The Ashland union. [volume] (Ashland, Ashland County, Ohio) 1854-1868, 1863-07-22

have been s.ated at length and with clear!ie IS
d the resolutions which have been reclted
The undersigned content themselves with /
brief reference to other suggestions pertinent
70 the subject. .sa5 rsL t1sl iti .6a5s1
They do not call upon your Excelleney as
Isuppiiantsi praying the revocation of the order
! ba lishing bIr Vallabdigham as favor; but, ,
| by the authority Of convention representing
/ n majority of the citizens of the Stote ofOhio,
| they respectfully ask it as right due an
i American citizen, in whose personal injury
the sovereignty and dignity of the people OF
Ohio, as free State, have been offended =
And this duty they perform more cordially
| from the consideration that, at a time of great
national emergency, pregnant with danger to
on. ,deral Union, it is all important that
/ the true friends of the Constitution and the
tIJnjon however they d fer as to the mode
of administering the Government, an the
measures most likely to be successful IN the
/ maintenance Of the Constitution and the res
| torition of the Union, should not be thrown
fipto confict with each other. The arrest. un-
| usual trial. and banishment of Mr.. Vallandis-
ham. have created wide spread and alarming
disaffection anon. the people OF ne Sfate,
n. only endangering the harmony OF the
friends of the Constitution and the Union.
and tentiing TO disturb the peace and tranquil
i.y of the State but also impairingi that conti
dence in the fidelity of your Administration to
tie great landmarks of free government, es-
sential to a peaceful and successful enforce
ment of the Jaws in Ohio. Hi5e-lt sat
! You are reported TO have used, in apnblic
communication on this subject, the following
language: sgz 8ss--- i,.irf lp5fz
4 "It gave me pain when L learned that Mr.
Vallandig ham had been arrested-that IS
was pained that there should have seemed
necessity for arresting him /; and thatit will al
ford me great pleasure to discharge him. so
( soon as [ can by any means believe the pub
| lie safety will not suffer by IT.
The undersigned assure your Excellcncy.
from our personal knowledge of the feelings
of the people of Ohio, that the public safety
will be far more endangered by continuing
i MIR. gyalla6digham in exile than by releasing
i him. 1t my be true that persons differing
from Elm in political views may be found in
Ohio. and elsewhere. who will express DIFF
ferent opinion. But they are certainly mis-
taken. ~ sos 'std
Mr. vallandigam may differ with the Presi-
dent, and even with some of his own political
party, as to the true and most efectual means
of maintaining the Constitution and restor-
ing the Union but this difference of opinion
does not prove him 10 be unfaithful to his du
i ties as an American citizen. If man devo-
| tedly attached to tie Constitution and the
:, Union, conscientiously believes that, from the
inherent nature of the Federal compact, the
war. in the present condition of things in this
country, can not be used as means OF resto-
ring the Union or that war to subjugafe
mart of the States or a war to rev1l1tionize
st,eiaI sys.ena in a part Of the States, could
not restore, nut would inevitably result in the
final destruction OF both the Constitution and
the Union, is he not to be allowed the right
of an American citizen to appeal to- the jnds.
ment Of the people tor change of policy by
the constitutional remedy OF the ballot-box !!
DuriLg the war with Mexico, many of the
political opponents OF the Administration then
i in DO er thong hit it thtir- duty to denounce
: and oppose the war, and to urge before the
nfonle of the country, that it was unjust, and
prosecuted for unholy purposes, With equal
reason it might have been said of them, that
their discussions before the people were cal
eulated to discourage enlistments, t'to prevent
the raisn. of troops" and to induce desertions
from the army, and leave the Government
without an adequate military force to carry on
the war. 5H
IF the freedom Of speech and Of the press
are to be su$pen led in time OF war, then the
: essential element of popular government to
effect change OF policy in the constitutional
mode is at the end The freedom of speech
and of The press are indispensable, and necessar-
ily incident to the nature of popular govern
.ment itself IF Any Inconvenience or evils arise
: from its exercise, they are unavoldabls. g
On this subject you 're reported to nave
said, further:
1t is asserted, in substance, that Mr.. Val.
: landigham was, by a military cummander sell
, z-d and tried s.for no other reason than words
> addressed to public meeting in criticism OF
the course of the Ad ninstration, and IN con-
demnation of the military orders OF the gen
, craI" Now, if there be no mistake about
this, if there was no other reason for the ar
rest then | conccde that the arrest was wrong
= But he arrest, understand, was made for a
s very different reason. Mr. Valandighanl
: tavows his hostility to the war on the part OF
. the Union, and his arrest was made because
! re was laboling with some effect, 70 prevent
z the raising of troops, to encourage desertlons
j from the army, and to leave the rebellion
c hout any adequate military free to sup;
press IT, He was not arrested because he was
: damaging the political prospects OF the Ad-
mini,tralion or the personal interests of the
. commanding General, but because he was
!, damaging the army upon the existence and
. viyor OF which the Lille of the nation depends
}, He was warriug upon the military, and ihi:
O gave the military constitutional jurisdiction
g 10 Law hands upon Linn. Ii. Mr.. Vallandighan
was not damaging the military poNer of The
= country, then his arrest was made on mistake
o of facts, which / would be glad TO correct oil
y reasonable satisfactory evidence. -r
:: In answer to this, permit us to say, frat
J, that neither the charge nor the specification
t in support of the charge on which Mr. Vail
e andigham was tried, impute to him the act o
l. either aboring prevent he raising OF troops
r or to encourage desertions from the army :
n Sec .ndly, no evidence on the trial was Offered
with view to support any such charge. Il
v whaf instance, and by what act, did he eithe
e discouragei enlistnents or encourage desertion
is in the army p, Who is the man who was dis
= eouraped from enlisting, and who encourage,
! to desert. bv any act Of Mr. Vallandigham
/, If ii be assumed that perchance some persol
4 j might have beeG discouraged from enlisting
. or that some person might have been sncour-
aged 10 d sert, on account of hearing OF nj