M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1863-05-21
VaIlandisham Habeas Corpus Case

VallandiSham's Iabeas Corpus Case.
His Honor, Judge Leavitt Of the District
, Court Of the U. s., acting as Circuit Judge
has decided not TO allow the writ in Vallan.
disham's case. He says Judge Swayne has
has decided The question in another case
las; fall, and he being an inferior Judge,
(Which is true,) has followed Swayne's dc.
cision. Judge Swayne is an appointee Of
Lincoln The Republican Supreme Court
oil Wisconsin has decided the reverse. 1t
seems Ohio Democrats are to be suppressed
regardless of Constitution and Laws. These
deci sons will receive the contempt and in
oignaton of every honest Jurist in the land, -,
without regard to his politics. The conn.
sci for Vail. has excepted to the opinion,
and the rase will 60 to the Supreme Court
Of the u s.
We are enabled to Law before ourr.a-
ders the sentence Of the Military Cu.rt.-
Valandigham has been sentenced during
this war, which will last, as we believe, un.
til the people change the administration, if
ever that time comes, to Imprisonment in
Fort Warren. This is the greatest dishon-
or that has yet been our lot TO publish, as
all act Of the administration, and disgrace
to the free State Of Ohio. 1t is full OF dan
ger TO our persons and our homes.
Sentence of VaIlhndIgham.
HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT or THE OHroJ
CISeINsATI, Omo, May IS, 1868.
General Order No. 6S
|. At a Military Commission, which con.
veneI at Cincinnati, Ohio, on the 9Th day
ofMdy, 1853, pursuant to Special Order No.
1876, of April 81, 1868, current series, from
these headquarters, and of which Brigadier
General ROBRT B. Potter, United States
Volunteers, is President, was arraigned and
tried, CLEMENT l.. VALLAHOIGHAM, a citi.
zen Of The State Of OHIO ,on the following
charge and specification ol charge. .O.wiI
ChDrgc Publicly expressing in violation
Of General Order No. 80, from Headquarters
Department Of the Ohio, sI mpathy for those
in arms against the Governme mt OF the Uni.
ted States, and declaring diSloyal senti.
ments and opinions, with the object and
purpose OF weakening the power of the Gov
runmen. in / IS efforts to suppress an unlaw.
lul rebellion.
Specification this, that the said Glenn.
enl l. ValIandigham, citizen of the State
OF Ohio, on or abOnt the lst day Of NAV. 1863.
at Nj. Vernon, Knox County, Ohio, did
publicly address large meeting of citizens,
and did utter sentiments in words. or in eff.
lects as follows Declaring the present war
"a wicked, cruel aud unnecessary war, a
war not being waged for The preservation Of
the Unionj a war Tor the purpose of crush
ing out liberty and erecting despotsm;
war 'Or the freedom Of the blacks and the
enslavement of the whites" stating that ''if
the Administration had so wished, the war
could have been honorably terminated
months egO;" that "peaCe might have been
honorably obta inei by listening 10 the pro-
posed nlermediation of France;" that ''prop.
OsitiOns by which the Northern States could
be won back, and the South guaran iced
their rights under the Constitution, had
been rejected the day before the late battle
oI Fredericksburg, BY Lincoln and his min
ions.' meaning thereby the President of the
United States and those under him in au-
thoity; charging 'tha! the Government of
the United States was about to appoint
Military MaTshals in every district to re-.
strain the people oil their Liberties, and To
deprive them Of their rights and privileges"
"charactetizlng General Order No. So, from
Headquarters Department Of Ohio, as a
base usnrpation o! arbitrary authority" invi.
ting his hearers TO resist the same. by saying,
"the sooner the people inform the minions
oil usurPed power, that they will not sub.
nit to such restrictions upon their liberties,
the better" declaring that he was at all
times and upon all occasions. resolved to
do what he could to defeat the at,empts.now
being node to build up monarchy upon
the ruins ofour free Government;" assert
ing that "he firmly believed, as he said six
months ago, that the men in power are al.
tempting TO establish despOiism in this
country more cruel and more oppressive
than ever existed before" All OF which