
those Laws prescribe, ami all good citizens will
saw 80 lei Il be" Indians IS not in
stsre of Instruction or rebellion. No
sttemp, has been made TO interrupt the
enforcement Of the civil lave OF the State
Every mandate of the civil authorities has
been respected and obeyed. If Mr.. DoDD has
been guilty OF violating the laws Of the State or
the Federal Government. upon sufficient afiidA
vi, ana warrant, he could have been arrested by
judiciary officer duly empowered. WHIST
apology. then, for bis arbitrary arrest by the
| military aulhoritiesi Il the mandate of mil
,sry commandant in State loyal TO the Govern
~ md A.
ding it, Constitution and ia lswsl What says
the Constitution Of Indiana? Sec. 80. Art j
reads a. follows:
The military shall be ken, in strict -ueordl
nation to the civil power y"
| And tbs Constitution of the United States pro
yides as follows: tIt
| mo person shall be deprive of life, liberty OF
property without due process OF law
| In the arrest of Mr. DoDD have not the pro
visions of both the State and Federal Cons'itu
tons been violated without any Justification what
ever!
| What constitutes loyalty TO the Government
in the true sense of the term Can there be an.
better definition than fidelity 10 the Constitution
i and the laws ? Ii So and the position We hsv'
assumed cannot be successfully con,roverted
what Justification can be offered tor "the aroi
trary arrest" Of Mr.. DoDD1 Can it be upon tn
ground Of military necessity" aterm which ha
covered thouss nds of the most Infamous abuse
or powerl Is the will OF one man to govern, in
stead of the Constitution aud the laws? If tbl
usurpaton of power is permitted in one case
where WILDE its limit Wesre not discussing ID
guilt or innocence OF Mr.. Dom II he has com
mitted crime, IL be has violated the laws OF 'h
land, the Constitution points out the mode OF as
! certaining the fact and provides the penalty
The 9Th section Of the Amendments to the Cor
stitution of the United States reads as follows:
"In all criminal prosecutions, the accuse
{ shall eniov the right to speeds and public tria
D nv an impartizl jury of the State or distrie
wherein the crime shall have been committed
which district shall have been previously ascei
| tanned by law, and TO be informed oil the natur
and cause of the accusation (; to be conironte
, with the witnesses against him; to have compu
sorry process for obtaining witnesses IN ms FAVOR
and 10 have the assistance OF counsel Tor ms az
Tense"
Such are the constitutional rights OF ever
. man accused OF crime In Indiana Aud wh
E ever attempts to deprive citizen OF those right
is himself vlolstor Of law. There can be n
t apology offered for the arbitrary or military al
rests which have occurred in any State within tn
Union. The civil courts have had ample juris
diciion in every case. and their DEGREES coul
have been inforced ia every instance. Is tn
. will of one man 20 govern, call him what 20
4 please. or are we TO be subject to the Constitu
ton ard the laws! Ii il is only question c
power OF private judgment, then the Judgmer
OF each citizen will be his rule of action, and
wilt provide his own remedy for his persons
! wrongs or grievances. If laws are not respecte
bv those in authority. has not the citizen a
, equal right 10 disregard them!
Governor MORTON ack nowiedges that he is
Law breaker, but he spologizes for his crime upo
! the plea that in 80 dong be was advancing n
public interests. II Mr Dopp il guilty of vi:
lating the laws of the land. can not he offer ID
same apology. and with equal Justification? WIS
else can we expect but anarchy, revolution an
a blood, when those in authority as we'll as Il
: private citizen permit individual judgment an
will To govern instead Of the laws Of the land!