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jj LEVI 3C. TATE.
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Select Poetry.
I from the O.kalnma Time.
CONSTITUTION AS IT IS, THE
UKIOX AS IT WAS.
iTUB
nv a. i. Ftmatso.v.
Ilnl Democrats nf every HtatP,
Wlici lovn joiircountry'. laim,
l'n arc ye for Ilia coiillirl now
l'ur nrar the tialtlc ilraws ;
And let yniir banner ut.uon fnrlh.
The wntclmoril iifniir cause
"The (n.vmiBTini in. it Is,
The UNION u it was I"'
The warning voice of Washington,
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The Constitution must Uu saved.
Though danger he at liatiil,
All violations nf the law
Shonlil instantly he checked
Without the chart of liberty.
Our freedom would bo u ret Veil.
IVrivit nn "State neccnilly"
To mar n't smallest part.
I'nr 'tis a tyrant's listed steel
To pierce the nation's heart.
The Hage nfMontlrelln spoke,
And warimd us of Ihe worst J
He sniJbV sectional disputes
Our Country would bo cursed,
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Against the fniitli arrajed,
(iuiiist geographie party lines
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'Ihe right nf each and every fr'tatii
Its own affair to rule,
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Tl. Hero of Ihe lie rmitago
'I his sentiment exprosieil
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All wrongs by law repressed;
The rights reserved by every Srlate
ftill .aired must remain ;
The I'reedoui ol' tlin piess and speech,
Nn power shouhl e're restrain
Whoever dares to break Ihe law.
To trial streighlway brin;,
And if high treaKinhu his crime I
Like Ilamun Ut him bningl
The Cnnstitulinn as it Is
We want no higher law :
Ourfalhers, when they made it,
'I he coming danger saw,
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Ilcel.ircd the work wa good
J'h" a gis of our liberties
A bond of brotherhood,
It covered North anil'-nulli Alike,
United i:.it and west,
Andjuiade our counlry prosperous,
Our people free and bU'ft,
Hi. ! Oemocrats nfavery Stat',
Who love jour country's laws,
l'repare yc for the conflict now,
Kor near the bntltc draw s ;
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The watchword of our cause
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T U B3 Hi A W
IN Til C
VALLANDIGHA.M CASE.
m iromiue .ai.ii.i. iiu:iiii:iiee uy ;u j
K As much confusion seems to prevail with
jjregird to the legal aspects of the arrest,
prial, and conviction of Mr. Vallandigham
- ., ' ..... ,, nn ,
Ton tho charge of giving aid and comfort
ito tho enemv. we think it nroner. in view
Tr .t. .t.tj
jj i i i
Considered as one of law rather than one As if to shut the door against any such .i,tlt!,u "" of !,u Pa"aS ' ,l 'Is ho dc.ignatcd the circumstances that seem
of militarv eanrice. to nlace distinclv be- proceedings as those ins.i'tutcd bv (i,nc- " ' ?. " . ? ?V "I'i"." ' . C(1 111 f',r a timc' !' nBrturo
Tt .t. !..- ...i.s..i. s.
.(jiuiuuui iciiueiB ii.u jiu.iua uu men it
turus.
,S The charge brougbtagainst Mr.
Valan-
Tdigliam was as follows :
S Publicly expressing.in violation of Gcn-
jtiai viuui .ii, ..uiu iiv...u,u,ni.i ku-
ipartment of the Ohio, his sympathy for
glioso in arms against the Government of
Cthe United States, declaring disloyal sou-
,'tiineuts and opinions, with the object and
ifpurposc of weakening the power of the,
Government in its efforts to suppress au
,crat Order No. 33, from Headquarters Do-
unlawful rebelled.
Tim Ronnifirnrinn nil.liiPotl l.v 11, n Snilfrn
i , . . . r.i : i .f
.advocate in support ol this charge is in the
following terms :
S In this, that thn said Clement L. Val-
landigham, a citizen of the State of Ohio
on or about the first day of May, 18011, at
'ATmi.tf. Vnrnnn ivnnr nnnnfV. OMll llM
uwk - -J .. . -
iwar ;" "a war not being waged for the
preservation of the Union ;" "awar (or tho
',purposo of crushing out .iberty aud ereo
ting a despotism ;'"'a war for the freedom
of the blacks aud tho enslavement of the
''whites stating ''that if the Administra -
-.lion had so wished, tho war could have
boon honorably terminated mouths ngo ;"
Jhat "peace might havo been honorably
obtained by listening to tho propositi in-
icrincdiation of France ;" that "propuri
tions by which tho Southern States cou'd
be won back, and tho aouth be guarrautcd
Mier nciiiH uuuor me uonstituimn, nan
-O .....l . i. - .1... ..r .1., I...' I....
