The Ashland union. [volume] (Ashland, Ashland County, Ohio) 1854-1868, 1863-08-12

10. That the arrest, Imprisonment ant
pretended trial of Clement L.. V~allandigham
a citizen of the State of Ohio, not belonging
to the land or naval forces of the United
States, nor to the military in actual service
by ailedsed military authority, for no othel
pretended crime than that of utteIing world
of legitimate criticism upon the conduct o
the administration in power, and of appealing
to tie ballot tox for a change of policy-(saic
arrest and military trial taking place where
the courts of Law are open and unobstructed
and for no act done within the sphere of ac-
tive military operations in carrying on tic
war)-we regard as a palpable violation Ct the
following provisions of tine Constitution of the
United States.
l. "Congress shall make no law < + "
abridgiDg the freedom of speech or of the
press, or the right of the people peaceably to
assemble, and to petition the Government for
a redress of grievances.
2. "The right of the people to be secure
IN their persons, houses, papers and effects
against unreasonable searches and seizures,
shall not be violated, and no warrant shall is
sue but upon probable cause, supported by
oath or affirmation, and particularly desert
bling the place to be searched and the per-
CONS or things to be seized.
3. No person shall be held to answer for
a capital or otheswise infamous crime, unless
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Jury, except in cases arising in tie land or
naval forces, or in the militia when in actual
service in time of war or public danger.
lin all criminal prosecutions, the &C
cused shall enjoy the right to a speedy and
public trltI by an impartial jury of the State
and district wherein the crime shall have been
committed, which district shall have been pre-
viously aseertained by law"
And We furthermore denounce said arrest,
trial and Punishment as a direct insult offered
to the sovereignty of the people of Ohio, by.
whose organic law it is declared that "no per-
sons shall be transported out of the State for
any offense committed within the same"
IL. That Clement L.. Vallandigham was
at the time OF his arrest a prominent candi-
late for nomination by the Democratic party
OF Ohio for The office of Governor of the State;
that the Democratic party was fully competent
to decide whether he was a fit man for that
nomination, and that the attempt to deprive
them OF that right by his arrest and Danish
ment, was an unmerited imputation upon their
intelligence and loyalty, as we'll as a violation
Of the Constitution.
IL. What we respectfully and most earn
estly call uron the President of the United
States to restore Clement l.. Vallandigham to
his home in Ohio and that a committe of one
from each Congressional District of the State,
to be selected by the presiding officer of this
Convention, is hereby appointed to preseI t
this application to the President.
La. That the thanks of this Con %Fention
are hereby rendered to aoratio Seymour, Gov
ernor of the State of New York, for his noble
letter In relation to the arrest of Mr.. Vallan-
and the President of this Convention
IS hereby directed to communicate a copy of
this resolution to Governor Seymour.
z19. That the establishment of a military
government over the loyal States where war
does not exist, to supercede the military au-
thority and suppress the freedom of speech
and of the press, and interfere with the cleo
franchise, is not only subversive of the
and the sovereignty of the States,
but the actual Inauguration of revolution.
20. That it is the sworn duty CT the Gov
ernor of the State to protect her citizens in
the enjoyment and exercise of all their con-
rights and We have beheld with
deep humiliation and regret, not only the fail
IRE OF David Tod, Governor of Ohio, to per-
form that duty, but what is still worse, his ac-
participations in the violation of those
rights. ~
2I. That we denounce as traitors to tie
country the Abolition Jacobins who are seek
ng to bring about civil war in the loyal States,
With the view of turning, if possible, the bay
NETS OF the army against the breasts of the
'athers, brothers and friends of the soldiers,
luu ouUJSCLIuS IuOSc SIdGeS 10 u military sur
and dominion.
p. That we denounce, as libelers of the
party and enemies of their coun.
ny, the men who arc engaged in representing
he Democratic party as wanting in sympathy
With our soldiers in the field. IL is a base
lander upon human nature to assert that the
Democrats, who have hundreds of thousands
# brothers and sons in the army do not SYM
'athize with them-and it is an outrage Upon
he Democratic party, that has always stood by
he country, to assert that 1t is not the fried
its gallant defenders.
20. That the conduct of Brigadier Gener-
raj Nason, the Military Commandant at Co.
umbus, and of the officer commanding the
Provost Guard, in preventing all appearances
military restraint upon the proceedings of
his Convention, show that they have a just
ppreeiatinn of the Constitution of their coun-
~ and the rights of the people; and that
hey are wise and patriotic officers, and that
heir conduct on this occasion is in striking
ontrast with contrary conduct of the military
upon the occasion of the late Dem
cratic meeting at Indianapolis. And we take
leasure in expressing our confidence in Gen
Mason and the officers and soldiers under
is command.
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