The Jeffersonian Democrat. [volume] (Chardon, Ohio) 1854-1865, 1863-09-18
Letter Of Lieut.. Maury..-.vallan.
digham's S Reasonable Pledge.

dlgham S Reasonable Pledge.
The developments of Mr.. yallandgham's
reasonable aims aud purposes are so pu
merous that it impossible for us to notice
more than a titbe of them. Ono of the
latcs, and most important we ind in let.
tor Of that pamporod traitor, Lieut.. Maury.
row Rebol omissary in Europe. to the
London Tunes. After making the ludcrous
assertion that, $50 far from the prospects
of tho South looking blue they were never
brighter" (Which may be true, for they were
always dark cnougb,) and a sorry attempt to
show that the Union "cannot be restored
by force of arms" Lieut.. Maury says:
"Qther agents have to be called in plav.
What are they Lot US Inquire. They
are, DIVISIONS 10 tho camp of the enomy, dis.
sonsions among the people of the North -
There is 0ireddy a pedce pariU there M
The embdrrdssDlrnts Uih ultich mat party cdn
surround Mr.. Lincoia and dH he difficulties
that u can hr0W ia The UGy Of hp Car par
ty IN The North. operate direcliy as so much
dm and comfort 10 The South"
The "poaco party" to which Leut. Maury
allcdcs, and whose mission bo seems to
thoroughly understand, is the Vallandigham
or Copporhead Democracy. Tho members
OF that party arc tho "agents," which, ac
cording 10 him, are "to be called in play"
to finish up tho work of destroying the Gov.
ernment, and founding upon its ruins a
slave empire. Democrats of Ohio, how do
you like the programme Arc you willing
to DO the tools used by the Southern traitors
in their foul and neiarious work? DO YOU
desire that your votes should "oporate di.
rectly as so much aid and comfort to tho
south :; If you do, to be consistent, you
should votc for Yalandgbam but, if you
do not. you would stultify yourselves by
voting for bin.
But Lieut.. Maury docs not contont him.
self with simply defining the mission of tho
Northern peace party" in general terms.
Like writer we'll versed IN his subject, aud
meaning not to be misunderstood he dc.
scends to details, and shows more partic.
ularly than IN tho above extract, hoV that
party is to give "ad and comfort to the
South Upon this point, his letter is very
clear and explicit. He says:
"ValIandigham waits and watches ovor
the border, pledgod-J elected Gopernor of
the STATE Of Oh'o-to array II against Lin
coin and the war, and 10 GO for peace. What
the result of tho election there will DO l
cannot tell but tho canvass is going on,
and We know that opposition to Lincoln and
his war party is growing moro and more
popular every day, and throughout the
whole North. Witness Burnside's DEGREES,
putting in violation of all legal right and
constitutional power, tho State of Kentucky
under martial law, and that, too, just as the
elections are coming of in the State. lie
orders tho commissioners of elections to lot
none vote but friends of LincolR aud the
Union aud :he last steamer brings tho an
nouncement, in tho jnbiant rhetoric of tho
Yankee press. The Union ticket has boon
elected in Kentucky by large majority
Wol it might; there was no other ticket
allowed"
This testimony is direct aud positive, and
no Democrat who values his country or his
honor should feel himself at liberty to dis
regard il. Vallandigham is "pLEDGED."-
Mark the word To whom OF course,
not to tho people of tho North, but to the
people, or rather the leaders, of the South,
among whom he was recently an exile. To
what Why,if elected Governor of Ohio. "to
array it against Lincoln and the war, and to
go for peace;" or, in other words, to so exert
the power and influence of his Office MS to
array the State, whore he, as an individual
now stands, on tho side of Treason. To
enable him to redeem this pledge. the votes
of all Democrats in the State are asked
But can any Democrat, knowing that h,
has made it, vote for him, and not be respon
sble for all tho evil consequences that ma,
follow his action