Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1867-03-26
nnrrALITIEs OF POWER.

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BRUTALITIEs OF POWER.
We shall make no apology for the
length of the following extracts. We
commend them to the careful consider
alton of our readers, to whom they must
have an especial interest, at this moment
when a Military DsspOtism, directed by
q savage and merciless Committee Of
Public safety called 8 Congress, is estab-
Ifshed in ten States, and everything
portends a Reign Of Terror in the mulat-
to State Of Tennessee.
The facts here stated have changed our
charitable opinions Of ABRAHAM LIN
colin. Let each reader judge for him
self what manner of man he was, who
could deliberately perpetrste such out
RACES as are here recorded;
From the New York World-l
THE CASE OF COL. NORTH.
The elections of 1862 resulted so disss-
trously to the republican party that IN
number of state legislatures bills were
rushed through permitting the soldiers
OF these states to vote wherever they
might be, thus setting aside one of the
fundamental principles Of the elective
franchise, that a voter must deposit his
vote In person st the place Of his legal
residence. 1t was believed that, IS the
administration was in the hands of the
republicans, such official aid could be eX-
tended TO theft party as TO preclude the
pOssikility of defeat. The event proved
The ssVacity Of this scheme. During the
early fall OF 1864 it became evident
that. were the people allowed TO
freely declare their honest preferences,
George B. Mcclellan would be elected
president in November. Troops were
accordingly thrown into several of the
states before the election, and arrange
ments were made to secure the vote OF
the soldiers in the field for Mr.. Lincoln.
Despite these precautions undertaken
with the direct cOnnivanes oi the aC-
ministration, it was found that the sol
/ fiars from New York would give a large
majority for Mcclellan, while the home
vote would bs very close, with the
Z chances i'm favor Of the democratic can
1idate. To prevent such a result and
secure the thirty three Electoral votes Of
! this state was the problem before the ad-
uinistration for solution. And now for
the wav in which it wss solved.
On the 27th Of October, 1854, only
/ twelve days before the election, Col.
Samuel W. North, an agent OF New
/ York state for collecting the votes OF It's
/ soldiers ia the army, was arrestea az
| Washington and thrown into the old
capitol prison on charge Of forging sol
dlers' votes for Gen. Mcclellan. On the
/ same day to other agents Of the state
we're arrested in Baltimore, buried be-
/ fore a military commission Where the
mockery of q trial was gone tnFolGh
with. and five days afteFWard zone OF
which was sunday were convicted and
/ renteneed 70 imprisonment for lie.
I President Lincoln approved of the sen
I tence on the day that II was pronounced,
I and then Judge-Adyocate Etolt,
elated with his success, proeeeded 70
/ prosecute Col. &orth before the same
I Ff-;bnnsI Meanwhile Coy. Seymour ap-
! ,,1i,,fsd NTessrs. Amasa !. Parker, Wm.
/ X Allen and Wm. Kelly, men Of Feeog-
nized standing and ability, as special
I com n,issiopers to visit Washington on
| fhe part of the state snd inquire into
this matter They applied at once 10
/ Secretary Stant8R for permission 20 Visit
l col North. and for q copy OF the charges
against him. The former was granted
ser 3 DAVIS delay, but the latter never:
On Tuesday, November ist, tney Nlslte0
! the prison, and from the FePort OF TINS
/ visit we reproduce the following extract
| ~ The undersigned availed themselves
Of the permit granted them 70 Elsl!
