Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1861-06-07
The Traitors at Homo.

The Dayton Empire closes a long semi
editorial article, written probably by Mr..
Vallandigham-the only Northern politi-
clan, according to the Richmond Examiner,
who has remained true to bis pledges to the
South-as follows;
at has not been quite three months since
Abraham Lincoln was inaugurated Presi-
dent Of the United States, at Washington /;
and yet within this short period more start
ling events have occurred than in the whole
half century previous. Within this period,
an army of more than two hundred thousand
men have been called into the field by the
PresiderG for the purpose of invading eleven
Of the sovereign States which were former
members of this Confederacy q blockade
of Southern ports has been declared; boun-
ties Of money have been promised to the
soldiers enlisting for the war intercourse
between States at peace with each other has
been forbidden; the rights and privileges Of
States Vithin the Union have been in
vsded, and their ~unoffending citizens have
been murdered in cold blood citizens have
been arrested and imprisoned for in
FdmmdtoTy language - an offense not
known to the laws-soldiers under the
orders of the President have refused
obedience to the writ of habeas corpus, issued
ny III IhuACANA OLACcI La Iu0 lduus
All of these things have been done in plain
and manifest violation Of provisions in the
Constitution which admit of no double con-
~sIuction. And to crown all, good and loyal
citizens of the United States have been every
where threatened with violence, and even
with death, if they dared to express the
opinion that Abraham Lincoln Is not God.
Are we to have a ~despotism for the next
half century in exchange for the mild and
beniicent Government under which we
have hitherto lived?'
1t is well for the writer of this article that
be lives in the cold and impassive and COW
ardly and servile North, where, in spite Of
the arbitrary conduct Of the Government, of
which he complains, and which be so fla
GRAVITY misrepresents, there is that respect
for the law, that be is able to write and print
his reasonsa and falsehoods, andinhammatory
misstatements-to play the part of a traitor
and incendiary, without danger to his
worthless person.
Had he lived in the South, and ventured
upon a similar proceeding, no one knows
better than himself that before his issue had
been an hour old, he would have found him
self hanging by the neck from some tree in
the vicinity Of his Office, without any Of the
tedious formalities of a Judicial inyestiga
ton, and with q unanimous popular YER
dict Of sServed him right"
Mr.. Vallandigham owes his life, at this
moment, 10 the conviction of the people o.
the North of their own strength and unsnim.
ity-to the belief that, as things are situated
such yermin are not dangerous. Let a doubt
arise upon this point, and his safety viii
consist only in a sudden emigration to {
warmer climate. Let the army Of the Gov
eminent experience q reverse, or spprehen
sions arise Of an invasion of the North, ant
the contempt with which he is now REGARDED
viii be changed to hatred, and he may b
invited 10 an entertainment for which b
has, probably, as little taste as any Of hi
neighbors.
The aspect which the North-in cOntras
with the South-presents at this time, Is on,
that shoald command the respect Of tn
world. Nothing is necessary in the Soutl
but TO be known as the citizen Of q Northern
State, to render a man liable TO the seYeres
prosecutions and indignities. Men bOrl
there, and who have been residents Of tn
South ali their lives, are driven from thei
homes in crowds, simply for being in senti
ment opposed to Secession.
Hers, 80 far from manifssting a disposition
to retaliate upon the South, or even TO imi
tats lis acts, men libel the Government q
their win, and practice All the arts OF bsdi
ton in the NEST public way, without an,
A~pRrshsnaions Of perSonsl danger.
But this state Of things can not be de
pended apon 10 continue. All these South
srnldoings are causes and will surely worl
out their legitimate effects. There are con
sequences attached by eternal laws to thi
Southern murderous propensity, that will
IN time, arrive there certainly and proba
bly, here. There Is reason to apprshsnd tina
there win be times Of great popular excite
msnt yet in the R0rth-timss when old
grudges will BE- recalled, and past ofsnseI
remembered when men viii feel impsllet
~ By en insane inspiration 70 take iustic.
into their own hands and administer I
retrIbution that the Consultation and iawI
do not contemplate.