The Ashland union. [volume] (Ashland, Ashland County, Ohio) 1854-1868, 1863-09-02
Letter From Hon. G. l.. VaIIandig.
nam--.llts Reply 10 an Abolition
Newspaper OF Cincinnati 49, His
t4,ys Baasi,aoIoUsE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
5sAi4sEWAsHTNeToN, De-, Dec. 1S, 1862

tS 1NAeoA VI "a GuqulreTsA HktAE
In an Abolition newspaper of your city, of
oa.es recent date, / observe the following:
gssS Mr.. Vallandigham, by his propositions for a
= division of the Republic into four distin. 1t ma
neutrality-suspicious. as infamous in their
design as runious in their co1seqaences-did
as much to reuse the people to a sense of their
ald danger, as the first shots of the insurrec-
tonists at Charleston F15fE -
Now, it Is somewhat remarkable certainly,
that after the introduction in February. 1861,
-aF 3 of the propositions falsely thus described by
ti that newspaper, 1T not only complimented the
psa speech in which Mr.. Vallandigham defended
them, but actually so far failed to become a
81 szfo1sed to a sense of danger, as to repeatedly
sandsearnestly advocate the. policy of letting
ezss the South goa something that Dir. v. has
-rss never doae to this day. But let that pass.
The deliberate and circumstancial rcpeti-
Ea 3 ton at this time, and in its fullest form, of
stlzsth Misrepresentation OF the nature OF the
= - propositions which I did introduce, is but
- mother proof of the desperate fortunes Of the
Abolition party, and particularly of the Iress
~ which has supported it. To the personal as
ssri isautfs Of that press, and especially of the pa
ross PEI quoted from I reply not. Pope and Pc
Fan may now very calmly be allowed TO sit
ZOE at the mouth of the Abolition cave and gnash
--thcir teethless gums at Democratic pilgrims as
ri 4sthey pass by. s5"The efectual check and wan
inc proportions of this Administration, and
pa its despotic and bloody policy, enable us to
nT4CIlCc IL lOl -hOM. u DulIOSO-
phytwhichs hitherto may have been somewhat
compulsory. But false statements of recorded
or historic facts, do noticome within the rule.
So Now, MI. Vallandigham never proposed to
divide atbe Republic into four distinct ma
tionafities.n So far as any such proposition
has been suggested at all, it was by General
Z Scott, who even went so far as to name the
probable capitals of three of these s'nationali-
4 ties.n My proposition, on the contrary, was
: to maintain the existing Union, or enationali-
q ty' forever, by dividing or arranging the
- States into sections scithia the Union under the
y Constitution, for the purpose of voting in the
Senate and Electoral Colleges. Let the facts
o. speak. The following is the preamble to my
"a proposed amendments: a =
% "Whareas, the Constitution Of the United
States is = grant of specific powers delegated
to the Federal Government by the people of
the several States, all powers net delegated to
: it nor prohibited to the States being reserved
to the States, respectfully, or to the people
> and whereas it is the tendency of stronger
q Gogernmcnts to enlarge their. powers and Jul
sssrisdiction at the expense of weaker. Govern
ments, and of majorities to usurp and abase
power and Cypress mInorities, to arrest and
Hold In check which tendency, compacts and
consultations are made and whereas the only
: seEectuaI constitutional security for the rights
of minorities, whether as people or as States, is
- fhe power expressly reserved in constitutions
= of protecting those rights by their own action;
and, whereas; this mode of protection by checks
and guarantees is recognized In the Federal
Constitution, as we'll as in the case OF the
Equality of the States in representation and in
suffrage IN the Senate, as in the provision for
everything the vote of the President and Tor
~ amending the Constitution, not to enumerate
@Sother examples and whereas, unhappily, be
cause of fhe vast extent and diversified inter
tz.ests and institutions OF the Several States of
the Union, sectional divisions can no longer
eEsuppressed; and, whereas; it concerns the
. !. ia, n - q EaTa.,T nan and
Governnaent that q division of the States into
mere slageholding and non-slayeholding sec
tions, causing hitherto, and from the nature
and necessity of the case, inhammatory and
disastrous controversies upon the subject of
slavery, ending already in present disruption
.4aof the Union, should be forever hearafter ig-
nored and whereas this important end is best
= stobe obtained by the recognition of other sec
Etions without regard to slavery, neither of
which sections shall alone be strong enough
- to Cypress or control the others, and each be
vested with the power to protect itself from
aggressions Therefore,
q Resozved 6y the Senate and House of Rep
7esentatises ofhe United States Of America
IN Congress assembled, (two-thirds of both
Houses concurring,3 That the following arti-
sacles be, and are hereby. proposed as amend
n1snts to the Constitution of the United States,
which shall be valid to all intents and purpo-
gses as part of said Constitution when ratified
by conventions in three fourths of the several
States =
$50 Marx yon@aamendments to the Constitu-
saicn Of the United States = one common Con-
s%iitution, forming one common Union for ali
befhe States.
s The following are the material sections of
the proposed amendments which were to be
known as Articles XIII, XIV and XIV of the
present Constitution /:
PARTICLE XIII"
ESQ. ]. The United States arc divided in
alto four sections, as follows Il
aThe States of Maine, New Hampshire,
Vermont Massachusetts,, Rhode Island, Con-
nectieut, New York, New jersey and Penn.
<sssvlvania. and all new States annexed and adj
niitted into the Union, or formed or erected
kyithin the Jurisdiction of any of said States,
or By the junction of two or more OF the same,
ror of parts thereof, or out of territory acquired
north of said States, shall constitute one Sec
stion, to be known as the North. zaaa
aThe States of Ohio, Indiana, Illinois,
Michigan, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Iowa and
SIEapsss, and all new States annexed or admit
ted into the Union, or erected within the ju-
Predictions of any of said States, or by the
junction of two or more of the same, or of
. narts thereof, or out of territory now held or
hereafter acquired north of latitude SO deg.
90 min. and east of the Greet of the Rocky
Mountains, shall constitute another section,
to be known as the West. z77szs9
The States of Oregon and California, and
all new States annexed and admitted into the
.IUnion, or formed or erected within the juris-
diction of any of said STATES, OF by the juno
ton Of two or more OF the same, or parts
thereof. or out of territory now held or here
after acquired west of the crest of the Rocky
Mountains and of the Rio Grande shall con-
ss.fitnte another section, to be known as the Pa