The Bedford gazette. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1805-current, 1863-06-19

! ton we shall, in due time, lie restored to our
rights under the Constitution as it is and the
Union as it was"
Judge Lewis having concluded his address,
which was received with great applause, the
following resolutions were read by Charles Buck
walter, Esq, who prefaced them with few ell
oauent remarks, in recommending them to eve
ry Democrat and loyal citizen of the United
States:
RESOLUTIONS.
WHEREAS, The people of the United States
have been ir,sulted, and the laws of the land
and the principles of human liberty trampled
on by the military arrest, trial and exile of
Clement l.. Vallandigham, citizen OF Ohio
for words spoken al public meeting, the seE-
ure of whose person, and the whole subsequent
proceedings against whom, ending IN his BAN
;shmcnt. were not wholly in violation Of the
commonest rights of the Rumblest inhabitant Of
any free country, but in audacious and fiagrant
defiance of the Federal Constitution, which de-
clares that ..the trial of all crimes, except in
eases of Impeachment, shall be by jury" and
which expressly forbids the making OF any law
..abridging the freedom of speech" which de-
clares that ''the right OF the people to be secure
in their persons, houses, papers and effects, a.
oainst unreasonable searches and seizures, shall
not he violated" and that ''no warrants shall
issue but upon probable cause, supported. by
oath or affirmation, and particularly describing
the place to be searched, and the person or thing
to be seized" which declares that mo person
shall be held to answer for a capital or other
wise infamous crime, unless on presentment
or Indictment of grand jury, except lh cases a.
rising in the land or naval forces, or in the MI
l;tia. when in actual service, in the time OF war
or public danger" which declares that no cltl-
zen shall ssbe deprived Of life, liberty or prop
ertv without due process OF law, ana hhaly'
which declares that Sin all criminal prosecu-
tiops the accused shall enjoy the right to spec
DIV 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 ascertaincd by law, and to be INFORM
ed of the nature and cause OF the accusation,
to be confronted with the witnesses against MN,
to have compulsory process Tor obtaining VIII
nesses in his favor, and to have the assistance
of counsel for his defence"
| AND WHEREAS, IF the words uttered by MIR.
Vallandigham had been the most offensive 10
which expression could be given, they would
form not the slightest pretext nor afford the
least paIIiation for the monstrous CRIME whicli
| in his person has been committed against the
I liberties of us ALI
AND WHEREAS In fact and according to the
well established, long descended and commenda-
ble habit in these United States Of free discus
sion of political questions, what he uttered was
| NOR m a.
buse Of the freedom of speech, nor would The
sneaker in any manner bave been liable to pun
ishment for it according to the severest code ad-
ministered in the courts Of justice;
AND WHEREAS, The measures of authority
must be subject to the freest discussion, for dis
cussion is nothing if not free, and if mems
mouths may be opened only to praise and fiattel
power, and are to be closed when power is Of
Tended, discussion is but name, and liberty is 8
shadow;
AND WHEREAS, This abuse of authorisy il
justified under the plea of a aliita,y necessity
which is nosiurisdiction, for the same plea would
equally Justify any indignity which could be OF.
fered us; and as it served to exile Mr.. Vallan
dipham would serve to turn both Houses o
CONGRESS out of doors, to imprison the judges
to suspend the Legitimate performance OF every
regular function of the State, and resolve al
authority into the keeping of one man;
!, AND WHEREAS, If military necessity can invade
the borders of Ohio, and there uproot the law:
of State whose soil is pressed by the foot o
no public enemy: whose people are true ant
faithful to the Constitution, and whose justice
was quietly and unobstructedly administered til
military power expelled it, this same necessity
NAV march on, and, coming into Pennsylvania
and other States of the Union, reduce us to ;
vassalage infinitely more intolerabe than tina
AGAINST which we revolted when we declared
onr independence the 4th OF july l176 there
fore,
Resol,ed, That the arrest and banishment o
Mr.. Valandigham is a violence to which tn
people of the United States will not and ough
not to submit.
2. That the remedy for it is in the ballot-box
at the coming and now rapidly approaching c
lection, when, by the votes of an outraged peo
ple State authority will be restored to tn
hands of the Democratic party, who will u.s.
their power, thus quietly and constitutional.
obtained. to protect State rights, to rebuke ah'
check Federal usurpation, to secure the person
al immunity of individuals and commence tn
reconstruction of the Union.
3. That it is if not our firm belief, at leas
our strong suspicion, that the design of the au
thorities at Washington, is, by military aggres
, sion, to provoke popular outbreak, aud thu
E to furnish to themselves an apology for turthe
f invasion of our liberties, and, If possible, t
enable them to cucumber us in the exercise Q
our elective franchise, we exhort our fellow-clt
izens everywhere to patience and to that for
. bearance and noble calmness which becomes
people who, knowing their rights, know, also
, the means for their peaceful vindcation
4. That, there being no such punishment
known to the laws Of the United States as tina
of exile, it is the sense of this meeting that
, is the right of MIR. Vallandigham, and will b
i the like right of any other citizen upon whof
there should be attempted to be afflicted by ll'