The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1863-09-04


were before breakfast" and "die in
the-last ditch patriots before the wa
began, and who have done little o
nothing in personal service or contri
buttons TO the cause since the iightir {
began. Ninety nine to one they ar,
men who have property to loose, ant
who vainly fancy that they can saw,
it by getting down upon their knee,
to the Black Republican Govern
mcut.'
The following from the Montgom
iery, Alabama Advertiser, of Angus
lst, shows an absence of that spirit
which Vallandigham persists in say.
ing he found everywhere existing
"lt is matter ofsurprise that there
is so little zeal manifested in this cit,
and the surrounding country IN max
ing preparations for Immediate da
Gense, and especially by those VIII,
have the most at stake.
To be sure, we have frequently me
and passed very patriotic and self
sacrificing resolutions, but where ar,
the fruits of themy The army Ina.
not been increased, and VIC are to. day
rs dcfenseless a. we were before any
meeting was called.
Have we lost our spirit. or did the
valiant young men and old who vol.
unteered AT the beginning of this I'M
holy war take all the honor, chivalry
and manhood with them!
Neither speeches, resolutions, nor
unending talk can do us any good
without action. What we must have
is thorough organization; and every
man capable Of bearing arms should
joint. There are now II few compan-
les here haiflilled up. or perhaps with
a full quota of names, but who do not
muster more than Il respectable squad,
while there should he in this city at
least regiment, and they should turn
out at every drill If our soldiers
can devote their whole time to the
service, we certainly ought to spend
a few hours of each week in preparing
to defend our homes.
Montgomery is one ofthe wealthiest
cities ofthc Confcderacy in proportion
TO the number of inhahitants, and IL
certainly seems to be the most de-
fenseless.'
And now we come to the latest and
most pointed expression, as to the
waning proportions of the rebellion.
1t is from the Mobile News of the 3d.
and was telegraphed last evening to
the Associated Press. We presume
the Enquirer will print it this morn
ing, and Democrats who believe what
they see in the columns OF our cotem-
porary will ind IL tnere.
1--WE have multitude of reports
horribly detrimental to the character
and patriotism of the people, in many
places in Alabama and Mississippi
Some of them are too disgraceful to
publish. Some of them are too dis
graceful topubish. a portion ofour
people have gone stark mad. They
are bastard Southernors and recreant
confederates.'
This testimony is all from rebel
sources. We could fill u column with
extracts eqnally strong, from South
ern papers, if we cared to 30 to the
trouble Of looking over the news col
umns of the papers for two or three
days past: but the foregoing are suf-
hcent to prove that what Vallandig
ham says of the proportions Of the
rebellion is the coinage Of his own
brain, and expresses not the facts but
the wishes Of his own disloyal heart.
Yet this man, who snccrs at Union
victories; magnities our reverses; rep
resents the Southern people united,
when Southern papers show that down
in Alabama and Mississippi, even
Southern soldiers are running away,
and the people are clamoring for peace
and reconstruction; this man, we say
in this hour of triumph. and when we
areas every honest, intelligent man
progressing rapidly toward
the point of final success in suppress.
ing the rebellion, favors the with
drawal Of our armies, and submission
TO JEFF, Davis; and upon this issue he
asks to I've elected Governor OF Ohio!
Men Of Ohio, what do you think of
the man whose audacious statements
are thus disproyed hy rebel witnesses,
and whose testimony is manufactured
for the sole purpose of discouragin2
the people al the North, weakening
the Governmcpt, and aiding the reheI
cause:-ClH. Lazeiic.