Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1863-07-16

W "nut salu on tnat point In the Albany
response. You clai'e,that men may, ifthey
choose, embarrass those whose duty it is to
combat giant rebellion and then be dealt
lion. The Constitution itse.f rejects this
view. The military arrests and detentions
which have been made, including those ofI
Mr.. vallandigham, which are not different
IN principle from the other, have been for
prevention, aud not for punishment --as sin-
functions to stay injury as proceedings to
keep the peace-and hence, like the pro
ocedings in such cases and for like reasons
they have not been accompanied with in
dictments, or trials by juries, nor, in q sin.
gle case, BY any punishment whatever be-
yond what is purely incidental to the pre-.
ventlon. The original sentence of impris
onment in Mr.. ,Valandigham' . case was to
prevent injury to the military service only,
and the modification of it was made as a
less disagreeablc mode to him of securing
the same prevention. .. ~ ..r-
am unable to perceive an insult to Ohio
in the case Of Mr.. ValIandigham. Quite
surely nothing of:his sort was or is intended.
| was wholly unaware that Mr.. Valandig-
ham was, atthe time Of his arrest, candi-
date tor the Democratic nomination for
dovernor, until so informed by your read.
ing to me the resolutions of the Convention.
am grateful to the State of Ohio for many
things especially for the brave soldiers and
ohcers she has given in the present nation
al trial to the armies of the Union.
You claim, as | understand, that accord
ing to my own position in the Albany re-
sponse, Mr.. Vallandigham should be releas.
edi and this because, as you claim, he has
not damaged the military service BY dis
| couraging enlistments, encouraging deser.
| tlons, or otherwise, and that if he had he.
should have been turned over to the civil
authorities under the recent acts Of Con-
gress. -! .t 5e .... .lHanis ,iu,'
| certainly do not know that Mr.. Vallan-
digham has specifically, and by direct Ian.
guage, ADVISED against enlistments, and in
fay0r or desertfon and resistance to drafting.
We oil know that combinations, armed in
some instances, to resist the arrest Of deser
ters, began several months ago; that more
recently the like has appeared in resistance
TO the enrolment preparatory to q draft
and that quite number of assassinations
( have occurred from the same animus.-
1 These had to be met by military force, and
this again has led to bloodshed and DEATH
And now, under a sense Of responsibility
more weighty and enduring than any which
y merely official, | solemnly declare my be-
lief that this hindrance Of the military, in
Guiding manning and murder, is due to the
course IN which Mr.. Valandigham has been
engaged, in greater degree than to any
other cause; and is due to him personally in
greater degree than to any other one man.
Ihrse things have been notorious, known
TO aIl and OF course known to MIR. Vallan
digham. 5000 oi n.tr 70 .laF I'i
ferhaps would not be wrong to say they
originated WI, WITH his especial friends and ad
| nerehts WIN perfect knowledge OF them
ne mas frequently, If not constantly, made
speecnes 10 Congress and before popular as
sempiies: and II It can be shown that, with
these tnipgs staring hun In the face, he has
ever utttered word OF rebuke or counsel
against tnem, IT viii be O fact greatly in his
favor with me, and one Of which, as yet, l
am totaiiy Ignorant. When 1t is known that
the whole burden of his speeches has been
to stir up men against the prosecution Of
the war, and that in the midst Of resistance
to 1t he has not been known in any instance
to counsel against such resistance, it is
next to Impossible to repel the inference
that be has counseled directly in favor Of IT.
| win all TINS before their eyes, the ConveI
1on you represent have nominated Mr..
a,iandlghap for Governor of Ohio, and
ooth they ana YOU have declared the pur.
pose tc sustain the Nati9nA Union BY all
co lstitutlonal means But, Of course, they
and you In common, reserve to yourselves
to decide what ere constitutional means,
and, unlike the Albany meeting, you omit
10 state or intimate that, in your opiSion,
an army is constitutional means of saving
the Union against a rebellion, or even to in
timane that you are conscious OF an existing
rebellion being in progress With the avowed
OBJECT OF destroying that very Union.
AT the same time, your nominee for Gov
ernor, in whose behalf you appeal, is known
70 you and to the world to declare against
,he use 81 any army to suppress the Rebel
lion. Your own attitude, therefore, en-.
coIrages desertlon, resistance to the draft,
ana the like, because it teaches those who
lieye it is your purpose to protect them and
to hope that You will become strong enough
to do So, After a personal interview with
you' gentlemen Of the Committee, cannot
say think you desire this effect to follow
your attitude; but assure you that both
friends and enemies of the Union look upon
It IN this light. 1t is a substantial hopo,