Columbia Democrat and Bloomsburg general advertiser. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1850-1866, 1863-06-06
The Case of Va!landigham.

The arrest of ValIandi CHAM for ad-
dressing public meeting against the
manner and the objects of the war, was
evidently an experiment of the Admins.
tration, to sec how far the people would
tolerate these acts of violence The re
moval Of the prisoner out of the jurisdic,
ton Of the State shows the dstrust that is
felt as TO the character and consequences
of the outrage. The arrest is a threat
against every public man who refuses to
advocate the extreme measures of the Alb
clifton Cabinet. 1t commences with Val
landigham, but where is it to stop! The
opinions and course Of the Ohio member
can only be regarded as extreme, because
an entry has been raised against him -
II has onstan:ly kept in view, in al his
course, restoration Of the Union. He
has never advocated peace based upon
separation. lie is not only innocent, in
the view of the Constitution, OF all crimi-
nal offence, but is guiltlcss of any wrong
such as military tribunal should take
cognizancc Of il committed within its iurs-
diction nay, more, he is not liable to the
censurcs which the Administration press
have so clamorously concentrated upon
him. For every word he has spoken,
which may be cited as obnoxious, we will
produce an equivalent from the pen of
Garrison, or of Greeley, or from the
mouths Of Philips Stevens, Kelley, and
their abolition coadjutors while it will
be easy to prove that the general tenor OF
the labors of these men has been to des-
troy the Union which be sincerely abors
| to reconstruct.
We have differed with Mr.. Vallandig-
ham. Fl has been too impatient to sym
! pathize with the moderate counses and
torbearing attitude Of the conservative de-
mocracy, lie believes that peace can be
accomplished now on the basis of the res
toration of the Union, and in our opinion
he has a perfect right to state the ground
| on which he bases his conviction, and if il
is fallacious the people will not be long
in detecting it.
But t blow that falls upon a citizen
Of Ohio to-day, may be directed at a Dem.
ocrat of Pennsylvania to morrow, The
second outrage must follow the first, tor
there is an inevitable sequence in the log
ic of such wrongs. The blow, therefore
is threat at every Democrat; and We
wonder at the folly, if not at the malig.
nancy which prompted it. The act i.
done at a time when the Government is
appealing to the States of the North iol
troops. The States upon which it must
mainly rcly-Pennsylvania, New York
New jersey, Ohio Indianna and Illinois
are Democratic States. They have al
ready contributed majority of all thu
forces in the field, Upon them the Gov
ernment relies TO-. the future. They mus
send volunteers, or their good will TO rem
der the con- crip'ion efficient, what coulC
be moro impolite, at such moment, thar
such blow in the face 1t looks as i
the Administration sought "to divide tn
North, and urite the South so as to flint
in the alienage of public sentiment in I'll
loyal states, and in the concentrated pow
e. of the South, the excuse for an inglori
GUS peace, Certainly they exhibit NOR
; ingenuity in efforts to make the war
failure than a wise Administration woul
do in devising means for its prosecution,
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