been tojtcted tho day beforo tho lato bat-
is
-tie of Fredericksburg, by Liucoln aud his
nun in u nrifirocu n ior,.n nip.i r o e I 7. I q ... b..w. n n. rt ut,i I i.n encnnni ni a
?un,l uttnr Sl.llli . I.lll o ill U'nrilfl nf III U....:.l .mllu.i. nrnllms nll'mn. I ... 1 1 ! "0(1 V tllO COUTt W
feffect as follows: Dcclariuc thu present bo comnelled. in answer to unv writ of 1 11,0 Pl'lv"uL,s 01
war ,(a wicked, cruel, and unnecessary habaus counts to return the body of nnv i pendod by tho 'Pi
minions," meaning thereby tho President Sko. 2, And he It jurthcr evae'ed, That
of tho United States and those under him . thu Secretary ol State and tho Score
in authority ," charging "that the Gov- fry of War be, and they nro hereby di
criitiicnl of the United States wcro about
to appoint military inaishnls in every din
trict to restrain t ho people of there liber
ties, to ilcpri-o them of their rights and
privileges " Characterizing General Or
dor No. 88, Headquarters Department of
1 lie Ohio, as "a basa usurpation of arbi
trary authority ;" inviting his hearers to
r0B""'t "'c ?,c b' "'f?
tlin nrrhli inlni'in tlin mmint
iesi.ii me same, uy sajing -mio sooner
the people inform the minions of usurped
power that they will not submit to sucli
! restrictions upon their liberties the better'1
Declaring ''that ho was at all timrs, and
upon all occasions, resolved to do what ho
ccuiu to ticicat the attempts now being
made to build up a monarchy upon the 1 those who reside in the respective jutisdic
ruins of our free Government ;" asserting tions ef said judges, or who may ho
''that he firmly believed, as ho said sis ! deemed by the said Secretaries, or either
months ago, that tho men in power arc of them, to have violated any law of tho
attempting to establish n despotism in tha United States in any of said jurisdictions.
country more cruel and more oppressive
than over existed before'" All ot winch 1
opinions and sentiments bo well know did '
aid, cnmlorl, and encourage those in arms '
igniiist the Covcrnmeiit, and could but in-1
1...... !.. !.! 1 .!.! !..-. I
uuce 111 Ins hearers or those in aims against '
it anu a tiitpOMtion to rctist inu taws ot tno
land.
J. M. Cutis, Capt Eleventh Infantary,
Judge Advocate Department ol the Uhto.
It will thus bo seen thai the charge and
thc specification, oven if entirely sustain-
... . , . i ,
cd by the evidence; (as to which m this
inquiry wo raise no question.) seek to con-
vict Mi. Vallandtgham, a citizen of Ohio, '
of "giving aid and comfort to the enemy
Now this offence, lias, by I ho recent
legislation of Congre ,beon made express
ly cognizable by the courts of the United
States. This will appear from the follow
ing statute, being ''An act to mpprcss in
mrrcciion, to ptini h treason and rebellion
and conli c tti' the property cf rebel, and
fcr oilier purposes." approved Ju'y 17,
180i,:ind found in volume lv!, chapter 105
page 580 of the Statutes at Large, as
printed by older of Conerefs. Wo cite
tho sections relative to this topic as fol
lows :
Skc. '2. And he V fit Ih'e enrwterf, That
if an) pcr.on shall hereafter incite, set on
foot, iiK-ist, or cn.igc in any rebellion or
iu.-utrcctiou nguinH the authority of the
United Stairs, oi ilir hws thcrcof.or shall
give aid or comfort then to, or f lrill en
gage in or give aid and comlort to any
Mich existing rebellion or i surrcetioii and
be convii'ted thereof, t-ucli person shall bo
punished by impi isonmciit for n peiiod
not exceeding to ycais, or by a line nt
I'xcicding ten thousand dollars, and by
lite liberation ol all liii slaves, if any he
litivo, or by both of taid p'luishments,
at
lie discretion ot the court.
