Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1863-06-17

warned not to launch this country into the mis-
cries of civil war; but they did It upon the dis.
tinct proposition that they could maintain the
government and the integrity of the Union by
the sword. They assumed that responsible
ity, and hold them to IL before God, the civ
ilized world, and the judgment of all ages. l
will do no act, Will utter NO word, to relieve
them Of that responsibility. If they demand
more men they ehall have them; II they require
millions more of treasure they shall have Il; but
if they fall, and OF the end their folly and their
failure are apparent, the judgment Of God, Of
men and Of history will be against them. Bot
| will do no act, utter no word that they In the
future can construs into an excuse for their
failure, or as plea for escaping tbs fespon-
sibility. If they succeed and restore the Union
as IL was, am false prophet; and II they
fail they shall not pus on me any excuse or re-
eponaiblity for their failure. (Applause
But as q citizen, will net submit for one
hour to the exercise Of arbitrary, despotic and
irresponsible power. The Democracy have al
ready submitted 90 more Of H. and experienced
moro outrages under 1t than any other people
that ever existed would have borne We have
borne those repeated outrsges patiently, but
there IL limit to endurance. But If shey per.
sist 10 declaring or maintaining martial Law in
States where there is no war-if hold my
life and property, and the security of my wife
and children subject to the whm Of Gen. Burn
side or any other General, IL will be time to
hold o Convention that never will adjourn until
our liberties are achieved and our rights win
dicated. Tremendous applausel I say this
in view of BuCneide's Order No. 38. | can die
but once; but life 10 q debt we must all pay
at some time, and II matters little whether It
be 10 battle or by mock trial apd sentence Of
o cham military commisslon--let tho debt be
gloriously paid In defense of liberty. / scorn
your Order 80. (Chesrs.) spurn, execrale,
trample under foot the order of any military
officer defining treason and prescribing liberty
(Renewed applauae) Come what willT
come imprisonment, exile, stripes, hard Ia
Dor, death-I defy Order No 3s. Gm.
menae sppau'e) We are not such abect
slaves as to yield our lives, our liberties, and
rights of property and the security Of our house
holds at the dictation of any man, be he Gen.
eral, corporal or civilian. (Cheers.) If you
submit, you deserve to be slaves may not
agree with Mr.. Vallandigham In all his views
upon the war, but / will maintain his right to
express them-as maintain my own. exhort
you, my fellow-citzens, to postpone every other
question and think of nothing until you have
vindicated your right to liberty Of speech.
will express my opiniona If need be at the haz.
ard of my life. I have at least tho courage of
Cato, not to live a slave when can die free
man. l exhort you, my friends, to put aside
all other work aud devote yourselves to The set
tement of this great question; lot that be your
business, all your business, until October next.
Do not holloa to-day and repent Tomorrow;
but maintain your position with the dignity and
courage and steadness of freemen. Take
counsel Of your hearts and solemnly resolve
that this thing shall be stopped-stopped peace
ably if possible-but stopped at all events.
(Applause) The best security Of the liberties
of a people is the knowledge of the courage
with which they will maintain them. Then
Generals, Colonels aud Corporals will think be-
fore they undertake to deprive you of them.
Some of us must make the issue on the subject
OF theee arbitrary arrests; IL may be you, it may
be me. II me, God help me, 1 will meet the
responsibility as becomes a man. / want no
office, ask no favors of you or any one, as q
politician, but claim the right to maintain my
privileges as a citizen, and will do it (Cries,
Gwen stand by your If we had an honest
man in the Governors Office OF Ohio, our lib
critics would have been maintained intact, but
we have had q creature who has dragged the
great Office into the dust. We have no Gov
ernor-we have thing. (Groans for Tod.)
And yet this renegade Tod has the audacity to
he will come into the Democratic party
(renewed groans and Kisses for Tod and
put such Democrats as vallandigham and Olds
to the wall. l told him, as now tell you, that
if he ever appears in a Democratic Convention
again, will move to suspend oil business until
he has been expelled. prolonged cheers and
cries Of "We'll kick him out.") | can pardon
an honest man who errs In judgment in the
clamor and emergencies of the hour, but never
the man who sold his birthright in Democracy
in order to oppress it, Tod sold himself for an
office, and became 80 infamous that no words
can describe his iniamy. prolonged groans for
TODD .
If am dragged before military commits
sion under Burnside's Order No. 3S, before to.
morrow night, aak, "Will you act7" (Cries,
"We will" and tremendous applause,) have
considered the possibility that you will not act;
and If you do not am determined 10 maintain
my rights at the cost of my life, and will
thank God that have been considered worthy
to suffer In the cause of liberty. CHEERS
When my friend and fellow.citizen, Vallandig-
ham, for expressing hi5 opinions and maintain
ing his right to discuss questions of public poll.
oy, was seized In his cLamber, dragged in Sc
crecy to Cincinnati and Imprisoned, my ipdig
nation against the military authorities was such
that no bounds could contain 1t; but when ju-
dicial officer, knowing his duty under his oath
OF office, failed TO perform that duty from per-
sonal cowardce-when he not only violated his
oath to the Constitution he was sworn to main
tain, but betrayed the liberties OF his fellows
then the question passed to that of the impeach-
ment of judicial officers, and making an exam
pie of Noah H. Swayne and Humphrey Fl.
Levitt, for the benefit Of posterty through all
coming time.
Nothing but sense OF danger TO my own
personal liberty and to that Of my children,
brought me to this Convention to day. have
DO fayors to ask Of il or of any ono. I have
served the Democracy Of o ito In an elevated
position for twelve years. to the hes, OF my abil.
ity, and the contract is dissolved. desire no
office, and want no other position than that of
q private citizen | have duties to discharge
that o6e to my children and the wife of my
bosom, and would fain perform them; but life
10 no longer tolerable If this despotism oontin--
ues, and would sooner face platoon of aol-
diers ct once than eubmit to the despotism es-
tabllshed by. Order 80. The question for You
TO decide is, will you submitl (Cries of mo-"
mo" "Never," ""Never."D II we fail OF the
election In October next, and If the people by
their arffages sustain that order, counsel my
Democratic friends TO sell their chaltsls and
property, and with thelF wives and little ones
emigrate to some other country, where you may
enjoy that liberty as citizens which you can no
longer enjoy in this. Immense applause Ifl
they will not give us . fair and honeAt express