The dollar weekly bulletin. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1862-1864, 1863-06-11

Aiming at all times to be courteous and
temperate in its use, except when the right
itself Is questioned, shall place myself on
me extreme boundary Of my right, and bid de-
tsance to any arm that s0ould move me from my
ground. :. This high constitutional privilege
i shaHs defend aud exercise within. this
house and in all places; in time of peace. IN
time of a0ar. and at all times. Living l shall
assert it, and should leave no other in
herltance to my children, by the blessing Of
God, will leave them the inheritance OF
free principles and the example of a manly.
indepeud ent, and constitutional defence OF
them"
tits gratifying to observe that many OF
the political friends of the President are
foremost on this occasion to deplore the
error into which he has fallen by his omis-
sion to cancel the proceedings illegally in
instituted by General Burnside. We have
already cited abundant illustrations in proof
of this statement, and we find pleasure in
saying that the attitude taken in this matter
by the great mass of the Republican press
does equal honor to its intelligence and its
candor. Even the most embittered political
opponents of MIR. Vallandigham demand
that he shall be legally tried and condemn
ed, if condemned at,ali, for his violentspeech
at Mount Vernon. A correspondent of that
extreme paper. the Anti-SlaUery Standard,
writes as follows: 4- Il
II think there can be no doubt'that Gsu.
Burnside committed blunder in paying any
attention to his (Valandigham's) stump
speeches. He should have been indicted
aud tried in the courts. That is the better
way in free State. For one, am not
going to desert the cause of free speech and
good government. Let men likeV allandig-
ham be punished in and by the courts. If
any body gets down where there are no
courts, on the bord err, where the war RACES,
let the military power govern him, but it is
not quite time yet to let Gen. Burnside d.
rect the newspapers and the politicians of
Ohio. If he may do so the next step will
be for Gen. w DOL to suppress the newspapers
of New York. Those who Justify the mill
tary arrest of Vallandigham for making ex
cited stump speeches could not deny to Gen.
Halleck the right to suppress every news
paper in the country through his subordin-
ates. Gen. Burnside is the sole judge. &C
cording to this m ilitsry theory, and of course
Gen. Wool would be the only Judge in New
York. Let as not admit too much agains our
ot0n liberty in this terrible attempt to suppress
the prO-slavery revolution"
To like purport the Washington cores
pendent of the New Y ork Independent
writes as follows: az
at is Yetdoubtful what will be done with
Mr.. Vallandigham. 1t is reported here tn at
Mr. Seward says it was great mistake for
Gen. Burnside to arrest him-that he should
have been brought before the courts and
tried for treason. IF this is Mr.. Stewards
position, he exhibits his unusual sagacity.-
L. IL. I
a necessity for arresting citizens and trying
them by court-martial in the States where
the conflict of arms does not rage. If Gen.
Burnside may with propriety ignore the
civil courts in Ohio, so may Gen. Dix in New
York, and the next step will be, perhaps,
the arrest of every editor in New York who
offends Gen. Halleck by criticisms upon his
course. For it must be remembered that it
is the General who arrests who is sole Judge |
of the necessity, and if half dozen officers
can be found who believe that criticisms
upon the General-in- chief tend to evil in
the army, then your Washington correspon-
dent and the editors of the Independent |
NAV soon be sentenced TO the Dry Tortugas!
There are no liberties for the citizen il the
new military doctrine prevails. The better
course is to stick to law and order, and in
the peaceful States to prosecute men in the
civil courts for reasonable acts. The ex-
perieuce of 1862 certainly shows this. The
President hesitates, and wisely. He doubt
less dislikes to seem to shrink from COLI
sion with the copperheads. If Vallandig-
ham goes free again, all will agree that it
was a blunder that the lafresdwas m ade; but
the President csnnot evade the blunder, and |
he is forced to decide upon its merits"
1t was to be expected that the Democratic |
press and politicians would eagerly avail
themselves Of this "blunder" to create |
popular sentiment to the disadvantage of |
the Administration. This should have been |
foreseen by Gen. Burnside when he entered |
on such a thorny path; but most of all |
should it have been foreseen by the Presi-
dent if he did not promptly interpose his |
to arrest such irregular proceed |
ings. We still hope that on the return of |
Il T, Vallandigham to his home (for we pre-
sumo he will SO returu) the President will |
direct that he be put on trial according to /
the Constitution and the laws.
In the mean time we invite the attention |
Of all good citizens to the following obser-
vaton of Mr.. Crittenden. as contained in |
his recent speech published by us a few |
days ago, and which correctly define the
duty of patriot at this crisis: -
Neither on this nor any other occasion
has it been my habit to make an outcry and |
clamor; but when usurpations of power are
made dangerous, and when encroachments
upon my liberty and the liberty of my con-
and upon the Constitution intend
ed to guard the liberties of us all are made.
would have every man have spirit enough /
to declare his opinions aud offer his protests.
Without this freedom of speech there can
be no lasting lberty-the Republic cannot
exist. if every man should close his lips +
and not venture even a word against vio-
lated rights, who could maintain a free
Government? Nobody. A people who
-oppOf I;ecucc fbo ,b1;o cal.