Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1863-09-17

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} themselves IN the Constitution.
The earnestness with which you IN
sist that persons can only in times Q
rebellion be lawfully dealt with. in &C
: cordance with the rules for efimina
trials and punishments in times ofpeace
induce me to add q word to what
said on that point in the Albany re
sponse. You claim that men may,
they choose, embarrass those Who's
duty Il is to combat giant rebellion
aud then be dealt with only in tarn a
il there were no rebellion. TheiCon
stitution itself rejects this view. 4 Th,
military arrests and detentions phiel
have been made, including those o
I Mr.. Vsllaadighsm, which srsss5t dif
ferent in principle from the Others, have
been for prseention and not for punish
ment-as injnnctions to stay injury-a.
proceedings to keep the peace-and
hence. like proceedings in such cases
and for like reasons, they have moi
been accompanied with indictments,
or trials by juries, nor. in single case,
by any punishment whatever beyond
what is purely incidental to the preven.
tion. The original sentence of impris.
onment in Mr.. Vallandighsm's case
was to prevent injury to the military
service only, and the modification Of il
was made as less disagreeable mode
to him Of securing the same preven-
ton.
lam unable to perceive an insult TO
Ohio in the case of Mr.. Vallandigham
Quite surely nothing of that sort was
or is intended. l was wholly unaware
that Mr.. Vallandigham was. at the
time of his arrest, a candidate for Gov
ernor, until so informed by your read
ing to me the resolutions of the Con-
yention. 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 to the
armies OF the Union.
You claim, as 1 understand, that ac-
cording to my own position in the Al
bany response, Mr.. Vallandighsm
should be released; and this because
as you ella i'm, he has not damaged the
military service by discoursging enlist
ments, encouraging defections, or 9TH
erwise; and that if be had, he should
have been turned over to the civil au-
thorities, under recent acts OF Congress.
1 certainly do not know that Mr.. VAL
landigham has specially and BY direct
language advised against enlis tments,
and in favor of desertion and resistance
to drafting. We all know that combina.
tions, armed in some instanees, to re-
sist the arrest of deserters, began sew
eral months ago; that more recently
the like has appeared in resistance to
the enrolment preparatory to the draft;
and that quite number of assassina-
tions have occurred from the same ami
mus. These had to be met by military
force, and this again has led to blood
shed and death. And now, under
sense of responsibility more weighty
and enduring than anv which is merely
official, 1 solemnly declare my belief
that this hindrance of the military, in
manning and murder, is due
to the course in which Mr.. Vallandig-
ham has been engaged in greater de-
gree than to any other cause; and is
due to him personally in a greater de-
gree than to any other one man.
These things have been notorious.
known TO all, and, of course, known
to Mr.. Vallandigham. Perhaps l
would not be wrong to say they origiua-
ted with his especial friends and adhe-
rents. With perfect knowledge OF
them, he has frequently, if not con-
Stantly, made speeches in Congress and
before popular assemblies; and if il
can be shown that with these things
staring him in the face, he has ever ut
tered word of rebuke or counsel
against them, it will be fact greatly
to his favor with me, and one Of which,
as yet. ] am totally ignorant. When
it 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
had not been known in any instance, to
against resistance, it is next 10
to repel the inference, that
he has counseled directly in favor Of it.
With all this before their eyes,
the Convention you represent have
nominated Mr.. Vallandigham for Gov
ernor Of Ohio; and both they and you
have declared the purpose to sustain the
National Union by all constitutional
means. But Of course they and you,
in common, reserve to yourselves TO
decide what are constitutional means,
and unlike the Albany meeting, you
omit to state or intimate that in your
opinion an army is constitutional
means Of saving the Union against
rebellion, or even to intimate that you
are conscious of an existing rebellion
being in progress with the avowed OBJ
ject of destroying that very Union
At the same time your nominee for
Governor, in whose behalf you appeal,
is known to you and the world TO declare
against the use of any army to sup
press the rebellion. Your own attitude,
therefore encourages desertion. resist
ance to the draft and the like, because
il teaches those who incline to desert
and to escape the draft to believe it is
your purpose to protect them, and to
hope that you will become strong
enough to do so.