The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1863-06-09
PROGRESS OF THE War.

A.. TUESDAY MOKNIN(
PROGRESS Of THE WAR.
vALLaHDIaH AN MsGrIv 0-BoLD ssNTIMskTs -
THg MILITARY On TdG eRoUsD
A meeting was held in Newark, N. j on
tho 28th ult, to adopt rssolotions relative TO
the arrest and exile of C. L. Vallandigham
II was very large asssnbiage, aud composed
chiefly Of the country people. It met in the
military. Park" and the first scene of the A.
tsrnoon was a collision with the soldiers. which b
Is thus dsfcribed:
As ths delegation pressed onward, wi b
quiet determination, one of the soldiers, VII
carried cane, made rush TO ss;xs the banner
amid the yells Of his comrades The nan who
held it, a sober, quiet, farmer lad in appear
ance. relinquithing the staff TO one OF his
party, confronted the aggreeeor, and ssfess-
ing his stick from his grsep in Sin.
gle motion, gave him tho weight OF II
across tho skull, levellng him TO the ground In
twinkling, aud opening the sea'p. some two
or three inches in length. The melee became
for an instant only general, but the country
boys were too vigorous for their opponents,
and in far less time than It has taken 70 de-
scribe the STRAY, three or four of the soldiers
"0IV u0IPh0o0 0t t00IE I0Ot, oAs~ sn0 O0oucA
was borne onward triumphsntly to tho plat
form, while the wounded men were cared for
BY their friends.
After the meeting was organized letters
were read from Gen. Fitz John Porter, Hon.
Thomas II. Ssymour, mot the GoverRor, j and
others Gen. Porter thus writes:
The dispassionate exercise of the guaranteed
right of tree speech cannot be yielded by any
American citizen in ti,>e Of war or in time Of
peace. If there be any thing worth contend
ing for-anything the value of which cannot
be estimated-it is this. It has been well said
by one of our most eminent statesmen, born
In my own native State:
"Without freedom Of speech there can be
If every man should close his lips, and not
venture even q word against violated rights,
who could maintain q free Government? No.
body! A people who cannot discuss the pub
lie measures of nation, and apply the neces-
sary rebuke to insure correction of wrongs,
cannot be free people, and do MOI deserve
to be-"
This sentiment should be dear to every
American. O.her men may talk about the
principle, but those Of my name and blood will
not, At the proper time, fail to Eght for IT.
The conte 81 Of arms, however, will not be re
quired; the certain and peaceful remedy viii
be found in the ballot Ok. LIST us all possess
our souls in patience That remedy is ours.
"The letter" says the reporter. "w as greeted
with cheer upon cheer"
Mr.. Seymour closes his letter u ish the fol
loving manly declaration:
which threaten to rJIsTIy ucdtrv 5Ar ~ths evils
stitutiops There are many palliatives, but
| only one remedy, and that is to stop the war.
While that lasts violence and wrong will
last also, and the citizen be doomed to perpet-
ual struggle with the opPressor. Ii We would
| save our liberties, save the Constitution, and
restore the Union, we must look TOR the &C
| complishment of these great ends in the Efficacy
| of peace measures, and not elscWhere."
While these letters were receiving the
plaudits of the multitude" a company OF sol
| oiers, with fixed bayonets, entered the park
and proceeded to the main stand, etc:
The Indignation aroused by this procedure
was universal and profound, tut the concourse
| maintained to the last dignifed bearing,
venting their feelings ia tremendous and sus-
tanned cheering at every allusion made to the
circumstance by their orators, who openly de-
| nounced the military menace.
At length Mayor Bigelow, of Newark, and
| Sheriff A. NJ. Reynolds appeared on the
ground, and distinctly informed the command
ing officer of the troops that the civil authori.
| ties we're amply able to maintain the peace of
| the city, and the eheriH added that unless the
| force wsls At ose. Withdrawn ha ahould call
| out the First Regiment OF the National Guard,
u tine new corps in thorough discipline. Short.
| ly afterwsId the troops, aItsr patrOling to and
| fro, withdrew, not, however, before the civil
| magistrates had been atr0nted by the jsering
| Of certain "respectable' rowdIss VINO had
| come to see the soldiers ''pitch ill.,"
In the meantime eloquent addresses were
delivered by the Hon. A. j. Rogers, NJ. e. elect
of the Sussex district; Hon. 4. r. Norton, of
this city; Judge A. Il Spesr, j. e. Fitzgerald,
/ unn tk,n hi
| Judge Crane, OF BOOnL0n, who all commented
upon the military display, rsbuked the usur-
pa,ions OF military power by Burnside and
| the action of the Administration in the Val
landigham case, and were cheered to the ecno.
The following preamble and resolutions
were Unanimously adopted with enthusiastic
cheers, in which several soldiers joined:'
Whereas, 1t is not only the privilege bu.
| the duty of freemen to Withstand the encI oach-
| ments Of the Executive, and to rebuke with
| hrmne IS thOee in power, who, under any plea,
| however specious, may presume to assault the
rights of the people: Therefore,
Resolued, That now, when despotism has
| eeized the Government, b0idness IS prudence,
and that we ehall avoid most of all the coun.
| sells of timad OF time-serving politicians
| tCheera
Resolved, That the people have thus far cub
mitted 70 the illegal acts of the Administra-
ton not because they are ignorant of their
rights, nor because they are Indifferent to the
inestimable blessings Of liberty, nor because
| they are wanting in courage to resist the ag-
gressions of lawiess power, but bscAuse they
have patiently hoped that the President and
his advisers would desist from their Utolations
| Of the Constitution IN time to save themselves
and the country from the consequences to
which such acts inevitably lead lCheers.
Resoivcd. That in the illegal seizure and ban
ishment of Hon. G. L. Vaiiandigham, the laws
of our country have been outraged, thu name
| of the United States disgraced, and the rights
of every citizen menaced, and that it is 20 "
| the duty Of q law-respscting people to demand
! of the Administration that il at once and for.
ever desist from such deeds Of dcsposism and
crime. Enthusiasml
Resolred, That we have reason to fear, from
the violation by the Administration of the laws
| passed at its own instance, and from the acts
and threats of cabinet officers, and generals in
the army, a settled purpose to establish instead
Of an elective Government, a military despot
ism and that if the time should uuhappily ar
rive when our rulers shalt usadly attempt to
deprive us Of an appeal to the ballot box, It
will then be the plain right and duty Of Hc
people to scithdraW their consent from such u
GouernmeM and to construct, by the speediest
aud most available means in their power. the
Government Established by our fathers. Ire
mendous cheers.
Resolred, That we heartily approve of the
sentiments expressed by Governor Seymour
in his recent letter, and that his truthful and
timely viudication of the rights Of freemen
entiLe him 10 the respect and esteem of every
lover of liberty.
Resolued, That we renew our declaration of
attachment to the Union, pledging to is