Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1863-09-02

ernor, each, in public speeches made be-
fore the people, threaten, in case Vallan-
digbam is elected Governor, to raise the
standard Of civil war in Ohio. The pro-
gramms Of each is identical. 1t is in sub
stance this: In case the VallandIgham
Stste ticket is elected, Pugh will be sworn
into Office, IS Heutenant-Governor, and
thereupon will raise an army Of one hun
dred thousand men or more, and march to
the Csnsdian frontier, and from thence
escort Vallandigham to Columbus.
Men may be disposed to laugh at this,
as partisan cbimera, and call it good
joke. It is, however, joking upon a very
serious subject. We are disposed to treat
it more gravsly. Vallandigham, and the
leaders who are playing his role, are bad
and corrupt men. They are in full sym
2sthy with the rebellion, and, had they
power, would not hesitate to overthrow the
Administration, and consequently the Gov
ernment, by violence. Read the record of
Vallandigham, which we have lately pre-
sented, drawn from the Congressional
Globe. That record shows that he has not
loyal pulsatien in his heart-thst step
by step he opposed eVery measure necessary
for the National defense, with systematic
pertinacity which JEFF. Davis himself, the
head eonspirstOr and rebel, could not have
exceeded. And now this veno nous, exiled
traitor, would hail with promptitude, any
pretext that might be afforded him, to ar
ray Ohio in hostile conflict with the Ms
tional Government, that he might effect by
for,e of arms, that destruction which he
failed to accomplish while in Congress.
Vallandighsm is banished for treason
sent beyond our lines as person unsafe and
unfit to remain within them. If he returns
in violation of the sentence, he returns in
the character Of spy, and is amenable to
the penalty Of death. While expiating
this sentence he was taken up by his par
tisan sympathizers, and put in nomination
for Governor. His election (which we Of
course do not believe can be sffected) will
not change his status. It viii not suspend
his sentence. It will give him no right to
return to the Government whose protec-
ton he has forfeited by his crimes. To
raise an army, then, to bring him here,
would be an act Of eiUiI s0ar-would be an
act Of ar ned and organized military def
anoe Of the National Government-wOuld
be an overt set of treason. 1t would be no
less an act of civil war then, than for Pugh
to raise his army Of one hundred thousand
men now, and msreh to Canada to release
the exiled convict.
These are grave matters. These thrests
Of George E. Pugb and Samuel s. Cox are
not tribes. This proposition to raise an
army in Ohio, to resist the authority of
the National Government and reverse
sentence which it has pronounced on a
criminal, cannot but be regarded as mat
ter Of most serious import.
Vallandigham would be but too happy
thus to bring Ohio and the National Gov
srnment IN conflict. His Congressional
record shows that his vindiclive spirit is
equal to even such an act Of egregiOus
wickedness and folly.
Let all nov, in Ohio, who vote, decide
whether they viii vote for civil war and
anarchy, or for the peaceful security of
industrial pursuits-deOids whether they
will vote to sustain the authority, and en-
joy the protection of the National Gov
ernment, OF 10 inaugurste an armed re-
volt, headed by Push and Vallaudigham
decide whether it is better tc have the
dssOlation, destruction and blOOdshed Of
civil war brought to our own immediate
doors, or to have the quietude, prosperity,
aud thrift, vouchsafed by the safeguards
Of stable, benign Government.
Let men beware how they are deluded
to their own hurt BY partisan leaders.
Pagh and Cox have laid down the pro-
gramme-those who vote in accordance
with that platform, vote to bring Ohio in
70 conflict with the National Government,
and to inaugurate civil WARRIOR the Ma
tional Government must and will main
tain its authority, or it is no Government
1t will be unworthy Of respect or conf
dsnce, because unworthy Of reliance. A
Government that cannot successfully as
sert its own authority must fall This is
the very test to which our Government
is now subjected. And all may be sure
that If it has the power, its lawful author
ity, 6hether now or in January next, will
be maintained. II VsIlandighsm returns
as spy, he will invoke the doom Ofa spy,
whether he returns in accordance with
Pugh's programme or otherwise-and
Pugh may hang on the same gallOws, if he
chooses to make himself sufficiently GRIM
inal in overt acts of treason against the
Government.
The electors Of Ohio can avert the hOr-
rOrs of civil war threatened by Pugh, &C.,
by resort to thequiet but potent influences
Of the ballot-box in October next. To all
men who hate war and desire security for
life and property, and would avert the an
arohy and bloodshed threatened by cor
rupt and desperate men, we would COM
mend the ballot-bOx as the proper safe
guard. Vote right, and save the State.
Why tloverEoF seymour Docs not Resist
the Draft. rll
Abbs MCMasterF, Of New York, address,
ed a cOppsrhead meeting at Dubuque,
InHa. On The 22d infant in uhich he