Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1863-05-23
Sentence OF vsiiandigham.
HEADQUARTERS DErARrNvsr OF THE ONO,
CiNoiNrATI, ONO, My 10, 1888.

HEADQUARTERS DRPARrnvNr THE ONO,
CINCINNATI, Ono, My 10, 1893.
General Order no 60:
l. At a military commission, which con.
vened at Cincinnati, Ohio, on the 9th day
Of May, 1868. pursuant TO Special Order
No. 1855, of April 81, 1868, current series,
from these headquarters. and Of which
Brgadier General Robert B. Porter, U.
s. Volunteers, is President, was arraigued
and tried, Clement l. Valandigham, cit.
izen Of the State Of Ohio, on the following
charge and specifications Of charge, to wit:
Charge-Publicly expressing, in,violaIion
of General Orders No 3S, from Headquar.
ters Department of the Ohio, sympathy for
those in arms against the Government Of
the United States, and declaring disoyal
sentiments and opinions, with the object |
and purpose Of weakening the power of the
Government in its Efforts TO suppress on
unlawful rebellion.
Specifcations-In this, that the said
Clemens L. Vsllandigham, o citizen of the !
State oI Ohio, on or about the lst day OF
May, 1868, ut Mt. Vernon Knox county, |
Ohio, did publicly address a large meeting
OF citizens, and did utter sentiments in
words, or in effect as follows:--Decar.
ing the present war "a wicked, cruel and
unnecessary war; "A war not being waged
for the preservation of the Union,' A war
for the purpose Of crushing out Liberty aud
erecting despotism; A war for the free
dom of the blacks Snd the enslavement Of
the whites; stating that If the Admins
tration had 50 wished, the war could have
been honorably terminated months ago;'
| that Peace might have been honorsbly al
talntd by listening 10 the proposed ilter.
mcd alton of FIsnce; that PropoS tions
| by " hlch the Northern States coul he won
bnck,, and the South guaranteed their
rights under the Constitution, had been re
| jrcied the day before tn. late battle Of
Fredericksburg, 10y Li"colv and bis min
ions, meaning thereby the President Of the
United States and those under him in au'
thori,y; charging that the Government Of
the United States were about to sppoin
Military Marshuls in every district TO re
strain the people of their liberties, TO de-
rrve them of their rights and privileges
'characteriziDg General Order No. SO, from
Headquarters Department Of Ohio, ns
base nsurpaiion of arbitrary nu'hority;' in
viting his hearers to resist the same, by
suylng, the sooner The people INFORM the
maons of usurped power, that they will
not submit 10 such restr ctions upon their
liberties, the bclter;' declaring that he
was at all times and upon all occasions, re.
solved to do what he could TO defeat the
ntteml Is row being made to build M
monarchy npon the ruins of our free Gov
ernment;' asserting that he firmly hpliev-
ed as he said six month ago, that the men
IN power are attempting to establish dc>.
Pot'sm in this country, more crnel and more
oppressive than ever existed bcf,rc.' A Of
when opinions and sentiments, he well
Knew did aid, comfort and encourage those
IN arms against the Government, and conld
| hut indnce in his hearers, di''rust Of their
own Government, sympathy for those in
arms against il, and deposition to resist
the laws Of the land.
TO which charges and specifications the
prisoner refused to plead either Gully or
Not Guilty" the Commission directing the
Judge Advocate to enter on the records
the plea Of Not Guilty
FINDING AND SENTENCE The Commits
sion, after mature dclibcraiion on the ev
drnce produced and the sta cement of the
accused find the accused, Clement l. Val
landigham, citizen Of the State OF Ohio,
as follow:
OF the srec ication, (txcept the words,
That propositions Ivy which the Northern
States could he won back and the
South guaranteed their rights under the
Constitution, had been rejected the day lie
fore Tie last battle of fredericksburg by
Lincoln and his minons' Meaning there
by, the President Of the United States, and
those under him in authority. And he
words asserting that he firmly believed, as
he asserted six months ago, that the mer
in power are attempting to establish Drs
potism in this country, more cruel aud more
oppressive than ever existed BEFORE
S Guilty
And as to these words Not Guilty
OF The charge Guilty
And the Comm. sion do therefore sen
tence him, a citizen OF the Stale Of Ohio
, 10 be placed 10 close confinement in somt
e fortress Of the United States, to be desig
mated by the commanding officer Of thi'
. Department, there to be kept DUNG the
h continuance Of The war.
III The proceedings, finding and sen
a tence in the iorego ng case are approved
and conf med. aud it is directed that the
O place Of coutiu ,mrnt of the prisoner, Gle
meht l. NalIand CHAM, in accordance will
said sen ence, be Fort Warren, Boston
Hsrhor.
, BY command Of Major Gfnpral Burnside
LEWIS RICHMOND,
S Assistant Adjutsnt General.