Holmes County farmer. [volume] (Millersburg, Ohio) 1857-1926, 1863-07-02

And we furthermore denouncc said arrest, tri-
al and banshmcnt, Ms direct insult offered TO
tho sovereignty OF the people of Ohio, by whose
organic law u is declared, that 'no person shall
be transported out OF the State for any ofIense
committed within the same f"
III. That Clement l.. Vallandigham was, at the
umc OF his arrest, prominent candidate for nom
nation by the Democratic patty of Ohio for the
oiilce OF Governor of State; that the Democratic
party was fully competent TO decide whether he
was tit man for that nomination; and that tho
attempt to deprive them of that right by his ar.
rest and banshment was an unmcrited imputatiun
upon their intelligence and loyalty, as well as a
vioatian of the Constitution.
IL. That we respectfully but most earnestly
callupon the President of the United States to
restore Clement j.. VaIlandigham to his homo in
Ohio and that committee of one from each
Congressional District of the State, to be selected
by the presdngoilicer of this Convention; is here
bty appointed to present this application to the
President.
ls. That the thanks of this Conv entoa are
hereby rendered to lloratio Seymour, Governor
OF the State of New York, for bis noble letter in
relation to the arrest of Mr.. Vallnndighim; and
the President OF the Convention is hereby directed
to communicate copy Of this resolution to Gov.
Seymour.
ID. That the establishment of military gov.
ernment over loyal States, where war does not
exist to supersede the civil authorities and sup.
press VIE W speech ana OIL press, and
to interfere with the elective franchise, is not on
ly subvcrsivc of the Constitution, and the sover
eighty of the States, but the actual Inauguration
| of revolution.
90. That II is the sworn duty of the Governor
OF the State to protect her citizens in the enjoy
ment and exercise of all their constitutional
rights, and we have beheld with deep humiliation
and regret, not only the failure of David Tod,
Governor of Ohio, to perform that duty, but what
is still worse his actioe participations in the vo
lation of those rights.
| 81. That we denounce as traitors to the coun.
try tho Abolition Jacobns who are seeking to
bring about civil war in the loyal States, with
the view of turning, ii possible, the bayonets of
the army against the breasts of the fathers broth.
ers and friends of the soldiers, and subiecting
those States to military surveillance and do.
minion.
%. That we dcnounce, n libelcrs ofthe Dem.
ocratic party and enc nes of their country, the
men who are engaged in representing the Demo.
cratic party rs wanting in sympathy with our SOL
diers in the field. 1t is II base sander upon hu-
man nature to assert that Democrats who have
hundreds of thousands of brothers and sons in the
army, dc. not sympathize with them--and it is an
outrage upon the Democratic party, that has al.
ways stood by the country, to assert that it is not
the friend of its gallant defenders.
%. That the conduct of Brigadier- General
Mason, the military commandant at Columbus,
anu Vi tle OHcef conlilhnulnS tHe provost Suaru,
in preventing all appearance of military restraint
upon the proceedings of this Convention, show
that they have just appreciation of the Consti-
tuition of their country and the rights of the peo.
ple--and that they are wise and patriotic Off
GERS; and that their conduct on this occasion Is in
striking contrast with the contrary conduct of the
military authorities upon the occasion of the late
Democratic meeting at Indianapolis And we
take pleasure in expressing our confidence in
Gen. Mason, and the officers and soldiers under
his command.