The Lancaster gazette. [volume] (Lancaster, Ohio) 1863-1886, 1864-06-23


andt to the arrest of deserers, causing
assassination, manning and murder,
or that at any time, in any way had
disobcycd orfaied tocounsel obedience
to lawful authority, or even to the sem
blancc of law, is absolutely false. |
appeal for the proof to every speech |
ever made upon the questions and to
the very record of the mock military
commission, by the trial and sentence
Of which, was outraged. No, the sole
offence then laid TO my charge was
words of criticism of the public policy
of the Administration, addressed to an
open and public political meeting ofmy
fellow citizens of Ohio, lawfully and
peaccably assembled. And to-day my
only "crime" is that in the way which
they call treason, worship the COnsti-
tuition of my fathers. But for now
more than one year, no public man has
been arrested and no newspaper sup
pressed within the States adhcring still
to the Union, for the expression of po-
lical opinion; while hundreds in pub
lie assembly and through the press,
have with q license and violence in
which l never INDUCED. criticized and
condemned the acts and policies of the
Administration, and denounced the
war, maintaining even the propriety
of the recognition of Southern lnde-
pendcncc. Endorsed by nearly 2OO,-
900 frcemcn of the Democratic party
of my native State at the late election
and Still with tho sympathy and sup.
port ofmillions more, i do not mean any
longer to be the onl y man of that par
ty who is to be the victim Of arbitrary
power. IfAbraham Lincoln secksmy
life, let him so declare; but he shall
not again deprive me of my persona
liberty, except upon "due process o
law" The unconditional and mon
strous "Order 49, under which waI
arrested thirteen month age, was dcfiet
and spit upon a. your State Convention
of 1863 by the gallant gentleman whC
bore the standard as your candidate
for Lieutenant Governor, and by every
Democratic press and public speake
ever since. tits dead. From the frs
it was against the Constitution ant
laws and without validity, and all pro
ceedings under it were and are utter
ly null and void and of no effect. Th
indignant voice of condemnation lon!
since went forth from the vast MAORI
ty of the people and presses G
America and from all free countries il
Europe with entire unanimity, an
more recently, too, the platform of a
earnest, unanimous and most tormida
bic convention of the sincere Republ
cans. ...... ......... ........
STILL further, the emphatic letter
acceptance by the candidate OF til
Convention, Gen. John G. Frcmon
the first candidate also, of the Pres
dcncy eight years ago, upon the rally
ing cry of Free Speech and q Ere
Press, give renewed hope that at lea'
the reign of arbitrary power is abo'
10 be brought to an end in the Unite
States. 1t is neither !ustnor fit, ther
'' fore, that the wrongs inflicted und,
"Ordcr Thirty Eight" and the aft,
cdicts and acts Of such power, shou
any longer be cndured-certainly NJ
by me alone. But every ordinal
, means ofrcdrcss has first been cXhau
: ted; yet either by the direct agency
! the heAdministratio and its Subordinate
: or through its influence or intimid
It tions in the civil courts to meet n ca
II which no American ever in form
times conceived TO be possible here, {
J have failed. Counsel applied in n
d behalf to an unjust Judge for the WI
&c of habcs corpus. 1t was denied, al
&c now the privilege of that writ is su
. pended by act of Congress and Exec
. tive ordcrin every State. The Dem
d cratic Convention of Ohio, ono ye
l. ago, by resolution formally prescl
d ted through a committee Of your be
n and ablcst mon in person, at Washing
:. ton, demanded of the President, in b
/. half of n very large minority of Il
u people, u revocation of the edict
y banishmcnt. Pretending that Il
d public safety then required it, he I
n fused, saying at the same time, that
! would afford him pleasure to comp
y as soon as he could, by any means,
Is made to believe that the public safct
n. would not suffer by it, One year h
lc elapsed, yet this hollow prctchsc
il still tacitly asserted; and to day a
:, here to prove it unfoundcd in fact.
'S appealed to the Supreme Court of 4
5 United States, and, because Congrc
g had never conferred jurisdiction in b
in half of citizen tried by n tribunal IL
" known for such purpose, 10 tho law
re- and expressly forbidden by the Co
& stitution, IL was powcrlcss to rcdrc
CO these wrongs. The time has, thci
Q. fore, arrived, when it becomes me, az
ne citizen of Ohio and the United Stat,
10 to demand and by my own act to vi
IS, dicate the rights, liberties and prl'
n. leges which | never forfeited, but
IN which, for so many months, / ha
re been deprived. Wherefore, men
rt Ohio, 1 ain again in your midst to-da
of / owo duties TO the State, and am he
to TO discharge them; have rights at
90 citizen and am here to assert them
x wife, aod child, and home, and wou
tx enjoy all the pleasures which are i
MS piled in those cherished words. /
yo | am here for peace, not turbulenC
g- for quiet, not convulsion; for ord
to law, not anarchy. Let no man of t
rv Democratic party begin any act