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Vallandigh hams congregational
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FIR N the CINCINNATI Commercal.1
Vallandig gham's Congressional Re-
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Not the least among the shameless pre-
teuces put forth by the representative man
of the party of Ohio "sympatbizers," Is the
assertion of bis own immaculate loyalty to
the Constitution and the Union. This false
declaration was loudly and vauntingly pro-
claimed on the floor of Congress last spring,
when it was proposed to'iustitute an exam
ination into the loyalty of Vallandisham
1t was reiterated at the Democratic
Convention in Columbus, and continues to
be put forth by the presses which continue
in the interest of his party.
We propose Low to ascertain, by citing
the record of the representative OF the Third
District, what are the foundations of ttis
overweening pretencs Of loyalty. We shall
see whether this man is trsly friend of
the Government and the Union whose
sworn officer he is, or whether be is wolf
in sleeps clothing, pretending to be loyal,
while serving the cause of the rebellion just
as far as be dare go.
We shall take. for the present, only the
record of one session of CoDgress-the first
which convened after the inauguration OF
the rebellion by firing upon. Fort Sumter.
Was Mr.. Vallandigham, then, loyal re-
preventative?
On July l0'h, 1861, one of the most i'm
portant bills for the vindieation of the ma
tional authority was passed by the House
of Representatives. This was the bill to
provide for the collection OF the revenue in
The insurrec,ionary States. 1t empow-
ers the President, in cases where by reason
of rebellion, obstruction to the execution of
the revenue laws exist, to collect duties on
shipboard, outside the insnrrectiouary port,
or at any other feasible point within the
insurrectionary State, and TO close the ports
of entry of such State during the continu-
ance of the rebellion. The vote on this bill
was, yeas l36, nays 10, including Clement
l.. ValIandigham, of Ohio. Here, Mr.. VAL
landigham voted against the Government,
and for the rebels.
Z On July 10th, 1861, Mr.. Valandigham
made an elaborate speech against the Loan
bill, which pledged the credit of the Gov
ernment to the amount of two hundred and
fifty millions of dollars to carry on the war
for the Government against the rebels In
this speech he said, among other things
equally impudent and reasonable 1--WE
quote his own language-Cong. Globe p.
5s), "the people---sub subsequently re-
sponded to the policy of war In a whirl-
wind of passion and Madness
am for peace--speedy, immediate, honora-
BILE peace. Others may have changed |
have not.n He denounces the President for
issuing the proclamation of the 18th April
-" Summoning," says MIR. Valiangham,
"the militia to suppress the so-cdlJed insur-
rection." He declares that there was "no
possible danger TO the Capital from any
quarter" at the time of this proclamation,
whereas nobody knew better than he, that
the Richmond Enquirer bad for weeks urg-
ed upon the secessionists of Virginia q
seizure of the National Capital as guaran-
tee of the "Southern rights" aud an armed
bcdy of rebels, $4,000 strong, lay at Ma
nassas junction, menacing Washington at
the very moment he was giving them g aid