Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1863-07-22

4 oances Wnlch are alleged 10 have occurred
in resistance OF the arrest OF deserter, and
OF the enrolment preparatory 10 the draft
and which you attribute mainly to tAt
course Mr.. Valandighom has pursued
you say that he has made speeches against
the war in the midst of resistance TO il -
that he has never been known, in any in.
stance 10 counsel against such resistance,
and that 'uiS aext 10 impossible 10 repel the ins
terence that he has coRn5cilcd directly IN fquoY
/ 0H Pei init us TO say that your infornIa-
ton is most grieyously NJ fault. The un-
derslgned have been in the habit of hear
nag Mr.. Vallandigham speak before popn.
lar assemblages, and they appeal with
confidence TO every truthful person who
has ever hoard him, for the accuracy of the
declaration that he has ever m ade speech
before the people ofOhio, in which he has
not counseled submission and obedience
to the laws ana the Constitution, and nd =,
vlsed the peaceful-remedies of the judicial
tribunals. and of the ballot box for the res
dress ofgrievances, and for the evils which
atfilct our bleeding aud suffering country
And, were il not foreign to the purposes
of this communication, we would underA
take 10 establish, to the satisfaction of any
candid person, that the disturbances a,
mong the people, to which You allude, in
opposition to the arrest of deserters and
the draft, have been oocasioned mainly by
the measures, policy and conduct of your
Administration, and the course OF its polit-
lcal friends. But il the circumstantnl ev.
idenco exists to which YOU aiude, which
makes 1T next TO impossible TO repel the
Inference, that Mr.. Valaudigham has
in favor of this resistance. ana
that the same has been mainly attrib.
utable TO his conduct, why was he mott
turned over 70 the civil authorities 10 be
tried under the late acts of Congress a.? MI
there be any foundation in fact for YOUR
statements duplicating him in resistance
to the constituted authorities, he is liable
to such prosecutions. And we now de.
mand as a mere act of justice 10 him, an
investigation os this matter, before Jury
OF his country and respectfully insist
that fairness requires either that YOU re-
tract these charges which you make
against him, or that you revoke your or
der OF bani'hment aud allow him the on.
portunily of an investigation before an
impartial Jury.
The Committee do not deem il necessa,
ry 10 repe at length the imputation, that
The attitude OF themselves or of the Demo, !
cratic parry in Ohio encourage desertions, |
resistance TO The draft, and the like Sug. |
gestions OF that kind are not unusual wea,
pons in onr ordinary political contests
They rise readily in the minds of politi- |
clans, heated with the excitement of par,
.izan strife. During tho two wears in
which the Democratic party Of Ohio has
been constrained to oppose the policy of
The administration, and to stand up in de |
ence of the Constitution and of personal /
rights this charge has been repeatedly
made. 1t has fallen harmless, however, at
he feet OF those whom ii was intended to
njure. The Committee believe it will 90
70 nglin. lfit were proper to dos in this
Daper, they might suggest that tke meas.
ares OF the Administration, aud lis chang.
Is vi policy In the prusucu tior, of tho war
nave been the fruitful sources of discour
aging enlistment, sndinducing desertions,
md furnish a reason for the undenisble
act, that the first call for volunteers was
by very many nlore than were
demanded, and that the next call for col.
iIers will probably be responded to by
lrafted men alone. The observation of
he President in this connection, that neis
her the Convention in its resolutions, nor
he committee in It's communication, in,
innate that they are conscious OF an ex.
sting rebellion being in progress with the
vowed object Of destroying the Union,
needs, perhaps, no reply The Demo-
,.atic party of Ohio has felt SO heenly the
OF The country. aud been so
tricken to the heart by the misiortunes
md sorrows which have befalien it, that
hey hardly deemed it necessary by solemn
esolution, when their very State EXHIBIT.
ID everywhere the sad evidences of war to
cmind the President that they were
ware of its existence.
la the conclusion Of your communica.
ion, you propose that, if majority of the
committee shall atfiX their signatures to a
duplicate copy Of it, which you have fur
lished, tlley shall stand committed to
hree propositions therein at length set
iorth, that be will publish the names thus
'igned, and that this publication shall ops
crate as q revocation Of the order of ban
shment. The committee cannot refrain
rom the expression of their surprise that
he President should make the fate OF Mr.
Nd!landlgham depend upon the opinion
'f this committee upon these propositions
.f the arrest and banishment were legal,
md were deserved if the President exer-
Used power clearly delegated under
which warranted its exercise
he order ought not to be revoke ed, merely
the committee hold or express
opinions dccordant with those of the Pres.
dent. If the arrest and Punishment were
Iot legal, or were not deserved by Mr..
then surely he is entited
. am immediate and unconditional dis.
harge.
The people of Ohio we're not so deeply
moved 10y the action of the President.
merely because they we're concerued for
ho personal safety or convenience Of Mr..
but Lecause they saw in
lis arrest and banishment an attack upon
heir own personal right and they attach
alue to his discharge chiefly as it will iu>
icate an abandonment OF the claim to the
,ower of such arrest and baIishment. -
iowever just the undersigned might re-
ard the rrincinlps contained in tho sav.