The daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1863-1864, 1864-09-22

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Ii tiopistsia this me- hbehoed foxits lup.l
psessi6n. They assl "a @ 9Th snt "a opd
position and sijencs al condemnation
their political schemes, They desired q
keep Che people in ignofxnce Of the trdel
state Of affairs, and avoid the exposureoft
their own crimes against liberty, for
sTheres none ever feared that the truth shsnld be
But him whom the truth would Indict."
E During the time--of ouf=imprisonment,
Captain OVER, the, commandant OF
the Post, frequently advised US. to
write to the Major General command
ing this. Department, and to ply him
with letters again and again until we
wearied him into giving some attention to
our case. We did write repeatedly, as we
have stated above, but what was our sur.
prise, upon being released, to learn that
Gen. Crook had not received either OF our
letters, although one Of them had been writ
ten month before. Whether Capt. Over,
while advising US to continue writing, was
secretly suppressing or delaying the trans
mission of our letters, We are not able pos
lively to say, but certainly tho cifcnm
stances seem to point that way. All the
letters written by prisoners pass through
his hands, and it is in his power to destroy
or delay them and thus prevent any COM
plants as to the management Of the prison
or any inquiries as to charges, or any APP
peals for assistance, from reaching the ears
| OF those to whom they are addressed. One
of our letters was received by Gen. CROOK,
after zoe had been released, but up to that
time all our communications to the Com>
mander of the Department had failed unac-
| countably, to reach their destination.
Upon examining our printing Office, over
! which guard had been stationed, day and
night during all the time of our imprison
ment, we found it by no means in statu quo.
Several large fonts of type had been COM
pletely ruined, lot of valuable stock taken
from the job rooms, the presses were all out
Of order, and confusion reigned everywhere.
In the editorial room, private papers had
been searched and destroyed and several
Z articles of considerable value taken away.
! We have scarcely yet ascertained the full
extent of our loss, as each day reveals the
destruction of something previously overs
looked.
I But this statement of the circumstances
attending the suppression of the REGISTER
would not be complete without some refer
| ence to the action, or rather the inaction,
of Gov. FOREMAN, concerning the case. 1t
I will be remembered that when, few days
before our arrest, the Parkersburg Gazette
was suppressed and it's editor Mr.. Wharf,
TON, arrested by Gen. HUNTER, Gov. BoRE>
MAN Immediately bestirred himself to pro-
cure WHARToNs release, and extend to him
the protection to which he was entitled as
a citizen under the laws Of West Virginia.
But when We who were equally entitled to
protection and who had committed no OF
fence known either to civil or military law,
were arrested almost under the eyes
of the civil governor and confined
in prison about two squares from
his Office, he made no inquiry into the
facts, made no demand for our delivery
into the hands 6f the civil authorities, and
not until after We had been more than a
month in confinement, and he had been
formally petitioned by prominent men Of
all parties in the city of Wheeling to take
some interest in our case, would he, cons
sent even to write to the military com.
mander asking to be informed of the
charges against u.s. Learning, in prison,
that petition to General HUNTER was be-
ing circulated in our behalf we requested
it's suppression, believing it to be his duty,
unsolicited, to notify us of the cause of our
arrest, and, if any cause existed, arraign
us for trial. The petition was stopped, and
Governor FOREMAN was content to suffer
US to remain in the Athen@um, upcon>
victed, unaccused, and innocent of any
crime. While we hold General HUNTER
responsible for the guilt of our arrest, we
shall not forget that our detention in prison
was due to the negligence of the civil off
Ger whose duty it is to see that the laws
are duly executed, and the rights of citi>
zens preserved.
we have spoken thus fully of the Dir
cumstances Of our imprisonment and the
suppression Of our newspaper, not from any
desire to parade before the public our pri
yate sufferings, Or to excite any sympathy
for ourselves thereby. We are not the
only sufferers. The rights of every citizen