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Ashtabula Weekly Telegraph
Ashtabula, Ashtabula County, Ohio
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From military prison in Cincinnati, Ohio, on May 5, 1863, C.L. Vallandigham protests his arrest for defending Democratic views and constitutional rights against government usurpations and military despotism, urging Ohio Democrats to stand firm in their principles for the Union and liberty.
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MILITARY PRISON,
CINCINNATI, O., May 5th, 1863.
To the Democracy of Ohio:
I am here in a military bastille for no other offense than my political opinions, and the defense of them, and of the rights of the people, and your constitutional liberties. Speeches made in the hearing of thousands of you, in denunciations of the usurpations of power, infractions of the Constitution and laws, and of military despotism, were the sole cause of my arrest and imprisonment. I am a Democrat—for Constitution, for law, for the Union, for liberty—this is my only crime. For no disobedience to the Constitution, for no violation of law, for no word, sign, or gesture of sympathy with the men of the South, who are for disunion and Southern independence, but in obedience to their demand, as well as the demand of Northern Abolition disunionists and traitors, I am here in bonds today; but,
"Time, at last, sets all things even."
Meanwhile, Democrats of Ohio, of the Northwest, of the United States, be firm, be true to our principles, to the Constitution, to the Union, and all will yet be well.
As for myself, I adhere to every principle and will make good, through imprisonment and life itself, every pledge and declaration which I have ever made, uttered or maintained from the beginning. To you, to the whole people, to time, I again appeal. Stand firm. Falter not an instant!
C.L. VALLANDIGRAM.
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C.L. Vallandigram
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To The Democracy Of Ohio
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the author is imprisoned in a military prison solely for his democratic political opinions and defense of constitutional liberties against usurpations of power, infractions of the constitution, and military despotism; he urges democrats of ohio and the northwest to remain firm in their principles for the constitution, union, and liberty.
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