The Ashland union. [volume] (Ashland, Ashland County, Ohio) 1854-1868, 1863-09-30


Is. That the arrest, imprisonment and
pretended trial of Clement L. Va1landieham !,
a citizen of the State of Ohio, not belonging
to the land OF naval forces of the United
States, nor to the military in actual service,
by alledged military authority, for no other
pretended crime than that of utte1ing words
of legitimate criticism upon the conduct of
the Administration in power, and of appealing
to tie ballot box fer a change of policy-(said
arrest and military trial taking place whore
the courts of law are open and unobstructed,
and for no act done within the sphere of ac-
tive military operations in carrying on the
war0-we regard as a palpable violation ef the
following provisions of tne Constitution of the
United States. -
j. /. soCongress shall mako no law =
~abridging 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-
sons or things to be seized. aataa9
3. mo person shall be held to answer for
a capital OF otheswise Infamous crime, unless
on a pr~csentment or Indictment of a Grand
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. sseH
4 "In all criminal prosecutions, the ac-
cused shall enjoy the right TO a speedy and
public trial 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 tits declared that f'no per-
sons shall be transported out of the State for
any offense connff<tsa within the same."
16. That ClementeL. Vallandigham was
at the time of his arrest a prominent candi-
date for nomination By the Democratic party
of Ohio for The Office of Governor of the State;
thatthe Democratic party was fully competent
to decide whether he was a fit man for that
nomination, and that tho attempt to deprive
them of that right by his arrest and Danish
ment, was an unmerited imputation upon their
intelligence and loyalty, as well as a violation
OF the Constitution.
IL. W hat We respectfully and most earn
estly call upon the President of the United
States to restore Clement L.. Val~Eandigham to
his home in Ohio and that a Uni of one
from each Congressional District of the State,
to be selected by the presiding officer of this
Convention, is hereby appointed to present
this application to the President. ~ g
Is. That the thanks of this Con 7%ention
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.. Vallan7
digham ; and the President of this Convention
is hereby directed to communicate a copy of
this resolution to Governor Seymour.
10. 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
tive franchise, is not only subyersive of the
but the actual Inauguration of revolution.
20. That it is the sworn duty CT the Gov
ernor eff the State to protect her citizens in
the senJoyment and exercise of all their con-
stitutional rights ; and we have beheld with
deep humiliation and regret, not only the fail
ure of David Tod, Governor of Ohio, to per-
form that duty, but what is still worse, his &C.
tire participations in the violation of those
rights. ~ lb-aA
2I. That we d%enounee as traitors to TIE
country the Abolition Jacobins who are seek.
ing to bring about civil war in the loyal States
with the view of turning, if possible, the bay
onets of the army against the breasts of the
fathers, brothers and friends of the soldiers
and subjecting those states to a military sur
v~eillance and dominion.
p. That we denounce, as libelers of the
Democratic party and enemies of their coun
try, the men who arc engaged in representing
the Democratic party as wanting in sympathy
with our soldiers in the field. II is a base
SANDER upon human nature to assert that the
Democrats, who have hundreds of Thousands
! of brothers and sons in the army do not sym
pathize with them-and it is an outragesrpor
the Democratic party, that has always stood by
: the country, to assert that 1T is not the frieEG
of its gallant defenders.
%. That the conduct of Brigadier Gener
eral Mason, the Military Commandment at Co.
lumbus, and of the officer commanding the
; Provost Guard, in preventing all appearances
of military restraint upon the proceedings Of
this Convention, show that they have a just
appreciation ofthe Constitution of their counr
; try and the rights of the people and that
they are wise and patriotic officers, and that
} their conduct on this occasion is in striking
contrast with contrary conduct of the military
authorities upon the occasion of the late Dem.
ocratic meeting at indianapolis. And we take
pleasure in expressing our confidence in Gen.
eral Mason and the officers and soldiers under
his command.
BGr Devoted to thesUnion from the be-
ginning, l will not desert it now, in this the
hour of its sorest triaI."-C. L.. TlHandig.