Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1863-05-19
TuEsnaY MORNING. MAY 10. 1863
yALLAEDIHHaM.

VaLIahOtIhaN.
WsLsar ;Ls of "sympstby" with Mr., Val.
l.ndigham in this Confectionery. We goo
hira compared With Lord Chatham, the man
who declared il the English House'o L'rie,
On the OCCASION OF tho revolt of the AmcFi,
can colonies, II rejpice that Amofi's hhS
resisted" We are invited once moro 20 III
tsssst ourselves in tito contests for power DE-
,xson the political parties in that country
which Ia now to III foreign isnd.
II ia worth WHILE then, to understand his
re,, ,os;tiop snd the trus objects Of that
o,,vs,nont in which lie is a leader. Let us
+.la f,st bis own words In the speech for
which he has been tried by court martial, he
carrainly denounced E'the war" as wicked
cruel aud unnecessary. And in his defence
he cited . proclamation Of Mr.. Lincoln,
who, N tho first of July, 1862, ssid "tbis
unnecessary and injurious wsr." 81 fsr,
thsp, he Pleads that he said only what Lin
coin said, aud thers could be no treason in
that. Lincoln, however, meant that the war
WAS unnecessary on the part Of tho Oonfsde-
rates, and that it is their resistance which Is
.:ipiarious." Evidently it vss not 10 the
ssu.e sense Mr.. Vsilsndighsn, used the same
language. In what senseJ then
lake his own explanation, In the words
sworn to upon his trisl-hs said "the war
was not being wsged for che preservation OF
the Union; it was war for tbs purpose OF
crushing out liberty and creating des-
po.isrp; 3 War for the freedom Of the blacks
and tho enslsvement of the whites SO; and
these wsro the reasons why he denounced it.
Then comes his friend aud witness, Mr.. Ccx.
who syears thst in the same speech Mr.. VAL
i.nsighsm said sit had boon perverted from
a war io- the preservation Of the Union to
on. for tho abolition Of slavery. lie referred
70 tho Critteudea resolution to show that tho
war was originally fog The restoration OF the
Union" Finally, lie "bittsrly denounced
shy attempt - mako peace b separation
Of tho gates
tits q good rulo OF eE.sgstis criticism, III
royiew ing any sayings Of Yankee, TO give
him credit for double ma snings. Men OF
that atom do not speak in plain unm'stsk"-
bic language; and VIC, SIMPLE Confedsrases, sre
Too easily led to believe that a lush really means
whs. no appears to say. When, the!etoree
shis Yankee Chatham, "hi.tsry dencuncss
pssco by separation Of tho States one Is
corpp-ltcd to ssek for some equiVocat,on to
explain tho worda in which he dencuncea
~the war." b. "the war" he maans the
varss It is carried on under L'nco!n's emso-
cipation proclamation; he meansths war for
abolition, not the war fox restoration Of the
onion; in short, Lao means the Republican
rsr, not tho Democratic WAX This war, it
SONS, was originally wssod (according to
the Orittsndan rssolutionsj "to restore the
Uniorr--ttat is simply 20 cos-cs Us INTO
submission to tho Washington Government!
End Mr.. Vallandighsm approves that wa'; icr
thst war hs votsd appropriations for troops;
he would still (ss j. sppears) an5tsln snd aid
that ya.; but ;his Har-this abolition one
bs de,recatss; and de2racsies or the exp.ess
ground that, wrsed on such principles /: can
never restore the Union. Tie is fer Ga vCor-
Gus pr prosecution of peaco"--hy mesus OF, not
All unconstitutional, but constitutional
war, The END Of oil war ia peace, and he 's
Of opiniou thnt if tho Democrats were u
pouer, md bad .he r.pagems mt Of tho bns,-
nsss in their hands, their war would sooa
b,iog il TO close by reconstruction OF the
Union. Il. declares himself in favor OF "con-
citation" and would even suspend HOSTILE
t;sB Tor a time to afford on opening for said
Nconciliation.'' Docs his "conciiis,ion" inssn
rsour.iiion of the Independence Of this Oop-
fsds-.ey Anything everything but that
On the contrary, he "denounces" that kind
of pesoe even mo.s earnestly thsn Lincolns
sind of Wat. BY Cancellation he means tho
operations Of emissares to negotists-not
Nth our Government, but With private per-
sons, Offering place and power, corruptipg'
b.ibing, dividing and deIudiug, to create hero
a party for reconstruction Of the Ualon-
and Of the Democratic party. II these means
f,i thsn comes renewal OF tho war, but
inind y tho Constitutional aud Democrsuo
war. Hero is his true meaning and bis whole
meaning.
If any further proofs be needed, look at
the address published by the New York
"Msss State. Convention" two days af,er
y,u.ndishau,'s arrest, and avowedly de-
slgnod to sustain him in his position. 10
that address they s1scrato oil thought Of any
possible separation of tho States. They are
oppossd to all measures, whether Of peace OF
war, tending to that result. They think That
sho efforts to sustain tho Union by force of
arms, in the hands eff those aoho nQie- dirsd
tho aoutrnn.ent, have proved failure" But
Ia other hands, no doubt the case would be
different. They Say farther, that 10 restore
the Uaion cannot be accomplished by nero
b,n.s force" That IL to say corruption and
intrigue must be used "a well as force. Ard
thew add, "we gro now fer o vigoraua prose-
cu!ion Of peace; and, whilst We would sub
mitto no national dismemberment,
wo will 20 very far in tho spirit OF c,nc'hs-
ttun and concession" All! yes; ws shud-
dor to think how far you would &C.; how
high you would bid: how mssuihcenty you
would promise; how grandly you wonid lis
Give us the brat, forcs, tho mere brute force,
rather than this
But the address goes on - SAY, "Tho pub
lie voics demands change Of measures and
ofnsn." Yss, here is the point; demands
Democratic ministers, Democratic oontrac-
tors; demands that ths thieves who are in
should be out, and the thieves who are out