Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1861-08-29

mourniui sensibility when we bes
in mind that the misguided and innc
cent suffer terribly because they cannc
leave the guilty authors of the war
1t may be necessary 10 FIRE on a bod
OF riotous men in a crowded city; bu
who. while disorder requiring force I
repress it 6lls the streets, thinks of ms
king merry with the apoiogists Of th
rebellion?
| This guilty dinner with traitors vii
finish the public career Of the two mel
who tried to celebrate treason Of
Thursday, in Baltimore. All know i
to be an outrage TO accept a publ,
dinner at place like this, whatever i
may be to talk as near to the border o
overt treason in the Senate as one car
talk and not quite pass the line. fths
cause OF the rebels might be supposed
to have merit, their friends should now
be only the more deeply depressed al
The sufferings they endure, and the GER.
tainty that their submission will be en-.
forced at whatever cost of their lives
may be necessary. On the contrary,
they are arrogant. defiant, abusive; and
they crown the infamy of their general
course by an entertainment given to
Breekinridge and Vsllandigham in Bal
tlmore. And these men are so lost to
shame as to accept the ovation, and to
seek to poison the air by veniilating
their wine-heated hatred Of the Govern
ment in outdoor speeches. Fortunate
ly the people were too strong for them
outside the nest Of enemies Of the
Union by whom they were invited
The air even at Baltimore is too good
for such men to breathe with entire
freedom.
A grand dinner over the destruction
OF life at Manassas. over the prostralion
Of business and the ruin Of every pri-
vate interest in seven or eight States of
this Union. must be a ghastly sport
None but Baltimore Secessionists could
conceive such piece of infamous i'm
and no men but Breckinridg gs
and Vallandigham could be the heroes
Of such feast. The event is alone in
history Of its KIND. II there had been
procession in ssckcloth and ashes, our
sympathies might have been. moved,
and small measure Of respect for the
half-insane desetees OF slayeholding
might have been called forth.
II there is anything for Baltimore to do
i is TO 60 in mourning. A thousand
pr more Of the inhabitants Of that CITY
eEss ie i i arms against the government.
peuitent Submission. Baltimore :tseIfI
S wrecked in all its business relations;
is great railroad is almost destroyed;
its shops are silent. and its position in
The country gone. No doubt there are
many noble and honorable men there
who deserve, and we hope will soon at.
taIn,. a better position; but this is
The penalty secessionism has already
brought on that city. These are not
the events over which men usually give
grand dinners and make eloquent
speeches. The new-made graves at
Manassas are almost too fresh for
ecstasy over the causeless ruin treason
has made. Virginia does not seem par
licularly elated at Richmond, nor is
General Wise enthusiastic enough to
enjoy a grand dinner at the Eutaw
House. There are few-verylew-in
the world who could give such a din
ner with Deaths head at the sideboard,
and but two men living who could be
its guests--Breckinridge and Vallan-
igham.-Phil0delphia North Ameri-
can.