The Ashland union. [volume] (Ashland, Ashland County, Ohio) 1854-1868, 1863-07-29

a citizen of the State of Ohio, not belonging
to the land or. naval forces of the United
States, nor to the military in actual service,
by aiiedged military authority, for no other
pretended crime than that of utteIing words
of legitimate criticism upon the conduct of
the administrator in power, and of appealing
to tie ballot box for a chaage of pelieJ-(sad
arrest and military triad taking place where
the courts Of law are open and unobstructed,
and tor no act done within the sphere of ac-E
tive military operations ia carrying on the
war1-We regard as a palpaSle violation Ct the
following provisions of toe Constitution of the
United States.
l.. "Congress shall make no law =
abridging the freedom of speech or Of the
press, or the right of the people peaceably to
assemble, and to petition the Government for
a redress of grievances.
2 "The right of the people to be secure
in their persons, honses, papers and effects
against unreasonable searches and seizures,
shall not be violated, and no warrant shall is
sue but upon probable cause, supported by
oath CT affirmation, and particularly desert
bing the place to be searched and the per-
CONS or things to be seized.
3.1tNo person shall be held to answer for
a capital or otheswise Infamous crime, unless
on q rrssentment or Indictment of a Grand
jury, except in cases arising in the land or
naval forces, or in the militia when ia actual
service in tiue of war or public danger.
4 "1n all criminal prosecutions, the ac-
cused shall enjoy the right to a speedy and
public trirl by an impartial jury of the State
and district wherein the crime shall have been
committed, which district shall have been pre-
viously ascertained by law
And we furthermore denounce said arrest,
trial and Punishment as a direct insult offered
to the Sovereignty of the people of Ohio, by
whose organic law it is declared that "no per-
sons shall be transported out of the State for
any ofepse committed within the same"
16. That Clement L.. Vallandigham was
at the time Of his arrest a prominent candi-
date for nomination by tho Democratic party
of Ohio for he Office of Governor of the State;
that the Democratic party was fully competent
to decide whether he vas a fit man for that
nomination, and that the attempt to deprive
them of that right by his arrest and Danish
ment, was an unmerited impatation upon their
intelligence and loyalty, as well as a violation
OF the Constitution.
II. What We respectfully and most earn
estly call u on the President of the United
States to restore Clement L.. Yallandigham to
his home in Ohio; and that a committe of one
from each Congressional District of the State,
to be selected by the presiding officer of this
Convention, is hereby appointed to presel t
this application to the President.
Is. That the thanks of this Con %vention
are hereby rendered to Horatio Seymour, Gov
ernor of the State1of New York, for his noble
letter in relation to the arrest of Mr. Vallar-
digham and the President of this Convention
is hereby directed to communicate a copy of
this resolution to Governor Seymour.
10. That the establishment of a military
government over the loyal States where war
docs not exist, to supercedc the military au-
thority and suppress the freedom of speech
and of the press, and interfere with the cleo
tive franchise, is not only subversive of the
Constitution and the sovereignty of the States,
but the actual Inauguration of revolution.
20. That it is the sworn duty CT the Gov
ernor of the State to protect her citizens in
the !enjoyment and exercise of all their con-
stitutional rights 7; and we have beheld with
deep humiliation and regret, not only the fail
ure of David Tod, Governor OF Ohio, to per-
form that duty, but what is still worse, his dc-
tue participations in the violation of those
rights.
IL That We denounce as traitors to tie
country the Abolition Jacobins who are seek
ing to bring about civil war in the loyal States,
with the view Of turning, if possible, the bay
onets of the army against the breasts of the
fathers, brothers and friends of the soldiers,
and subjecting those states to a military sur
veillance and dominion.
p. That We denounce, as Lbelers of the
Democratic party and enemies of their coun
try, the men who arc engaged in representing
the Democratic party as wanting in sympathy
with our soldiers in the field. IL is a base
SANDER upon human nature to assert hat the
Democrats, who have hundreds of thousands
of brothers and sons in the army do not sym
pathize with them-and it is an outrage Upon
the Democratic party, that has always stool by
the country, to assert that 1t is not the frierd
Of its gallant defenders.
%. That the conduct of Brigadier, Gener-
cral Mason, the Military Commandant at Co.
Iumbus, and of the officer commanding the
Provost Guard, in preventing all appearances
of military restraint uron the proceedings of
this Convention, show that they have a just
appreciation of the Constitution of their coun-
try and the rights of the people and that
they are wise and patriotic officers, and that
their conduct on this occasion is in striking
contrast with contrary conduct of the military
authorities upon the occasion of the late Dem
ocratic meeting at Indianapolis. And we take
pleasure in expressing our confidence in Gen
Eeral Mason aud the officers and soldiers under
his command.