The Ashland union. [volume] (Ashland, Ashland County, Ohio) 1854-1868, 1863-05-20


ulccal and unconstitutional erecr,;ro oraars
on proclamatlons of last summer. into the sem
- n 6lapcAend Corn ofaaw. q 80
II u ATeidquio into ttsssonable n-ract;ee. % az.
the bill. So. then. your r,oyoi, rar-h -.
= Ito be dsn6tVs sn;es - N 1870 -. eLaia:ns
{, .siI. his secret inouisitions hers IN W.sh;o rtrp
mon secret renor,s ssnts ~ t.l..-.KeSr
bapse 1Dfl,ynueh,b ,.s;,s 49, ~
control of the Executive WHAT rSbt b.ssbs
to ARTIST and hold me without NJ bear;ng Ia.
cause some deputy snv az b;s chooson ) ~
me eaiity of adisioFaity,1 81. Of ssrsssanaSis
practices - Is this the liberty secured hv. the
CONSERVATION 0 Sirsl let mo tell Won tbat e tbs
: ssitphFposeofthis bilf be 10 crush out alIsonnos;-
sssnt7hn % the Administration and the naEty in
= =, ,poEer, you have no constitutional right 10 en-.
IN aetsits and not force enough to, comnel the
people, your masters, to submit n -
sdf > But the ~enornfity ofthe measure does NOT
g 5s5p Asfe.s saws the. Constitution
: - .sfisaa Il 20 ss,,s sisn Is -.
sd,ifre.S EFF speseh or Of sbs p1s.s '.'s'ns ' 'ns
iHs.sAnf yetspeeeh-mere words, derogatory to
sfrcsident, or lnupposiuon to his admins
sol fraton ana ms party and pelicy, have, over
81 10 epaeEer again, been reported by the spies and
80 bsths iasn in power, stobe "disloyali practices
Z f9r, which hundreds Ut free American citizens,
-. 4 20 AAmsrIcay not African descent, have been
4a59serFfested1 and Imprisoned. for months, without
~ aeousnslon, anu Nllneus trial oy jury,
i .Hse ssiaissa X alii Even upon pretense 81 guilt
e zst Lsoss vague ana lndennlte, but most
inprehens,ve OF All 'onenses, "oiscourasing
-s,b 81 Sstpents, men nave been seized at mid
nlsnt, ana dragged from their beds, their
H5EsHaesi ana their families, to be shut up in the
x s'1slehe casema,es OF your military fortresses, as
-, leiens; And ssgs by THIS bill, you propose
i.szIstPP lsc,ares "a inc Iorm ana semblance OF law,
thas whoever "counseis or dissuadcs, any one
from me RerieInlance OF the military duty re- 2;
qalssa, nnoer me conscriPtion, shall De sum,
ieS.e1D " yoar provost harsnais, ana
ne'o Natrous Elaf5Hl the GRAFT snaff have
oeen completes. on, even the .seditlon law
800 eons.'.utlona, nereIui, ana JUST,
~ GonPsIsu seAesrao!e enactment; W;se-
saUka..;1s;esn Js ~ - NC. Le aS.asI.
s,sp, IH : soNu@'or = = iperIy
Pc Ser :. sPeecnl shall = lnsielaply
PeessIli,se, "nsn ~ :e:uriey = a''oge'neE
s.spsno on Pubic oPtntons ana on 1Ne genera
- P.opse, = = = = ,n .v government. !
Hs-s 80 er'Ns = "1H"y DH ~ NV sup
-. - ta5,. D -. s5s 4fas
rs no persons go alas go q
q Says the Constitution, s394 /
ssNo person shall be held to answer for n
capital or otherwise Infamous crime, unless on
. pFesentment or Indictment of a grand jury,
exceHt in cases arising on the land and naval
fs1cezos u the militia when in actualservice
IN time o. rsr Or public danger ; nor be de-
Prssa =. ne soer'y5 OF properly, wltn9ut due
Sprecess oI1a"1 Esd -
Ice. nc saeePuon p Exery man not IN the
~ 5ne nrocess If az. r hs;gs $3.50 III
out it,sis entitle L to demand immediate inoui.
ny and discharge, or bail; and if held then
bprcsentuhen emit or Indictment by a grand iurry in
"a civil court, and according to the law of the
land. And yet you now propose by this bill,
in addition to the one million two hundred
eand thirty seven thousand men who have vol
guntarily surrendered that great. right of free
ssnlea.secoBd only to the 6allot-and indeed,
sessfntiaf to it-so take it away forcibly and
snysinst ts1elr consent, from three Mullins more,
swhpse only crime is that they happen to have
e~tsensso born as to be now between the ages of
twenty and furty.fve. Do it, if Won can, un-
der the Constitution and when yon have thus
forced them into the military service they will
be subject to military law, and not entitled to
arrest only upon due process of law, norto in.
fdictnentabF q grand Jury in a civil court. But
gou can not, you shall not-because the Con
~stisatiou forbids it-deprive the whole reople,
also, of the United States of these rights Tin
eetimable to them and formidable to t9rants
only" under the "war power" or upon the
spretense Of smilitary necessity and bv yiftue
of an<act or Congress creating and defining new
.frsasons,a new ofenses, not only unknown to
the Gonstitution, but expressly excluded by it.
= But again: -
asSssTn an er;m;n, aon.ionsuZ
ss-.S1
;.ssnsssn neneser : Pena.sy - . % imposed;
e.-asseg,;onTS nee : - ''t''lHh
aI, -uaa-.v l54
- -sG-
sas oaystn Consutuuon-
.Hthe accused shall enloy the right to n sneedv