The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1863-09-25
How n Nallandighammcr Talks
BRIDGEPORT, Ala, Sep tembcr 6.

. The gentlemen appointed by Cover.
nor Tod to distribute election blanks
to the Ohio troops, arrived yesterday
Mr. Griltiths who represent the Val
landigham party, called to-day ut
General Rosecrans headquarters
The Governors Introductory letter
obtained Cor him 4 respectful RECEIPT
ion and hearing, which would not
otherwise have been accorded to Il
man of his sentiments. Gen. Gar
field, Chief staff, during the day fell
into conversation with him and intro
.duced Ohio politics, when anost ami
mated and interesting scene cnsued.
!. Griiliths is shrcwd and was informed
on political topics, and unusually can
did for one Of his party, but he found
more than match in Garfield.
4 Daring the interview the following
conversation between the two occur
rod. Garfield remarked in substance
that he understood the NaIlandioham
party protested to believe that the
/ Government couldn't succeed in
crushing the rebellion, aud it was in
favor of Immediately mconSitionally
stopping the war to whi.l Grrlths
answered aiiMmaIvriy
Garlirla--l contrary to y0nr eX.
pcctationS, the armjc, OF The Govern
mcnt should succeed, Your party
would he disapp poiutld and its pros.
poets badly injured.
Griniths--Ics, to some extent.
Garfield Now, in few days this
army may bc engaged in n terrible
battle with Bragg's whole force
3 Possibly we may crush it. Would
not your party be injured by such a
result?
Griniths-Well, you would affect
the result Of the election.
Garticld--Really we have no inter
est in the fight
Garield--You are perfectly indif
ferent then whether we or Bragg are
are crushed ?
5 This Griiiiths rather evadcd, saying
his party had no interest in the issue.
+, Of the fight, but carefully abstaineC
@ from saying that his party sympa
. thized with Rosccrans in the prcsen
): coming struggle.
n Somewhat later Garfield cXpresscC
= surprise that man who had held th'
= public position Of Vallandighau
S should write letter to the people o
e Ohio, containing three importan
J. statements which were not only to
j. tally false, but which he knew to b
It lies. For example, he says in thu
> Niagara letter that he met not n singl
it man, woman or child in the South
who did not express themselves will
e ing and anxious to discvss the subjec
Is Of Il reconstruction Of the Union a
l. soon as the Government should with
l. draw its troops. "Now," said Gal
ie field, sternly and emphatically, E"
Q hold myself responsible, as man an
e puplic officer, to the Democratic pal
d ty Of Ohio, to prove that Vallandia
d ham knew that he stated astupcndou
II falsehood. The rebel Governor Hal
l. ris, of Tennessee, said to him in TIL
1f presence of many witnesses IN
le Nallandigham, you totally misapprc
a. hcnd us. We will accept no term
that do not recognize the eternal SCI
II aration of the South from the Nortl
O. We will listen to no terms which d
if not begin with these conditions
We will accepting boundary line sout
r. of the Potomac and Ohio"
III General Garfield added that !
u could give the name of many respol
III sible citizens of Shelbyville, Tonne
" see, who heard the conversation b
@, tween Vallandigham and Harris.
N In reply, Grinlths said that Valal
er digham was steering as close to I'll
a wind as he could when making tn
statement, to secure his political su
ar cess. "Vallandigham," he sai'
b, "has no expectation of the restoratio
ld of the Union"
ld AS may have been expected, mu,
&C feeling was created in the staff at Ii