The Lancaster gazette. [volume] (Lancaster, Ohio) 1863-1886, 1863-07-02
The Right Of Military & Arrests.
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'1iGlo siI1 iGo TIE RESOLUTIONS iao1I q.
,ac On the 18th ult, 4 Democratic NEE.
ting, of which Erastus Corning was
:, President, met at Albany n, Y, and
adopted = long series ofresoIutions, the
aJ material parts of which san be stated
,ril fever words after tter asserting that
the Democrats of New, York had liber-
ally contributed both men and money
~ ~ t9fhs sapppert Of the present, war, and.
IIipIedgging the faith Of Democrats to be
,ll9yM in thcc future as in thctpsSt, they
,o say, ave demand. that, the Admins
.eEtation shall be. Gde to the Constitution;
shall recognize and maintain the rights
of the States, and, the liberties Of the
citizen; sksU every where, outside of
the Enes Of necessary military ,oecupa-
ton and the scenes Of the insurrector,
exert alln'its powersTt6 maintain the
supremacy of the civil over military
laws.'ttThS arrest Of Valihndigham is
next denounced as an assumption of
militaryi power by General lBdfhside.
Fforino other reason than words ad-
'1rcssedatoa public meo@lreiih eriticsmi
Nbfthecburse eoftheeAdmn aton,and
in conformation of the military orders
of that General flba1lhiss "assumption, :"
o'iiti is Sail, ''ifsuecessAllyn asscntcd, not
,iqonly abrogates the right of tho people
to assemble and discuss the affairs of
government theBliberty of!spcech and
Of the press, ,IhabedS corpus, acct., but
strikesa fatal Blow at thesuptemacy of
law and theiauthority of the State and
FFedcral authorltics. The authority of
Daniel Websteris adduced in favor of
the freedom ofdscussion; and the elcc-
tion ofGovernor Seymour isdescribcd
:, -asa'condemna,ion Of thersysten, of ar
bitarylAFrests The following resolu-
ntions enabody iall the argument the
series contains ., diIE ,Esli1' bot
"ResOgved, That the Constitution of
The United States&thc supreme law Of
the land-has defined the crime oftrea-
son against the United States to consist
."only in, eslevying war against them,
or adhcring to their enemies giving
them aid and comfort; and has provi-
y ded that "no person shall be convicted
of treason, unless on the testimony of
two witnesses to tie same overt act,
or on confession in open court" And
it further provitlcs that t'no person.
'o shall be held to answer for a capital
or otherwise Infamous. crime, Unless on
apresentintnt t0rindctmen offs grand
jury, except in cases arising in the. land
and naval forces, Or in the militia, when
in actual service m timcaofwar or public
danger" and further} that ''in all Grim
: inal prosecutions, the accused shall
enjoy the right Of a speedy and public
trial by an impartial jury Of the State
and District wherein the crime was
committed I'lN. .iu .
"Rcsotred, That these safeguards of
tberights of the citizen against the
prcctcations Of, arbitrary power wore
intended moro especially for his pro
" lection in times of civil commotion
They were secured substantially TO the
English people, after years Of protrac.
ted civil war, and were adopted into
our Constitution at the close of the
rcyolutian tThev have stood tbe test
of scyenty.six Years of trial under our
republican sysfem hinder circumstances
Which sboW tbof While tbcy constitute
the foundation ofall ffeo government
,hey are the clements of tic enduring
stability oftbe rrcbnblic.h .l' 7I's'f .
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y.sHp' EXEcuTTvEaM MANSION, I
eti35,5 .WAsIIINGToN, Juno l2, 1868, 4
Hon. Erastus Corning and others;
a tSl@rr t,tpN .GYonr lotter of Mo,. 10
enclosinr thG resolutions ora nxblic
mceting beld n Albohv5 New York m
the 18Th of the same month VAS re.
T'ceirod several days 400 Ii'a'T =
,'sGdrbe resolutions as nm dcrstand tl,om
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