Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1863-06-13

William Medill Of Fairfield county, was
made permanent President, and said it was
a more honorable position than that Of
Governor which the Democracy once gave
him. He said we should soon have Val
landigham back in Ohio. Judge James Of
Muskingbam, nominated Vallandigham
for Governor. H B. Payne of Cleveland,
nominated Judge H. ]. Jewett A motion
was made to nominate Vallandigham by
acclamation, which was finally voted down.
He was then nominated by ballot, which
gave all but eleven votes for Vallandig-
ham, those eleven being cast for Jewett,
and Cuysboga county casting four Of the
eleven. The nomination was then made
unanimous, when George E. Pugh made
speech full of wild rawlings and violent
abuse Of anything but COpperhead Dem
ocrats. He said he had positive knOwl-
edge that the Union might have been
preserved and maintained if Lincoln
and his advisers had accepted any
honorable compromise. He declared that
he would not submit for one hour to
arbitrary power and it was time for all to
resist it. And yet the fellow complained
that the liberties Of the people had been
wrested from them Like drunken brag-
adocio he defel Burnside's "0rder No.
S8 aud said he would express his opin-
ion at the hazard Of his life," which wal
not much Of hazard, after all. He said
it would be better to emigrate to the Con.
federacy than to live here. Why don't he
20, then, to his friends. No decent man
in Ohio wants him to stay. Pugh then
said that be had asked Vallandigham
whether he had rather go South than Il
Fort Warren, and the "exponent of liber
ty" had replied: "No, he had rather b
imprisoned thousand times" This il
rather gratifying than otherwise, ana
shows the wisdom oft President in send
ing him where it would be something NOR
than recreation and martyrdom" to him
Then Pugh subsided, having proved him
self an assinine braggart.
denomination of other officers was mad
without any special incident and the
clme the resolutions. These are Onl
taOsnty-three and long drawn out pream
BILE. As a conscientious duty, we hav
read them all. They do not express, i
words, as much as those of the Wood Peac
party, but the spirit is identical. Most O
them are reiterations Of old COpperhea
abstractions. They protest against tn
Presidents Emancipation proclamation a
"unwise, unconstitutional and void" Th
ninth resolution declares that the DemoC
racy is ready to receive proposals forpeac
and the procurement of such guarantees a
would give security to all their (the south
erners') interests and rights" Observ
that not q word is said as to guaranteein
the rights of the North or of the UniOi
The interests of the rebels are consulted
but not Of the Union men. This is Demo
cratic style.
The thirteenth resolution (adOptsd ut
Convention Of those who are continual
shouting for "the Constitution as it is, u
urged Convention of all, or three-fOurth
Of the States to amend the Constitution "a
has been found necessary to maintain this
instrument in the spirit intended by ii
founders Conservative men want rad
cal change.
The fifteenth resolution endorses Valla1
digham and denounces his arrest and bsI
ishment as "a palpsble violation of Il
Constitution and considers it's insult
the sovereignty of the State. The Preside1
is called upon to release him and the res
luton provides for the appointment Of
committee of one from each Congression
district to present the application to Il
President
Upon the whole, the loyal people ha7
cause for graduation that the issue
plainly set before them as it is, of loyal
and disloyalty. They will the more efec
ually squelch the COpperheadsat the fa
election.