bRC 3. Awlhcajulhtremotol Mini
every pcr--on guilty of the oft 'iices descn
bed in this net shall be forever iucan.ibb
and disqualified to hold any ofiiue under a such judge or court may direct, appen
ds United States. ' j before su.'h judgo or court to be fuiiht:r
The tribunal to take cognizance of -u.-h ,lo,U eordins to Jaw, as the eircum
, ..... . , ht-tuccs mav renairu. And it shall bo tho i
casts and questions distinctly appears from (Ul(y of th; llist,liBt otlorney of lho Uuit0ll '
th'.- concluding section of this statute as ( Smtes to attend such examination beforo
follows : the ju Igc. j
Si;c. M, An I lici'far!,rr omnlal, That Sr.'j. :J. And he il further cnncle-l, That
the courts ol the United States shall have in case any of such prisoners hall be un
fiil! power to institute proceedings, make du- indictment or presentment for anv
orders and decrees, issue niocusw. ud do
all other things necessary to carry this act
i:..n ...V ...
into cffLct,
This is conclusive as to the jurisdiction
of the courts of the United Sutcs, and of
, w. ii t,
them alone, over the ofTcncc alleged to
' ... c .
have been committed by Mr. Val'audig
ham.
j .
ni .1..-. li nn.,, ,ii,i n..t
it..r...;.. ; .,i .... ..m nr.......i
m i'u""iii o -" uji..uii.i.
i March, J 18b.t, expressly "relating to
h'ibcus corpus aud regulating judicial pro-
WtUUli;, III UUIIUMI 1 ou svi.v.i
of this act relevant to tho case of Mr. Ya-
iiaiiiiiguaiu may uu tuunu uu pagu 1 0,1 ut
tlie volume of the Statutes at Large as jut
. , . , f Co anJ arc as
3
lollows :
Ik it enacted by the bennte and House
of Representative, oj the United -States oj
mc-10 1 n Lmnsress assemuwi. v nut uu-
Hllg tllO prCSUllt rebellion tllO PraMdcilt of
the United States, whenever, in his judg-
requrJ0 f8
authorized to suspend the privilege of the
Vrjt of habeas corpus in any caso through-
out tho United Slates or any patt thereof,
The privilege has not been S) suspended
t ll.in 1 A nil .cliniini-n, nli1 li'fin,.nm-
1 1 vll.UJ t. III. II IIVMl.1 . I .,'.
norson or nersons dotained bv him by au-
thority of tho President; but upon the
certificate, under oath of the ofliccr having
I charge of any ono so detained that such
! person is detained by him as n prisoner
' uuder authority of tho President, further
1 pvooeeding under tho writ of habeas corpus
I siall bo suspended by the judgo or court
having issued tho saitl writ so long as said
j mspousion by tho President shall remain
iu forco aud said rebellion continue. The
privilege of the writ of habeas corpus not
having been suspended in Ohio, it follows
that no nidge in that ."stato is authorized
I. . ib tt .... !......, ....
to suspend proceedings instituted uuder
this wiit.l
rectcd, as soon as may bo practicable, to
furnish tho judges of tho circuit and dis
trict courts of the United States, and of
the District of Columbia, a list of the
nuines of all persons, citizens of States in
which the administration of thu luws has
continued unimpaired in the said Fed
eral courts, who arc now, or may here
after be, held as prisoners of the United
States, or by order or authority of the
President ol the Uuitcd States, or either
of said Secretaries, in any fort, arsenal, or
other place, as state or political prisoners,
orothorwise than as prisoners of war ;
the said lUt to contain the names of all
and also the date of each arrest, tho See-,
rotary ol Statu, to lurni-h a list of such
persons as are imprisoned by thu order or,
. v,w. vv .u.ii ll ll IIOU OUV I
authority ot the President, acting through
the Statu Department, and the Secretary I
..f ..' - l: . -e I ' ; 11 1
of n ar a lift of such as are imprisoned by .
tlie otuer or authority ol the Prcfidcut,
acting through tho Department ol War
And in cases where a grand jury, hav
ing attended any of said couitH huvinjj in
lisd-ctioti ii, tho piemics, afier tho pass-
"Su ... nct' i111 ." ,c,r 1110 urni-Uing
ol ' lt as atoresaid, has terminated its
. . . .. iniUcUlwn, ni.
presentment, or other proceeding against 1
any such peuou, it shall be the duty of,
, tlie jtitig ot said caurt loithwitli to mi.Uc
, an older that any fuel, pii.-ouer desiring a
disichargc trout said imprisonment be
. brongl.rbcfo.c him to be discharged ; and !
