The Cass County Republican. [volume] (Dowagiac, Mich.) 18??-1880, 1863-07-23

and then be dealt with only in turn "a
if there were no rebellion. The Con-
stitution itself rejects this view. The
military arrests and dstentions which
have been made, including that of M.
Vallandigham, which is not different
IN principle from the other, have been
for prevention, and not for punishment
las Injunctions to stay ipjury-as
proceedings to keep the peacs-and
hence, like proceedings in such cases
and for like reasons, they have not
been accompanied with indictments, or
trials by juries, nor, in single case by
any punishment whatever beyond what
is purely incidental to the prevention.
The original sentence of Imprisonment
in Mr.. Vallandigham's case was to pre-
vent injury to the military service only,
and the modification of it was made a.
a less disagresable modo to him of Sc
curing the preventation.
/ am unable to perceive an insult to-
Ohio in the case of Mr.. Vallandigbam.
Quite surely nothing of this sort was
or is intended. / was wholly unaware
that Mr.. Vallandigham was, at the
time of his arrest, candidate for the
Democratic nomination for Governor,
until SO informed by your reading to.
me the resolutions of the Convention.
l am grateful to the State of Ohio for
many things, especially for the brave
soldiers and officers she has given in
the present national trial for the armies
of the Union.
You claim, as understand, that ao-
cording to my own position in the AL.
bany response, Mr.. Vallandigham
should be released, and this because,
as you claim, he has not damaged the
military service by discouraging enlist.
ments, encouraging desertions. or other
wise; and that if he had, he should
have been turned over to the civil au-
thorities under the recent acts Of
Congress. / certainly do not know
that Mr.. Vallandigham has specif-
cially and by direct Language, advis-
ed against eAlistnenss and in favor.
-of desertion and resistance to draft
ing. We all know that combinations,
armed in some instances, to resist the,
arrest of deserters, began several
months ago; that more recently the
like has appeared in resistance to the.
enrolment prepatory to a draft; and
that quite number of assassinations
have occurred from the same animus.
Theseihad to be met by military force,
and this again has led to bloodshed and
death. And now, under sense of re-
sponsibility more weighty and endur-.
ing than any which is merely official. /
solemnly declare my belief that this
hindrance of the military, including
manning and murder, is due to the
course in which Mr. Vallandigham has
been engaged, in a greater degree than,
to any other cause; and is due to him
personally in a greater degree than to
l-.her one man. These things have
; "' sssvazz=sS-n to all and OF
been notorious, know wssSs=s.s-.-
course known to Mr.. VallandlehaIs
Perhaps / would not be wrong to say
they originated with his especial friends
and adherents. With perfect knowl-
edge of them, he has frequently, if mot
constantly, made speeches in Congress,
and before popular assemblies and if
it can be shown that, with these things
staring him in the face, he has ever
uttered word of rsbuke or counsel
against them, it will be . feet greatly
in his favor with me, and one of which,
as yet, am totally ignorant. When il
is known that the whole burden of his
speeches has been to stir up men
against the prosecution of the war
and that in the midst of resistance to
it he has not been known in any in-
STANCE to counsel against such resis-
tance, it is next 10 impossible to rspel
the inference that he has counseled di-
rectly in favor Of it. With all this be-
fore their eyes, the Convention you rep.
resent have nominated Mr.. Vallandig-
ham for Governor of Ohio; and both
they and ysu have declared the pur-
pose to sustain the National Union by
all constitutional means. But OF course
they and you, in common, reserve to
yourselves to decide what are oonstitu-
tional means, and, unlike the Albany
meeting, you omit to state or intimate
that in your opinion an army is con-
stitutional means of saving the Union
against rebellion, or even TO intimate
that you are conscious Of an existing