New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1863-05-18
t;Gv. SEYMOUR on yALLANDlG-
THATl,s ARREST.


rsATl'S ARREST.
Gen. Burnside, lifelong Democrat, now in
,ommand of the Military district comprising the
.ates Of Kentucky and Ohio. has seen fit to
urrest Hon. c. l.. Vallandigham, late NJ. c.
from the Dayton district, and try him before o
Court Martial, by which it i, reported that he
has been found guilty of melting resistance to
the efforts Of the Government to restore the
integrity Of the Union, and sentenced to two
year,' imprisonment at the Dry Tortugas. II
is reported-we know not on what authority
that the President thinks Of committing this
sentence into Punishment TO the Southern Con
rough company would have favorable influence
on Val. 8 mental distcmper. And we learn that
an application to the u. $. District Court for
writ Of habedS corpus to take Mr. V. out OF
the hands OF the Military authorities and bring
hin before said Court for q hearing on q mo-
ton to discharge him from custody, has been
denied.
We doubt that any good will result. from
arrestng nad trying such men as Vallandig-
ham, and therefore hope tie President may zee
TT to turn him loose. We consider such
speeches as be- makes calculated rathe7 to
strengthen the Government than 10 paralIze aud
subyert 1t. We reverence Freedom Of Discus
isiOn--by which we mean Freedom to uphold
perverse and evil theories, since nobody ever
doubted the right to uphold the other sort. i,
does seem hard that any man should even riSh
To aaaIl and weaken our Government at such
crisis as this; but the existence Of q Copper
head ia fact which we do not disproye by
ignoring; aud We prefer TINT they should hiss
before they strike. SO We earnestly dcsuc
/ Vallandig ham's liberation.
/ But this must not blind us to the baseers as.
scrtons and monstrous s0ph strcs whereby that
Liberation is commended. Ono of these speaks
of the Military officer. who listened to Val.
speech and testified 10 10 purport as "spcs
and "eaves-droppers" prcposterou' terms
when applied to reports Of what was uttered
for political effect, upon public sdyctsemen,,
in the pres'nce oil assembled thousands. 4;
would be Just as sensible to term reporters OF
The proceedings Of Congress "spies and
"eaves-droPPers" rs these witnesses.
The claim set up by V. (or his coansel) iha,
be could not be held amenhblc TO q Military
/ tribunal, because not in the Military scrUcc,
is q, Transparent, futile. a Rebel Spy or r..
cruitng-sefgeant within our lines miaht urge
this plea; but 10 what end lie who defeats.
mpedes or embnrrosses Military operations la
time Of War renders himself ameua1le TO military
law, aud cannot plead non-cnl'tineut as a bar
to its Jurisdiction. The Court say tina, Mr.
V. is guilty Of this olensc. aud deal with him
accordingly. There is certainly danger that
too wide latitude may be given to the pTin-
ciple he.e affirmed; but We must not, to OBJ
vate tits danger, utterly cripple the Military
power in times hke these.
But Coy: Seymour cnPs the clIinassI, ~ h!'
letter to meeting u Albany sJniPa:hlzer'
with Mr. V. on Saturday evening. In that
letter he asserts that the arrest Of Mr.. V. j.
an act uhieh has brought disLoHor upon our
country, rhieh is jul If danger TO our persons
and our homes, and uhieh b,ars upon as front
conscious rioiation Of lao and justice. This ID
language betting demogoguc hnrangung a
/ Comprehend mob in front Of q grogshop, not
the chief mngistrate Of -Four Millions Of intel
ligent freemen. II ia full OF proyocaton 10
lawlessuess, riot and devastation. 1t Ia an
ayowal Of sympathy with the pcryerse course
whereby Yallardigham has brought himself IN
conflict with the Military power aud invoked
its condemnatory Judgment. A satellite OF
JEFF. Davs-in whose dominiOns no man dare
make speech IN opposition to the war he Is
wagiDg, or could do so without deadly peril
could not have spoken more Iarshly or intem-
perately than the above. Tho State of New
York is more dscredited by one such utter
ance as the above than the Union CO bo by
half dozen such arrests and trials as Val
landig CHAINS. Let US hope that Mr. Seymour
will hereafter be more regardful of tho pro-
prieties of bis position and more deierental to
the hearty loyalty of vast majority of his
fellow-citizens.