The Ashland union. [volume] (Ashland, Ashland County, Ohio) 1854-1868, 1863-07-01
Petitions for the ReIeRse and Re-
turn of Mr. .Vallandigham.

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- AS soon as it was known that the military
court, composed of boys and men of the lowest
character, had decided to send Mr.. VALLAN-
pIaHAM to Fort Warren, the Democrats of this
State resolved on doing, something, and to
never cease aggitating By some means or other,
started the following petition. which has been
signed bythousands, with change of counties
to suit the location -, go. f,......
q To the President of the United iStates: ssn4l
oThe undersigned, citizens of Franklin
County, Ohio, respectfully represent, that the
most sacred rights of our citizens, as guaran-
teed to us by the Constitution of our Fathers,
has been violated in the arbitrary arrest. illegal
trial, and inhumau imprisonment or4the Hon.
Clement II. Vallandigham. I'VE therefore
demand of the President of the United States
his immediate. and unconditional release"
After The President had changed the SEN
tence Of the petty military court to that of
exils, in some portions of the State this pc
tition was changed so as to read as follows y (
"1o the, President Of tie United States ~
J. "The undersigned, citizens of the State of
Ohio, respectfully represent to your Excellency
| that the arrest and banishmentf of the Hon.
Clement L. v Fallandigham has produced great
dissa atisfactiono and profound and alarming
anxiety in the minds of the people of this
State. and is rapidly generating irreconcilable
differences and dangerous intolerance, and
believing that the prompt return OF Mr.. Val
Elandig CHAM to his native State and to his family
| would allay much of the alarm and apprehen-
sion now felt by many Of our most patriotic
citizens, and greatly facilitateand strengthen
allthe legitimate objects of the general goyeru-
ment, we respectfully and earnestly ask that
| he be Immediately released and furnished with
/ ttransportatioh to his home in Daytopa sa
Il In1Masss chu setts, ,were the Dem have
taken up the cause iiofs Mr.. iVALLANDIGHAsi
/ and making it one of their own, as it really is
! a case coming. home to every man on whom
Mr LINcoLN's assumed and aunconstitutiona
i power may act, they have put In universe
4 circulation allo the Bay State o petition
in these words: oil ldtaao ts;gug9o -sa
lie 70 abraham Lincoln, President Of tn
/ United Std'es ~ - - +
/, ..The undersigned, citizens Of the United
states. sesident Of Massachusetts,, respectful.
j represent that fellow citizen, Clement Lairt
EVallaudig gham, resident in the State of Ohit
La Slate not in rebellion, and within who's
1borders all the Courts, both State and Federal
i are in full exercise of their functions, has beel
i lforeibly and without legal process seized il
The night time, Imprisoned and banished
y pTherefore, We demand as matter OF slgh
: that said yallandigham be reinstated In all tn
! rights of which he has been thus secretly
4 violently and illegally disposscssd, and that
be restored TO his country men, his State an
! his friends" 4.,s - 80 sss5 .t'4sZe
Il In fact the whole North is moving in soil
mass against this. iniquitous measure, and tn
n bold and noble stand taken by the Ohio d.
Fmocray on tho r11th of June in planting th
banner of constitutional freedom over the vi,
toms Of the arbitrary and tyranical usurper
has been returned by shouts of wild apprc
Z baton from the Atlantic to the Pacific coas
b Never was such scene presented to the Amer
! can people befOsa.i ed5 II i.s.is gss sss