Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1864-04-24
party, which, under the cry of free speech
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party, which, under the cry of free speech,
means free speech for one side. 'o
"a @. Did not their presence at the polls that
day rather create difficulties than prevent
them? iihH
A. 1t did. I do not think there would
have been fight or any difficulty; indeed,
there was none outside of the soldiers. b
q. DO you know whether the soldiers, at
your place were part of Wallace's Mary
land Home Guard, or some that came under
General Wool? .,...,
A. They were part of Colonel Wallace's
regiment, called Maryland Home Guards,
as understand. .a,trs ee s,tv,,., f,,t- b I,
@. Did any portion of those soldiers visit
you the next day, at your store, before they
leftp gtrI rs ia o,~aifs.. - ai
A. On Wednesday morning there came
three of these soldiers in my store, swear
ing that they would whip me, that l had
| called them black Republicans. told them
that had notcalled them anything J. I had
not spoken to them. I told them 70 be of
civil law on them. They told me there was
no civil law; that they were soldiers, and
that military law superseded everything
else. They went away, however, swearing
they would arrest me, or have me arrested.
Shortly afterwards 1 met the lieutenant
who had them in charge, and remarked to
him that had just been attacked by three
of his soldiers. He asked what for. / told
him they had charged me with calling them
black Republicans. He asked If / had.
said 1 had not, and if had, did not sup
pose would be any cause for arrest. He
remarked that General Wool had ordered
him to arrest every person who called an
other black Republican,; and advised me,
If did not want to get into difficulties, to
keep my mouth shut. This was the same
lieutenant who had told me previously that
we should not be allowed to talk.
William III. Taylor, affirmed and exam
ined.. ~- - y .
BY the chairman: - - ~ .'s
@. Where do you reside?
A. reside in Mispillion hundred, Kent
county. when am at home.
q. Where were you on the 4th Of Novem-
Der last, the day of the general election?
A. l presume l was at Prospect, If that
was the day of the general election.
Q. Were you Provost Marshal for Mispil-
lion hundred on that day?
A. l was special provost.
Q. What were your duties as Provost
Marshal?
A. 1t is impossible to tell you at q word.
don't know that l could tell you at all.
@. Did you act in the official capacity of
Provost Marshal there that day?
A. tried to, sir.
@. Do l understand you to say, sir, that
you acted in the official capacity of Provost
Marshal, and do not know the duties of that
position?
A. cannot state the whole duties as they
were put down to me. r--
The chairman-Please to state the duties
of Provost Marshal as you now understand
them, and as far as you can recollect them.
The witness-I could not state them.
Q. What is the reason you cannot state
them? FED
A. 1 cannot state them because / do not
remember them.
Weleave this subject without comment. A
fostering corpse is more eloquent sermon
on human mortality than a bushel of SER
mons; and the fact of State election car
ried by imported soldiers, directed by men
who can testify as above, shows about how
much of the old liberty is likely to be left
us If Republican administration is con-
tinued in power.