, every officer of the United Stales having'
custody of such prisoner is hereby directed
immediately to oliey and execute said
udgo's order : and in case ho shall thlav I
or refuse so lo do, he shall be subject to ,
iiidii'smcut lor uiisdcmeanor, and he pun- '
i-hed by a fine of not lers than five bun- i
tired dollars and imprisonment in the
county jail for a period of not less than
six months in the discretion of the court
Piowdcd, however, that no person shall '
be discharged by virtue of the provisions
of this net until after he or she shall have
taken the oath of allegiance to the Govern
ment of the Uuitcd jMatc., and to support
thu Constitution thereof; ami that lie or
she will not hereafter in any way encour
ii or trive aid and comfoit to the present
i uucllion, or the i-upnortrrs tbcreol : And
provided ttho, That the judgi-or court
btloro whom such person may he brought,
btf.ie discharging him or her lrom im-
prisotiuient, tdiall have power, on exami-
unt on ot the case, and, it the public
safety shall require it, shall be required to
caum him or hci to enter into rrcoguizanco
with or without surety, in a mm to be
fixed by Ihe said judgo or court, to keep
the peace and he ot good Uelnivmr to
ward thu United States and its clizcus,
' and from time to time, and al such times
olfeiico against the laws of the United
State
, . . . , , ..
ttes. ami bv existim? laws, hail or a re-
...I..... ....... 1 i ..!..... I.... ......n....
cognizance may tic taken lor the appc
-iiiz.iiee mav l.a taken for the at.near-
auce lor tnal ot such person, it
hull bo
U'7,U,'V or'a,d J"'1 al once feh:.rgo
i such person ttpoti bail or recognizance for
... .,rn,.',. ; 0 tlm
ti lal a atoiusaid. Aim in catc I tie saiu
Si-ci-utanes of State ami War shall lor
anv
reason refuse or omit to furni.h the
saiil hit of ncrs-otis he d as nrisoneis afore-
!. t.t.!.. , ...... ... .1.'
. - iiiiiii twenty nays irotii iitu ttiiiu oi 1110 ,
arrest, anv citizen may, after a grand jury
shall have terminated its session without i
' finding an indictment or presentment, as
I . 1 . C .1
I by n petUion IXV,;W, ,iio facts as af ,re-
, nvnt I i I ill ill.. t,ni,i vnf.riiiii ill litis: iii'i.
gam tout'tiiug any ot tnc persons so as
aforesaid imprisoned, supported by tho
onth or such pttitioner or any other credi-
1,1,, ,.erS(ini obtain anil b entitled to have
! the said judge's order lo di.-clu.rge mch
, pr:sucr"01, ,i,0 Siimo torms conditions
n.vtcr cd iu t)l0 6cconi st,ction 0f this
, . ir, viclotl however That tho said
judge shall be satisfied that such allega
tions are truo.
The reader can easily educe from these
provisions the law of tho question raised
by tlie arrest of Gen. Dum-ide. Thoy
will perceive that tho proceedings uudi r
the writ of habeas coipus arc to be suspen-
heuover and wherever
this writ Ii is been sua-
resident, which is not the
case in tho State of Ohio. Judge Leavilt,
in refusing to grant lho writ sued out iu
behalf of Mr. Vallandighani, ttated that
hi had not seen tho law which was cited
in court by Mr. Pugh, the attorney of Mr.
Vallandigham. Wo infer from this fact
that Judgo Lcavitt docs not deem it neces
sary to havo a knowledge of laws which
it is his s woin duty to ndmiuislcr, or that
his means of prom ing information under
this head tiro moro limited than thoso pos
' P.
:tl"
csscd by laymen who read tho journals
which are authorized to publish the laws
of thu UniU'd States officially, or who pos
sess a sufliuieiit interest iu such m.illcis to
purchase the volume printed by the cmi-
nont publishers, Messrs. Little & Drown,!
of Roiton, under tho authority of Con-
grcss. His ignoranco of tho laws may bo ,
his best excuse for not doing his duly '
uiH cr iucm.
And when a judgo of the United Slates (
is ignorant of the legislation of Congress
under them. I
on this head, surely Gen. Burnmlca may
be excused for not knowing that Congress, j
by tho act of July 17, 18G'-, had expressly '
nroiidcd for the trial bv the courts of tho
.
olTcnco ho allrncs ai'ainst Mr. Aralant!ii'-'
ham, Nor h it any an.swcr.to say, as
11 1 i ii
nurusi.tn urges in uis statement matic to
tlie judge, that "wo are in a Hate of civil t0 Wm 11S being or nbout ,0 etlgng0 in (lis.
war, and an emergency is upon us whi-h oynl or treasonable practices to be arrcs
rcqnircs the operations of sonic power that lca by special civil as well as military
moves more quickly than the civil ;" for 1 n2oncics. and detained in military custody.
