The Ashland union. [volume] (Ashland, Ashland County, Ohio) 1854-1868, 1863-05-13
TRIAL OF C.zVALLANDIGHAMI--
THE SPECIFICATIONS ANREY
d TnENCE. ss,., 80 .i,, a. /.

| The trIaf OF MT. allandigham having Dcer
concluded, it will not be improper now to pub
lish the chqzsesapdsspeei6eation nsainstlip
and so much Of the evidence as is of IMPORT
e'1 The bBsiS, organized, A.aas|
Iished q few days sinee, the Judge advocate
read the following >
r. 60 : gaoIraRGEaD ,EEEAEGIk9
Publicly expressing in violation of 7Gener-
al Orders No. SO; from Headquarters, Depart
,ment efthe Ohio, shisSsym 5afhies for those in
Farms against the Govcrnmentaofsthe) United
Estates, declaring disloyalsentiments and opih.
lions, with the object and purpose of weaken
ing the power of the Government in its eff
forts to suppress an unlawful rebellion..as7T >
( afdsfpof sssPEcIFIcArIoN. is1a 3D. tho 2
In this, that the said G 'emcnt L. VaIiarnn--
digham, a citizen of the State of Ohio, on or
about the Ist day of May, 1868, at Mount
EYernon, Knox County, Ohio, did publicly ad-
Edfess a. large number of citizens, and did ut
ter sentiments, inawords orinT effect. as follows,
I;declaring the present. war ga wicked, cruel,
and unnecessary wa /; ga war not being
waged for the preservation of the Union !" a
war for she purpose of erushing<eut liberty
and erecting a ,despotism . "a war for the
freedom of the blacks and the disbursement of
the whites 81 stating isthat thesAdministra.
zion had. so wished, the war could have, been
honorably terminated months ages that
apeace might have been honorably obtained
by listening to the Observation-Disclosures of
France " that Gpropositions. by which the
Southern States could be won back and the
South be guaranteed their rights Fupders,the
Constitutions had been rejected the day before
the late battle at fredericksburg by Lincoln
his, minions !" meaning thereby the Pres
ident of the, United :States,4and those under
him in authority Charging e hatsthe Goyr
ernment of the United States were about to
appoint MilitarytMarshals in every Distrietsto
The people of their liberties, to de-
prive them of their rights and privileges."-
Headquarters Department of the Ohio, as ga
base dsufpation Of arbitrary authority iinvi1
ting his hearers to resist the same by saying.
sooner the people, isform the iminiops Of
susnrpeda power thatthey Twillrpot submit to
such resE.ictions5u poH their liberties the bets
ter = declaring s.tfiat he was at all times, and
upon all occasiors resolved to do what he
. 5uld t, defeat the attempts.pow being made.
TO build mp q. monarchy upon the ~ruiDs.of ouri
free Goyornment;Ys assertingatsthat heafrmlg
believedya he said six months ago, that the
men in power are attempting to- establish
despptism in this Country more cruel and:
mOrd IMPRESSIVE tulh IoftIjcAbt0Q OSt0EesE3STij
All of which opinions naud-sentimehtsb4h he.
we'll knew diLaia,-eem aad5eneourage-
those in arms ogafustsTtheo ioyapaenfassa
could but induce in his hearers o. -distrust of
their own GpEernmsht and sympathy for these
id afms,againstita aRdia disposition .to7Eesist,
the laws of the slahd<dsox 1Js Mai6URTSsa
Curtis in 18th infantry, 9adge AdvocatsssiRei
partpeuta " ne ohi5aoax tnsssI voy su.r,
,TEsFIMoNF eF>eAPF~HfBhs or RI fsTft o. Y.
a~Not having heard thoseseinoay Of Captain
Hill on the, fEstsday, we can only pEeseats sAe
co~pcludihg portiona ase given snn- then ssoeaa
day. ETheasubstaneezef what she detailed che
first day. oHefsssz,s q eo1tainedi in tHe spec
,fcations' Dove we said yesterday, Nlss
0Yallandigham conducted the case, on his side,
for himseifs nand asked she questions in the
Gcross-ex~adf8ati6ssoS Captain Hill.
n Question, by Mr.. VallandigHamAfh speak