Semi-weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1853-18??, 1863-05-19
The case of Mr.. vslrandiighasimr;., i

~, The following are the charges on which Mr. VAL
landighamr Of Ohio, was arrested: 4 i I,ac = (
In this the said Clement L. YallandighaHl cit
izen of the STATE of Ohio Ion about the first day
of May, l1S6a, at Mount Vernon, Knox county,
Ohio, did publicly address large meeting of citi-
zens and did utter septipents, in words or in effect
rs tolloHs dectaIIng the present war; "a wicked,
cruel and unnecessary war :" 80 a war net being
Eaged for the preservation of the UAioH = "a war
for the purpose of crushing out liberty and erecting
q daspotism;h "a war for thefreedom of the blacks
and the enslaEement Of the whites" stating that
If the Administration had so wished, the war could
nave been honorably terminated months ago ~ that
b" peace might have been honorably obtained by lis
7tenne to the proposed INTERPRETATION of France; :"
that Spropositions by which the Southern" States
could baEe been won back and the South be guar
anteed their rights under the Constitution had been
rejected the day before the atebatle at Fredericks-
burg, by Lincoln and his mnions |" meaniag there
by the President of the United States and those
under him in authority. Charging "that the Gov
ernnent of the Omitted States were about to appoint
military marshals in, every district to restrain the
people Of their liberties and deprive them Of their
rights and privileges" .Charactersing- General
Orders No. SS, Headquarters Department of the
OHIO, as g base ursurpaton Of arbitrary authori-
W; inviting his hearers to resist the same by say
ing, "the sooner the people inform the mnions of
usurped power that they will not submit TO such
restrictions upon their liberties, the better" de-
claring "that he at all times, and upon.sn oc,
caslons resolved to do what he could to defeat the
attempts now being made to build up q monarchy
upon the ruins of free government" .serting
that be firmly believed, as he said six months ago.
that the men IN power are attempting to establish
despctisu in this country more cruel and more oP-
pressiEe than ever existed before"
All Of which opinions and sentiments' he we'll
knew did aid comfort and encourage those in arms
against the government and could but induce in his
hearers a distrust of their own government and
sympathy for those in arms against it. and dspo-
sition to resist the laws Of the land. - .
Captain of 18th Infantry, Judge Advocate, De-
partment Of the Ohio 49,
Mr.. Vallandigham protested as follows against
his arrest and imprisonment:
Arrested without due process of law, without
warrant from any judicial officer, and now in mill
tarK custody, have been served with charge and
specifications as from a ourtmartial or military
commission lam not either in the land or naval
service Of the United States, and therefore am not
triable for any cause by any such court but am
subject by the express terms Of the Constitution,
to arrest only by due process Of law, warrant
issued by some officer of court of competent ju-
risdicton for trial of citizens am subject to Indet
ment and trial on presentment Of grand jury, and
am entitled to speedy trial. to be confronted with
witnesses, aud to compulsory process for witnesses
IN my behalf and am entitled to counsel All these
demand, as my right as citizen of the United
States under the Constitution of the United States
But the alleged offence itself is not known to the
Constitution, nor to any law thereof 1t is words
spoken to the people of Ohio in an open public po
litcal meeting lawfully and peacefully assembled,
under the Constitution and upon full notice.
1t is the words of a citizen on the public policy
ofthe public servants of the people by which poll
cy it was alleged that the welfare of the country
was not promoted. 1t was an appeal to the people
to change that policy not by force but by the cleo
tons and the balotbox. 1t is not pretended that
counselled disobedence to the Constitution or re-
sIstance to law or lawful authority. have never
done this.
/ have nothing further to subAt.
g. L. VALLANDIGHAM.