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and State Constitutions and laws, in defiance of the laws of humanity and liberty, dishonors the cause of our country, and degrades the military rank to the infamous uses of partisan and personal vengeance. Other cases might be mentioned, but these are selected because they are known to the whole country; the acts of these men are part of the glorious history of loyal heroism. The next step in the progress of the subjugation of the state government was taken by President Lincoln on July 5, 1864, when he issued a proclamation establishing martial law throughout the state, and the suspension of the writ of habeas corpus. Civil proceedings were allowed to be continued, which did not affect the military operations or the constituted authorities of the Government of the United States. Arrests of individuals by military force soon commenced, and a large number of eminent Kentuckians of all professions and pursuits were imprisoned. A group of persons, consisting of judges, magistrate