The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1871-01-12
Military RascAIIty in eeorria.

HENRY c. WETMoRE, in a card over
his signature, states that IN 1865 he was
elected a Judge of Probate in Chatham
County, Ga. il which is located the city
Of Savannah. He was elected on the Re
publican ticket by a majority Of two thaus-
and votes. On the 18th OF April, 1870,
while in the exercise Of his judical func-
tions, he found it necessary to discharge a
man on a write Of ha6eds corpus, owing
to the insnficieney of the warrant OF or
der of arrest Immediately Rfterward, in
order to punish him for enforcing the law,
General TERRY, commanding the United
States troops in Georgia, issped an order
-depriving him Of his Office. OF course, to
this illegal and brutal interierrence be paid
not the least attention. TERRY, then, to
use the language Of the Judge, @forcibly
ousted me from Office by the beyonet, and
installed his military appoihtee. The rea-
son for this exhibitionTof brute force and
the spectacle Of a civic Judge driven from
his bench be soldiery, was because Gene
raj TERRY differed in opinion with me o1
the law governing IN the GKRsTMANN
case, As proof Of this assertion, ! state
thR: General SHERMAN called on TERRY
for Information concerning the matter, and
that TERRY replied, May %, giving IS the
ment with me on the law laid down in
the hebeGS corpstS case of GERsTaIAGN,"
When the Judge demonstrated, and asked
TERRY if he would allew State Court to
investigate The matter by writ Of quo
s0drrGatO, addressed 70 his successor, the
military tyrant repIied-that he would not
allow has aetiOntin the matter to1be passed
upon by State Court while he was in
command, and .thtis the Judge was pre-
Vented from exercising his rights or from
asking Court 90 pass apon them.. c.
Judge ,WEra1oHE states that although
the leading Radicals in the House, such
as BINGHAM, LOGAN and FARNsWoRFH,
condemn TERRY, and declare his action as
Illegal, yethe is kept out 81 the office to
which the people elected him. and his place
held by q military appointee. who strange
10 say, was a prisoner held by our Govern
ment in Fort Lafayets as the President OF
a Confederate bloecade-ranning company
during the war, in which 7WEFaoRE serv-
ed in the Union as Captain of the Ninth
| Ohio Battery, 3 position which he was en-
| abled TO accept BY resigning his cadetshlp
at Wet Point IN his graduating year,
whileleading his 1elass. & 70 i.Gai.y
In conclusion, he appeals % Congress.
now in session, 10 investigate the case (:
anu ne ucLuhIlNS IuaL ~
placed before q eourt-martial, to answer
for this despotie and Illegal conduct, as 8
disgrace to the uniform he wears, an in
suit 10. the Judiciary Of oGr country, an in
yasion OF the rights and property of 8 citi-
gen, and reproach 10 eur republican
form Of Government. OF conrse-no relief
! will be granted TO the Judge by the base
men in power. and no measure Will be ta-
ken to properly punish TERRY -tor his high
handed outrage. a few Years age saeh
an act would have fred iha Fenpie from
one extremity Of the Onion tqtthe other !;
but.now 1t scarcely attracts aEy attention.
and by large portion OF the press it will
not receive any mention. In The mean
tiAe1the people arc heavily taxed oio sap
port standing army Of n,ercenaries,
whose only business appears to bs to, riVet
| chains upon them, by making the orders
| Of their Commanders superior 10 the laws
ef.1ths land IF TERRT had committed
this violence, in any part Of Great Britain
or her colonies, he would have been CASH
tered -Gismisset=the= and might
have considered himself fortunate il he
| was not ordered 30 be ehot II is to be
hoped that there will be a time, even in
this cogntryg when isneh military scoun-
drels will be compelled TO atone Tor Iheir
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