, 1863-06-27
Vallandighann.

Vallandigham.
An Ohio exchange has the following in
reference to Vallandigham' arrest by order
of Burnside
ION Tuesday morning a company from
the 18th Ohio, having reached Dayton at
8 o'clock, A. NJ, proceeded to the residence
of Mr.. Vallandigham, and after some lit
tie difficulty arrested him. He raised his
window, fired pistol, and shouted for the
police. Pretty soon the fire. bells rang, but
no opposition was offered to his removal
He reached Cincinnati at o'clock, ard
was lodged in JAIL where he was kept TN
til his tlial toCk place. In the evening, a
crowd of several hundred men gathered at
the Journal Office in Dayton, which after
assaulting with brckbats and stones, they
finally set on fire, and at IL P. NJ. when
the 1l5th Ohio arrived on the ground, this
Office and all the adjoining buildings had
been burned to the ground A bridge on
the Zenia Railroad had been bnrned, and
all the Telegraph wires in the city had been
cut. Quiet was restored before midnight
The greatest excitement prevailed"
We have nowhere seen the particulars in
relation to the burning of the Journal of
fee, but conclude, from the information
we have, that the citizens were instigated
to il in moment of frenzy actuated by a
spirit of retaliation for the arrest of Val
landigham. The Journal was an ultra
Administration paper and denounced and
misr5 presented Vallandigham on all occa-
sions. We learn from other sources that
his trial took place before military tribu-
nal and he was convicted and sent to New
port barracks for confinement At his tri-
al the following were some of the charges
preferred against him and read by J. Cuts,
Judge Advocate, Department of Ohio:
"For Vallandigham's declaring that
propositions by which tbs Southern States
could be won back and the South guaran-
teed their rights under the Constitution,
had been rejected the day before the late
battle at Fredericksburg, by Lincoln and
his minions; charging that the Govern
ment of the United States were about to
appoint Military Marshals in every district
to restrain the people of their liberties, to
deprive them of their rights and privileg-
es; declaring that he was at all times, and
upon all occasions resolved to do all he
could to defeat the attempts now being
made to build up a monarchy upon the ru-
ins of our free Governments; asserting
that he firmly believed as he did six months
ago that the men in power are attempting
to establish a despotism in this country
more cruel and more oppressive than ever
existed before.
After the trial Yallandigham submitted
the following protest;
ARRESTED without due process of law,
without warrant from any judicial officer,
and now in military custody, | have been
served with charge and specifications as
from a court-martial or military committee.
| am not in either the land nor the naval
service of the United States, and, there
fore, am not tryable for any cause by any
such court, but am subject, Ly the express
terms of the Constitution, to arrest only
by due process of law, OF warrant issued
/ DJ oOluG OllCCl VI q COulO VI OOlll lJCbCuG u
ris dction for trial of citizens am sub
iect to indictment and trial on presentment
of grand jury, and am entitled TO a
speedy trial. to be confronted with wit
nesses, and compulsory process for witness
es in my behalf, and am entitled to coun-
sell. All these l demand, as my right, as
citizen of the United States, under the
i Constitution of the United States. But
the alleged offense itself is not known to
the Constitution, nor to any law thereof
1t is words spoken to the people of Ohio
in an open public political meeting, law.
fully and peacefully assembled under the
Constitution, and upon full notice. 1t i:
the words of citizen, of the public poll
cy, of the public servants of the people, by
which it was alleged that the welfare Of the
country vas not promoted. It was an ap
peal to the people to change that policy
not by force, but by the elections and tht
ballot box. 1t is not pretended that
counseled disobedience to the Constitution
or resistance to law or lawful authority