Holmes County farmer. [volume] (Millersburg, Ohio) 1857-1926, 1863-07-30


ferocity Of the hyena, from the beginnint
Of this great revolt, that they nigh
catch some unguarded remark, some idl
word spoken, something written coreless
ly or rashly, some secret thought graver
yet upon the lincaments Of my face
which they might torture into evidence o.
disloyalty, seize now upon the foul and
infections glcanings Of an annonymou,
wretch who earns aprccarious subsistence
by feeding the local columns Of pesti
lent newspaper, and while it is yo. wet
from the press, hurry it, reekirg with
falsehood, into this house, and sceI, to
dignity it with an importance demanding
the consideration Of the House and the
country Sir, let the member from Penn
sylvania go on, | challenge the inquiry,
unworthy Of notice, as the charge is, but
! scorn the spirit which has provoked it
Let it go on.
MIR. Hickman then replied briefly and
in the course Of his remarks, said:
As the gentleman has called upon me,
| will answer him further Does he not
know Of a camp in Kentucky having been
called by his name-that disloyal men
there called their camp Camp Vallandig-
ham? That would not indicate that in
Kentucky they regarded him as man
loyal to the Federal Union.
Mr. Vallandigham-Is Is there not q town
and it may be camp, too, in Kentucky
by the name of Hickman? Laughter |
Mr.. Hickman, after few words fur
ther, withdrew his resolution, and the
matter ended.
SLAVERY IN THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA.
On the 11th of April, 1868, Mr.. Val
landigham spoke and voted against the
bill to abolish slavery in the District OF
Columbia. The following is an extract
from his remarks:
Had | no other one, l am opposed to
it, because l regard all this class of leg.
islation as tending to prevent restora-
ton OF the Union of these States as it
was, and that is the grand object to which
look. know well that in very little
while the question will be between the
old Union of these States-the Union as
our fathers made it-and some new one,
or some unity of Government, or eternal
separation-disunion. To both of these
latter l am unalterably and uncondition.
ally opposed. 1t is to the restoration ot
the Union as it was in 1889 and contin
ued for over seventy years, that | an
bound to the last hour of my political anC
personal existence, if it be within tn,
limits of possibility to restore and main
tain that Union.
BEN. wADE's ATTACK AND REpULsE.
On the 2lst of April 1862, BENJAMIN
f. Wade, of Ohio, whom John A. Cur
Icy declared to be a ''good combination
OF Old Hickory and Zack Taylor" at
tackled Mr.. Vallandigham in the Senate
in the following language:
accuse them (thc Dem ocratic party J
OF deliberate purpose to assail, through
the judicial tribunals and through the
Senate and House of Representatives Of
the United States, and everywhere else,
and to overawe, intimidate, and trample
under foot, if they can, the men who
boldly stand forth in defense of their
country, now imperilod by this gigantic
rebellion. | have watched it long; | have
seen it in secret; l have seen its move
ments ever since that party got together,
with colleague of mine in the other
House as chairman of the Committe on
kesolutions-a man who never had any
sympathy with the Republic, but whose
every breath is devoted to its destruction
just as far as his heart dare permit him
to go - Congressional GloJe, p., 1875.
Quoting the foregoing extract, in the
House, on the 24tb of April, Mr.. Val
landigham said:
Now, sir, here in my place in the
House, and as representative, l de-
noupce-and | speak it advisedly-thc
author OF that speech is liar, a scoun
drcl, and coward. His name is Ben
jamin f. Wade.
His speech was mainly devoted to
defiance of the threats of suppressing tn
Democratic party by force, and denun
citation OF the usurpation of power an
violation of the Constitution by the ad
ministration, especially in the matter G
the freedom of speech and Of tho press
and illegal and arbitrary arrests. Th
following is an extract:
THE REAL DIsUNIoNIsTs.
Talk to me about sympatbizing will
disunion, with treason and traitors! I tel
you, men of Ohio, that in six months
in three months, in six weeks it may be
these very men and their masters il
Washington, whose bidding they do
will be advocates of the eternal dissolu.
ton of this Union; and dencunce all
who oppose it as enemies to the peace o.
the country. Foreign Intervention and
the repeated and most serious disasters
which have lately befallen our arms, will
speedily force the issue of separation and
southern Observation-Disclosures Of
Union by negotiation and comprom se.-
Between these two am--and | here pub.
lically proclaim it-for the Union, the
whole Union. and nothing less, if. by
any possibility, | can have it; if not,
then for SO much Of it as yet can be res
cued and preserved and in any event, and
under all circumstances, for the Union
which God ordained, of the Mississippi
valley and all which may cling to it,