Holmes County farmer. [volume] (Millersburg, Ohio) 1857-1926, 1863-05-28


Others the right Of free discussion; of appeal 70
the courts. ms against unconstitutional laws aud
illegal acts of resort to the legislative power to
abrogatc bad laws, of removed Of obnoxious Of
hcials through an untrammelcd, uncOrrupted ball
lot bOx-remain invi6latc, it Is the duty Of the
citizens to aid those who are rghtfuy in author
ity in all lawful proccedings but, il these rights
are set at naught by their Official servants, the
people may assert their inherent sovereignty, and
resume the p.,wers thus being abused.
D. To uphold these great and inaionsbe prin.
ciplcs OF liberty, one gen raj rule should govern
those who frame laws, those who intrusted
with thcir administration, and the great body OF
the people being those upon whom they operate,
namely theGolden rule Of RIGHT.
/ &, The violation of this rule by dis1bcdcnce
to properly enacted, laws should be punshed its
/ disregard by the dhgrant assumption of unauth.
orVcd power and performance It unjustifable acts
10y the servants of the people, should meet with
! their stern rcbuko.
:. In view Of these great truths, we hereby
proclaim our fixed and irrcvCcablo condemnation
Of every attempt to make laws by executive
authority alone, or by mere orders Of those repre-
scning the military, the subordinate arm of tho
government Aud we Indignantly denounce tho
result Of such higrant usurpltions as the act Of
military tyranny, to wit: the arrest OF citizens Of
lniianl and our sister States thatare n obedience
to the constitution.
4 b. That the day has arrived when our official
servants are setting themselves up above their
employers, the people, and have two wars upon
their handsome against the rebels of the South,
the other against the constitution, and those who
attempt to uphold it in the North. In the first
named, the democracy have poured out their
blood and treasure at the call Of the administra-
ton; in the second they are upon the side of tho
constitution, and are being prosecuted by illegal
. arrests and imprisonment for opinions sake, even
, "uuto strange cities" and loathsomc Btstiles.
g. Martial law 4 no law but the will of the
military officer proclaimng It, within the limits in
which he has n sufficient force to maintain a0so-.
Lutte power. In II State or district of country,
where the public enemy has no footing. the peo-
pie are not i'll rebellion, armed insurrection
prevailing, there is no legal au'h rity in any
! military officer, high or low, to substitute his will
for the civil laws and the operations of the three
n co ordinate departments OF the government
10. That the attempt to suspend civil rights
Y among them the right to make inquiry rs to tho
q cause of arrests and lmprisonments by tho writ
= of hGbcds c0ryus, in territory loyal to the gov
I ernment, is such an act Of usurpation as demands
and receives our merited condemnation.
ii. That the democratic party OF Indiana arc
= now, as they ever have been, attached to tho
II conslitut on and the Union, and are willing to
. make almost any sacrifice to maintain the former
and to preserve the latter. We hold that there
y can be no treason in submission to the conStitu-
1t ton and laws made pursuant thercunto, until they
are constitutionay y repealed or iuciilly declar =
ed vod and people, who do this and cannot or
dare not maintain and exercise the right Of advo.
eating the repeal Of bad laws and the change Of
/ Il policy which they believe to be wrong, are
slaves, and, If the idea of treason and slavery ID
fright, We are resolved neither to be traitors
II sidoss We wilt submit to every law passed pur-
g. suaut to the constitution, AS long as all constitu-
tiOna means of redress are left open to our free
exercise nclUding free ballot free Speech free
IL press and an untrammeled judiciary; and We pro-
le nounce every effort to take away from tue people
N these means of +, dress, by military orders and
!. arrest, or otherwise Hagrant outrage against
the rights OF II ree pc )pe.
'c IL. We dcnounce the members of the Legis'
II lature who, by the Abandonment OF their seats
n and failure to discharge the plain duties imposed
40 upon them, were guilty of violation OF their
oaths, and we fear will bring discredt upon the
l. State; and declare tuat the Governor can
t. clear himself from completely in that crime only
le by taking steps to prevent repuiatlon.
,j l3. That the arrest Of Hon. G.. l.. Vallandg-
ham, of sho. for no other but for the ex-
u crcise O his right OF free discussion, has been
lit ccived by the Democracy Of Indiana with feel
ell iug5 OF Just dlsappr0OdtlOn, another evidence
~ that the first aud most sacred right OF the citizen
. has been stricken down in his person; and send
" TO that gallant tribune OF the people the sympa-
sc thy of his Democratic friends in Indiana, who
RS though assailed at home 10y kindred oppression
bo are yet prepared to stand firmly by him in his de-
:, fence OF the sacred right Of constitutional free
~ DOM
p II. lnN We nefcDy rtalliI III anu luiDTSe tuO
n. resolutions adopted by the Democratic State Con.
vention which assembled in this city on the 30tb
day Of July, 1862
p After the adoption of the resolutions
NJ a short adde e,s was made to the conven
l" ton. cougratGlatinI it upon the accom-
NC Ilishment of all its objects, despite the
{" cannon and bayonets by which it was sur
70 rounded.
- The military, having been foiled il
We their endeavors to break up the meeting
~ before the passage of the resolutions, anc
.n ~; receiving no provication, did not inter
!" iere in the last moments of the conven
PS ton. 1t adjourned about five o'clock
IA harmonious and fearless TO the last.
AFTER TIE CONVENTION.
AS soon as the convention had adjourn
oh ed, Col. Coburn mounted the stand. ant
is made harangue to about five hu ndre
soldiers and boys. An attempt wa
.le made to get up republican meeting il
he the evening" but it was only a partia
civ success, as the leading citizens would no
es- turn out.
for About the time Of tho departure of tn
evening trains, a citizen expressed hi
ol. sympathy with Vallandigham at the de
pot, and was Immediately knocked dow
his and arrested by the guard stationed at tn
md depot. Those in the same party with thi
on man were searched and some pistols foun
ms and taken away from them.
ed Some one endeavored to start sill
rumor, about nine o'clock last evening
mt, that the eNcursionis.s were hllhB upo
lich the houses of soldiers, but its falsit
's'" was apparent from the fact that the eA
,ons cursion trains did not leave until tn
morning.
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