The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1863-08-08
Comfort for Copperheads.

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most gallant aad efficient of our Generals
arrived at Cairo his way home, and in
circle of friends expressed his views of TIL
political questions before the country full,
and in terms which no one will be at los
to understand. A report OF his remarks il
the Chicago Tribune, which we append.
Every mothers son who is opposed IL
the war should be compelled either to taxi
up arms against US or for US. Then there
would be no talk of peace here In the North
no talk OF resistance, no such met as Val
landigham. no such towards as those who
support all such men and say these things
Vsllsnaigham says he has travelled ovel
the Confederacy using the term g Con
federacy hot the PHI ase so called Con
federacy. (for do not ackno~ledge the
existence OF any authority or Government
10 America aside from that Of the United
States land has not met man, woman or
child who does not sustain the war, and
who is not determined to fight it out 10 the
\ death or the bitter end. Hallaadigh1m
here simply lies. He tells what Is not true,
and he knows it. Vallandigham, aside from
the leading men-Jef Davis, Toombs aud
Stephens--did n5i. venture to say. speak
with dozen persons while taking his in-
voluntary trip through Dixie. Had he
done so. his report would have been of a
different color. The people who are fight.
ing against bis governmental poor whites
comp rising the rank and file OF the rebel
lion--nine-tenl of them do not know what
they are fighting against. A majority OF
them do not know anything-and huadreds
of them never saw the American flags in
their lives until they saw it march into
Vicksburg in triumph. They do not know
the Fourth of July. or anything else that is
good. But poor and ignorant as they are.
let them express their own free minds. aud
they will, almost to a man, demand a spec
dy termin alton of this war--would submit
to almost anything rather than fight one
day longer as they have been fighting IT.
IS only by the force Of bayonets that their ar.
vent their deserters from docking into Jack
son by hundreds. t. take the oath Of allegi
ance or to join the Union ranks. And l
tell you what l know when l say that it
will not be many days ere the entire State
of Mississippi and Tennessee will he knock
ing loudly tor re-sdmission to Union which
not long since they thought their punny eff
forts coSld quickly dissolve. They are
talking of it even now.
Speaking of being united. tell you. by
the Eternal God. there was never more
truthful sentence than that OF Douglas,
" Those who not ,ciA US are against US !;
and l reiierate it, aud add that those who
are not with us should be hung. or should
be with their Southern brethren, fighting
with them.
Let them either aid the government. or go
| where they can bolster up the ,ottering tor
tunes Of rebeldom. Better half a dozen
Toes in the field than one fighting behind our
backs.
| To all Copperheads, peace men. agita-
tors. anti war men-be they Republicans
or Democrais--for we have them here pre-
tending to be both--I have a word to say
on the behalf of our brave soldiers. And
you have undoubtedly been told that the
war has it's opposers in the ranks of the
Union army. 1t is an accursed and foul as
persion upon the fair fame of men who are
I willing to spill their blood. give their lives
for their country. for the suppression Of the
rebellion. Let me say to all opposers of
this war; The time will come when the
men composing this great army will come to
their homes. They have " .tched the pro-
gress Of events with Interest. They have
hat their eyes upon these unmitiga gated COW
the and the administra-
tion l contend. is the country land when
they return. it will do the soul of every tru.
ly loyal man good to see the summary
manner in which they will cause these
snesks and peace agitalors to seek their
holes.
DuauoIN. Ill, July 30.-General Logan
addressed about 5000 persons here TO day
He was enthusiastically receive ed aud ap
plauded throughout. He talks like man in
earnest, who cares nothing for party. but
who is intensely interested In the welfare
of the country. The drift OF his speech
was similar to that delivered At Carbondale
yesterday. He argues that it is the
duty OF every one to stand by the Gov
ernment, most uDmercifully scores all sym
pathizers with rebellion and those who
6nd SO much fault with the President, the
army, the war and every thing else except
! JEFF Davis & Co. He argues the oonstitu-
tionality of the war and its measures. aud
shows the hypocrisy of those who see SO
much that Is unconstitutional in the acts OF
the AdmiDist ration. but say nothing against
the uncous.ilutiouaiity OF Secession and the
acts OF the rebellion runs peace men into
all scrts of sharp corners, exposes the talla
! cy of their arguments, shows they don't
themselves know what they want; took up
the Springfield peace resolution: showed.
if that be correct, all our gloiiohs victories
in JAY have been tending to snbvert the
Constitution and Government. If men are
loyal. they will favor the prosecution of the
war. II not. they will ind all maoner Of
excuses. If men oppose the war. it must
be because they fear their friends will get
hurt.
T. Some objected because the soldiers COM
mit,ed depreGations. When we started from
Bruinsburg for jackson and Vicksburg with
| bve days rstisss. fought five battles, were
reduced to one cracker, apiece, men hun
| CRY and footsore, he told them to help
themselves and whenever his troops got in
to sach a position they sheud have what
they could get The reoels do the same
gather everything even to negroes to kee 70
Us from getting any, but you never hear OF
that being wrong. He insisted that all
should De for their couusry. right or wrong
and the people should give the soldiers
sympathy and support. It Is impossible TO