American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1867-11-16
THE ARREST OF GEN. MccARDLE.

THE ARREST OF GEN McCARDLE
The arrest and imprisonment O
Gen. McCardle, editor of the Vicks
burg Times, is purely an act Of IN
mitigated tyranny, unreiieved by {
single circumstance or consideration
The pretext upon which he wal
arrested-to wit that Gen. McCar
die was an impeachment to reconstruc
ton, and advised opposition to tn,
laws of the United States-is no
only, as far as the last charge is con
T cerned, puerile and contemplate, bu
all who have read the Times carefully
N know that it is false. The Times ha'
opposed reconstruction under thu
r Military bills, and in doing so, hai
used a treUchant blade; but if thi!
Z DO to impede" reconstruction, theI
q large majority of the press OF Mis-
sissippi, and an overwhelming major
ity OF the white population of the
. State are equally as guilty as Gen.
McCardle. Why have no other ar
tests been madei. Why has Gen.
AicCarlle been singled cut from all
.he editors in the State who have
opposed reconstruction rs strenuous
y as he, though, perhaps, with less
ability aud less caustic and pointed
pell Mot is patent to every IN
prejudiced mind, no matter what his
personal predictions or political
opinions, that the real cause of the
arrest Of the editor of the Times, was
the denuuciations of Gen. Ord's I'M
warrantabie and ine&cn&able acts of
tyranny-suCh as dispensing the leg
isature Of Arkansas and Selling the
treasury Of the State-removing the
Sheriff of Warrcu county, the May
or and Marshal Of Nicksburg,
aud appointing his military satraps
in their stead. In denouncing these
high.handed acts, General McCar-
die handled General Ord without
his giOves,--induIged in personal
iticS OF highly insulting charac.
ier--and it was for this that he was
arrested. Gen. Ord-though a IA.
tive Of The gallant "Old North
State could not sCrew hls cour-
age up to the sticking point y he
could not resort to the usual mode
known among men of chiva!ry and
honor 10 resen+ personal insult and
redress personal wrong, but instead,
sends file Of soldiers, with brjstling
bayonets, 10 arrest and imprison his
enemy, and thus silence him for
while.
II Gen. Ord could not summon the
courage to meet bis adversary upon
: bC hClu vi llOuOI, no BuOulO uhNC
chosen the other horn of the dilemma.
renamed silent and practiced :. mas
terly inactivity" Tholgh Gen. Near
die does no. wear upon his shoulder
the stars, or dangle at his side the
sword, OF :. Major General Of the y.
s. A., he is, in al the attributes that
90 10 make mp the MAN, the peer Of
Gen. OrG--a " foeman worthy OF his
steel and he would have given
the hero OF the Fourth Military Dis
,rict most ample satisfaction for his
honor, had lie been called
on to do 40. But uO-Geu. Ord
could not rise TO the sublime viz.
tue" of indicating his good name
by resort TO mortal combat with
iiS foe, but contents himself with /
.he contemplate revenge OF resort |
TO bayOnets and brute force Cen. |
McC ardIe, imprisoned as he il to-day. /
g, in the estimation OF all honorable. .
nigh minded men, az far above Gen.
Ord as the Eagle, soaring in his
bride of place is above the "mOus.
ng owl" The Eagle has been
= haw ked at bu: net killed"