The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1863-05-23

him for commissions a. soon q ~ had their
| regiments formed. IL was witt ia the Con
and to hear arms For the defence 2 g6smssIvss I've
| and, not of the Union, but Of the nate. Thew
should keep their arms, and If Try bad not
them they should get them, and heUsady, under
their gallant Governor, to defen4 NE liberties
Of their State.
Judge McCann said he thanksd God that
| in the State of New York they Md q Gov.
ernor who stood BY the people ~ the State.
| and would not let them be r6hGed of thsir
| liberties without his solemn PROTEST. He
would say to them, "Don't be AFRAID There
| is but one course for fresmsn--literty and
friendship or annihilation and dsa1h.
Capt kynders said those who - to admin.
| lister the law should be careful Nj they do
not set the example of breaking leparamount
law Of the land themselves. My4tiend said
there is no war here. / tell yon there is
war here, and that it il waged by military des.
pots upon the rights and privileges of Ameri.
can people 1t is worse than thelwar that is
| for our liberties here.
At stand No. S the Gar1nah sSeakers ad
dressed the crowd. DIR. Bersmaua said that
| the arrest of Mr.. Vallandigham. vas an ont.
| rage on the rights of free e,and it was
only proper for those who vala5 liberty to
come forth maafuliy, without f6nr bf a ternpo
rary Administration, and express their een,i-
| ments. The United States Cover was
ike some OF the European Governments, b,.
coming absolute and tyrannical, and the peo-
pie are not prepared to submit to the sacrifice
Of their liberties.
The reading of the letters elected continual
bursts of appreciation. The most important
Of them was from the Governor of New
York, Horatio Seymour. We copy it in full,
as follows:
Letter Of GorernOr Seymour.
EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT, Nav l6.
cannot attend the meeting a. the Capitol
this evening" but l wish to state INV opinion
IN regard to the arrest of MIR. Vallandiyham.
1t is an act which has brought dishonor upon
our country. Ii is full of danger to our per.
sons and our homes. 1t bears upon its front a
conscious violation Of law and Justice Act
ing upon the evidence of detailed infor,ners,
shrinking from the light of day. in the dark,
ness OF night, armed men violated the house of
an American Citizen and furtively bore him
away to military trial, conducted withou. those
safeguards known TO the proceeding of our ju.
olclal tribunals. The transaction involved a
s5rles OF offences against our most sacred rights
1t inerfered with the freedom of speech it
involved our rights to be Sc cure in our hcmes
against unreasonable searches and sci
cures; it pronounced sentence without trial
cave one which was mockerv-which
insalted as We'll as wronged. The rerpe-
traitors now ask to impose punishment, not
for an offence against law, but for the
disregard of an invalid order, put forth in
the utter disregard OF all the principles Of civil
liberty. If this proceeding is approved by the
government and sustained by the people, it ia
not merely step towards revolution~it it is
revolution, 1t will not only lead to military des-
potism--it establishes military despotism. In
this aspect it must be accepted. II il is upheld
our liberties are overthrowp; the ga fety Of our
persons, security of our property, will hereaf
ter depend upon the arbitrary will of such mil
itary rulers as may be placed over us, while cuG
constitutional guarantees will be broken down.
Even now the Governors and Courts OF seme
of the great Western States have sunk into in.
significance before the despotic powers
claimed and exercised by military men
VITO have been sent into their borders
1t is a fearful thing to increase the danger
which now overhangs us by treating the law,
the judiciary, and the State authorities with
contempt. The people Of this country now
wait with the deepest anxiety the decisions of
the Administration upon these acts. Having
given it generous support in the conduct of
tho rras, we p.uao to see what kirza of Gov.
ernment It Is ior which we are asked to pour
out our blood and cur treasures The action
of the Government will determine in the minds
u
loyal States whether this war is waged to pus
down rebellion at the South or destroy free
inetitutiops as tne North. We look for its de-
cision with the most solemn s0Iicitnds.
tSigned1 HoRATio SEYMOUR
Letters were also read from District A.tor-
ney A. 0. Hall, Richard O'Gorm An, Amasa j.
Parker, Henry C. Murphy, Washington Hunt,
Nelson j. Waterbury, and c. j. Ingersoll-
a yiu tv r ba e
the meeting, and most of them indulging in
the strongest terms of denuncia.ion of the ar
rest of Vsilandigham The most distinguished
New Yorker among them is Mr. WASHINGTON
Hnat, whose letter 10 remarkable He saws.
"While we ere willing to eubmis to the
greatest sacrifices in patriotic spirit for the
preservation of the Constitution and the
Union, it may as we'll be understood that we
will not consent TO be berefs of any of our
constitutional rights. We have lost none of
these rights il consequence of the Southern re-
be,lioG.
''The Administration ought to comprehend
that it is amenable to public opinion, and that
its conduct and policy are legitimate subjsc.
of popular discussion and criticism. Il is for
tho perpetuation Of free constitutional govern
nient, and for shis only, that the country has
beea 30 willing to exhaust it's best blood and
place It's vast resources as the disposal of tbs
national authority. God forbid that the Ame-
rioan people should allow the strength thus
impaired to be turned against them selves, aud
q military despotisn erect On the ruins Of
public liberty So far as New York is coz.
cernsd, let IL be proclaimed from tie hoasetops
that so MAN WITHIr HER BORDERS SHALL BE
DEPRIVED OF LIFE, LIBERTY, OR PROPERTY,
WITHOUT DUE PROCESS OF LAW
with great regard, yours, truly,
"WAsHINGToN Hunt"
Mr.. Waterbury declared in his letter; sit is
sufficient to say that these (V.'s arrest, trial,
&c., and all similar acts must bs boldly de-
nourcsd and resolateiy resisted, or we are no
longer a free people,
Meeting OF Officers Of the s.Stonewall Bri-
gade''
The commissioned officers Of this far famed
brigade held meeting at their camp near
Fredericksburg, on the 10th inst, which was
presided over by COL c. A. Ronald, OF the 4th
Virginia regiment. Col. Nadenbousch, of the
ID Virginia, Maj. Terry, of the 4.h Virginia,