The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1863-07-16
Try Coxnr7roSs OF VaLLANpIG-


ident to the application Of the Ohio Com
usit.ee for the release Of Nsl!sndigham is
plain. pointed aud patriotic document.
He assumes that, a. the Constitution
does Dot declare who shall decide when
the public safety requires The "'it Of hd
Leas corpus TO be suspended, the Com
msuder in Chief Of the army aud nav, is
the man who holds the power ard bears
the responsibility thinking the decision.
IL, (hc remarks he uses the power just.
ly, the people will probably justify him;
If be abuse. it, be is 10 their hands, 10
be deal, with By all modes they have re-
served to themselves 10 the Constitu-
ton"
We quote the next paragraph 10 the
Presidents reply:
The esrnestDcss with which you in
sis, that persons can onl : in times Of re-
belion be lawfully dealt with, 10 sccor.
dance with the rules for crimina! trials
ADD punishmeDts 10 times Of peace. in
duces me to add word to what said on
that point 10 the Albany response. You
claim tba, men may, if they choose, eu,
barrass those whose duty it is to combat
a gisn, rebellion. and then be dealt with
ooly 10 turn as if there were no rebellion.
The Constitution itself rejects this view.
The military arrests and detent,ons which
have been made, including that Of Mr..
VsIian dighsm. which is not different in
principle from the other, have bee2 for
prevention, and not for puni.hment-as
iDjunctious to stay iojury-as proceed
in-s 10 keep the peace-aDd hence, ike
proceedings in such cases, and for like
reasons. they have not been accompanied
with indictments, or trials by juEles. nor,
in single case By any punishment what,
ever beyond wha, is purely incidental to
the prevention. The original sentence
Of imprisonment in Mr. Nalandi CHAM S
case was to prevent injury TO military
service only, and the modification Of it
was made as less disagreeabIe mode to
him Of secur1g the prevention"
To the claim Of the Committee that
Mr. VaIandigham should be released be-
cause be has done no harm to the mill
terry service, MIR Lincoln makes this
scorching rcjoiLder, referring TO the re-
cent instances of organized resistance to
the coDscription act:
And now, under a sense Of response
blity more weighty and enduring than
any which is merely official, soIcmnly
declare my belief that this hindraucc Of
the military, including manning aud
murder, is due to the course 10 which
Mr. Naiandigham has been engaged, in
a greater degree than to any other cause;
and is due to him personally in greater
degree than to any other one man. These
things have been notorious, known to all,
and of course known to Mr.. Ealandig
ham. Perhaps | would Dot be wrong to
say they ori ginated with his esp, cial
friends and adhcrents. With perfect
knowledge of them, he has frequently, if
not constantly, made speeches in Con-
gress, and before popular assemblies; and
if i, can be shown thai, with these things
staring him in the face, he has ever ut
tered word Of rcbuke or counsel against
them, it will be fact greatly in his ia
vor with me, and one OF which, 50 yet, |
am totally gnorant, Wien it is known
that the whole burden Of bis speeches has
been to stir up men against the prosccu-
ton Of the war, and that in the midst Of
resistance to it he has not been known in
any instance to counsel against such re-
sistancc, it is next to impossible to relel
the il ference that he has counse,ed di,
rectly in favor of it,"
In conclusion the President submit
ted three conditions to the committee
upon which he will agree to release Val
landigham. They arc summed up in the
requirement that they support tic Gov
ernmcnt in crushing the rebellion. Thu
first is an acknowledgment that there i
rebellion against the Federal authority
Ga fact which Vallandig CHAM has ignore
in his speeches, Occupied with an acknow
edgcment that an army and navy are cor
stitutional means for suppressing it, Gar
other fact which has never been admi,te
by the pet patriot.) The second is tn;
no III .mber of the committee will do an,
thing to lessen the efficiency of the arm,
. The third and last is that each one sha
! do everything he can in his sphere
q aid the military power in its strugg
c with the rcbellion.'
u These conditions, though just VIII
It every patriot in the land should be gla
% to perform, have been rejected by t
l. committee. 1t is no part of their p,
,r pose to do anything to aid in crushi
l. the rebellion. That would be defeati
~ the entire object vf their mission
;" Washington.
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