Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1863-09-24
From the Ohio State Journal
yALLANDIGHAM A. DIsUNIoNtST.

Rress, did Vallandigham ever utter
recorded word against il? Not ene.-
When secessionists we're denouncin,
the Union. and going ont with thei
States did Vallsndigham ever recorI
syllable of reproof or object? No
one. When traitors were robbing ou
mints. plundering our srsenals. seizinl
our forts and our ships, did Vallsndig
ham ever interpose single phrase o
rebuke or reproof? Not one. All thii
went on. and bloody treason fiourishec
over u.s. while be sat in the House
Of Representatives; yet nothing eyeI
escaped bis lips that did not signify hi:
assent to their measures Of disunion.-
By his very silence be made manifest
his sympathy with and endorsement ol
the course pursued by his "friends ol
tbe South"
And in what he did say, be distinct.
ly and unequivoeally conceded the fact
that the Union was dissolved. He
emphatically stated, as early as Feb.
90, 1861, that Secession had been
tried, and had proved a speedy and
terrible success" In the same speech
be repeatedly recognizes the fright ol
Secession" He calls it an alleged
right which, as a right he comedies,
declaring that he only proposes "to de-
fine and regulate this alleged right
In the same speech (see Appendix tc
Congressional Globe, part Cd. ed ses'
sion, S6th Congress, page 942, Feb
90, 1861 Vallandigham further
speaks of secession as "certainly q
quasi revolutionary right" and urges
the importance Of the fact "tbat the ex
ercise of this certainly quasi revolution
ary right should be Defined" &C.
Nor does he indicate any opposition tc
sthe exercise of this certainly qu0s
revolutionary right" on the contrary
he distinctly declares in the same
speech, as follows: ~ sOoutd not pro
1;Ja totally the right Of secession. les'
violent revolutions should follow"
Such being his disunion sentiments
such bis assent to both the right Of Sc
cessiou and to the exercise Of that right
ValIandigham cannot be said to be any
thing less nor more than Disunionist
But, as if to set this matter entirely
at rest, as if for personal record tha
be could appeal to in vindicatiou OF hl'
claim to the title OF 'secessionist.' Val
laudigham has given us his "Disunior
Resolutions. :" whereby he exhibits tht
mode in which he would "define anc
regulate" this right of secession
1nasmuch as, but recently, we have
seen it stated in copperhead newspaper
that ValIandigham never did, Offel
resolutions for prescribing the mode o
secession, and for dividing the Unior
into two sections, we append the reso
lutious In full, as he offered them, ant
as they will be found on pages 1874!
Of the Congressional Globe, Part LIST
cd session, 86th Congress, Feb. 18th
1861. We omit the long Preamble,
consisting of DO less than seven "Where
ases," in one OF which he recites tha
'inflamatory controversies on the sub
iect Of Slavery chad already ended il
the present disruption of the Union, "
after this prolonged 'recitstive passage,
he says: Therefore
Resolved 6y The Senate and House o
Representatives of the United States Q
Amsrica in Congress assembled, (tw
thirds of both Houses concurring,
That the following articles be, and ar
hereby, proposed as amendments to tb
Constitution of the United States. whicI
shall be valid to all intents and pur
poses as part of said Constitution whe
ratified by conventions in three-fourth
of the several States:
ARTICLE XIII.
SEC. I. The United States are d
yided into four sections, as follows:
The States Of Maine, New HamE
shire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Rhod
Island, Connecticut, New York, Ne
Jersey, and Pennsylvania, and all ne
States annexed and admitted into tt
Union, or formed or erected within Il
Jurisdiction of any OF said States, {
by the junction of two or more of Il
same, or of parts thereof, or out Of te
ritory acquired north of said State
shall constitute one section, to be know
as the North.
The States Of Ohio, Indiana, Illinoi
Michigan, Wisconsin, Minnesota, low
and Kansas, and all new States annext
or admitted into the Union, or erect,
within the jurisdiction of any of sa
States, or by the junction of two
more of the same, or of parts theret
or out of territory now held or hereaft
acouiled north of latitude 36 degre
80 minutes, and east of the crest Of t
Rocky Mountains, shall constitute a
other section, to be known as the We
The States of Oregon and CaliforI
and all new States annexed and admit
into the Union, or formed or erect
within the jurisdiction of any OF 81
States. or by the junction of two
more Of the same, or of parts there
or out Of territory now held or he
after acquired west Of the crest Of
Rocky Mountains and of the
Erande, shall constitute another sect
to be known ss the Pacific.
The States Of Delaware. AarylaI
Virginia, North Carolina, South Ca
lima, Georgia, Florida. Alabama. n
sissippi. Louisiana, Te4ss, Arksns
Tennessee, Kentucky, and Nilsson
and ell new States annexed and
mitted into the Union, or formed