The Democratic press. (Eaton, Preble County, Ohio) 1860-1865, 1863-05-14
COURT NARRATOR HON. 9.
10 t3gL. ~ANDIG eoi.

20 t3gL V"ALIANDIGHAM. .aoii
Permission having been given to
the press, by General Burnside, to
publish the proceedings had before
the military Court,martial, on
Wednesday and Thursday last, in
the trial of Hon. GIL Vallandig-
ham, we herewith give the charges
and .speciications under which Mr..
V. was arrested and tried, and his
protest as to the proceedings had
by the military authorities. .'""
CHARGE.
Publicly expressing, in violation
of General Orders No. 80, from
Headquarters Department of the
Ohio, his sympathies with those in
arms against the Government of
the United States, declaring dis
loyal sentiments and opinions, with
the object and purpose of weaken
ing the power Of the Government
in it's effort to suppress an unlaw-
full rebellion. Il" -g" u9.d1 2,
~" SPECIFICATION:
In this that the said Clement L.
Vallandigham, a citizen of the
State of Ohio, on or about the LIST
day of May, 1868, at. Mount Yer
non, Knox County, Ohio, did pub
licly address a large meeting of
citizens, and did utter sentiments
in words, or in effect, as follows :
declaringthe present war "a wicked,
cruel and unnecessary war; "a war
war not being waged for the pre-.
seryation of the Union;' "a war
for the freedom of the blacks and
the enslaving of the whites ; stat,
ing that if the Administration
had so wished, the war could have
been h%onorably terminated months
ago;' that peace might have been
honorably obtained by listening to
the proposed mediation of France;'
that propositions by which the
Southern States could be won back,
and the South be guaranteed their
rights under the Constitution, had
been rejected the day before the
late battle Of Fredericksburg. by
Lincoln and his minions,' meaning
thereby the President ofthe United
States and those under him in au-
thority; charging that 'the, Gov
ernmept of the United States were
about to appoint military Marshals
in every district. to restrain people
of their liberties, to deprive them
Of their rights and privileges :
characterizing General Order No.
80, from Headquarters Department
of the Ohio, as "a base usurpation
of arbitrary authority inviting
his hearers to resist the same by
saying, The sooner the people in
form the minions. Of usurped pow
er that they will not submit tosuch
restrictions upon their liberties the
better; declaring that 'he was at
all times and upon all occasions
resolved to do what he could to
defeat the attempt now being made
to build up a monarchy upon the
ruins of our free Government :
asserting that che firmly believed
as he asserted six months ago,
that the men IN power are attempt
ing to establish a despotism in this
country more cruel and more op.
pressive than ever existed before
All of which opinions and SEN
timents he wen knew did aid, COM
fort and encourage those in arms
against the Government, and could
but induce in his hearers a distrust
of their own Government and
sympathy for those in arms against
it, aud a disposition TO resist the
laws Of the land. '''' ~ '"'|
G.. W. QUITS, '.''l
Capt: 18th Infantry.
Judge Advocate, Dept of the Ohio.
.ri;aIonr' ha PROTEST. ni.r5d oh I.
Arrested without due process of
law'-without a warrant from any
judicial officer, and now in a mill
tary prison, l have been served
with a 'charge and specification
as in y Court-martial or Military
Commission. ,..'
[ am not in either the land or
naval forces of the United States,
nor in the militia in the actual