Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1863-10-02

ginia, and Mr.. vaIlandigh IN Of Ohio, were
the only men in Congress who ever BgEght !
to disintegrste the Republic by amending /
the Constitution. Vsllandighsm INTRODUCED |
6 proposition to divide the Union into four |
sections. Look at one Of the beauties Of
his plan. Every slave State wss to con-
slitute a single section, and to cripple the
power of the free States. TheV were to be
divided into three sectiOnsl Now look at
the sly attempt to dissolve the Union BY
vote. There were to be four sections, and
each section was to have veto upon the
acts of the other sections except on the
single question of Secession.
saw q map at the Beverly meeting
showing these four sections, and was ap-
propriately named Secession made easy"
In behalf of this measure Vsllandigham
made speech of three hours. He contend
ed that it was great national measure to
preserve the rights Of minorities. His
great idea he had borrowed from Hunter,
that the rights ofminorities were trsmpled
under foot by the msjorities. He knew
that on the naked question of Secession
they would be defeated, and therefore he
got up this quartering scheme that propos-
ed to tie the sections hand and foot upon
every question except Secession. To Sc
code, a State had only to get the consent of
the section to which it belonged, but upon
everything else the consent Of all the Sec
tions was necessary. Such is the Copper
head plan of preserving the Union as it
was, and maintaining the Constitution as
it is. Great laughter.
TO THE DEMOCRACY.
wish now to spelk to the Democracy
here. / mean the real Democracy-not the
Copperhesd faction. l think 1 am liberal
in my proposition to you to unite with me
in upholding the country. foregO all my
old party principles and associations to
vote for one who is distinguished for his
honesty, but lifelong Democrat But the
fact that he is Democrat is no objection.
1 do not stand here TO inquire as to mans
politics when the country is in danger, if
he is true to the fsg and will know moth
ing butthe preservation Of the Government
while traitors threaten it. He nobly stands
forth like thousands Of others 10 honor his
party by coming up to the work Of saving
the Union. How can you fail to under
stand your duty, when you see that this
war is prolonged by dissensions in The
North2 The rebels are encouraged to hold
ont as long as there is a prospect Of q
change Of policy in the North. They are
looking to the success of Vallandigham in
Ohio as the sure harbinger Of peace and in
dependence for them. Is not the Rich
mond Enquirer constantly taking this
view of the case2 The rebels continually
speak Of the copperheads as their friends.
know that Mr.. Vallandigham says that
we cannot conquer the South. He has
staked his reputation as a prophet upon
that, and he has been all the time at work
os if he were determined that his prophecy
should prove true. Every effort Of his and
his friends is calculated to prevent us from
conquering the South.
He says that we cannot make peace un-
til we withdraw our armies What would
be the effect of this Would not another
Morgan invade your State and desolste
your country?
Look at his position. He says, ground
your arms before these blood-thirsty ty-
rants, and confess your cOwardiee before
thP world
you would plunge US by deserting the
time honored policy Of your party. We
sent ship to Charleston with provisions
for a starving garrison, then under the
American flag and on American soil. She
staggered in into Charleston har5or; they
fred upon her and she staggered out
again. Then they sent up demoniac
howl of defiance against us, ard while they
still maintain the attitude of defiance do
you cry for peace If you do, for Gods
sake consult the first woman you meet.
dreat laughter Get down on your bel
lies and cry for peace like q craven.spir-
tied, chicken hearted, degenerate son Of a
tory ancestry. [Applause.
Sir, want peace with all my heart
But before / would have peace under such
circumstances would see the whole CONT
nent envelopej in consuming flames. To
propose such peace we should become
shame a moekery, q by-word among the
nations of the earth
i sIy oUppeTnead friends, forlHod's sake if
you have no principle, do have q little
pride. That would be better than nothing
Can you consent to plead for mercy at the
hands of such atyrant? ? [SensatiOn.
In the light of this COpperhesd policy
we look upon our country as almost upon
the brink of destruction. Whsn as by the
light of the facts we behold the fallen
chivalry of the South that have deied us.
See how abject they have become hiss
"A bJ-word round the globe. See them
sneaking about among the despots of Eu-
rope, and begging them to come to their
rescue-gOing to despOts who hate liberty
and popular Government, to coax from
them assistance in subverling the institu-
tions of the fathers Can infamy go fur
ther And see them spurned from the
foot of every throne And now you would
hand over our flag to dishonor, and our
glorious country to ruin, when the enemy
that had trampled upon you for half cen
tury, and contemptuously defed youin FIR
ing the first gun, is gasping in the last
agony of a well-earned retribution And
that, too, when your resources Of men and
money are yet unlimited, and your country
is enjoying all the fulluess Of plenty and
material prosperity Is it possible that
there is single one amongst US Of such q
temper?
HYPOCRISY USMAsKED.
know thaL LsOmeOI them say Lhey are IN
favor of prosecuting the war. low prose-
cutting it? Can itbe, except in co-oPera-
ton with the President of the United
States, who is COmmsnder-in Chief of the
army and navy? What kind of coop
Grafton is that which refuses recruits for
the army and money for its support How
can war be prosecuted, when the people Op-
pose every measure which the Admins
lration adopts
Mr.. President, if we agree that the war
must be prosecuted to the destruction Of
traitors, it must be done by some war pol
icy. And if you criticise and condemn all
the nlnna of the Gnvernmnnt vnu are