M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1864-09-22

GEORGE & MCCLELLAN,
II Hon HwM;o Seymour; and
Others, Committee,
Ex-Goy, Wick hIilf3 Speech.
Ex Governor Viek.fa OF K3u
tucky, WAS introduced aud spoke a,
follows
Sra, in yio'a'ion Of the
most solemn pic IIe5 mt ever 81.
from nuns mon;h-p.edg2s ~
were gjgsn by your prcson, .X~c'niv4,
that the slave pr party OF N@'uc'
Ky should remain unt3uthcl, what
Is our condition! / left my home
the other day solitary alone, when
regiment OF ono thousand negro SOL
Gjars. within one hun ,rcd any fifty
yards Of my homA, w,ro eating up
my green corn, leaving not enough
for my own domestic purposes
There one remedy for this. If !
complained, Seward had not rung
his bell: but we have worse tkan
Sewarl's bell there. No notice is
given when man or a woman sis
arrested in Kentucky. Cries OF
"shamo,"] The other day, in the
convention offered resolution to
the effect that Kentucky demands Of
the President elected in November
next, that his first otfi,ial act shall be
to throw open the prison doors of
Abraham Lincoln, and let the captive
go free. stated tho fact Of men and
women being imprisoned ia my state,
! and | wish nov to be particular. |
want to correct a false statement in q
paper called The IribWne. don't
know whether it was communicated
| by men in Kentucky, or whether it
was copied, butit appears to bo edi-
toral. 1t mabe3 me say on that Oc.
casion that women imprisoned were
confined in o filthy prison on straw
beds. | said nothing about the ma
turc ofthe prison, but saw Just be-
| toreDl sit home that they hal s5iz3d
! the iMansion House aud fitted Il MP
for tglb9lo prison, Before that was
.lun5 where we're those wom5n2 I
viii to,lyon. When the last OF them
were captured in FAyette county and
Lexington, Just before | came home,
and if there s any man disputes it, |
nave two men here 20 prove it, who
were expelled, they state for no other
treason than that jhei would not give
two lawyers money enough to get
them out.
There we're brought down upon the
same car women as respectable and
am able in alI'the relations of life
as any iBtho State. Why are they
Imprisoned! Because they have a
brother OF 4 son Of a husband in the
Southern Contciuracy-that is their
only offensa; and suppose they pray
God they will no. hu killed IA battle.
Now, sir5, l give you the facts.
want the editor of the Tribune 20
contradict them il he has the. vanirr
For the Lardihooi to do il. Oaa of
/ these families (1lr. NcCaw ts his
aame,) who is advanced in ..,, pos
5e5sed OF wealth. Iyins in coIn.or,
with his wife, daughter, granldaagh.
ter and grandchtliro1, was arrested
and our papers forbidden publishing
| the fact that hey were arrested, hut
| take the liberty o'pubis'ing it here
lnthe presence OF ny God, aod in the
presence oftki5 grGa; assembly,
1 visa to know what war means,
as we feel it in the West. give you
this as an instance. That LADY and
grandmother were in this bed cham.
Der, with white family around her,
consisting OF husband, grandchildren
and daughter; one OF the children,
some six or seven of age, was in the
last agonies of death; the husband
implored tue officer who come with
; the powU to arrest him, for Gods
sake let US remain here tonight un-
der your guard; let us close The eyes
of our grandchill. 1t was denied
him; tho family was turued from the
house in the clothing in which they
were clad; and the child was left
alone in the care of one single negro.
but fortunately some Of tue neighbors
; came to its relief. (Cries of" shame,
shame" and hisses for Lincolnl
Governor Wichliffa-Leave him to
his own reflections and conscience