The Cadiz sentinel. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 1864-1911, 1864-06-01

Ii the owners Of the above named Journals
have violated State or National lava they
must be proceeded against and punished by
those laws. Any action against them ont
slde OF legal procedures is criminal. At
this time Of civil war and disorder, thu ma
jesty of the law mnst be upheld or society
viii sink into anarchy. Our soldiers in the
field will battle in vain for constitutional lib
crty If persons or property; or opinions, are
trampledupon az homo. We ndss not Civ e
up home-ffeedom, anl thus disgrace the
American character while our citizens ia The
army are pouring out their blood to main
tain the national honor They must no.
find when they come back that their per
sonal and fireside rights have been despol-
ed
In addition to the general obligation to en-
force the laws Of the land there are local
reason why theymust be upheld in the city
Of New ork Ifthey are not, Its commerce
and greatness will be broken down. Ifthis
great center of wealth, business, and enter
prise is thrown into disorder and bankrupt
cy, the national government will be paraly-
zed What makes New York the heart of
our country? Why are its pulsations felt at
the extremities of our land? Not through
It's position alone but because of the world
wide belief that property is safe within Its
limits from waste by mobS aud form spoia-
ton by government The laho-ers in the
Worship, the mine, and in the field, on this
continent and in every her put Of the globe,
send to its merchants, for sale Or exchange,
the products Of their toll These merchant
are made the trustees oF every wealth ofmil-
lions living in every land, because it is believ-
ed that in their hands property is safe under
the shield Of laws administered upon prin-
ciple and according to know usages. The
great confidence has grown up in the course
of many years by virtue Of painstaking,
honest performance 0; duty by the business
men of your city. In this they have been
aided by the enforcement of laws based up
on the solemnly ly-recorded pledges that ''thc
right Of the people to be secure in their per-
sons, houses, papers AMI effects against un-
reasonable searches and seizures shall not be
violated, and that no one shall be deprived
OF their liberty or property without due pro-
cess Of law. For more than eighty years
have we as a people been building up this
universal faith in the sanctity of cur jurs-
prudence. 1t is this which carries our conf
merce upon every ocean and brings back to
our merchants, the wealth of every Cline
1t is now charged that, in utter disregatd Of
the sensitiveness of that faith, at moment
when the national credit Is undergoing u
fearfM tlial, the organs of commerce are seiG-
ed and held, in violation of constitutional
pledges. that this act was done in public
mart OF your grest city, and was thus forced
upon the notice Of the commercial agents of
the world, and they were shown imam often
sive way that property is seized by military
force and arbitrary orders These things are
more hurtful to the national honor and
strength than the loss Of battles The world
will confound such acts with the principles
Of our government, and the folly and crimes
of official will be looked uron as the natural
results Of the spirit of our institutions Our
State and local authorities must repel this
ruinous inference Ifthe merchants of New
York are not willing to have their harbor
sealed up and their commerce paralyzed,
they must unite in this demand for the secur-
ity of persons and property. If this is not
done, the world will withdraw from their
keeping its treasure and its commerce. Els
tory has taught all that official violation of
law in times af civil war and disorder goes
before acts of spoliation and other measures
which destroy the safeguards of commerce.
| call upon you to look into the facts CON
nected with the seizure of the .Iourna7 Of
Commerce and of the New York World IF
these acts We're illegal, the offenders must
be punished In making your inquiries and
in prosecuting the parties implicated, you
will call upon the sheriff Of the county and
the heads of the police department for any
needed force and assistance. The failure to
give this by any official under my control
will be deemed sufficient cause fer his re-
moval.
Very respectfully yours, &C.,
HORATIO SFYMOUR.