Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1863-07-08

say that he considers the public safety REQUIRES
u Does your excellency Wish to have Il underetod
Il that you hold that the rights Of every ma,
throughout this vast country are subject to b
annulled whenever you may sGy that you con.
slider the public safety requires It, In time Of id
surrection2 zldI9a1 AiaF: q 'atD5d boa 4
You are further reported as having said tha
the constitutional guarantees Of personal libef
~ have "no applicationcto the present case w
have In hand, because the arrests complained oI
were not made for treason-that 10, NOT for The
treason defined In the Constitution, and upop
the conviction Of Which the punishment is deatb
nor yet were they made to hold persons q
answer for any capital or otherwise Infamous
crime; nor were tie proceedings following in
any constitutional or legal sense criminal pros-
ecntions.' The arrests were made totally on
different grounds, and the proceedings fol-
lowing accorded with the grounds of the ar
rests," etc. - T.T y
The conclusion to be drawn from thislposi-
uon OF your Excelleney 10, that where man ia
ilsole to "a criminal prosecution" or Is CHARGED
Win crime known to the laws OF the laud,
ne 10 clothed With oil the constitutional guar.
sntees for his safety and security fIon Wong
ead igjuuticej but thai, where be Ia not liable
10 criminal prosecution" or charged with
any crime known 10 the Laws, II the President
or any military commander shall say that he
CONSIDERS that the public safety requires it, tbIs
man may be put outside of the pale of the con-
su'ntlonal guarantees, and arrested without
cnarge OF crime, Imprisoned without knowing
whatfcr, and any length Of time, or be tried be.
lore q couit martial and sentenced to any kind of
punish ment unknown to the laws of the land.
which the President or the military commaoder
may see proper to impose. Did the ConstItu-
ZION intend to throw the shield of It's securi-
ties around the man liable to be charged with
treason as defined by it, aud yet leave the man,
NOT liable to any such charge, unprotected by
the safeguards OF personal liberty aud personal
securityf Can man not in the military or ma
vel service, nor within the field of the opera.
tions OF the army, be arrested and Imprisoned
without any law of the land to authorize II =
Can man thus, in civil lie, be punished with.
out any law defining the offense and prescribiue
the punishment II the President or a court
martial may prescribe one kind. OF punishment
unauthorized by law, why not any other kind !?
Benishmentis an unusual punishment, and nm
kneNn to our laws. Ii the President has the
right dto pfescrlbe1the punishment of banish-
ment why not that OF death and confscation of
property2 II the President had the right to
change the punishment prescribed by The court,
martial from imprisonment to banishment, why
not from imprisonment 10 torture upon the rack,
or execution upon the gIbbel2 i
II an indehnable kind of constructive treason
Is to be introduced and engraited upon the Con.
Stltuhon, unknown to the laws Of the land, and
sobject to the will Of the Pfesiden. Whenever
an iheuirection or Invasion shsll occur In any
Piis o. tnIs vAsteountry, what safety or security
wal Do ieit ior the liberties Of the people2
Iha lFnativa kra Ih.k =
OF freedom 80 many years OF toll and tronhls
In England was inconsderabls comnsreS ~
this. The precedents which you make will hs'
cJme part Of the Constitution for vonr ,nc.
cessors, it sanctioned and aequiesced in bv the
people now,
The people Of Ohio are willing to co.operA \ Il
zsslously with you 10 every effort warranted by.
the constitution to restore the Uncn Of the States
but they cannot consent to abandon those funds-
mental principles nf nivil liberty whinh are es-
sential to their existence as free people.
In their name, We ask that, by q revocation Of
the order Of hisbanishment, AIR, Vallandigham
may be restored to the eDjoymens of those rights
of which they believe he has been uuconstitu-
tionally deprived. .. 1stal .a.o1t C1
We have the honor to be, respectfully, q
a AL. Yours, ETC., 80 o-l
r.r M. BlRCHARD, Chsir'HSl9 III Dist. ~
DAVID A. HOUK, Sse'y, Sd Dist
GEO. BLISS, l4th Dist
..l T. w. BARTLEY, 9Th Dist.
W.. GORDON. ls.h Dist. ,-
JOHN O'NEILL, 18th Dist,
C. A. WHITE, 9Th Dlat. .-
W. e. FlNCK, 18th Dist, -I -..
ALEXANDER LONG, "a Dist. r
.Fr.f J W. WHITE, l6ih Dist, 80
JAS. R. MORRIS, 18Th D.st.
GEO. L. CONVERSE, 7th Dist es
WARREN P. NOBLE, sth Dist, ID
sl . GEO. H. PENDLEToN, lat Dist.
w. A. HUTCHINS, llth Dist.
ABNER L. BACKUS, 10Th Dist,
]. F. MCKINNEY. Al Dist.