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. His mistakes were forgotten or forgiven long before he died.

D. A. Mahoney, of Dubuque, an editor of marked ability, and formerly a prominent member of the Iowa Legislature, was arrested at his home on the night of August 14th, 1862, by H. M. Hoxie, United States Marshal for Iowa. He was taken to Washington and confined for nearly three months in the Old Capitol prison. He was never brought to trial, which he repeatedly demanded, and it is not known what the charges were upon which he was arrested. He had been very bitter in denunciation of the Administration through his paper, the Dubuque Herald, charging it with gross violations of the Constitution, charging civil and military officers with infamous crimes. He was utterly fearless in his publications, which greatly exasperated the soldiers, who at times were with great difficulty restrained from acts of violence against him and his establishment. He was released on the 11th of November.

Gideon S. Bailey, of Van Buren County, who had served many years in both Territorial and State Legislatures, was at one time arrested, charged with disloyalty and after a short imprisonment was released without trial. About the time of the arrest of Dr. Bailey, Henry Clay Dean was arrested in Keokuk, while on his way to Keosauqua to make one of his speeches in denunciation of the Government and the war. He was held in confinement for several weeks, and then released.

Many of his speeches were published and widely circulated through the lodges of the “Knights of the Golden Circle,” for the purpose of discouraging enlistments in the army. They were sent to soldiers in the service to encourage desertion. In times of peace, these malicious assaults would have been harmless and passed unnoticed, but in the midst of rebellion, imperiling the very existence of our republic, the authorities felt justified in resorting to unusual and arbitrary measures to repress the disloyal from thus “giving aid and comfort to the enemy.”