New York Herald, “Demand for the Release of Hon. Clement L. Vallandigham,” May 24, 1863

Source citation
“Demand for the Release of Hon. Clement L. Vallandigham,” New York Herald, May 24, 1863, p. 4: 5.
Newspaper: Publication
New York Herald
Newspaper: Headline
Demand for the Release of Hon. Clement L. Vallandigham
Newspaper: Page(s)
4
Newspaper: Column
5
Type
Newspaper
Date Certainty
Exact
Transcriber
Don Sailer, Dickinson College
Transcription date
The following text is presented here in complete form, as it originally appeared in print. Spelling and typographical errors have been preserved as in the original.

Demand for the Release of Hon. Clement L. Vallandigham.

CINCINNATI, May 23, 1863.

The following petition is circulating in Columbus and other parts of the State of Ohio: -

The undersigned, citizens of Franklin county, respectfully represent that the most scared right of the citizen, as guaranteed by the constitution of our fathers, has been violated in the arbitrary arrest, illegal trial, and inhuman imprisonment of Hon. Clement L. Vallandigham. We therefore demand of the President of the United States his immediate and unconditional release.

General Burnside is known to have said that he had not asked for any instructions since his arrival here; that he had received none since he left Washington, and that the arrest and trial of Mr. Vallandigham was upon his own responsibility.

After the arrest of Mr. Vallandigham President Lincoln telegraphed to General Burnside that he would sustain him in his efforts to support the government.

Civil Liberties
Columbus, OH
Cincinnati, OH
Franklin County, OH
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