The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1863-05-15

The dispatches from Cincinnati advise n.
of the arres, of this Infamous traitor, whose
speeches and letters have been relied upon
by the rebels. as tending to strengthen their
cause as much as their armies in the field.
There can be no doubt. therefore. that he
has been giving .aii and comfort to the
enaGlgsr ever since tie rebellion began. AMI
the government has done wei ia putting :
Aup 10 his Vaccinations. For thoussndth
part of The treason against our government.
of which he has been guilty. if it had been
committed By Union man in Dixie against
the bogus confederacy. he would have dang
led between heaven and earth long ago
vallandigham. like many others OF his
stamp. have so long been permitted with
IMMUNITY. 10 denounce ihe government, aud
to instigate the people Of the country to an
opposition agains, the war for the suppress
sion Of the rebellion. that they had besa an
10 believe that the authorities of tue land
were afraid to bring tbs m to account Per-
haps Val is not the only one tina, viii in
doe time find himself disappointed. Gen
Halleek's remark. contsine! in the letter TO
The n Y meeting. are very significant. and
the cogperAeaas no doubt fully understand
its parport. Tie government may have
ably they would be justified in their ac,ie n.
If all the circumstances surrounding them
could be made NANTES. to the public eye.
The recent endorsement of the President
course by Elk Governor Thomas, in his re.
cent speech at Cumberland. will confirm
the opinion which is generally entertained
of the honesty of the Chief Magistrate. ev.
en- in the minds Of those who cif1er with him
in some of the leading measures of his ad
minis,ra,ion-and in this spirit we publis!
the following brief sketch OF the speech o
Governor Thomas, which was received with
the most thrilling applause:
He traced the cause of the present rebel
lion back TO the reasonable efforts OF Cal
houn in 1882. and gave a graphic descrip
ton of the rise and progress of the nationa
troubles. from their inception up to the pre-
sent time; showed the unreasonableness o
the pretended grievances Of the Southern
conspirators. and their per>istant efforts ts
destroy our nationality, and to build up Z
new aristocra.ic government among them
selves. founded on negro slavery, to the ex
clusion of white labor. He accorded &c
President Lincoln the purest motives. and
patriotic determination to crush the rebel
lion and restore peace and prosperity 10 the
country. which is destined to become the
proudest and happiesl on the face Of the
earth.
'.He said that power and responsibility
must rest somew here, and he was willing t.
coufde in the President, and sustain him to
the fullest extent, 10 carrying out the meas
ures adopted by Congress for prosecuting
the war. He spoke Of the emancipation
proclamation Of the President IS retalia
tory measure for the confscs,ion acts o.
tie Southern conspirators. and said il was
= war measure calcu ated TO subdue the reb
els who had raised the standard OF rebellion
without any justi6sble cause and merely
for the purposes of selfish ambition; tina
after they had justly forfeited the con6denc.
! OF the whole country. and had justly los
the reins of political power. they betrayed
the rights of the people. and plunged tn
country into war. The Governor spoke 10
some time on the subject Of negro emanci
patton. He said that all the great men {
the revolutionary period were in favor Of il
! as thing that must take place. and ex
pressed bis conviction that post nati Wa
the wlsest plan for getting rid of the evil {
negro slavery. He concluded with a strou
appeal in behalf OF the Uoion. and hit =
the Northern sympathizers with the South
ern rebels"