Fremont journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County [Ohio]) 1853-1866, 1864-09-23
II. p. BUCKLAND


The Seneca Advertiser and Gen. auckland.
The Seneca AdUertiSeris rendering itself no
torious by its shameful and unwarranted state
ments in regard to Gen. Buckland Most of its
attacks on the General have no foundation in
truth whatever, and need no answer But the
following from that paper may need some ex-
planation:
GENERAL BUCKLAND SUPPREssoR OF NEWSPAPERS
The advocates of cOnscrpon and for the abandon
ment of slavery, of this District met at MonroeTie
Friday last, aud nominated for Congress, RALPH P.
BUcKLAYD of Sandusky county, now General in the
Army, and commanding at Memphis, Tennessee. This
General BgcKLAxD recently suppressed newspaper in
Memphis because il ~6RsiRNateE' that officers had ac-
cepted brbes He imprisoned the editor. That's BUCK
LANDS idea Of freedom of speech. paper publishes
an thing that he don't like, he sHppresses it, This is
Just what Louis Napoleon does We have never seen the
the paper out by this General but Judging from
the report of the Treasury Agents. and Frank Blars
speech there amount Of rAscaty down about Menu
phs that requires ventilation. The Republicans in sup
porting BUCLAND violating their old motto of ree
press and free speech and endorsing their new idea
paper has to be published that does not ater the
Administration, defend its rascaties and smooth
the blunders of the Generals who their appointment
to LINCOLN. We do not believe that the voters of the
Ninth Congressional District will ratfy the nomination
of this military chieftan who suppresses newspapers for
not shielding the rascality Of officials!
The circumstances which led tothe suppress
sion of the Morning Ne,os, were these: That
paper published an article, charging the Board
of Examining Surgeons and other officers with
fraud. There being no civil law in the seeded
States, and it being impossible by that means
to compel the editor to make his charges good
in Justice to the persons implicated, Gen Buck
land pursued the only course open to him, by
putting the Military law in force. Accordingly
he issued the following order: -ss-ai
.sh1 Head Quarters, District of Memphis, !
- l,.. Memphis, Tenn, Aug. ], 1854.
sP'fS5sl Sd. GEasr'' lS9 EXTRACT.
ha
V. The publication of the MONDAY MORNING NEWS
will be discontinued until further orders. .I.
JB. Synnott Citizen will be arrested and required to
give bonds conditional that he furnish TO the Provost
Marshal within ten days proofs of facts ustiying the in
situations of fraud contained in the article his sig
nature published in the NEWS of this morning.
Capt. Geo. A. Williams, Provost Marshal is charged
with the execution Ofths order.
By order of Brig. Gen. R. P. Buckland,
ALP. C. TURNER,
Capt and A. A. A.. G.
Proprietor of the Monday Morning News.
This gave the editor of the Ne,oS an oppor-
tunity to make his charges good, or to retract
them He did the latter as follows:
Office of the Monday Morning News,
Brig. Gen. r. P. BUCKLAND-Dear Sir:-The undersign-
ed submits the following statement in regard the
munication published in the NEWS of last Monday,
headed HThe Militia" q r
Mr. Synnott is engaged in this Office and often writes
communications. Last Sunday evening he told me he
intended writing humorous communication in reply to
the article in the ReUiep the Militia; he done So and
did not read the article until it published.
With regard to the nsinuAOns published in the article
Idssyow all knowledge of their TRUTH and called upon
could produce any evidence to substautiate them
Respectfully, WIN. J. MANsFORD, Pub. News.
Upon the receipt of the above Gen. Buck
lannd issued the following ORDER
af Ha Head Quarters District of Memphis,
tff Memphis Tenn, Aug. 8, 1864.
Capt Geo. A. Willisms, Prov. Mar.-W. J. MansfOrd
Publisher of the Monday Morning News, having made
satisfactory statement in regard to the
Of Mr. Synnot is authorized to continue the publication
of his paper. X. p. BUCKLAND,
.. Brig: Gen. COm'dg
The editor of the Ne,oS, in speaking of this
affair says:
'sIn our interview with Gen. Buckland, we
were treated in the most courteous manner, and
our feelings upon leaving We're that he was ac-
tuated by the best of motives, endeavoring to
do his duty to the government by ferreting out
and furnishing any who may have used their
official positions in the militia to fill their own
pockets.
1t may be proper to state here that no char
ges of fraud were made against Gen. Buckland
His sole object in suspending the paper was to
compel its editor to make his charges good, that
the persons charged with fraud might be pun
ished, or to retract them that they might not
rest unjustly under suspicion. Who viii have
the effrOntry to say that Gen. Buckland did not
do right?