The Camden confederate. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1861-1865, 1863-06-05
CAMDEN,sO q. CA, FRIDAY, JUNE s, 1863

The Views OF. vallandfgham.
During his recent Imprisonment in. Ohio Mr.
Vsllandiggham published the following card: 3
i Military Prison, Cincinnati, O.,l
I ss1ss5t +. May 8, 1863. s.
TO the Democracy Of Ohio: @
lam here in military bastlle for no other
offence than my political opinions, and the de-
! fence of them, and Of the rights Of the people,
and of POUR constitutional liberties Speeches
made in the hearing of thousand Of you in de-
nuncatlon of the ,usurpations Of power, infrac-
tions Of the Constitution and laws and Of militia
ry despotism, were the sole cause Of my arrest
and imprisonment. am Democrat for Con-
stitution, for law, for the Union, for liberty
this is my only crime. For no disobedience to
the Constitution; for no violation flaw; for no
word, sign, or gesture of sympathy with the
men of the South who are for disunion- and
Southern independence, but in obedience to
their demand, as we'll as the demand of aboli-
tion disunionists and traitors, am here in
bonds to-day; but
Time, at last, sets all things event"
Meanwhile, Democrats of Ohio, of the North
west ofthe United States, be firm, he true to
your principles to the Constitution, to the I'm
ion, and all will yet be well. AS for myself, l
adhere to every principle, and will make good,
though imprisonment and life itself, every
pledge and declaration which / have ever
made, uttered, or maintained from the beginning
To you, to the whole people, to time, again ap-
peal. Stand firm! Falter not an Instant!
G.. l.. VALLAND1GHAM
Since his arrival within the Southern lines,
the following statement, evidently from his pen,
has been made public by an agent of the AS,
sociatcd Press: .!ejt "a
Mr. Vallandigham comes, upon compulsion,
and against his copsent, to the Confederate
lines, and is received as q citizen of Ohio and
of the United States in exile banished from his
country for no offence except love of constitu-
tiona liberty and the true principles of his
Government. Having been forcibly denied
protection in the United States he is obliged
to seek it from the Confederate States.
Whilst, as an exile, he is confident of kind
treatment and consideration from generous
and hospitable people, he desires to avoid all
public appearance or demonstration, and to live
IN some retired place as a private gentlemen
fully sensible that as an "alien enemy" his res
idence in the Confederacy is solely by the gen.
erous consent ofthe Government and peoples
till he can return safely to his. home. He is
confident his character is well enough known
to satisfy every one that he is incapable ofany
word or act, either here, or on his return to
Ohio, inconsistent with the relations which he
thus sustains towards the South during his so4
journ among US.
A QUEER SToRY.-We find the following
statement in Northern papers: ''The pilot
OF the iron-clad Keokuk passed through Phila-
delphia recently under arrest. In order that
the Confederates might capture her, ne ran the
vessel upon Morris Island. He is the same
man who piloted Mason and Slidell through
the blockade"
BRAGG AGAIN IN FULL CoMMAND.-The Tul-
lahoma correspondent of the Mobile advertiser
and Register telegraphs from Tuahoma that
Gen. Bragg is again in full command of the
Army of Tennessee, General Johnston having