... .........
1 was I,rcclfi;y 111 view ol such an emer-
goncy U1" Congress iased the actol last
July lTth already cited, and it was to cx-
. . .
cl(Kj
t!io pristibility of tlie arbitrary
detention of persons held ''as prisoners of
the United States, as state or political
prisoners, or otherwise than as prisoners
of war," t lint Congress passed the act
approved on the .'Id of March last, and the
sections of which, so far as they relate to
tllis casc; wo liavu r(,oited above
tcrvcnlion of a court martial
The in-
illegnlly
charged with the trial of a citizen, docs
ot alor tho n!lUrc of thu imprisor,mcnt
r, -.r ,. , , , ., , . ,
(r- A al a"ll,S1,al. "II0. 'bilo deprived
0'1"', liberty, must be regarded in law as
one ''imprisoned by thu order or authority"
of the President, acting through the Dc-
pnrtment of War."
If it bo t ue, as is said, that Mr. Val
laudigham has been imprisoned in Fort
Warren by order of General Uurnsidc,
confirming the sentence of the court mar
tial illegally charged with the trial of o
citizen for an offence made cognizable by
the courts, it follows that Mr. Vallandig
ham is now held as a "slate or political
prisoner " within the terms of the act of
Maich lid, 180:j, and it will therefore he
the du'y, as we doubt not it will be the
pleasure, of .Mr. Secretary Stanton to
report i ho name of Air. Vallaudigham to
the Judge of the United Statss Circuit or
District Court which has hoi and legal
iuri4djltion f tho wff.Ilce fop wnich Mr.
', ., ,. , . . , , , . ,
A alland.gham is now irregularly detained,
tint ho may be put on trial accoiding to
the statute made and provided for precisely
-.,t. rrn(,, n i, : -lien-oil ,n hnv'n
comuM m conviction under such
. ....
c icumstanccs, would carry with it the
sanction of (', and as such would re
ceive tho assent of law-abiding citizens and
be a terror to evil-doers.
The sentence, as our readers will per
ceive, has been commuted by President
Lincoln. The unlawfully convicted "po
litical pri-oncr" has onhj been exiled
from hi- family aud homo. Aai:.
The Iittnligcitcci continues :
c nave saw in,
' .
We have said that we believe it will give
Qliiliii nl,inL,tn I -,rcn n In, ml
1 r' lli'anro to pursue a
1 . UIUIIIVH 1 1 I V U . LI I IU ('UlfUV ,
1 course in procuring a tegular tnal lor Air.
V.illandigham, u-.der the Constitution and
laws of lho land, thai ho mav receive jus-
. .. ..
,...,,,,. n.i ,
'
""ens; iot ju. oiamui. .K...u.i.u ....
. .....
accession lo ollice by an 'order,
:lcr, in which
. troiu
tho normal course of administra
tion," at lho outbreak of the rebellion,
when the Govcrnmcn' was called suddenly
to meet an "emergency which Congress i
had not anticipated and for which it had
not provided." To this effect he declared (
as follows, under his order of February!
M, 180:3 : I
The breaking out of a forminable iu- ,
snrivniimi lmsod nn a cniiflint of llolitical
ideas, being an event without precedent in appointed Provost Marshals and assistant,
the Unhid States, was necessarily attend-1 under the conscription law, only thirty
cd by great confusion aud perplexity of lue l(tuc been in 'he military service of the
.1 .... .. I II! 1 I... I...C J I
me puoiio min i yistojauy, u .m uu-
before un-
SUSUI'UIUU , IUHUUIIIY utua.uu uiui, " '
treason astonished the world by bringing,
ai once iuto the field military forces supc-
liorin numbers to the standing army of
the United Slates.
. ..1 I, .,. ,1 o.,,l
Even iu the portions of the couutry
which were most loyal political combina
tions and secret societies were formed
furthering tho work of disunion, while,
from motives of disloyalty or cupidity, or
from excited passions or parverlcd sympa
thies, individuals woro found furnishing
men, money, and materials of war
and supplies to tho insurgents' military
and naval forces. Armies, ships, foitili
cations, navy yards, nrsonals, military
puts and garrisons, ono after another,
wcro betrayed or abandoned to the insur
gents. Congress had not anticipated and so
had not provided for tho cmorgoney. Tho
j municipal authorities woro powerless and
inactive Tho judicial machinery seemed
as if it had becu designed not to sustain
the Government, b'lt to embarrass and
betray it,
In this emergency tho President felt i I
his duty to employ with energy the extra-
ordinary powers which the Constitution
confides to him in cuscs of insurrection.
