Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1867-12-09

u cures the personal liberty of her own sub
s Jets but has surpassed all other govern
ments by granting peculiar privileges TO
j aliens within her -juris H.ti IN. By the
:. rhe statnte of % Elw. III, emf reed by
{ Henry vi, any allen may challenge the
array of the jury AS not n,edistdte ln1uae
3 Every alien VINO is parry to- any
e proceeding. civil or eriminsi, is entitled
To have SIC dtens upon the jury
to insure a. impartial trial This is the
4 law of England. The theory of her courts
$ of justice, the boast of her L-gislators.-
. Yet the teaching of Elgland 10 tho se
ham she lures into her power is embla-
Zoned upon every page of her history,
Napoleon was de Dyed on board an Egg
, li>h vessel roniiding in the assurances of a
safe conduct to the U.,itrd States. but has rs
perfidous E .slsnd Consigned him to a liy-
Ing grave and finally through her Infamous
, tOol, Hudson Lowe, murdered him on fine
barren rock of st. Hell ma. Stephen J
Meaney. a citizen of this Republic. was ar
rested in London and tried for treason In
/ Dublin. He was not accused of having
violated the laws of England by word or
deed within the British Empire. But vet
he was convicted of treason against the
English crown for words spoken
in New York. He was tried not bv Jury
de n,e1ietate Hnguae, but by that subsprvient
tool nf all despots. packed, a perjured
English jury. England claims that the ac-
cident of birth fixes mans allegiance
| forever. "Onre a subject, always a sub
j ct" The absurditirs of this doctrine have
been thoroughly exposed by one OF the
ablest jurists and statesmen of this republic
Judge Thurman-and of course it is i'm
possible for me 70 add to. and ain certain
ly unwilling to detract from thi. lucid ar
gurnent. What is the remedy? IL is use
less to complain like women, if we are not
prepared TO act like men. The indignation
OF the Irish people generally evaporates in
words. If Stephen j. Meeny depend. upon
fervli el"quence. impaS-ioned appeals of
prospective candidates for county offices,
death aud death Onlv will release him.
! WHY has not William III. Seward de-
mande of England tn, person of Stephen J.
| NJ. en- Z? Can not hat historic .'litt,e bell''
so potent in consigning citizens tn prison
be touched to get one out? Or is England
practising the les, ons of personal liberty
which Seward so recently taught her? The
President called the attention of Congress
to the Illegal detention of American citizens
by England. The su gestinn was I presume
part and parcel of The "high crimes and
msdemeanOrs" for which that patriotic
b'dy attempted to imprach him. Congress
has little time and less inclination to re-
dress tie wrongs OF white American citi-
Zens. Let All unrecOnstructed rrb but
| tr' ad upon the heel OF manhood in New
Orleans and Immediately there is fluttpr
In Congress. Sumner prnclaims the Re-
|
| snciates pack up their trunks and proceed
f'rthwitf, Co examine and report upon the
| gu ry whether II republican form I gov
-rnmenG exists in louisiana, whpre a man.
hoods rights (ieels) are tramnled upon
| But when white citizen, guilty of no Of
tense. is seized and imprisoned for fifteen
wears. Congress, loyal Congress. freedom
loving Congress. quietly looks on wi5h"ut
w"r'l OF rein"n,Jrancp or syllable of
complaint! 1t is, in my jnds meut. useless
| TO hope that a party wuich has violated.
trampled upon the personal liberty of the
cijz-ns at home will ever protect hin
abroad. a ..... ....s. .-a
rhe dominant party in this Republic has
TOO often illegally imprisoned aud executed
American cuiz"ns to respect the guaran-s
tees OF per -onal liberty now. Hence we
must place men in power who will stand
bv the Constitution. maintain the dignity
of the r public and protect its humblest
| citiz III at home and ahroal.
A voice introduced resolution appeal
ing to Congress.
Mr.. D Lany j 1t is doubtful whether
Congress has virtue enough lett TO respect
a resolution. However, that ,dy has
shown a rather meek disposition since the
| recent elections aud will give it the ben
etit of the doubt. ..
Mr.. D .,Lany's speech was productive of
great enthusiasm. 7-.I 7s 3
Cnlonel Baber was next called for. While
indorsing all the previous speakers had
said he trusted some one waull prepare
and offer a resolution expressive of the
sense OF this meeting on the subject of pro-
tecting the rights Of naturalizel citizens.
and that SIMILAR resolutions would BE- passed
in such meetings of the people as this all
over the country. until C,ngr.ss. hear
in he r ri nj = I
and obey.
Mr.. Delaney. at the conclusion of C)l.
Bsbsr's remarks, offered the toll,wing res
olution, which was seconded, in the Ian
guage Of one of the au,lence "by 2OOO.-
600 of IriShmen in this country" aud was
Dassef unanimously: f. :. .-- .-,-H..
Res0lUed. That we demand of the Con-
greSs of che U Uiited States chat immediate
and effective measures shall b. taken to
sustain the dignity of the rrpu 0lic a'ii the
respect of its tiaa bv procuring the release
of citizens of the United States illegally
confined in EIglisn dungeons. -.G,.s.'.s
Mat Martin was next called for and de-
livered most telling speech of about
twenty minutes duration, in which he
briefly reviewed the history of the United
States on this gu ,stion. e-gr -.-s
The chairman said that the proceedings
woul not be complete until Spivins was
heard from. Spivins was accordingly called
out. and spoke very briefly on the ques-
tiOn. --r
The nesting then adjourned sine die.
We trust that similar MEETINGS will be
held all over the country. 1t this Govern
ment has right to demand that foreign
born citizens shall protect her, she
Is bound in return to protect them.
Tnere are to-day in British pris-
ons at least a thousand of Irish Amer
lean citizens, led to the mother coun-
try by wild hope, perhaps, yet still Amer
lean ctiz rs, dem inding, but not receiving
American protection. Mlny OF these men
fought well and bravely in our armies dur
ing the late war. Tney fought to protect
our flag; let Us, as one man, rise up and
demand that our fl ,g shall protect them.
SERIOUS ACCIDENT We learn that Billy
McEwen met with a v~ry serious accident
OF Saturday night. He was on his return
home, and while in the act of stepping
South streets. made a miSstep and was
thrown under the horses feet, and terribly
mangled about the head and face. He was
conveyed to his home, where he now lies
in very precarious condition. fears being
entertained that his injuries may prove
fatal.
To THE TRAvEIER-If Won wish to on