The daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1863-1864, 1863-09-12
THE DAILY REGISTER.
IATURDAY. Y........... SEPTEMBER II 1863
PrOscriptiOnists at Work.

PrOscriptiOnists at Work.
Two or three individuals. have recent,
discontinued their. subscriptions to tn
Daily Register because they think we sym
pathize with Mr.. VALLANDTGHAM in his sin
galar and unheard-ot arrest, mock trial ant
baaishment to a foreign land. We had sup
posed that the Republicans of this city hat
learned lesson in this narrow.mindsd pol
icy of petty prescription, as practiced or
their own organ in times gone by. But 1t
seems that notwithstanding they live, they
do not Learn.
As many of these proscriptionists who
by the way, used tomake their throats sore
in believing for "free speech and "free
press,'') have echoed and re echoed the
charge that Mr.. EALLANDIeHAM is in favor
Of "peace on any terms" we tender them
the following sentiment from his great
speech delivered in New York, March TIN,
1868:
81 am not for peace on any terms; l
would not be with any country on the globe.
Honor is the life of the nation, and it is
never to be sacrificed. l have as high and
proud sense of honor as any man in the
South, and love my country too well and
cherish its honor too profoundly, for single
moment to consent to dshonorable peace.
voice-"The whole country?" Yes, the
whole country; every State; and |, unlike
some of my own party, and unlike thous-
ands of the abolition party, believe still,
before God, the Union can be reconstructed
--ond seiN be. That is my faith, and mean
to cling to it as the wrecked mariner clings
to the last plank amid the shipwreck"
Another charge has been rung thou
sand times in all its changes by these &c
csssire1y ''loyal' gentlemen, which has about
au equal amount of truth as the above
to stand upon, viz; that it is MIR. VALLAN-
DIGHAM's greatest boast that be never vo-
ted a dollar to the support of the army.
In his speech in Congress, January IA,
1868, Mr.. VALLANDIGHAM said:
"NOT BELIEVING THE SOLDIERS
RESPONSIBLE FOR THE WAR, CR
ITS PURPOSES, OR ITS CONSEQUEN
CES, NEVER WITHHELD MY VOTE
WHERE THEIR SEPARATE INTER
ESTS WERE CONCERNED"
And, while on the subject, we wish to
express our belief that, if Mr.. VALLANDIG.
HAMS public acts and his views could be
fully understood, he would stand in much
less odious light before large class of the
community. We knoiO for we have had
fine opportunities for informing ourselves
on the subject, that vas. amount of the
prejudice existing against Mr.. VALLANDIG-
HAM, is simply prejudice, and nothing more,
engeudered and sustained by the most un-
warranted and unscrupulous misrepresen-
tations Of his acts and opin:ons. If his
opponents would only fully inform them
selves on these subjects-would candidly
read arguments and evidences in favor of
his thorough loyalty and his manly defense
of his dountry s honor, as well as the silly
inuendoes against him-they would become
much more intelligent and better citizens,
anu would think much better of the porse-
cuted object of thir, now abuse.
But, while saying this much in Mr. VAL
LANDIGHAM's behalf, We will add word in
another behalf To our humble way OF
thinking Mr. VALLANDIGHAM, like, we pre-
sumo, most other men, has, in the Course OF
his brilliant and eventful career, made some
errors-has done some things which we
could wish ho had not done, and left undone
some things which We regret he did not do;
and the best friend of Mr.. BRoUGH, the
opposing candidate for Governor in Ohio,
will be compelled to say the same OF him.
We do not expect, in the short time allotted
to us on earth, to find any man, either great
or small, who will pass through useful
and industrious life, without committing
some errors; nor do we expect to find
man of nerve and manhood, who has no en-
emies, or who shall fail to attract pack OF
slanderers to his track.
In the main, we believe Mr. VALLANDIa-
HAMS course has been manly, patriotic and
Jus tPaud, whatever his errors may have
been, they were errors OF the head rather
than of the heart. But what a0e may re-
gard as his errors others may regard ss
among his best acts-and this fact should
always be borne in mind Fortunately,
mankind were so constituted that all
should not have the same likes and dis
likes.
Hon. WASHINGTON Hunt.