Ho called intn tlin firdil siicl. inilitarv and
He called into the field such military and
nnval forco utl!Ujtb0rizcd by tho existing
awS) socnC(l ncoMiaryi ne directed
- .
,..., (n .,...,. ,!, ,,an of tl. nn.t 1
oflko for trcasonablc corrCPpondcnce. He
fubjoeted passengers to and from foreign
. 1
uuuuuiua to huw pusspun regulation, anu i'ujj,a,'i uu,. na, u. .vj..i ,ui uiu i.iai, six mouilla, anu many ol IU8
n,''t" ho instituted a blockade, Mispendcd the I persons were present and participated in soltliet's families Vi ore in a suffering con
Gc"' ! writ of habeas corum in various places, I the exercises. A series of resolutions ! lllt.io" ,ilt h?moi say nothing of their
cnumrlcs l0 ow passport regulation, anu
, n.j. .1 , i
nnJ causcd ncrons van r(!r)rescnted
" I
whon necessary, to prevent ihcm and deter
others from such practices. Examinations
of such cases were instituted, and some of
the persons so arrested have b'en dis
charged from lime to time under circum
stances or upon conditions compatible, as
was thought, with tho public safety.
Meantime a f.iyorablo change of public
opinion has occurred. The line between
loyalty and disloyalty is plainly defined ;
the whole struclurc of the Government is
firm and stable ; apprehensions of public
danger and facilities of treasonable prac
tices have diminished with the passions
which piomplcd hcedlcs persons to adopt
them. The insurrection is believed to
have culminated, and to be declining.
Tho President, in view of these facts,
and anxious to favor a return to the nor
mal course of the Administration, as far
as regard for the public welfare will allow,
direct that all political prisoners now
held in military custody bo released on
their subscribing to a parole engaging them
to render no aid or comfort to the enemies
in hostility to thq United States.
Extraordinary arrests will hereafter bo
made under the directions of the military
authorities alone.
Congress has by its recent legislation
''anticipated" precisely such a case as that
raised by the alleged conduct and language
of Mr. Vallaudigham, and has thus made
provision fcr the "emergency." The ouly
justification heretofore assigned for such
extraordinary arrests in tho heart of a
loyal population no longer exists, for tho
"normal course" of proceeding is now
plainly marked out by the law made and
provided for the trial aud punishment of
all who give "aid and comfort to the ene
my," hnd who are "citizens of States iu
which the administration of the laws
has continued uniuipaiicd in the Federal
courts."
COLUMBIA DEMOCRAT
nniTi'.i) n-v t.uvi 1.. tati:, ntoi'ittr.Ton
-SfiloomsSiurg:-
SATKKD.IY, JUNE 6, I83.
! .
Tim Cash oi- Matthew Lyon. Dur
ing the Administration of old Joh.i Ad-
ams, Mattiiiiw Lyon, who was imprisoned
under the Sedition Law of that "reign of
terror." was elected to Congress while in
jail, and from the jail he took Ids scat iu
Congress. '1 hat is the way tho Jeffcrso
uian Democrats did things.
The Phovost Mausiiai.s. Out of the
four hundred and twenty-three porsous
, v This is the way the nroin-
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lsu '"9 co kcPl tliat th P,aco' s,hol,ld
bo given to worthy, patriotic military men
disabled from active field service,
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COMMUNICATED.
For the Columbia Ocmotrat
Mn. EniToit :
Dr. John is cnolinu; off quite nico. I
think the fever is about broke. lie says
iu his last issue that ho cannot condesend
to notice II. F. E
I would like to know
how ho could desend any lower than be
now is. I do not think it possible for him
. . .i t ... i
to r?ct anv lower in una worm, unm no
occupies a space two by six.
Ho intimates that ho has plenty of doc- Nortj nnJ ur.;te tll0 South," soas to find
umcnts. I presume ho has been after the j ti,c alienago of public sentiment in tho
army aga'n, whore there arc plenty of his j0J.ni FUteS) Mn j t10 concentrated pow
kind of documents-. Hut I think his doe-1 (,r 0f tbc South, the excuso for an inglori
uinonts aro about liko the valuable pocket- ous j,ra,.c.. Certainly thoy exhibit more
book he feared the loss of at tho Conveu- j ingenuity in efforts to make the war a
tion, has nothing in them
H. F. EVERETT.
Dentoo, May, l8a.
