, 1863-05-30

fede1acy, on such conditions as the slave
masters may dictate. It is surerlle that
every blower for Vallandigham is an en-
dorser Of that traitors principles and &C.
tions.
THE VICTORIES IN THE WEST. !
No class Of men will more gladly and
adrniringly hail the splendid burst Of VIC
tories in the Southwest, than the brave and |
steadfast troops who in our Eastern armies |
have seen again and again the prize elude |
them, disappointment not at all the need
Of daring and devotion like theirs. Let no
unjust or inyidious comparisons rob them
Of tho credit that they have won, nor in
crowning with laurels the victors in the
West is it necessary to slight the heroes
and veteran survivors Of fields east Of
the Alleghanies, not less hardly fought,
nor less proof Of heroism and devotion.
To write it down that Western troops
could alone hare won these victories; to
assume that because Illinois has forty
three regiments Of infantry with General
Grant, his army was better than if the
troops Of some other State had. to On equal
degree prcaoninated, would he q foolish
Boosting, which the lessons Of the war
should long ago hare set right. The war
for the Union is the red burial Of section
alism. From these battle-felds our sol
diers will return, not as sons Of State,
but children Of a common country; not as
representatives Of a section, but the de-
lenders Of a land their birthplace and COM
mon heritage.
Victories BY troops of the West are more
than oil others the victories Of our COM
mon nationality. Our new commonwealth
arc too young to have grown their OWL
soldiers. They are rather the plantations
we'll set with the choicest and most Wig
orous shoots from other nurseries. Tht
soldiers Of Illinois and her sister States O
the Northwest represent alike the blood o
New England, the Middle States, and TIL
States of the Border, drawn hitlcr by !:
!. common spirit Of enterprise and adventure
Their splendid victories already won ar
tho common property Of the whole North
The shining prize, if Viclzsburg be won
will be not more for the West than th'
, East, for the sons Of both have poured ou
, their blood like water to accomplish it. LIE
there be no misplaced yainglorying owe
. Western troops, but rather the more arden
wish that the obstacles that have hedge
. in their brothers in the East, may be re
moved, that they may attest their common
kinship Of va.or.
: wThe Coppcrheads hare some troubl
in convincing the public that Vallandig
| hams arrest, trial and conviction was th
work Of sAbolitionists" The man tina
ordered his arrest, Gen. Burnside, is lif
l long Democrat, Of the Douglas school. !
, majority Of the members Of the cour1
t martial are what the Wings used to ca
$ ",locolocos." The Judge Advocate, Cap
l, Cuts, is brother-in-law Of the great Den
l. ocratic leader, Douglas. Judge Lcavit
&c who refused the writ Of AaJcas corp7
; prayed for in behalf Of tile traitor, but lie
u him to be tried by the military court, is
DAA1J%1+Ak VI LIZ cAA SIAOOts WIZ ~ A1 AAAAAs
Q Federal Judge by Gen. Jackson. Ge
o Jackson's own action in the cases Of Lo1
c a1Iier and Judge Hall at New Orleans
: well known, and was deliberately appro
is ed By u recent Democratic Congress
c which, under the lead Of Stephen /
t. Douglas, repaid old Hickory the fine il
fIictcd on him after peace by Judge Ha
l. for contempt in resisting writ of h"be
ID corpus and imprisoning the Judge ri
a. granted it. Gen. Jacksons deliberate
=. claration, long after his passions had h'
ID time to cool, that had he been Militia
Ii Commandant in New England in 1914,
s. would have hung the principal membe
C, Of the Hartford Convention, under the SC
&c ond section Of the Articles Of War, cove
II, all the ground taken By Gen. Burnside
C. dealing with Vallandigham, md Gene1
ey Jackson possessed about as correct IN id
o.. Of the constitutional right Of free spec
$! as the Copperheads who pretend to be !
I'd admirers.
to The arrest Of Vallandigham for inciti
IN Ecdition, and giving aid and comfort
y, the rebels, and the howl raised over it, is
IN contest between loyal and disloyal "Dem
by Gratis" Tie former want reasonable |
rs teranccs stopped in the North until t
n war is over and the Union saved; VIII
CT the latter insist, under the pretensc OF
he exercise Of Stree speech" to help the pr
&c, lie enemy all in their power to destroy
ell Union. If the Republicans do their dr
nj the War Democrats will put stop to t
ole | fire-in-the-rcar.
=: Freedom Of Speech,