Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1863-08-27
What q YLDndly English Papsf his
70 say bout vallandigham.

The Times expres.ses a deem and anxious
concern for the welfare of the Nwtbern
people. and esoeciallv for the .preaervat;on
intact of their rights and liberties. The dan.
ger Is, In the view Of our cotemporsry. bv
no means wholly Imaginary or merely pros,
pectiye. IA IL real and immincut 1he
much enduring Northern people" have
uncon ,ciously been deprived of ali their III
erties, and the English Journalist is natural
" stirred with indignation at the affecting
spectacle. The time for a true friend 10
raise the note of alarm has obviously come.
and zccordineIy our cotempof06y. Cassa udrs
ike. telIs the peopIe of ire North "it is
time to be nm and auiue. Il. indeed. II be
not already too late. - III ,fIrI
Nis. no doubt. = very touching instance
Of political generosity that the Times should
be 50 much more concerned for the liberties
of these much. enduring people" than tbey
are themselves. But we are afraid il viii
hardly be Appreciated on the othor side of
the Atlantic. The people of the North will
reineinber that the Journal, which now af
fects oach concern for their liberties and
Iconstitution, has for nearly two years past
opposed them and their Institutions In a
spirit of fierce and bitter hostility, has SUP.
ported the cause Of their enemies with all
the arts of passionate and upscrupuious
partisan, and done its very utmost to blacken
their national character and destroy their
political system. :
Last year when il showed It's respect TO
the Federal Constitution by suggesting 10
Gen. Mcclellan that he should destroy It by
force and assume a military dictatorship.
there wasat least some breadth and gran
deur in the expression of its implacable hos.
tility TO the Federal Government and North.
ern people. But of late decency, self-re-
spect, and even common English feeling
seemed TO have been alike forgotten in the
upscrupuIous defense of obscure rebel con-
spirators and abortiye Copperhead plots. :
The riots having prematurely collapsed. the
appearance of a weak and inflated address
from Mr.. Vallandigharn is absurdly hailed
as an ominous portent.- :
The address is certainly seasonable SO far
as the faithful few in Ohio who recognize
Mr.. Vallandigham as leader are concerned.
They need consolation at the present mo
ment, the Copperhead plot, in which for
many weeks, for months past, indeed, they
are known to be deeply implicated, having
signally failed. The riot at New YORK was
to be the signal. and had il succeeded, the
faithful in Ohio would no doubt, in obe-
dience to their Southern masters, have at.
tempted similar movement. But the first
serious riot having been summarily sup
pressed, Mr.. ValIsndigham's address from
beyond the frotier is as the forlorn voice Of
one CRYING in the Wilderness. For the rest
the notion that such an address can have
any political importance, or that the liber.
ties Of the Northern people sre expossd TO
the smallest real danger from the action Of
the Federal Government is simply absurd.
The Times may rest assured that the peo-
pie of the Northern States understand their
own business and value their own liberties
quite as much as any Confederate journal
or journalist in this country can do. Mr..