Anniversary of tllO Ahtl-Slavory
Socioty.
Kobrrt rurvis, a colored delegate from ;
this State to tho American anti-Slavery ;
SocletV. which met in N'nw Ynrlt on !
bociety, which met in jScw 1 o
Thursday of last week, made a speech
bclore tho Society in which he stated that '
'
"The I.oval Leninics were all anti-Slaverv
Societies.'' (Cheers.) Rev. Dr. Chccvor, '
Wendell Phillip-, Lloyd Garrison, Fred.
n. .. ( i..,.tt
iuujj.aii;, iun u uuo m uiuci .uj...
. .1 .:.! ....t :.. '
were lead bv Garrison and endorsed unan
imously by the asseinbhgc, setting forth j
that the Constitution of thu Uuitcd States
is "a covenant wi'h death anil an agree
ment with hell ;" that thu Federal Gov
ernment ii. tit for the future be paramount
to State Constitutions ; endorses the Pres
ident's Emancipation Proclamation, do
fines copperheads fo be any who object to
the radical abolition policy ; eulogises
Fremont, Hunter & Co; glories iu tho
recognition of the Ilaytien Government, etc.
Comment, Vallandighani is arrested and
imprisoned for defending the Constitution
and civil liberty, and these men, who de
nounce tho I onstitution as ''a covenant
with hell," arc favored and p"rmitted to
run free.
The Caso of Vallandigham.
The arrest of Vallandigham for ad
dressing a public meeting against the
manner and the objects of the war, was
evidently an experiment of the Adminis
tration, to sec how far tho people would
tolerate these acts of violence. Tho rc
moval of tho prisoner out of the jurisdic
tion of the State shows the distrust that is
felt as to the character and consequences
of the outrage. The arrest is a threat
against every public man who refuses to
advocate the extreme measures of the Ab
olition Cabinet, It commences with Val-
landigham, but whore is it to stop ? The
opinions aud course of the Ohio member
can only be regarded as extreme, because
an entry has been raited against him
lie lias constantly kept in view, in all bis
course, a restoration of the Union, lie
has never advocated a peace based upon
separation. He is not only innocent, in
the view of the Constitution, ol all crimi
nal offence, but is guiltless of any wrong
such as a military tribunal should take
cognizance of if committed within its juris
diction ; nay, more, lie is not liable to the
censures which the Administration press
have to clamorously concentrated upon
him. For every word ho has spoken,
which may be cited as obnoxious, we will
produce an equivalent from the pen of
Garrisou, or of Greeley, or from the
mouths of Philips. Stevens, Kcllcy, and
their aho'.itiou coadjutors ; while it will
be easy to prove that tlie general tenor of
the labors of those men lias been to des
troy the Union which he sincerely labors
to recoiiitruct.
We have differed with Mr. Vallandig
ham. He has been too impatient to sym
pathize with the moderate counsels and
forbearing attitude of the conservative de
mocracy, lie believes that peace can be
accomplished now on tho basis of the res
toration of the Union, and in our opinion
uu ""3 il V0" lo Slillu tuu Bruu,,u
1 -.1. t 1... I .e
i i. ! r . ... 4 i. i
on wiiiuu ue oases' ins conviction, anu u it
is fallacious tho peoplo will not bo long
iu detecting it.
Rut tlo blow that falls upon a citizen
ol Ohio to-day, may bo directed at a Dem
ocrat of Pennsylvania to morrow. Tho
second outrage must follow the first, for
there is an inevitable pequonce in the log
ic of such wrongs. The blow, therefore,
is a threat at every Democrat ; and wo
wonder at tho folly, if not at tho malig
nancy which prompted it. Tho act is
done at a timo when the Government is
appealing to the Slates of tho North for
troops. The Slates upon which it must
mainly rely Pennsylvania, New York,
New Jersey, Ohio, Indianna and Illinois,
are Democratic States. Thoy have al
ready contributed a majority of all the
forces in the Held. Upon them tho Gov
ernment relies fo: tho future. They must
, sc.n(i volunteers, or their good will to rcn.
dcr the conscription efficient, what could
be moro impolitic at such a moment, than
I '
ei,i, ni.wtn fi,o fnot Tr innb nu
as u
tho Administration sought "to divide the
failure than a wiso Administration would
do in devising mcau: for its prosecution,
i Duyhstoum Domocrut.
