The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1863-08-10

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Not1 outstanding Atf ths ka.lise sxcisemert
and fresh recurring hopes and. fears Of the Last
ten days, Mr. Lincoln has found time 10 indits
. long and elaborate reply u the mem oriai of
ninstesn citizens Of Ohio, appointed 40 a COM
mittes by a State Convention held at Colam-
bus. to iay respectfully before him their rss-
sona for demanding tue revocation Of the iils-
gsl sentence Of sbanishment passed upon Mr..
scteristic Of the President He consents to
plead before the Scmnittee, as if they bad
placed Eig, on trisl, which virtually they did,
and juetifies All action which ha admits to be
extraordinary and unconstitutional on the sole
plea OF necessity of which he is the sole
judge. Hesdeclines to annul the sentence on
account of Its illsgalitY; but ia willing, as =
matter Of favor, to grant Mr.. Vallaudigham
wholly irreveient to the case, and which he
had neither legal, moral, nor personal right TO
propose
certain truisrnn, which he recapitnlatss, Mr.
Vallsndigham may return. If they win not,
Mr. Vallandigham's sentence shall remain in
force. They are to admit in writing, and sign
tDo HuiDe5SiOu WIZ" tuSiF uALA0o, budtT tNeIo lS
reoeil on in tie Ucised States; that an army
and navy are constitutional means Of suppress
ing that rebellion; that no one Of them Y i'll
DO any thing which in his own Judgment will
favor the decrease or hinder the increase OF The
said army and navy aud that each of them
will in his sphere do all he can to have the
said army and navy, while engaged in sup
pressing tie rebellion, paid, fed, clad, and
otherwise well provided for; Mr.. Vsllandig-
4 fo "a bo al ND ho
only liable to punishment for such new offence
al he may hereafter commit No one can say
that suah proposal is eagacioue but most
people will admit it to be cunning 1t says in
effect to the committee: "I believe you to bs
al. traitore, but il you will pledge yourselves
in writing to loyalty and support Of my gov.
ernmsnt, your traitorous friend shall 20 free
no. bscsuss he ought to 60 free, but becauae
reckon that l gain q balance Of eighteen
pledged supporters out of this clever little
.uansas action" In fact it was the village at.
tornsy who spoke, and not the statesman.
The committee saw through the President .
meaning at glance, aud in an abls, tempe.
rate, bat severely cutting rejoindef placed him
in u light that, were he hot the President,
would be fstaI TO all his ia nrs chances of sue
cess as n politician and a pableiJt. They in
formed him that it WAS not for the sake of Mr..
V2l!andieham personally that thsy had ven
sursd to demonstrate with the Executive, but
far tbs saks OF the principles involved in Mr.
Vaiiandigham's arrest which sffaesed every
, ciiizen cEtheir State that the President had
no rishtto sxsst any pledge FROM ihsm, in.
plying theI ely That they wera dieioyal or re.
bal.ioua, OF. tha. Dir. Vallandigham could be
released upon conditions, as II ne had been
ri2h.iuily punished. They wound upsby de
ching llis pr0positions, and throwing upon
hin the responsibility before the public and
tie worlds opinion--a responsibility which
they declare 70 be aggravated BY an intiuaiou
10 his extraordinary letter that he will, if ever
he sses i: ia the pabsio interests, repeat ths
iilegaiae.s OF which the committee complained.
The whole pr0ceediug8 in the case, as far as
the President is concerned, have been one siu.
pendous and VIII oily unnecessary b!rndeT
Perhaps the wors! part of the biundar Is
that Nj. Lincoln has been uTwiss enough to
Gfor reasons for his conduct, Ii be had an
nullsd Mr., Valiandigham's sentenss he woald
nave done weiL If ne had rsinaei 10 disannul
1t without stating why or wherefore he would
not have done quite SO well, lut he woo.ti
have done infinitely better than by an elabo
rats statement, full OF false sreaaoning and
qairks aud quidaitiss Of psttifogsing law, to
have drawn upon himself the dignified rebuAe
Of tho Ohio committee. A. the case now
siands ha has exhibited himself before Ea
rope and his own countryEaen in the light OF d
,yrans, without any of. tie mental and Eora
qualities that may serge to make tyranny re-
spectacle Ii they cannotInak Ait agreeable.