The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1864-06-24
MR. VALLANDIGHAM RETURNED
70 OHIO
He makes Speeches, and is everywhere
received with Enthusiasm by the
People!

Cincinnati. June IS

to-day, and made a speech to a large
crowd in the Court House square. He
denounced arbitrary arrests, and there was
considerable excitement. TO .iav the Con-
gressona convention was being held 10
Iamltoa, and it was largely attended,
Mr. '. left for Dayton tonight, and viii
speak there to morrow. The P.ovos.
Marshal of that county teegraphed to
Gen. Heintzelman the facts as above sta
ted. There is considerable speculation as
to the future action to be taken bv The
authorities Mr.. Valandigham's pres
ence in Ohio is the subject Of much talk
here.
Springfield, H., June IS.
The Democratic State Convention for
the election of Delegates 20 Chicago is
now in session. The following dispatch
was received and read By the President Of
the convention:
"Hami.on. O., June Is.
ITO the President Of the Democratic
State Convention:
ValIand]ghal is here, addressing our
contention.
"a MAYO, President"
The reading of the dispatch was follow
ed by the wildes, cheering and enthusiasm.
which continued for length OF time, and
was again and again renewed. Hats
we're waved, and the members were all on
their feet. |. Is impossible to desclbe
the scene, The dispatch was passed from
bond 70 Ionl ava eor,o Inph., mara ~
pressed As TO its genuineness; but it WAS
generally considered correc!.
MIR. O'Bfien, of Peoria. Immediately Of
fered a resolution, THAT we pledge our
selves to stand by Ohio, in protecting
VaiIandigham and her citizens under the
constitution and laws" which was unani-
mousIy sdopted,
4 dispatch was them Immediately sent
back to the Hamilton convention, notify
ing them Of the action taken.
Hamilton, O., ,Eune Is
The following is the speech of Mr..
Vallandigham, as delivered to the Conven
ton to day.
MES OF Ono. To-day I am again in
your midst ard upon the soil o. my native
State. To dav | am once more within
the district which, for ten years, extended
TO me the highest confidence, and three
times honOred me as its Representative in
the Congress of the United States. was
accused Of no crime against the constitu>
ton or laws, and was guilty Of none
But whenever and wherever thus charged,
upon due process Of law, | am now here
ready to answer before any civil court of
competent Jurisdiction, to a jury Of my
couutrymen, a0d meantime to give bail in
any sum which anv Judge or court, State
or Federal, may atliX; and you, the hun
dred and eighty-six thousand democrats Of
Ohio, offer as my sureties. Never for
one hour have remained in exile because
| recognized any obligation or obedience
to the unconstitutional and arbitrary edict
Neither did personal fear restrain me and
to-day return Of my own act and pleas
ure, because 1t is my constitutional and
legal right to return. Only b. an eyer
ton Of military power itself against CO.'S
stlution and law, and consummated by
military force. I was abducted from my
home and forced into banlshment.
The assertion Of the President ihat |
was arrested " because Iaboring with some
effect to prevent the raising Of troopa and
to encourage desertion from the army,"
and was responsible for numerous other
acts Of resistance TO the draft and 10 the
arrest OF deserters, causing assassination,
manning and murder" or that. a: any
time. had dsobeved or failed to counsel
obedience to lawful authority, or even TO
the sembI,ge of law, is absolutely false
| appeal for the proof, to every speech !
ever made upon those questions, and to
the very record Of he mock military com
mission, by The trial and sentence OF
which I was outraged. No, tie sole Of
fence then laid to my charge was words
Of criticism Of the public policy of the ad>
minisration. addressed to an open and
public political meeting Of my fellow cti-
zens Of Ohio, lawfully and peaceaby as
scmbled And to-day my only g" "crime y
is thai, in the way which they call treason,
worship the constitution Of Ny fathers.
But, for now more than one year, no
public man has been arrested and no news
paper suppressed within the States adher>
ing still to the Union, for the expression
of public opinion; while hundreds in pub
lie assembly and through tie press, have,
with licence and violence in which J
never INDUCED, criticised and CONDEMNED
the acts and policies Of the administration,
and denounced the war, aiming even
the propriety and necessity ofthe recogni,
ton of southern independence.
Indorsed by nearly 1000 freemen of
the democratic party of my native State
at the late election, aud still with the
sympathy and support Of millions more, |
do net mean any longer 20 be the only
man OF that party wlo is 10 he the victim
OF arbitrary power. II Abraham Lincoln
seeks MY life. let him SO declare; but he
shall not again deprive me Of my personal
liberty, except ION " due process Of law, ,"
The Unconstitutional and monstrous " Or
der 3S." under which alone was arrest
ed thirteen months ago, vas defiad and
spi, upou At your State convention Of
1858 hv tie gallant Cou ie.Eaa who bare