Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1864-09-08

grounded apprehension that they would
still. if their arrest and imprisonment wa
justifiable, all the arrests and imprison
ment of suspected traitors that have bee
made during the war, with a few excep
tions, perhaps, are equally justifable, an,
the nomination of Mcclellan estops yo,
from bowling any more about arbitrar,
arrests.
You, sir, are, or were last July, also con
siderably agitated about the draft, and in
tmated in your second letter to Gran,
Commander Dodd, that you were in fav O.
of resisting it by force. Now tell us wha
you think about Mcclellan recommending
the President to order an immediate draft:
1t seems that lie was not unwilling to
drag men from their wives aad children by
a ruthless conscrip.ion. and force them to
fight in this "unholy war" In what res
pect. from your own stand point, is Nc
Clelan better than Lincoln? Was he not
in favor OF prosecuting the war until the
rebel armies were thoroughly defeated?-
Was he not in favor of arbitrary arrests,
a ruthless CONSUMPTION. emancipation, anu
all the rest of "Lincoln's trranical meas
ures?" Can you support him?
But 10 return to your communication in
the last Democrat. You say there is
nothing in your letters to Grand Com
mander Dodd that you would obltera,e.
Then you still wish it understood that you
desire an organized and forcible resistance
to the draft, on the part OF Democrats?
We thought you claimed heretofore to be,
with all Democrats, par excellence. a law
abiding man. Is this the way you dem
onstrate your devotion to law and order?
And you arc willing to light the flames Of
civil war in Indiana, in order to force the
Government to acknowledge the indepen-
dence Of the Southern Confederacyl Ve-
ry well. II you succeed in your desire.
and DO not grow tired CT the sport before
you are through with it set us down for
false prophet.
You seem to think, sir, that it is base
transaction in us to publish your private
correspondence, aud regard it as an out
rage upon the usagcs of civilized society.
You forget, sir. that there are exceptions
to all rules. The Constitution and laws
say that no man shall be deprived OF his
liberty. Except by due process of law. and
also guarantees his premises from unrea-
sonable search. but have not our Courts
decided that when crime has been COM
mitted and there is reasonable ground OF
suspicion against an individual, an officer
is lu>tiiiable in arresting him, and taking
him before Justice for examination?-
Are not the rights of community greater
than those of an Individual? Suppose
there had been as strong reasons for suspi-
coning Dodd for being engaged in coun-
terfeitin9 as there was for suspiciOning
tha: he was plotting treason and murder,
would not the authorities have been ldsti-
fable in searching his premises for the ev-
licences of his guilt? Suppose they had
found the press and dies and other imple-
ments used by counterfeiters in their nefa
farious business. would they not have
looked for his correspondence to find out
who were connected with him? And sup
pose they had found among his cores
ponlence a couple of letters from your.
self. proving that you belonged to the gang.
would. it have been wrong to publish
them? Is treason and murder less crimes
than cornterfeiting? You may think you
have right 10 concoct treason aud drench
the land with human blood, nnless your
party are allowed to rule the country,-
counterfeitels also think they have right
to pursue their avocation unmolested -
Your complaint, sir, is very similar to
some We have heard uttered by counter
feiters, horse thieves, de-, in regard to the
unfair m eans adopted by officers OF the law
to procure the evidence Of their guilt, and
we suppose our feelings in regard to your
complaint about publishing your letters
and those Of the officers who had incurred
the contempt ara disgust of those honest
gentlemen are somewhat similar. AT this
very time the Democratic papers are pub
fishing a private letter written by j. L.
Wright, Chairman of the Union State
Central Committee, which was probably
obtained by robbery of the mail or some
post office. What are your emotions in
regard to this? We will venture the as
serion that it has not and will not excite
your disgust and contempt a PARTICLE
This. sir. is all the apology or explanation
we deem your due for what we have done.
You assert that Union men regard Dem
oorats as possessing no rights they are
bound to respect. This is precisely what
You said about your own leaders. You
radical peace men are badly treated. ar'nt
vou9 Won pet cufIed right and left bv