Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1862-1865, 1864-07-09
YILLANnIaHAN IN OHIO.

Tie Cincinnati Copmercial publishes the following
rsp It Of tia 50 tcA delivered by Hon. O. L. VAAndig
am, on Lis late return ifa@ Canada:
NES OF OaIo:-To day am a. ain IN your nidst and
i2gn the soi of my native S ate. To-day am onct
ore in she dis ret hth for tea years Ell d-d to me
he highest confidence, and three times horored ne a.
= q st NATIVE 70 the Congress Of tie Vi ed Stat 8
va accused Of no oiims against he Constitution q
VS. an guilty Of noae. b. whenever and wherever
nus charged upon due process Of Law, am nov here.
,ady 20 answer, before any civil court o! competent
srisdlo.ion to a jury Of hoy counttymen and me II
ne 10 give bi u any VII ca aoy judgeor court,
ate or Federal, may sthr; Snd you the bundled and
sRh,y-slX thCunDd Democrats OF OHIO, tfer as my
reties. Never for o-e hour haVe l remained in
xe beelu.e reeogn zsd any oil CATION Of obedience
the ulecrs iiulonal nd Ab,taIy edlct Neither d {
era na iear ever restrain me. Aud TO day reIu Of
own act Rnt pessuse, eeeausei 1t is my oen:u utiorA
q lcgl right 20 return. :.
OnlS by an e.erIion OF an arbitrary power, iueli
ysius. Coue1i utiJn aud Law, aud oonsumae ed by
aiTa 70 ce was SbGu;.sd rt "a my HON and forced
40 bluilhmeDL The assertion or intinuatio1 OF the
Pssident that was ares ed because lAborirg With
ONE effect 20 prevent the raiSicg OF hoops AID 10 en-
ours d sartcns from tie army AID SaJ lie ponsioe
" Humorous Acs OF rtssa' - The draft and to the
res. Of deserters causing aTsssnation, naming ana
nurderl' Or that at any TIME in aHy way lad Oiso
9cyed or failed to COT neil Obsdzno, 70 lawful au hoy
even to the sembanee Of law Is Eosclu ely false.
peal tor the = It in every spec ever Uads rpo'
eco alestio1s, aud 20 the ysiy record of the meek
military o,mmi sOl, By the trial sod sentence OF Eh.eh
I vas outr g!d.
No IN. soc efFs &c than IA TO m ke was words
criucism Of the pablo policy of tue Adminstra on,
.ddFeNed % az OPEN ard pnblio political meeti OF my
GLOW ciliYels Of 0bio lawfully and pesceaby assem-
lied. Aud ~ DAY. my only "crime" is that in the
say Wh CT they cal treason, worship toe Constitution
If my fathers. BIs fer nov more THAI one year no
,ub mau mas b'el arrested, ard no new paoer sup
ressed vlsh2 she Safe. ad ing sill to the Ulion for
he xprsssion Of POLITICAL opinOi while hundteds, in
oIbic asSrmbly and thIouSh the pre- s, have, win
csnse ami violence in which never INDUCED, criti-
ssi and iOnden1e The scs and policies Of the Ad-
nin.traO~, ard denounced tho war, maintaining
the propriety snd neee Of ths recognition Of the
Southern independence.
10 or5sd b. d ly two luzdred thousand freeman OF
hs Dsmccyatc plrsy Of ny natl 'e ate a. The late
I ciop, ard stil with the sympathy aud support O.
nl ons noe do no. uean any longer to DO the only
IAN Of t1st patty aho s n b. the victim Of arbitrary
o,Wsr II Abraham Lrcon seeks my life, let him
elIre but he shall not restrain ms OF my perslnal
liberty, except Upon due process Of llU." The III
-oa u iotal aai uorstronl "0rder IS under which
Io.e we CTR, So, d r.F ca mouths ego, was d,had
nd Dit upon az ycur State convention OF 1868
b, ne sall1t z u !epan WHO btrI the standard as
ur card da.e or lieu tenant governor, sad bJ eyeTy
cerato pres and Tublc speaker ever since. IL IL
iead FrcG The 6rss it vas sgGinst the Constitution
ard lava, aud Wihsu validity and all proceedings "a
Ser we're and ueriJ aie nrll and void, and OF no
Ell Ct
4 in5ignsn. voice Of condemnation lopg since went
forth from tho joriy Of TIE people and pre- Of
America n from AZ nee countries in Europe With en-
ire urauiuty Aud mere recently, too the 'pstiorm'
OF an earnesr numerous and most formidable convex
oa Of The tlne Republicans AID still further, the
pAgGc letter q he sceep aBee BY the candidate OF
lat ecry, .op Gen. John O. Ficmont- the hrst can
to also OF sia REPUBLICAN pATsy for the Presidency
cghs years sgc, upon The Tay1g cry Of fee speech,
"a fee press-give Tsnesed hops that last, The
reign Of alb tr4fy pWer abon. 80 DO brought 10 an
end IL ID, tied States.
Ills rei.hsr Just NOE A. therefore, that the wrongs
hAc;ed IN 'er '0rjCr thirty eight and the other
81 CO. snd scs Of suca power, should any longer be
misunderstanding not By alone. Bat every ordi-
nary IN o. redress has IRE. usea exhausted; yet
either by tho direct agency OF The Adjudication nd
is subos6iasie', because II want oil Jurisdlc ion
in the eiy courts 10 Gte c@e which no American
ever in iomr tiues ed to be possibls hare,
have failed. O 'sel -pped in my beh Il to'sn U; lst
Judge foI win OF habsas e0rySs Il was denied; ana
new he privilege OF IhAIvrit "a suspended act OF
Cor ress and Ekeeuse cider IN every Stue. Tue IN
o3raIic Convention Of Ohio, year ago, by resVlu
tion formally pIesaatsd thr, ugh committee Of your
bess aud ablesi - ia person Washington, demand
81 Of the President il boaat Of very largo nojdry
of Ne Jeoole r vocation of the sdict OF bAEsbmens.
Prserd Bg that the pa Ii, saiey then reg iifsdis no
p fused saying, tae same tne that At Woel ahJTd
him pleasure 70 cjmpl5 as On 81 hs ecu q Dy any
mes be nlde 10 eve that the publ 'aiey would
not iSHer b. it
Ons year has sspasd yet this hollow pretente is still
tsSly asserted, and 70 day am here TO prove II IN
foupdsd 10 fsc.. appealed to the Supreme Con:t-ot
the Untsd States ard because Conge had never con-
fosrsd jurisdiction In bshslf Of citizen tried BY tri-
onaa unknown for such purposes to the laws, and ex
pTeasy forbidden by the Constitution, it were poWeTs
20 redress the wrong Toe time has therefore arrvtd
"esn it becomes ne - Ciassp Of OHIO and Of The