Dayton daily empire. [volume] (Dayton [Ohio]) 1850-1865, 1864-10-07

cnecl of Indirect, With the States 10 insnrrec-
tiOn sgaibst the Cuted States, VI with either
Of them, or vi,b any psrsop VI PERSONS within
such insnrrectionaty States; and that / will
10 ell things deport myself as = good aud 10y
81 ciriRen VI the United States This do In
good laith, with full dstermination, pledge and
promise 70 keep this my sworn obligation,
and without any mental reservation or evasion
Whatever"
Sd Provost marshals aud other military
officers are directed to report 10 these head
quarters any Judge of an election pho shall
refuse his aid ia carrying out this order, or
who, in challenge Of vote being made on
the ground OF disloyalty or hostility 10 tho
Government, shall refuse to require the oath
OF allegiance from each voter
BY order Of MAJ..Grs sCHENcK.
W II. CHEEsEBRoUOH, LI.Col a A A g.
Nov 10 the 6rst place IL i,s was "kaown"
that dieloysl persons we're Rt large in Mary
land who had been engaged 10 the rebellion
or Who had given AID aud comfort to the enc
my, why did not the loyal General Sehenck
have them arrested and tried for treason
What apology was there for permitting such
persons to be at large ia Maryland" OF
course " IL was kao,0R' that "such persons"
were IN the State, it vas Elso known where
they were--General Schenck in receiving the
information, (unless the whole statement is q
cOntemptbe and false pFetext for al arbita.
rA and paFtizan exercise Of power,) certainly
learned all the facts, and had ample means
at his disposal, either to send such individuals
beyond the lnes, try them by "a military
commission "a fashionable lynchburg pro.
cess under the present loyal regime,) or he
might have resorted to the unprecedented
: course of having them arrested on atidavts
and tried by the civil courts But neither of
these things is done These known traitors
are harmless until the election day
The General is then seized with a loyal
and painful anxiety lest the purity Of the
elective franchise will he contaminated By
these rebel sympathizers He forthw with.
without consulting the State authorities oS
Maryland, and 10 utter defiance and contempt
Of the laws OF that State, issues his order 80
abling every provost marshal under his Au-
thority 10 arrest any one he RloV choose b,ay.
rest, be, the provost marshal being tAs sole
Judge of the loyalty or disloyRliy of tho voter,
and report him to headquartersl TAsse mil
ltary officials are not even to wait for these
rebel sympathlzers TO reach the plAae Of cleo.
tiop, much less to be guilty OF lbs audacisy
ot offering their blalots--they are 10 be Gpres.
ted If they are found "ApproAcAing" the ga.
cred precincts Of the polls
They may be within sight, or ons or two
miles away-according as each provost mar.
shal shall construe bis d1AS ia the premises.
II any reckless voter shsls be bold enough 10
want to vote ticket the provost marsnal dis
approves, what is to prevent that puissant Of.
fetal from at once deciding that be is disloyal
and ordering two or three of his obedient BAY
onets TO march him of to General Schenck' Q
headqua ters 2
The infamy and impudenes of this proceed
ing consists principally in the pretext upon
which 1t is done, namely: protect the purity
OF the ballot box
This pTstext was so utterly groundless, that
Governor Bradford, who was so loyal that he
was elected, according to Mr.. Lincoln, by
EDixs bayonets, felt himself called upon
expose its utter absurdity In his proclaim a
ton, issued on the day following the Governt, u
} he says:
ut is a well.known fact that with sr
haps Que single exception, there IL not a san
gle congressional candidate in the State, VIII os
loyalty is even of questionable characte A.
and in not county OF the State, outsid e q
this same Congressional District is the. e,
believe, a candidate for the Legislature, or an
State office, whose loyalty is not equally ur
doubted"
+ General Schenck is not satisfied witt ii
Constitutional definition OF Treason, ,Vhic
is that it shall consist ONLY in lsvying wa
against the United States, and giving thei
enemies aid and comfort" He tells his orc
J vost marshals that il they find any on 'nt
preaching the polls" who ia tksir judrzaeai
has given encouragement to those en- gage
in the rebellion, forthwith TO arrest them :
What is to be considered encourage ment,
is not defined, and is therefore left TO the dG
J termination of these eminent and impar,iE
judicial functonaries, General Sch Snck
Provost MarshRls.
0 But q ain; If the judges OF the elect5o
/ refuse TO perlure themselves rHRY must b
!, arrested BY the provost marshRls by order {
Major General Schenek.
The oath which Ihess Judges Hre REQUIRE
= to take, according 10 Governor Bradford Nh
I ought to know the laws OF the State of whic
he is Governor, is rs follows permit q
persons, to vote who shalt offer 10 poll at th
election, WhO an their jed oDaent shalt aeeort
ing TO the directions coz .tained IN the oonst
tution and laos be entI led 10 poll al the sdE
! election and NOT PeTsS il any person to po
t at The some WhO is not in their judgHse,
!. qualified to Vots as Aforesaid"
This is rather nard fate Tor the judges
they must either liolate their oaths or be Z
ported to Gene al Schenok's Headquaruer
d to be ordsFedia' to prison or receive any 9th
punishment hS high mightiness chooses to
J. fIct upon aAeE for dsobcdiencs TO his imp
r rial orders
1t ia IS ale 0 made the special duty BY law
these Judge sHto give information to the State
!, attorney . the county of all infractiona
= the state laws on the subject Of election"
Il one OF 70 ese laws il is forbidden Yraoy-.
: m'sslon' ID or non commissioned officers hl
/ ing cor nmAnd Of any soldier or soldiers qua
tered or posted in any district Of any coun
y OF 70 State, to muster or embody any