The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1863-05-28
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HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF OHIO,
CINCNNATL. Ohio, May Is. 1863.
GENERA ORDER No. IS.

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GENERAL ORDER No. 68.
l.. At a military Commission, convened at
Cincinnati, Ohio, on the 9th day Of May, 1863,
pursuant to Special Order No. 1876, Of April
2lst, 1863, current series, from these head
quarters, and Of which BrIgadierG General Rob
ert B. Porter, United States Volunteers, is
President, was arraigned and tried Clement
L. NalIandigham, q citizen of the State Of
Ohio,on the following charge and specification
Of charge, to-wit:
Charge--PubIicly expressing, in violation
of General Order No. SO, from Headquarters
Department Of Ohio, sympathy for those in
arms against the Government Of the United
States, and declaring disloyal sentiments and
opinions, with the object and purpose Of weak
eniug the power of the Government in its eff
forts to suppress an unlawful rebellion.
SUecifc0lj0a-In this, that the said Clement
l.. Vallandigham, a citizen Of the State Of
Ohio, on or about the LIST day Of May, 1863,
at Mount Vernon, Knox county, Ohio, did
publicly address a large meeting of citizens,
and did utter sentiments in words or in effect
as follows Declaring the present war 'aWlck-
ed, cruel and unnecessary war; a war not be
ing waged for the preservation OF the Union {;
a war for the purpose Of crushing out liberty
end erecting a derpotIsm a war for the free
dom Of the blacks, and the cnslavement Of the
whites" stating that If the administrator
had so wished. the war could have been hon
orably terminated months ago > that peace
might nave been h0norably obtained by lis
teningto the proposed INTERPRETATION Of France
that propositions by which the Southern
States could be won back, and the South
guaranteed their rights under the Constitu-
ton, had been rejected the day before the late
battle Of fredericksburg by Lincoln and his
minions, - meaning thereby the President of
the United States and those under him in au-
thority charging that the Government of
the United Stetes was about to appoint Mil
itary Marshals IN every district to restrain the
people Of their liberties, to deprive them OF
their rights and privileges; = 'characterizing
General Order No. SO, from Headquarters De
partment Of Ohio, as a base usurpation of ar
bitary authority; inviting his hearers to re-
slst the same, by saying the sooner the peo-
pie inform the minions Of usurped power that
they will not submit to such restrictions upon
their liberties, the better = declaring that he
2 was. 'iat all times and upon all occasions re-
i solved to do what he could to defeat the at.
tempts now being made to build up a mon
5 archy upon the ruins OF our free Government
asserting that 'he firmly believed, as he sale
. six months ago; that the men in power are
attempting to establish a despotism in TIL:
country more cruel and oppressive than ever
existed before" Al of which opinions anC
u, sentiments, he we'll knew, did aid, comfort anC
encourage those in arms against the Govern
: ment, and could but induce in his hearers
. distrust, Of their own Government, sympath,
! for those in arms against it, and a disposition
to resist the laws Of the land.
To which charges aud specifications, tn
prisoner refusing to plead either guilty or nc
g guilty, the Commission directed the Judg
Advocate to enter on the records the plea no
Is guilty.