M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1863-08-06

. lOr tne accuracy OF the declaration
! that he has never madea speech 5e
Q fore the people-Vf Ohio, in which h,
Q has not counseled submission ant
+ obefence TO the laws and the Ccnsti
= tutor, Hndadvised the peaceful RENE
E dies of .he Judicial tribunals, and o.
the ballot box for the redress Of grisv
. ancee, and tor the evils which affiicI
our bleeding and suffering country
And, we're il not foreign to the pur,
poses Of thiscommunication, we would
: undertake to establish, to the satisfac
ton OF ahy candid person, that the
} disturbances among the people, to
which yOu allude, in opposition to the
arrest oi deserteIs and the draft, have
occasioned mainly by the measures,
policy, ani Conduct Of yonr admins
tration, aud the course oil It's political
friends, But if the circumstantial
! evidence exists, to which you allude,
which makes "it impossible to repel
! the inference, that Mr.. Valandigham
has counseled directly in favor of
this resistance, and that the same mas
been mainly attributable to his con.
duct, why was he not turned over to
the civil authorities to be tried under
the late acts Of Congress Ii there be
any foundation in fact for your state.
ments duplicating him in resistance
to the constituted authorities, he is
liable to such prosecution. And we
now demand, as mere act Of justice
to him, al investigation OF this mat
; ter, before jury of his country and
respectfully insist that fairness re
: quires, either that you retracl these
charges which you make against him.
or that you revoke your order OF ban
t :sbmert and allow him the opportunit,
Of an investigation before an impair
! tial jury.
, The committee do not deem il
necessary to repel at length the impu
! tation, that the attitude Of themselves
or Of the Democratic party in Ohio
t "encourage desertions, resistance tt
the draft, and the like" Suggestions
Of that kind are not unusual weapons
, in our ordinary political contests
: They rise readily in the midst of poll
| ticiaus heated with the excitement Of
3 partisan strife. During the two years
| in whiuh the democratic party of OhiC
: has been constrained to oppose tho
policy Of the Administration, and +,
stand up in defense of the Constitution
and of personal rights, this charge has
been repeatedly made. 1t has fallen.
harmless, however, at the feet ftllost
whom it was intended to injure. The
committee believe it will do 80 again
lift were proper to doso inthis paper
they might suggest that the measures
ofthe Administration, and its chan
ges 'ofpdicy.in the prosecution Of the
war, have been the fruitful sources oil
discouraging enlistments and Undue
ing dessrtions, and furnish a reason
for the undeniable fact, that the first
call for volunteers was answered by
very many more thanwcfe demanded
ard that tho next call for soldiers will |
probably be responded to by drafted
men alone. The observation of the
President in this connection, that
neither the Convention in its reeOlu
lions, nor the committee in it's com |
lnuuication, intimate that they "are
conscious Of al existing rebellion
being in progress with the avJwed
object of destroying the Union"
needs, perhaps, no reply. The Demo
cratic party Of Ohio has felt so keenly
the condition Of the country, and been
so stricken to the heart by the misIor.
tunes and sorrows which havo befallen
it, that they hardly deemed it neces.
cary by solemn resolution, when their
very State exhibited every where the
SID evidences Of war, to remind the
President that they were aware of lis
existence.
In the conclusion Of your communi.
cation, you propose that, it a majority
of the comTittee shall atfix tbeir sig.
natures to duplicate copy oft, which
you have furnished, they shall stand
committed to three propositions there.
in at length set forth, that you will
publish the names thus signed, and
that this publication shall operate as
a revocation OF the order of Danish.
ment. The committee cannot refrain
from the expression OF their surprise,
that the Presiednt should make the
fate Of Mr.. Vallandigham depend
upon the opinion OF this committee
upon these propositions. lfthe arrest
and banishment were legal, and were
deserved if the President exercised
a power clearly delegated, under cir.
cumstances which warranted it's exer.
else, the order ought not 70 be revoked,
merely because the committee hold,
or express, opinions accordant with
those Of the President. If the arrest
and banishment were not legal, or
we're hot deserved by Mr.. Vallandig