The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1863-05-16

advocated continuation of the war. He
then referred to Forney, who was Well
known correspondent Of the Philadelphia
Press, and said he had no right to speak
for those who were not connected with the
administration. That some of our public
men, rather than bring back some of the
seeded States, would submit to perma-
nent separation of the Union He stated
that France, q nation that had always
shown herselfto be friend of our Govern
ment, had proposed to act as intermediator;
but that her proposition, which, if accept
ed, might have broughtab an honorable
peace, was insolently rejected.
MI. Vallandigham here corrected the wit
ness. The word he used was INSTANTLY
not sinsolently."
| Witness-I understood the word he used
to have been "insolently." That the peo-
pie had been deceived 20, 900 lives had
been lost at the battle of fredericksburg
OF the objects of the war, he said it was a
war for the liberation of the blacks, and the
enslavement of the whites. We had been
told 1t would be terminated in three months
then in nine months; and again in a
year. That the war was still in progress,
and that there was no prospect ofits being
ended. That Richmond was theirs; that
| Charleston and Vicksburg weretheirs; that
the mississippi was not opened; and would
not be SO long as there was cotton on its
banks to be stolen, or so long as there were
any officers to enrich. That Southern pa
peer had denounced him and Cox, and the
peace Democrats, as having done more to
prevent the establishing Of the Southern
Confederacy than 10000 soldiers could do.
That they proposed to operate through
the masses of the people in both sections
who were in favor of the Union. That it was
the purpose or design of the Administers
tlon 10 suppress or prevent such meetings
as the one he was addressing. That mill
tary marshals were about to be appointed
in every district, who would act for the
purpose of restricting the liberties of the
people; but that he was freeman. That
he did not ask David Tod, or Abraham
Lincoln, or Ambrose E. Burnside for his
right to speak as he had done, and was
doing. That his authority for so doing
was higher than General Order No. 3S-i
was General Order No. the Constitution
That General Order No. SO was base
lusurpatlon of arbitrary power-that he haG
the most supreme contempt for such power
He despised it and spit upon it. He tram.
pied it under his feet That only a few
days before man had been dragged from
his home in Butler county by an outra
geous usurpatiOn of power and tried for ar
offense not known to our laws, by self
constituted court martial. Tried without
q jury, which is guaranteed to every one
that he had been fined and imprisoned
That two men were brought over from
Kentucky and tried, contrary to express
laws for the trial of treason, and were now
under the sentence of death. That an or.
der had just been issued in Indiana, deny.
ing to persons the right to canvass or dis.
cuss military policy, and that if it was sub.
mitted to would be followed by simila,
order in Ohio. That he was resolved never
to submit to an order of military dictator
prohibiting the free discussion of either
civil or military authority. The sooner
that the people informed the minions Of this
usurped power that they would not submit,
to such restrictions upon their liberties
and that they would not cringe and oowel
before such authority, the better. Let
them not be deluded by the image of liber
ty when the spirit is gone. He proclaimed
the right to criticise the acts of our military
servants in power. That there never was
a tyrant in any age who oppressed the PEG.
pie further than he thought they would
submit to endure. That in the days O.
Democratic authority, Tom Corwin had in
the face OF Congress hoped that our brave
| volunteers in Mexico 'might be welcomed
with bloody hands to ..hospitable graves, )
but that he hadn been interfered with. I,
was never before thought necessary to ap.
point a Captain Of Cavalry as Provost Mar
shall, as was now the case in Indianapo
lis, or military dictators, as were now ex.
ercising authority in Cincinnati and Column
bus. That law had recently been en-.
acted in Ohio as well as in some Other
States, regulating the manner in which sol
diers should vote, that the officers have t.
be judges of the election.
| Judge Advocate objected to this part O
the testimony as irrelevant.
Mr.. Vallandigham desired the Court t.
permit the witness to go on with this testi
mony.
Witness.-The speaker closed by warn
ing the people not to be deceived. That ar
attempt would shortly be made to enforct
the consumption law, and to remember tina
the war was not for the preservation of the
Union but that it was q wicked Abolition
war, and that if those in authority were al
lowed to accomplish their purposes, the
people would be deprived of their liberties
and monarchy established but as fol
him he was resolved that he would never
be a priest, to minister at the alatr or
which his country was being sacrificed.
| Question by J.A.-What other flags Oh
emblems were used in decorating the stage,
| Ans.-There were banners made Of frame
work, and covered with canvass, which
were decorated with butternuts and bore
inscriptions. One banner, which was car.
ried at the head of a delegation which came
in from town in the country, bore the in.
scription, ''The copperheads are coming
| Mr.. Vaflandigham.-The South never
carried copper cents.
! Judge Advocate.-But butternuts are q
Southern emblem.
Mr.. Vallandigham shook his head, and
said they were not.
Quest. by j. Add you see any persons
have emblems on their persons?
Ans.-Yes, I saw hundreds of persons
wearing butternut and copperhead badges
Mr.. Vallandigham.-The copper badges
were simply the head cut out of the COM
mon cent coins, with pins attached.
Mr. Vallandigham.-Didy you notice what
inscription these copperhead badges bore?
Ans.-No, I did not look at them.
| Mr.. Vallandigham.-The inscription on
them was Liberty
Quest. by J. Add you hear any cheers
in the crowd for jeff. Davis?
Mr.. Vallandigham.-That is not in the
specification. I did not hear cheers fol
jeff. Davis, but I heard shout in the
crowd that "Jeff. Davis was a gentleman
and that was more than the President was. u
CROSS BY MR.. vALLANDIG.
| HAM.
| Questionable not refer in my speech
to the Crittenden Compromise propositions
and condemn their rejection7
| tho UitvaSs was abOnf anSywnrinO thc