M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1863-08-06


induces me to add word to what !
said on that point ia the Albany res
ponse. You claim that men may, If
they choose, embarass those whose
duty it is to combat a giant rebellion
and then be dealt with only in turn
as If there were no rebellion. The
Constitution itself rejects this view.
The military arrests and detentions
which have been made, including
those Of Mr.. Valiandigham, which
are not different in principle from the
other, have been for PREVENTION, and
dDoI for PUNISHMENT - as injunctions
Ito stay injafy--as proceedings to keep
the pesceTTand hence, like proceed
liDgs IN such cases and for like rcas.
ons, they have not been accompanied
with indictments, or trials by jury,
nor, in a single case by any punish,
ment whatever beyond what is purely
incidental to the prevention. The
original sentence of Imprisonment in
Mr.. Vallandigham's case was to pre-.
vent injury to the military service
only, and the modification of it was
made as a less disagreeabie mode to
him Of securing the same prevention.
| am unable to perceive an insul! to
Ohio in the case of Mr.. VallaGdig
ham. Quite surely nothing of this
sort was or is intended. | was wholly
unaware that Mr.. Valandigham was,
at the time Of his arrest, a candidate
for the Democratic nomination for
Governor, until 80 informed by your
reading to me- the resolutions of the
Convention. | am grateful to the
State OF Ohio for many things, espe
ciaIly for tie brave soldiers and off
GERS she has given in the present
national trial to tile armies of the
Union. - .,...-.,
You claim, as | understand, that
according to my own position in the
Albany response, Mr.. Vallandigham
should be released; and this because,
as you claim, he has not damaged the
military service, by discouraging en-.
listments, encouraging desertion, OF
otherwise and that if he had, be
should have been turned over to the
civil authorities under the recent acts
of Congress. certainly do not kaom
that Mr.. Vallandigham has specif
cally, and by direct language, advised
against enllstmen!s, and i'll favor oil
desertion and resistance to drafting.
B. Veal know that combinations, armed
in come instances, to resist the arrest
of deserters, began several months
ago, that more recently the like has
J appeared in resistance to the enroll,
inent preparatory to draft ; and thai
quite a number Of assassinations have
occurred from the same animus. =
These had to be met by military force
and this again has led to bloodshed
and death. And now under sense
Of responsibility more weighty and
enduring than any which is merely
J. official, | eolemnly declare my BELLE
that this hindrance OF the military, ir
Guiding maimihg and murder, is due
TO the course in which Mr.. Vallandig
t ham has been engaged, In greatey
degree than to any other cause and
is due to him personally in a greater
degree than any other one man.
. These things have been notorious
I. known to all, and Of course known tc
+ Mr.. Vallandigham. Perhaps | woulc
not be wrong to say they originated
(. with his especial friends and aiher
ents. With perfect knowledge o
them he has frequently, if not con
| stantly made speeches in Congress
! and before popular assemblies ant
if it can be shown that with these
things staring him in the face, he hai
3 ever uttered a word Of frebnke or coun
: sci against them, it will be a fac
greatly in his favor with me, and ONT
r OF which, as yet, | am totally ignor
s ant. When it is known that the whole
] burden of his speeches has been t.
Y stir up men against the prosecution
of the war, and that in the midst o
r resistance to it, he has not been know
= in any instance to counsel agains
r such resistance,it is next to impossible
to repel the Inference that he ha
; counseled directly in favor of it. Will
+ all this before their eyes, the Conven
9 tion you represent have nominated
Mr.. Vallandigham for Governor o
!. Ohio; and both they and you hav
9 declared the purpose to. sustain tn
T national ULion by all constitutions
o means. But Of course they aud You
i in common, reserve TO yourselves t
9 decide what are constitutional means
] and, unlike the Albany meeting, yor
!, omit to state or intimate that in you
i opinion an army is constitutions
d means of saving the Usion against
rebellion, or even to intimate that yo1
u are conscious Of an existing rebellion
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