The Ashland union. [volume] (Ashland, Ashland County, Ohio) 1854-1868, 1863-07-22
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down the rebellion; and it con not i. H..
under Me Pretense of putting down the rebsls
~ indeed 1t is plain that your Admins
tration has been Weakened and greatly weaE-
eneo py the assu1 ption of mower not deleo6-
ted in the Constitution.
n your answer you say to us-aYou claim
tnat- men ray,ifthey choose, embarrass those
Mnose outy 1t is to combat "a giant rebellion
anu tnen De dealt with in terms as if there
s ~ no reoeinon." You will find yourself in
sye9 search our communication TO you,
mat the Constitution and laws Of The land
properly administered, furnish annie, rover
70 Putoo"n an lnsurreetion without the as
sumption OF power not granted. And ;fzex.
lsunS legislation be inadequate. IL i the 5ntv
eL congress to consider what further les,islo.
ten Is necessary, and to make suitable proyis-
ion by law.
afou claim that the military arrests made by
your Administration, are merely preyent,ce
remedies ras inJunctions to stay injury or pro-
ceeolnl . to keep the peace, and NOT for nun
fshan4Rf-"a The Ordinary preventive remedies
alluded to are authorized by established law.
nut the preventive proceedings you institute
nave their authority merely in the will of the
Executlye or that of officers subordinate to
his authority. And in this proceeding a dis.
erection seems to be exercised as to whether
the prisoner shall be allowed a trial or even
be permitted to know the nature OF the cou.-
plant alleged against him, or the name of his
aceuser4AIf the proceedings be merely pre-
yentiye, why not allow the prisoner the beuc
n1of-a bond to keep the peace But if no
onense has been committed, why was Mr.. Val.
iandigham tried, convicted and sentenced NV
a court martial And why the actual nur.
ishment by imprisonment or banishmcnt. with
ous the opportunity of obtaining his liberty
inine moae usual IN preventive remedies, and
yet say it's not for punishment?
You still place Mr.. Vallandipbams convie-
ton and punishment upon the ground that he
had damaged the military service by discoura-
gIng eniIstments and encouraging assertions,
etc, ana yet you have not even pretended TO
controyert our position that he was not
charged with, tried or convicted for any such
ohense before the court-martial.
I'm answer to our position that Mr.. ValIan-
dlgham was entitled to a trial in the civil tri-
eunals, by virtue of the late acts of Congress,
you say .LcertdfnIy do not knoo TINT Mr..
e~faHondtgh0n1 has specifically and BIZ direct
language advised against enlistnnents and in
5aUor OF dcseyAons and resistance to drdfitnq.p
etc., and yet, IN a subsequent part of your an
sWer, after speaking of certain disturbances
which are alleged to have occurred in resist.
lancc OF the arrest of deserters, and of the en-.
roiiment preparatory to the draft, and which
you attribute mainly to the course Mr.. VAL
siandlgham has pursued, you say that lie has
made speeches against the war in the midst of
resistance to it, that che has never been known,
IN any instance, to counsel against such resist
ance.' and that "it as nert to impossible to re-
pei The inference that he has counseLed direcdv
IN Juror of ~ Permit US to say that your
is most grievously at fault The
Undersigned have been in the habit of hear
ing Mr.. Nallandigham speak before popular
assemblages, and they appeal with confidence
ste every truthful person who has ever heard
him, for the accuracy of the declaration that
ne has never made a speech before the people
of Ohio, in which he has NOT counseled sub
mission and obedience to the laws and the
Constitution, and advised the peaceful rene
dies OF the judicial tribunals, and of the bal
sotbox for the redress Of grievances, and for
INC esils.nnacH aHlict our bleeding and suffer
ing country. And, were it not foreign to the
purpose Of this communication we would nm.
dertake to establish, to the satisfaction of any
candid person, that the disturbances among
the people, to which you allude, in opposition
torihe arrest of deserters and the draft, have
been occasioned mainly by the measures, poll
Cyl and conduct of your administration, and
the course of its political friends. But if the
cIrenmstnatial evidence exists, to which you
aifade, which makes "it mex to impossible to
repei the infercnee. that Mr.. Vallandigbam
oALCCBly III ldVOR OF Ills IeSlSJ-
ance, and ahat The same has been mainly at
efrreafabie to his conduct, why was he not
fnrned oFefSto the civil authorities to be tried
under 4 Slate acts of Congress IF there.
be any foundation in fact for YOUR statements
duplicating him in resistance to the ~cons:itu
ted authorities, he is liable to such prosecution.
And we low demand, as a mere act of justice
toAim, nm Investigations of this matter, before
aJury OF his country; and respectfully insist
that f1lFDQSa rnnufrao ILL., tIok -, ,ok..at
these charges which you make against him, o.
that You revoke your order of Punishment and
allow him the opportunity Of an Investigation
A<fore an impartial jury.
The committee do not deem it necessary to
repel at length the imputation, that the atti-
tude of themselves or of the Democratic par
~ in Ohio "encourage desertions, resistance
10 the draft, and tho like" Suggestions of
thatekind are ut unusual weapons in our or
binary political contests They rise readily
in tho minds of politicians heated with the
excitement of partisan strife. During the
Two yecrs IN which the Democratic party Of
Ohio has been constrained to oppose the poll
cy OF the Administra' ion, and to stand up in
defense of the Constitution and of personal
rights, this charge has been repeatedly made.
tt h2s fallen harmless, however. at the feet OF
those Whom.it was intended to i%n;ure. The
tomnittee believs it will do so again. If il
upper " ae 50 IN This paper, they mlSnL
suggest that the measures of the AdmiRistra-
tion, and its changes of policy in the prosecu-
ton OF the war, have been the fruitful sources
; or discouraging enlistments and inducing de-
sertions, and furnish a reason for the und- mia
able fact that the first call for volunteers was
answered by very many moro than were de.
mandedj aud that the next call for soldiers
6 will probably be responded to by drafted men
alone. The observation of the President in
this connection, that neither the Convention
aip its resolutions, nor..the committee in its com
munication, intimate that they are "conscious
of an existing rebellion being in progress with
i The avowed object of destroying the Union,'
needs, perhaps, nc. reply. The Democratic