The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1863-05-20

the case of Vallandigham and Burnside the
administration stands between two hres-the
fire of the democratic party and of the opposl-
ton generally. and the fire of the chief organs
of the republican party and large proportion
of the party itself--thus having concentrated
upon It the hostility of nearly the whole COM
munity. In truth, the proceedings In tine case
of Vailandigham are wholly indefensiSie' anu
cannot be sustained by any party.
In another column we publish two condem-
natory articles-oae from the Evening f0st ana
The other from the Tribune, the principal or
gans Of the administration in this city. That
from the Post is particularly deserving Of atten-
ton. 1t shows that Mr.. Vallandigham was not
within the jurisdiction Of any military tribunal,
and ought not to have been tried by a court
martial Besides, that freedom Of discussion is
essential to the very existence of a republic,
and that mo governments and no authorities
are to be held as above criticism or even de-
nunciation." Well does the Post 60 on to ask
"H Vallandighams peace measure Is treason
able, may not Greeley's be equally SO! 1.-The
(vallandigham) cannot arraign the conduct OF
the war, can Mr.. Schalk, who has written q
book on strategy which is the severest arraign-
ment of il yet printed If he may not ques-
ton the justice or propriety Of Burnside's or
ders, may the Evering Post or thousand other
journals venture to hint doubt of the super
human military abilities Of General Haileeks"
The Tribune holds that "our federal and State
constitutions do not recognize perverse opin-
ions or unpatriotic speeches a. grounds
of infiction," and it "does not see
how Mr. vallandigham is to be lawfully
punished for making q bad speech" The
Tribune says that Burnside has probably Be-
cured the nomination Of Vallandigham as
Governor of Ohio" and the Post holds that his
penalty will make him martyr. and rouse
bis old friends aud others to earnest express
sious Of sympathy" The meeting in Union
square is a sample.
The fall elections Of last year were grave
lesson to the administration that such acts
are condemned by the country. But. like the
Bourbons. they are incapable Of learning any
thing or forgetting anything. They then sp-
peared to have abandoned their arbitrary
and high handed measures, in obedience to the
rebuke of the people; but they returned. like
| hogs that wore washed. TO wallowing in the
mire The sooner they repudiate the course
| Of General Burnside, and set Mr.. vallandigham
free, the better for themselves and the cause Of
the republic.
| Srocx JOINING IN THE ARMY-We understand
| that q couple Of officials from the War Depart
ment have come ON here to investigate cor
| tain charges OF stock jobbing In connection
with the control Of the telegraph during TIE
| recent operations of General Hooker on the
Rappahannock. It appears that the transmits
sion OF news from the field was suspended for
twenty-four hours in order to further some
heavy speculatons entered into by the parties
implicated. There are said to be . prominent
officer in our army. some leading Wall street
brokers and couple of ladies, TO whom, to
avert suspicion, private dispatches were ad-
dressed. It was confidently expected by the
clique that General Hooker would win great
victory, and on this anticipation they specu-
lated for q fall in gold, their contracts amount.
ing in the aggregate to about $1.50OOOO. Gen.
Hooker, however, made a fasce Of his campaign
and the consequence Was that his Wall street
hackers lost upwards Of one hundred thousand
dollars by the operation. In order to hedge
aud save themselves, they started the report in
| the Philadelphia Press and the Inquirer that
Hooker had recrossed the Rappshannock and
that Richmond was in possession Of our forces
This monstrous cand,d, however, availed them
nothing; and now in addition to the loss of their
| ,,onou tkov will have IN, nav tho neualfv Of eY
posure. The President and the Secretary oil
War are justly indignant that officers of the
army should be concerned in such transactions
and that the telegraph lines under government
control should be made to sabserve them. Fo,
these reasons they have ordered an investiga
ton, and the inquiry will be at once proceeded
with. We should like to hear from the Cheva
lier Forney in this matter He can, no doubt
throw some light upon the facts.
DESTRUCTION or PROPERTY NORM AND Souri,
ings of the rebel Congress. The committee
of thirteen, appointed at the last SCISSOR
of the rebel Senate, has now reported al
length on the outrsges committed by tn,
enemy upon the persons and property O.
our (rebeD citizens, in violation of tbs
rules Of civilized warfare and the rights Of hu
mainly" The people Of the South who make
this report, headed by Mr.. Clay, Of Alabama
with the concurrence, no doubt, Of all the othel
members Of the committee, are now complain
ing of the very things which they were th<
first to initiate. The evils that have fallen *
heavily upon them are only the fruit of . jus
retaliation for their own acts. These are thu
natural results and part Of the consequences o
war. While they complain Of the Dissertation
Of ediaces devoted to education, religion ans
charity, they forget that they themselves wer'
the first to attempt the destruction Of the great