ICol. North, NJ. NJ. Jones, and Lew
Cohp. They found them in the . Car
rolI nrison % in close confinement. They
| then learned that Messrs- North ana
Cobn had been confined together ID one
room. and had not been permitted &c
leave il for q moment during the foul
days they had been prisoners even lOi
the purpOse OF answering the calls o.
nature. They had been supplied win
meaere and coarse prison Fauons, 70 OK
eaten in their rOomt where they nae
caagtantly breathed the foul atHospner'
arising from the standing odOr. They
had no vessel out Of when 10 drlnh
water, except the one furnished then
f,T de purpose Of urinstion. They hsC
NE one chair, and had slept three OF the
! Digbfs OF their confinement upon secs
of strsw ut,on the floor. They had no
haan pern itted to see q newspaper, sut
vare ignorant Of the cause OF their ar
Feat . -,
! on Thursday, November SO, the Jrlsl Q
Col. North was begun, and contlnuee
two days, when it was ad5ouFtas U
Monday, the eth, the day before Jn'
election, and again postponed until De
I Gem Der 18th. Early in January the cas-
. was alssed, but no verdict was RENDERED
. by the military commission. On th'
9th of that mO2th, Col. North was re
/ leased uncOnditi0Bally, after thre'
: months Of confinement, and Bithou
knowing what had been the decision Q
I the commission, though he was given Z
! undeTstand that his release was an act Q
8 great leniency on the part Of the admin
: istration Here the matter was suppose'
S to be ended. Mr.. Liucoln bad secures
! | his reelection, the republican parry pa
! / triumphRd ia every northern state bu
b | Kentucky, and it was fOndly hoped ina
: the outrage upon Goa. North an
! / through him upon the state OF Ne'
/ York woGld be forgotten.
The SEQUEL OF the terrible romance ha
s lust come 70 light. Repeated sppiiea
S tious have been made TO obtain a copy
: The verdict Of the military comm ission
i out, so long as Mr.. Lincoln WAS living
s they were peremtoTily refused. bon
: I Charles Goodyear, q member OF 10
s thirtg-n!nth congress, applied TO Pres
Is dent johnson for the verdict, ana o5
2 tanned from him en- order on SecFetaT
y stanton for il, which order the seeretar
q complied with. February y, 1857, llttl
I, more than two years after Col. [ort
: was released. The verdict, it appean
s WAS rendered on the very day that I'd
: trial closed, and was "not guilty"
S both the charge and the specification.
Is This story conveys its own moral, E
: that comment IS unnecessary yet IL
5 interesting to note the subsequent caree
s Of the chief actors in the TRACED,
I. Abraham Lincoln, within seven wees
5 after Col. North's release, fell by 70
Is hand Of an assassin. William IA. BeN
: ard, who ought TO have used bis lnH'
y ence 70 secure justice 20 the OIlcli
Is representative Of his own state thus II
: treated, he lived 20 be detested by th
y party Of which he was the acknowledge
-- leader. and 70 which be owed MS Dlg
. ofgieiai position, and is still,
IS always, distrBstsd by the democrat
y Edwin NJ. Stanton Is almost lite
q allv without a friend, and 0
Ct name is a by-wOrd among al tn
- lovers OF liberty, justice and republieai
ism while that Of Joseph Holt ls new
mentioned. save under protest, by an
> honest man, woman or child Ia u
country. Samuel w. North, hoWeVe
still maintains an enviable reputatlS
among his fellow men, and were be
vindietive as most men might be wi
had suffered so severely and so unjust
, as he has, might find ample requitai I
his wrongs in the fate which has Owe
taken his prosecutors but, while 20 e
preston OF any bleh feeling has escap
him, justice has at last obtained it's dI
OF and the German poets words are 4
filed:
ek Though the mills Of Gcd grind slowly,
they grind exceeding small
Of | Though with patience he stands waiting, "
sxactness grinds He all"
- We take the following additional {
tsils from the CoOperstown FFeeBso,
Journal Of March 9
Col. North was the duly accredit
agent Of this state, appointed TO resi-
nd at Washington 70 look after the intere
bus Of the volunteer soldiers Of New Yc
o. in that locality, and 20 do and perfol
IN sueh tbings as were necessary in adm
lbe STEERING to the wants and interests Of
.he snch connected with the army, the S
N n hospitals and elsewhere. How fai
s-liv ~ discharged those arduous duti
a Il