Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1863-08-21
Bellows Galls Times.
BELLOWS FALLS, AUGUST 81, 1868.
Vallandigham Democracy Rebuk-
ed by n Loyal Democrat.


Cairo. An extract from his remarks as
reported in the newspapers we give below.
He gives the lie direct to the copperhead
chief, andl rebukes in unmistakeable Ian
guage the conduct of the followers and sup
porters of Vallandigham. Gen. Logan's
remarks should be needed by men about
here, who call themselves democrats, but
who find fault with everything done to put
down the rebellion-who denounce all
democrats or republicans, who earnestly
devote themselves to the service of saving
the Union from The most causeless and gi-
gantic rebellion the history of the world has
recorded, as ''abolitionists." Let these men
mark the prediction made in the last para
graph quoted, for day of reckoning is
surely coming.
Gen. Logan said =
at makes no difference whether you call
me Democrat, Republican, or Abolitionist,
as some hare of late named me. 1t does
not change my feelings-does not alter my
action. / am for my country erery time
for my country first, last and always-and
am fighting for the right of that country to
be numbered among the honored nations Of
the earth. Until that is brought about, and
this rebellion crushed out, am but an
| American citizen. When that right shall
have been, asserted then, should we find
that there is something wrong in the fabric
that our fathers reared, something we desire
to change, it will be time enough to come
up and demand the change. Noto we have
this accursed rebellion to root out. 1t must
and ALL means for putting it to an end. If
the people of the North would use the same
force jeff. Davis and his minions use-and
were as unanimous as they are-for in the
South force of arms compels every man to
act as though he sanctioned the rebellion,
whether he feels inclined or not-this par
scould be successfully terminated IN less than
sac months.
Every mothers son who is opposed to
the war should be compelled either to take
up arms against US or for us. Then there
would be no talk of peace here at the north,
no talk of resistance, no such men as pdt-
landighan,, no sueh couards as those icho
support such men aud sag such things.
Yallandigham says he has travelled over
the Confederacy--usingt the term Confed-
eracy,' not the phrase so-called Confeder-
acy,' (for dot not acknowledge the exist
ence of any authority or government in
America aside from that Of the United
States land has not met man, woman or
child who does not sustain the war, and who
is not determined to fight it out TO the d"ath
or the bitter end. FaUandigham here simply
lies. He tells what is not true, and he
knows it. Valandigham, aside from the
leading men - jeff. Davis, Toombs and
Stephens-did not, venture 10 say, speak
with dozen persons while taking his in
voluntary trip through Dixie. Had he
I. done so, his report would have been of a
different color.
Il "The people who are fighting against this
government-tEe poor whites composing the
rank and file of the rebellion-nine-tenths
of them do not knew what they are fighting
for, do not know what they are fighting
against A majority of them do not know
any,hing-and hundreds of them never saw
the American flag in tlieir lives until they
saw it march into Vicksburg in triumph.
They do not know the Fourth Of July or
r anything else that is good. But poor and
ignorant as they are, let them express their
: own free minds, and they will, almost to a
man. demand speedy termination of this
war-would submit to almost anything rath-
;, er than fight any longer as they have been
fighting. II is only By the force of 6ayonets
, that their army is kept together. Even that
cannot prevent their deserters from flock
ing into jackson by hundreds, TO take The
y oath of allegiance or to join the Union ranks
sand / tell what / know when | say
= that it will not be many days ere the entire
States of Mississippi and Tennessee will be
knocking loudly for re-admission TO Union
: which not long since they thought their
puny efforts could quickly dissolve. They
are talking of it even now. Let me say to
all opposers of this war: The time will
come when the men composing this great
army will come to their homes. They have
watched the progress of affairs with inter.