Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1863-07-30
Patriotic Letter from a Soldier to his
Copperhead Brother--What the
Soldiers think of Vallandigham
and the White Rag Party.

Patriotic Letter from Soldier to his
Copperhead Brother--What the
Soldiers think of Vallandigham
and the White Rag Party.
tExirac, from lette from r. j McFaden ,oJ w
MeFaden, written oil the 3oih Of June, 1853
I'VE are Vallandigham men here. We
are firm in the cause of our country. We
are for free speech, free press, and tn,
right Of trial by jury We are for the Con
stitution as it is and the Union as it was
But. Judging You by the tone of the Nash
vile Union, which you sent home, | sup,
pose that you are no longer Democrat =
For i expect it is the only paper you are in
the habit of reading or read, and it is a
burned abolition sheet, filed with abolition
lies, which represents two thirds OF the
people Of the loyal States as rebels and
rebel sympathizers. Now, for you. benefit,
will enclose piece OF newspaper, in
order that you may read little of both
sides Of the question. Aud by reading the
speech of Fernando Wood, you may see the
reason q. l.. Vallandigham was banished
from the State of Oiio, for he advocates
the Same principles. s1. g.> ..... a aaf
"T. J. McFADEN."
MURFREEsBoRo', Tenn, July IL.
RESPECTED BRoTHER seat myself, at
this hour, with am inged sensation of pleas
ure & of displeasure, to acknowledge the re-
ceipt of your letter the 3Oth ult., which came
to hand upon the 18th inst, yesterday 1
felt much pleasure in reading of your own
and your family's good health and in truth
every thing contained in your letter, except
that referring ts politics, afforded me pleas
ure. You say that, judging me by the
Weekly Nashville Union, for which l sub.
scribed and had sent to my family, and
which you assume the responsibility of
pronouncing damned abolition sheet-you
suppose that l am no longer a Democrat.
And l freely, frankly, and fully confess that
I am no longer Democrat in the sense in
which you have SO boldly declared yourself
to be one-a Vallandigham Democrat and
yet more, never have been Democrat in
that sense, or of that school. and by the
grace Of God | never will be Democrat of
that breed. Yet, I claim that l have not
changed one jot or one title, in relation to
the genuine principles of Democracy, but
you certainly have changed to an alarming
extent, if you ever was genuine Demo-
crat in understanding and in principle;
otherwise, you could not, thus boldly, have
announced yourself to me as supporter of
Clement l., Vallandigham for tie Guber.
uatorial chair Of Ohio, Why, sir, do you
give your support to this exiled traitor, for
this elevated position in our noble State
Whatl l ask in the name Of God, what
has he done, since the inauguration Of this
cursed crusade against our national liberties
and our glorious UEon, which are the price
Of the blood, the toll and patient suferings
Of our brave forefathers, during a period of
nearly eight years, to endear him to any
people? Was it bis declaration in the
highest legislative body known to the Con.
stitution Of the United States, in the in
sipient stages of this war, that, He uould
not rote a single man or a single dollar for the
suppression ofIthe rcbetiioa," and which be
has persistently adhered te and carried out
to- the exact letter, although he knew that
in pursuing that course he was acting 10
direct antagonisn to the best interests Of
his country, and squarely in the face Of at
least three -fourths of the constituency
whom he should have represented upon
that floor but did not, choosing rather to
himself and the motley minority
in our State, who were and are, for the
most selfish purposes, in sympathy with the