The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1863-06-27


said, and this public sentiment, he repeat
sd, was to grind this administration tc
powder.
THE RESOLUTIONS.
Mr. BUR-, of Scott, from the Commit.
tee on Resolutions, submitted and read
the following, and they were unanimously
adopted:
L The democracy of Illinois, in mass con.
lyention assembled. in view Of the alarm
Ing eDcroancb,nen,s on popular and indi.
sidual rights by the Federal and State
adm in 81 rations.
30 DECLARE:
!. That the constitution of the United
States Is the supreme law of the land. as
well IN time of war as in time-cs peace
We VIII obey 1t on all occasions, and in
that obedience we will exercise all the
privileges, and claim al. the ir 'nunities,
guaranteed by that instrument Proriii-
neHt among these guarantees are the fol-
lowing:
Congress shall make no law -
abridsing the freedom OF speech or Of the
press, or the right of the people peaceful.
ly to assemble aud p.tition the govern
ment for a'redress of grievances.
The right of the people to
keep and bear arms shall not be infrinced
The right Of the people TO be secure in
their persons, houses, papers, and effects
against unreasonable searches aud seizures
shall not bc violated, and no warrant snail
issue but upon probable cause, su, ported
by oath or affirmation, and particularly
describing the place 10 be searched and
the persons or things TO be seized
opersOn shall be held to answer for
. ." t'i.al ar otherwise Infamous crime. un
less on prcsentment vi indictment &c ..
grand jury, except In cases arising IN the
land or naval forces, or in the militia " hen
in actual service IN time Of war or public
danger
In ali criminal prosecutions the ac-
cused shall enjoy the right 10 speedy
and public trial by an impartial jury of the
State and district wherein the crime shall
have been committed, which district shall
have been previously accertained by law y
Which guarantees have each been re
reatedly violated by the Federal admins.
tration in the exercise of arbitrary power,
without sanction Of law, but ia direct con-
hict Herewith.
=. The Federal administration has
through its agents and subordinate otfi =
GERS, issued and enforced orders abridg-
ing the freedom OF speech, and has AS
sumed to limit its exercise to these only
who would slavishly laud its policy and
endorse its measures
;. 1t has sought to res.ain freedom OF
the press, by making use Of the military
power to suppress the publication of pub
lie journals In loya! States, for the only
offence OF differing from the administra
ton on measures of public policy of vital
interest to every citizen.
T. 1t has with Indifference and without
rebuke seen the military power attempt
to deny TO the people Of loyal States
the right peaceably to assemble and peti
ton the government for a redress Of griev.
ances.
). 1t has permitted the issuanse and
enforcement of military order preventing
the people OF the loyal States from keep
ing and bearing arms.
6. 1t has caused Citizens of loyal States
where courts of justice were in full and
| unotstructed operation, to he seized with
out warrant of law, and, for pretended of
fences, transported out of the State and
beyond the district::wherein such offence:
were charged 10 have been committed.
! I. 1t has caused citizens who were NO
| in the land and naval forces, or the militia
when in actual service, to be held 10 an
swer for pretended offences, without in
dictment or presentment of q grand jury
and denied them the right TO speedy
and public trial by an impartial jury 0
the State and district wherein the often
ces were charged to have been commit
ted
8. 1t has, under pretence of miiitar,
necessity, assumed the powers, and assert
ed the right to proclaim and extend mar
tiai law over States where war does no
exist, and has suspended the writ Of hn6s
as corpus in direct violation of the const
tuition. 1t has. in loyal States, pursued i,
general a policy the direct tendency q
which is to render the civil subordinat
to the military power.
g. In condemnation Of these severa
acts of usurpation, We adopt the languag
of the Ohio State democratic convention
and declare that the arrest, Imprisonment
pretended trial, and actual banishment q
} Clement L. Vallandigham, a citizen of tn
State of Ohio, not belonging to the lam
or naval forces of the United States, no
to the militia in actual service, by allege
military authority, for no other pretcnde
crime than that Of uttering words Of legi
innate criticism on the conduct of the ad
m,nistration in power. and of appealing t
the ballot box for change ofpolicy (sai
: arrest and military trial taking plac
where the courts Of law are open and IN
: obstructed, and for no act done with
the sphere of active military operations i
carrying ON the wary, we regard as pa
pable violation of the foregoing provision
} of the constitution of the United State
, and we farther dsnouncs said arrest, tria
) and banlshment as direct insult offere
to the sovereignty of the the people .
, Ohio. by whose organic law it is declare
that no person shall be transported out .
the State for any offence com .nitted witt
: in the same; and We unite with our fe
= low citizens of Ohio in their call upon tt
s President of the United States to resto,
r Clement L. Vallandigham to his home
t Ohio.
; 10. That the recent suppression Of Il
l. publication of the Chicago Times shou
/. receive the rebuke of all law-abidinG ci
\ zens, and will receive the condemnation
n impartial history. e. - -.
IL L.