Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1863-05-13


opening % me Court Mr. Perry. who appeared
With the District Attorney for General Burnside,
prescribed the following statement from the Gen
era 49,. $50.
HRADorAErsrs rsyssr,sr ~ OHIO.
crSciSxATI. Ohio May y, sses.
To the Honorable the Circuit % the United states, with
In and for the southern District Of 0hi0
The undersigned commanding the Department
Of tine Ohio. having received notice from the
Clerk Of said Court that an application Tor the
allowance Of a writ Of heAbeas corpus will be
made this morning before your Honors in behalf
OF Clement L Vsliandigham. now prisoner In
nv custody. asks leave to submit to the Court
the following
STATEMENT.
If I were 10 indulge in Wholesale criticism Of
the policy of the Government. il would demoral
ize the army under nv command. and every
friend Of his country would call me traitor. il
the officers or SOLDIERS. were to indulge IN such
criticisms il would weaken the army To the ex
tent Of their influence; and II this criticism were
universal in the army. IL would cause II to be
broken TO pieces. the Government TO be divided
our homes 10 be Invaded. and anarchy 10 reign.
Nv duty "a nv Government ferbids me To indulge
in such criticisms; officers and soldiers are not
allowed to so indulge. aud this course will be sus
tanned by all honest men.
Now. / sill 20 further We are in state Of
civil war. One Oft States of this department
il ut this moment invaded. and three others have
been threatened ! command the department.
and il is nv duty 70 nv country and 10 this army
q keep It in the best possible condition.; to see
that 10 is fed, clad, armed and far as possible
10 see that il is encouraged II it is nv duty and
the duty of the troops TO avoid saying ANYTHING
that would weaken the army bv preventing a
single recruit IRON joining the ranks. by bringing
~ l.
ng dissatisfaction IN the ranks, it il equally the
duty Of every citizen i the department To avoid
the ssme evil If il is my duty to prevent the
propagation of this evil in the army. or in por
ton of my department. II is equally my duty in
all portions of il: and IL is my duty TO all the
force in my power To stop il.
If ! were 10 find man from the enemy's
country. distributing in nv camps speeches Of
their men that tended to demoraze the troops,
or 20 DESTROY their confidence in the constituted
authorities of the Government. ! would have
them tired and hung il found guilty. and all the
rules Of modern warfare would sustain me. Why
should such speeches from our own public men
be allowed?
The press and public men, in great emergen =
CIV like the present. should avoid the of party
epithets aud bitter invectives and discourage the
organization of secret political societies, which
are ALWAYS undigniheI and disgracelul TO free
people, but now are absolutely wrong and injn.
rious; they create disSen~ions and dscord, which
just now amount 10 reason. The simple names
patriot" and "Trator." are comprehensive
enough.
As before said. We are in astate Of civil war
and an emergency Is upon us which requires the
operations OF some power that moves more quick
ly than the civil.
There never was a carried successfully
without the exercise of that power
Ii j. said that the speeches which are condemn
ell were made in the presence of large bodies of
citizens who. if they thought them wrong. would
have then and there condemned them That is
no argument These citizens do not realize the
effect upon the army of the country. who are its
defenders. They have never been in the field /;
never faced the enemies of their country; never
undergone the privatuns Of our soldiers in the
field; aud, besides. they have been in the habit of
hearing their public men speak. and. rs general
thing. Of approving of what they say: there tore.
the greater responsibility rests upon the rnblic
men and upon the public press aud it beisoves
them to be careful as to what they say. They
must not use license and plead that they hre ex-
ercsing liberty In this Department it can not
be done. shall use all the power have TO
break down such license and am sure will be
sustained in this course by all honest men. At
all events will have the consciousness. before
when am swerved from the performance of that
duty BY any pressure. public or private. or by
any prejudice | will no longer be IA man or a
patriot
I again assert, that every power I possess on
earth, or That is given me from above will be
used in defeuse of my Government. on all occa
siuns. ~ all times and all places within this De
partment There is no party--no community--
no State Government-no State legislative body
Ill. =.
power 10 marguerite a policy that has the
validity of law and power. but the constituted au
thorities of the Government o. the United States;
and am determined to support their policy. II
the people do not approve that policy thew can
change the constitutional authorities OF the Gov
ernment at the proper time and hy the proper
method Let them freely discuss the policy in
proper tone: but my duty requires To stop H.
cenSe and incorporate discussion which tend 10
weaken the authority of the Govern ment and at
my; while the latter is in the pre>ence of the
enemy. il is cowardly so to welken il. This Ii
cerse could not he used in our camps-the man
would I've torn in pieces who would attempt IL
There is no fear of the people losing their liher
ties: we all know that TO be crv OF demasosueS
aud none but the ignorant will listen 20 IT,. All
intelligent men know that our people are too far
advanced in the scale of religion. civilization elu
cation AMI freedom % allow any power on eartli
10 interfere with their Liberties: but this same ad
vancement in these great characteristics of our
people. teaches them to make all necessary sac
ritceS Tor their country, when emergency re
O Ires They will support the constituted an.
thorities OF the Government. whether they agree
with them or not Indeed, the army itself i n
part of the people. and Is thoroughly educ tied
in the love OF civil liberty. which j. the best guar
antee for the permanence of our republican insti
tutions that il would itself be the first to oppose
any attempt 10 continue the exercise Of military
authority after the establishment Of peace by the
overthrow of the rebellion No man on earth
lead our citizen soldiery % the establishments
OF military despotism, and no man living would
have the folly to at.-mpt IL To do so would be
20 seal his own doom On this point there can
be no ground for apprehension on the part OF
the people
IL is said tina. we can have pence it we Law
down our arms All sensible men know this to
be untrue Were IL So ought We to he SO COW
ardly a. 70 lay them until the authority of the
Government j. acknowledge?
beg TO call upon tie IA hers, mothers, Lr9th
ers, sisters. sons, daughters relstIves friends and
neighbours of the soldiers in the field TO aid me in
stopping this license and ntemperate discussion.
~h,eh l. disc9uragiag oar armies weakening the
hands of the Government. and thereby strength
ening the enemy II We use our honest efforts.
God viii bless with GLORIOUS pence aud
unilei country. Men OF every shade Of opinion
have the same vital interest IN the suppression OF
the rebellion; for should We fail in The task the
dread horrors of a ruined aud distracted nation
will fall alike on ALL whether patriots or traitors
These are, substantially. NV reasons for
issuing General Order No p nv seasnns for
the determination TO enforce II. and also nv
sons for The arrest of Hon c. i NtIlTndigham
for a supposed violation of that orier, for which