"OR PAY
v-..,!1'?." rt o?xr ,n,n,d.' a. "Lv0
" . 7 t.. . . V! JV'
taken prisoner at the Raltlo of
and confined with many mors
sunny land" during the aumme
luiiuu '.irinoijci-at me Jiame oi nnir ti.nL'.'
in "Dixio's
summer and ntirt
ef the autumn of 1H02. Written whilo in
Nau,P. aln'Fr,t, Antlc.raon', Pc"r Nowbcrn,
f. 'ffS
r .i. : i . .? .. (m iiu
iur uiu i.iai six moutlis, anu tuauy of tU9
ci,I,1;i'j fn,;i:ff t ...rr..!
' V''
An "The floating scow of old vtrslnta."
Hurrah ', brave boys, 'pay day' has corn!
Our troubles now arc o'er :
Wo'vo got our pay of Uncle Sam,'
Which we should had before.
Wc suffered much for want of it,
While others, I daro say.
Have suffered more for thosa 'Green bacla
Which we have got to day.
Ilepcat Jc.
Oh ! we 11 keep a little and sondthc rsit
To loved ones far away.
Wc left 'sweet homes' with all its charmi
We left our kindred near,
And donned the soldier's uniform,
Willi all its glittering gear.
Wc bid our friends a 'long farewell,'
In 'Dixie's Land' to stay,
And promised them a few 'gracn backs,'
When we should get our pay.
Ifcprat j-c.
Ohl we'll keep a little, .J-c.
We march by night, wc march by day,
Wc march through mud and rain,
And. lay upon the cold wot ground
Of this we didn't complain.
While we had wive and children dear,
Who often wrote to say,
Oh I cant you send u.s one 'green back V
Or havn t you got your pay T
Ilepeat ij-c.
Oh ! we'll kocp a little, &c.
We faced the cannon's 'brazen mouth,'
And saw the shot and shell
Make fearful havoo in our ranks,
When many comrades fell ;
Whilo we had aged parents dear,
Whose heads wore turning gray,
Who soon must have a few 'green backs'
Or in the 'Poor-house' lay.
Repeat &c
Oh ! we'll keep a little &o
Wc mot contagion in the camp,
Tho rebels in the field,
Aud faced thoo deadly 'showers of lead,'
To make those traitors yield ;
While wo had notes and bonds at homo,
That brooked this long delay,
And needed much a few 'green backs'
Which wo have got to-day.
Repeat tj-c.
Oh ! we II keep a little, &o.
We cat our 'scanty rations' here
Without a 'narry red,'
While now and than a tear would fall
Upon our 'daily bread ;'
While health and strength are failing fast
And friends died far away,
In want of some of thoso 'green backs,'
Which we have got to day.
Repeat &.c.
Oh ! we'll keep a little, &c.
Wc done our duty while iu camp,
Wo toiled with axo and spade,
Rcneath old Dixio's southern sun,
Without one tree or shade.
Our lettais went as 'soldiers letters,'
Wo sent such every day ;
We could not raise a 'three cent stamp,'
The poatago to pro-pay.
Repeat, fyc.
Oh ! we'll keep a little, $c.
(And when we got an old 'green bad;,'
To town wo could not go,
Unless our hair was cropp'd off short,
And whiskers trimmed just so,
We'll charge this to their ignorauce,
Of facts they're not aware,
That Sampson lo tinnst of his stroegth
When shorn by Delilah fair.)
Repeal -c.
Oh 1 we'll keep a little, &c.
And now we've got those old 'green backs
To duty wc will go,
And whip those rebels at the South,
That need a whipping so.
Our fares now look bright again,
Our xcnlhti look morn gay,
Wo like thir rounded hapo thoy tak.
When wc have got our p ty.
1 hp eat, ij'c.
Oh! wo'll keep a little, ij-c.
Now when this blond war in nvrr
I And ended this sad strife.
lnko mJ' 'fircon backs,' leavo for homo
. l f'1? Ii01'.d wil1 'I"""0 n,5 lifo-
A nrl if I ntvnin nn f wmt
ir v "... -::,M bv w "M1
t ..-in ,,i:
. tint VDIIOtl DUItJU sJliltl "iljf
Get a commission and ilienmiVii.
In this way get away.
Repeat, S-r..
Oh I wo'll keep a little, &c.
The author is refused a pass to New
born until ho will submit to have his hair
and beard cut off.
Old Hen. Franklin said "there novcr
was good war nor a bad Peace.'1
"GREEN BACKS!"
DAY."