The Hillsdale standard. [volume] (Hillsdale, Mich.) 1851-1909, 1863-06-09
NO. 500.
THE EXILE OF vALANDlGIIAM
Rebel Account of his Reception
hsg, ~, at Shelbyyille.

The Chattanooga Rebel OF May e. has & a
following account Of Vallandigham's arrival in
the rebel lnes:. E"
'Mr. valaudigham has just arrived. Ho
was brought to our lines 10y a 0tg Of truce.
but The cournandcr of the outpost refused 10
frecognx, it for any such purpose. Th"
FedefaIs becoming alarmed retired, leaving
Mr. Vallandigham with his baggage, upon
neut,a ground. Whom our officers approached
him he proposed delivering him'e'f as pris-
oner of war. This was declined, inasmutcl,
as he was not in the service Of the United
States. On learning his name and situation
hc was received as an exile banished from HIS
State and as such rendered the hospltalltlea
Of the country as any foreigner seeklng refuge
or banishment from home for opinions sake.
He was received by Gen. Mason and escorted
to his headquarters without any demonstration.
There he was received by Col. j. Stod1ard
Johnston, Of Gen. Bragg's staff, and by him
'nvcyed iu carriage to SheIbyville, where
comfortable quarters were provided for him.
There was On demonstra iion, but every where
he passed, those who had heard OF his coming
greeted him kindly aud with silent tokens OF
sympathy and resl ect.
"Mr. Vallandigham looks cheerful ana
seems to breathe easy on escaping from Lincoln
despoism. lie very properly desires to avoid
public demonstration, and only asks that ha
may find quiet refuge in our midst until such
time as the voice of bis people, relieved from
despo,ic government, shall call hin again TO-
their midst. He seems fully TO realize the
embarrassment of his position. and Will bepond
doubt be equal to its responsibilities. D'gnl'
fied retirement and seclusion from ali public
matters will, to The minds Of all proper think
ing persons, end doubtless TO his own, be the
best course for him to pursue. -
The same paper editorially says: lis
(Valandigham's) road, which leads mp the
steep ascent Of the future, is direct and gas
lighted all tho way. 1t leads first out Of
some Confederate port to Nassau, thence TO-
Canada, and finally to the guberuatorlal chair
Of Ohio. The return of Napoleon from Eiba
was the signal for general reaction in France.
Thousands focked to him on the instant.
Nothing could keep the Little Corporal, bars
nor iron, nor prison nor island. He stood
once more on his native heath. The super
sti,ious popular heart clung to him, and te
trunphed Let Mr. Vallandigham's return
b. as speedy; let an absence of single month
find him issuing an address to the people OF
his State, from Lower Canada procaiming
these things 10 them:
81, a loyal citiz of the Union and soll
dier thereof aud Of freedom, banished against
law and Constitution, thrown contrary 10 my
will, across the lines Of public rnemy whose
refusal TO receive and recognize me establishes
before all men my patriotism and my honor:
|. c.. L. Vallandlgham, prosecuted, exiled,
mobbed and coerced by cowardly tyrants and
by bayonets, but not dead nor dumb, issue
these words and declare myself candidate
for Governor of Ohio"
"The effect would be magcel." II furth-
er says his prospects for Governor Of Ohio are
exceedingly fair.