M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1863-06-18

: /. "COngress shall make no law -
abndging the freedom Of speech or of the
press, or the right Of the people peaceably
to assemble, and to petition ths Government
for redress Of grievances.
2. "The right OF the people to be secum
IN their persons, houses, papers and effects
against unreasonable searches and seizures,
shall not be violated, and no warrant shall
issue but upon probable cause, supported bv
oath or affirmation, and particularly descrIb-
ing the place to be searched and the persons
or things to be seized
"No persons shall be held 10 ansve,
for capital or Otherwise Infamous crimr.
unless IN pressntment or indictment of =
Grand J.ry, except in cases arising in the
land or naval forces, or in the militia wbsn
In actual service In time Of war or public
danger.
a. "ln all criminal prosecutions, the sc-
cused shall enjoy the right to speedy and
public trial BY an impartial jury of the Stats.
and district wherein the crime shall have
been committed, which district shall have
been previously ascertained by law"
And we furthermore denounce said ar.
rest, trial and Punishment as direct in.
suit offered to the sovereignty Of the people
oil ohlo' by whose organic law it is declared
that mo person shall be transported oot of
The Stale for any ofenss committed within
the same "
IL. That Clement L. Vallandieham was
az the time oil his arrest a prominent candi.
date Tor nomination by the Democratic by
PslY VI ONO ior Onlce Of Governor Of the
SIalei Ihat The Democratic party was fully
competent to decide whether he was a fit
man tor that nomination, ond that the at.
tempt 10 deprive them OF that right bv bis
arrest and banishnent was an unmerited
lmputatlon upon their intelligence and Low.
aiy, as well as violation OF the Coustitu.
| tion.
~ Ihat we respectfully, but most earn.
| estly, call upon the President of the United
states to restore Clement L. Vallandi0bam
to his home in Ohio; and that a COMMITTEES
OF one from each Congressional Dis,rict or
sne SIste' 10 be selected by the presiding of.
hcer Of this Convention, is hereby apooin-
dent. " '"' '''i-
10. That the thanks OF this Conyention
are hereby rendered to Horatio Seymour
uoVernor OF the State of New York. for bis
noble letter in relation to the arrest or NJ
SalIandrgham; and the President of This
Convention is hereby directed to communi.
cafe copy oil tEis resolution to Governor
Seymour.
10. That the establishment of , mil;,,rx
government over the loyal States, whore war
does not exist, to supersede the civil autbori-
'ies and suppress the freedom Of speech and
OF the press. and to inteIfere with the eleo.
1--WE lranchise, is not only subyersiye of the
constitution and the sovereignty of tha
states but the actual Inauguration os reyo-
luton.
70 Ihatit is the sworn duty of the Gov.
emor OF the State to protect her citIzens in
Inc lnIoyalent and exercise of all their con-
slllHlona rights; and we have beheld with
deep humiliation and regret, not only The
failure ol David Tod, Governor of Ohio, to
perform that duty, but what Is still worse,
MS acIire participalions 10 The violation Of
these rights.
u. That we deaounce as traitors 10 the
country the Abolition Jacobins who ara
seeking to bring about civil war la the Low.
al states, with the view Of turning il posi-.
bic, the bayonets of the army against the
breasts of the fathers, brothers and friends of
the. soldiers, and subjecting those States to
military surveillance and dominion, -
%. That we denounce, as libelers of tba
Democratic party and enemies of their coun
try, the men who are eng aged in reoresent-
| ing the Democrric party as wauting in SWIM.
Pathy "iIa our soldiers in the field. It.is
base slandei upon human nature to assert
mat the Democrats, who have hundreds of
thousands OF brothers aud sons in the army.
do not sympathlse with them and il is an
outra &c upon the Democratic patty, that
has always stood by the county. to assert
| that it is not the friend Of its gallant dslen-
ders, '-E q
%: That the conduct OF Brigader Ger
etal Mason. The Military Commapdant at
Columbus, and Of the officer commanding
the Provost Guard, in preventing all op ear,
ance nj military restraint upon The proceed.
'nss OF this Convention show that they have
Just appreciation Of the Constitution of
their country and the rights of the people;
and that they are wise and potriotc officers
and that their conduct on this occasion is
IN striking contrast with contrary conduc /
ithe military authorities upon the occasion
o! me late Democratic meeting at Indianap-
OILS. And we take pleasure in expressing
our confidence IN General Mason and the
officers and soldiers under his command.
, lhe Convention then adjourned, with
three cheers for the nominees. three for tho
Constitution, and three for the Union. az
i WILLIAM MEnIII D.os;Io.1
Amos LAYMAN, Secretary. ,ssH-A
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