New-York daily tribune., 1863-05-15
yaIIANDIlIIAtT.

Gen. .JAckson was doubtless q mn Of more
than average ssgacity, yet We do not think he
showed il in writing, after taking ample time
for cool reflection that, had be been military
commandant in Connecticut in December, lSli.
he would have hung the leading members of
the Hartford Convention under the second
section OF the Articles OF War. We will not
here discuss the legality Of such executions
nat we insist that it would have been most
impolitic and uuWise. The Hartford Conyen.
ton did very much to save a timid and feeble
Administration from falling into general con-
tempt and odium. II gave the country iis first
look over the precipice Of Disunion, and inn
PEELED it to shrink back shuddcring, resolved TO
bear any temporary Ills rather than plunge
into the yawnng vortex beEcath. For sup
porter Of Madison and the War TO have ,hoi
or hung tho leading Hartford Covcntioni,ts
would have been not merely harsh but un.
grateful.
The COpperbead spirit never had irsor de.
velopment than in the recent Connecticut Flee.
ton. where ii harmed none but those il sought
10 ,erye. Had the Democrat. Of that State
simply renominated their former candidates
aud held their tongues they must have tri.
umphed. But they placed q pronounced Cop
perhead in the front, and had such men a.
Toucey, Mayor Wood Brooks, Richardson,
Schnabe and Perrin to aid him in the canvass,
and that settled their coffee. Their adyersa-
ries had no power ~ beat them, but they were
oIt o.. N tla
ernment would only let them. And they did.
SIR. Clement l.. yallnndigham is Pro-
Slavery Democrat of nv exceedingly coppery
hue. His politics are rs bad as bad can be;
if there were penalties for holding Irrational,
unpatriotic and inhuman views with regard to
political questions, he would bo one OF tho
most fragrant offenders. But our Federal and
State Constitutions do not recognize pervere
opinions, nor unpatfotic speeches, AS grounds
of infection, beyond the inniction Of the
speeches themselves, and then the hoarer suf-
iers the penalty, not tho speaker. SO wo don't
exactly see how Mr.. V. is to be lawfully pun
ishcd for making bad speech, unless by com
pellng him TO make it TO empty seats.
We agree fully with Gen. Burnside Shat Val.
ought not to make such speeches-that he
ought to be ashamed of himself-but then he
,ciH make them aud 1On Z be ashamed-so
what will you do about il ! "Send him to
the Dry Tortugas," says the t.eneral-probably
as Il hint to him to dry up :" Set him over
/ into Dixie" the President is said to suggest
us an alternative. But this is tho worst joke
Mr. Lincoln has yet made. They don 3 trouble
themselves TO try and sentence opposition
orators down that way-they kill them on
sight and save u world of trouble. Mr. Val
landigham must be aware that any person
making just such speeches in Dixie against the
War for Secession as he makes on our side
against the War for the Union, could not live
out the first days experiment. lie would be
shot by the first Rebel that could obtain u
loaded musket, and that would be the end OF
him. Sending Copperheads down to Jelldom,
where they have speeches only on tho side of
. tie powers that be, would set dozen such
tongues wagglng for every ono 80 silenced.
Beside, carrying Goals to Newcastle has
never been considered polite nor statesman
like.
Mr.. VallandiRham wants TO run for Cover
nor Of Ohio next Fall. and We hope hs will.
Now that the soldiers are to vote. we could mt
have q better Democratic candidate. And. as
Gen. burnside has probably secured biz nomia'