The Ashland union. [volume] (Ashland, Ashland County, Ohio) 1854-1868, 1863-09-16

10. That the arrest, imprisonment and
pretended trial of Clement L. Vallandigham
a citizen OF the State of Ohio, not belonging
to the land or naval forces of the United
States, nor to the military in actual service,
by alledsed military authority, for no other
pretended crime than that of utteIipg words
OF Legitimate criticism upon the conduct OF
the Administration in power, and of appealing
to tie ballot box for a change of policy-(said
arrest and military trial taking place where
the courts of law are open and unobstructed,
and for no act done within the sphere Of ac-
tive military operations in carrying on the
war)-We regard as a palpable violation Of the
following provisions of the Constitution of the
United States. s41.
1. Congress shall make no law *aH*
abridging the freedom of speech or of the
press, or the right of the people peaceably to
assemble, and to petition the Government for
a redress of grievances.
2: "The right of the people to be secure
IN their persons, houses, papers and effects
against unreasonable searches and seizures,
shall not be violated, and no warrant shall is
sue but upon probable cause, supported by
oath or affirmation, and particularly desert
blng the place to be searched and the per-
sons or things to be seized.
3. N person shall be held to, answer for
a capital or otheswise Infamous crime, unless
on a presentment or Indictment of a Grand
Jury, except in cases arising in the land or
naval forces, or in the militia when In actual
service in time of war or public danger.
f. "In all criminal prosecutions, the, ac-
cused shall enjoy the right to a speedy and
public trial by an impartial jury of the State
and district wherein the crime shall have been
committed, which district shall have been pre-
viously ascertained by law"
And we Furthermore denounce said arrest,
trial and Punishment as a direct insult offered
to the sovereignty of the people of Ohio, by
whose organic law it is declared that emo per-
sons shall be transported out of the State for
any offense committed within the same."
10. That Clement L.. ~Vallandigham was
at the time of his arrest a prominent candi-
date for nomination By the Democratic party
of Ohio for .he Office of Governor of the State;
that the Democratic party was fully competent
TO decide whether he was a fit man for that
nomination, and that the attempt to deprive
them of that right by his arrest and Danish
ment, was an unmerited imputati6h upon their
intelligence and loyalty, as well as a violation
OF the Constitution.
IL. What We respectfully and most earn
estly call uron the President of the United
States to restore Clement L. 5Vallandigham to
his home in Ohio and that a committe of one
from each Congressional District of the State,
to be selected by the presiding officer of this
Convention, is hereby appointed to present
this application to the President.
IS. That the thanks of this Con 7~ention |
are hereby rendered to Horatio Seymour, Gov
ernor of the State of New York, for his noble
letter in relation to the arrest of Mr.. Vallan-
dlgham and the President of this Convention
Is hereby directed to communicate a copy of
this resolution to Governor Seymour.
Is. That the establishment of a military
over the loyal States where war
does not exist, to supercede the military au-
and suppress the freedom of speech
and of the press, and interfere with the cleo
franchise, is not only subversive of the
Constitution and the sovereignty of the States,
brit the actual Inauguration of revolution.
That ii is the sworn duty CT the Gov
ernor OF the State to protect her citizens in
the senjoyment and exercise of all their con-
rights and we have beheld with
ieep humiliation and regret, not only the fail
1re OF David Tod, Governor of Ohio, to per-
torn that duty, but what is still worse, his ac-
toe participations in the violation of those
4 II. That we denounce as traitors to the
the Abolition Jacobins who are seek
ng to bring about civil war in the loyal States,
With the view of turning, if possible, the bay
NETS OF the army against the breasts of the
athers, brothers and friends of the soldiers,
md subjecting those states to a military sur
and dominion.
~. That we denounce, as libelers of the
Democratic party and enemies of their coun
~, the men who arc engaged in representing
he Democratic party as wanting in sympathy
With our soldiers in the field. 1t is a base
lander upon human nature to assert that the
Democrats, who have hundreds of thousands
Il brothers and sons in the army do not SYM
with them-and it is an outrage upon
he Democratic party, that has always stood by
he country, to assert that 1t is not the friend
f its gallant defenders.
70. That the conduct of Brigadier Gener-
raj Mason, the Military Commandant at Co.
umbus, and of the officer commanding the
'rovost Guard, in preventing all appearances
T military restraint upon the proceedings of
his Convention, show that they have a just
ppreciation of the Constitution of their coun-
and the rights of the people and that
hey are wise-and patriotic officers, and that
heir conduct on this occasion is in striking
.ontrast with contrary conduct of the militaryj
upon the occasion of the late DEM
cratic meeting at indianapolis. And we take
leasure in expressing our confidence in Gen
raj Mason aud the officers and soldiers under
Is c0mmand@
Ia Devoted to the Union from the be- Q
l will not desert it now, in this the y