The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1863-05-23
The casE Of VALilho,eHAR.
THE GREAT MEETING IN NEW YORK


THE GREAT MEETING IN NEW YORK.
The case of vallandigham seems to be az.
citing great interest in the North. In execu.
tion of the sentence of the military commits.
sion BY which he was tried, as announced yes-
sterday, Burnside has decided to confine him in
Fort Warren during the continuance of the
present war. At the great meeting held in
Union Square on Monday night much enthu.
siasm was manifested, aud the denunciationa
hurled at the Administration were greeted with
hearty applause. We give up much of our
space this morning to the proceedings of this
meeting:
The resolutions were read to the meeting by
Mr.. Spencer l.. Cone, every allusion in
them to the President and Cabinet being mel
with a storm Of groans and Misses. The Her.
aids reporter says one of the resolutions, con.
dsmnatory of the Administration, was partic.
ularly applauded, and its reading followed by
cry of ''indict them" The following are the
resolutions as adopted by the meeting:
JtHeveas, .~ithin . STATE whore the Courts
of law are open and their process unimpeded,
soldiers under the command of officers Of the
United States army have br rOken into the reel
dence and forcibIy abducted from his home, the
Hon. Clement L. Vallandigham; and whereas,
a body of men, styled military commission,
have arraigned before them and tried the said
Hon. e. l.. Vallanoigham, civilian and emf
nsnt public man, for words spoken in the dis.
cussion Of public questions before an assem-
blage Of his fellow citizens; and whereas, the
said military commission has sentenced him to
a nunia hmonf "a aS nnknNUn hutv ioh ;.t
be announced in some military order pronul-
gated hereafter, therefore
nes0fred, That we, the citizens of the CITY
of New York, here assembled, denounce the
arrest of Hon. Clement L. Vallandigham, and
his trial aud sentence by military commission,
as a startling outrage upon the hitherto sacred
rights of American citizenship.
ReS0iued, That eXigences Of civil war re-
quire the fullest and freest discussion of pub
llc questions by the American people, to the
end that their temporary public servants may
not forget that they are the creatures of the
public will and must respect the obligations
and duties imposed upon them by the Consti-
tuition OF their country, which is the authen-
tic, solemn expression OF that will and that
whenever, upon the orders of military com
manaers, and from fear of their spies and in.
formers, American citizens not in the military
service shall be denied tbs right to approve OF
disspprOve measures of public policy, to de-
nonnce or applaud the Commander in. Chief,
and to advocate peace Or war, as their judg-
menss may dictate. they have ceased to be free
men and have already become slaves.
Res0fred, That we reverently cherish that
great body of constitutions, laws, precedents,
and traditions which constitute us free peo
pie, and that we hold those who designedly
and persistently violate them ss public enc
mics.
Resolee;!, That we are devotedly attached
20 the Union t these States, and can see nothing
hat calamity and weakness in it's disruption,
aud shall continue TO advocate whatever pol
icy we bslieve will result in the restoration of
that Union.
Res0iced, That at time when our fellow
citizens are falling by Thousands upon the b It.
tie field and human carnage has become IA
miliar, we implore the Federal authorities not
TO ado pit the fatal error that a system of i'm
prisonment and terrorism will suhjugate the
minds and stitle the voices of the American
people.
IIesolred. That we call upon the Governor
Of the State Of New York and all others in
authority, as they value organized society and
stahla inat;tniinna, tn aaua from the humilia-
ton and peril OF the arrest and trial before
Military Commissions of citizens whose only
crime shall be the exercise of a sht without
which life ia intolerable and republican citi-
zenship false name and faiss pratenae.
Res0ired, That the refuaal Of the Judge of
the district within which the Hon. G. L. Val
landlgham 10 incarcera;ed to grant writ of
l.1Ls..s corpus, is in itself notification Of the
Constitution and an infamous outrage upon tie
clearly defined rights of the citizen.
Resoioed, That we fully and heartily endorse
this language of on! noble and patriotic Gov
ernor, addressed to the meeting assembled at
Albany on Saturday, the 10Th inst. that the
arbitrary arrest and Imprisonment of Mr. Val
laudigham is IAN act which has brought dig
honor Oh our country, which ig full OF danger
to our persons and h0Eaos, and which bears
upon its front q conscious violation of law and
justica.'
llesoiued, That while fully and heartily en-.
dorsing the manly aud OuispOkeN sentiments
of the Governor Of New York, we shall do
al in our pcver to sustain him in his detsrmi-
nation 70 preserve inyiolate the sovereignty
of our State and the rights of its people
against Federal encroachmenss and usurpa-
tiOne,
The speeches delivered at this meeting were
pretty much i'll the same spirit of the resolu.
tions and letters given, and strong liz their de-
nuneiation Of the arbitrary policy of Lineoln's
Administrs.: .:ioa.
Mr. John MuIlsly, one of the speakers,
asked the audience, so far as they represented
the S ate of New York, it they were prepared
to stand by ValIaudigham The question was
met with vociferous response CT eyes, yes"
lie thought that Governor Seymour knew the
spirit Of the people Of the Empire State when
he vyrots the letter to tha Albany meeting on
Saturday night, and he iths Governor) knew
that the people wonld stand by him, scith guns
aud 6ayonets an their hands, at all hazards.
cloud cneers for Governor SEYMOUR Now
was the time for every man to be prepared, if
necessary, to take his life in his hand and fight
the battles Of freedom over again. The speak
or alluded to the expected enforcement of the
COnscription act, and inquired of the poor Ia.
boring man where he was to get his three
hundred dollars, and whether he would con,
sent to be drsftod2 tCries of "neyer uever.")
Would they fight for an Abolition Administra.
ton that kept soldiers months without their
ray, while contractors were staggering
q, ound Washington with their pockets full
of greenbacks9 He predicted that the Con-
scripsion Law would never be carried out
in the State Of New York, and Judging from
the character Of the meeting, he thought they
were in favor of disseminating this Abolition
war. (''We are that the talk, and cheers
The Government would not give us another
foe to fight with, and we had fought long
enough with cur fellow countrymen Of the
South 1t was the design OF the Administra-
ton TO overthrow the whole social system of
the South, and if this was allowed to continue
we would have Kipg at Washington. He
had the highest respect for the Office of Presi
dent of the United States, which was filed by
son, and hs would tell them that there had
been ne " glory added to the name of jackson.
loud cheers and cries of God bless the
good boy.") There had been glory added
to it by the great hero whose funeral solemni
t;as uara hut lately celebrated in Richmond.