The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1863-07-16
From tho Cincinnati Gazette.
VALLANDIGHA
RECORD.
HIS COURSE ON THE WAR,

I"HG LulOrmallOn Tor the Loyal.
We have compiled from the Congress
ional Globe the record of Mr.. Vallan
digham, as made in Congress, showing
his action on all measures for the sup
preston of the REBELLION. We com
mend this record to the careful atten.
ton of loyal people, and suggest that it
be preserved for reference.
Before giving Mr.. Vallandigham's
Congressional record, we will call spo.
cial attention to the following extracts
from a card which was published by Mr..
Vallandigham in the Cincinnati Enqui-
rer, Nov, 10th, 1904 few days after
the Presidential election-and which
he had copied into the appendix to
the Congressional Globe, following
his speech on his scheme for the divis.
ion of the country into four sections
See p. 24O, 3Gth Cong, I'd Sess 1t
may be regarded as the keynote to all
that he has written or said since. He
wrote:
"And now let me add that I did say
not in Washington, not at dinner
table, not in the presence of fire eaters,
but in the city of New York, in public
assembly of Northern men, and in n
public speech at the Cooper Institute,
on the "a of November, 1850, that. "it
any one or more of the States of thi,
Union should at any time secede-foi
reasons of the suflicieucy and justice o.
which, before God and the great tribu
nal of history, they alone may Judge
much as [ should depIore it, I neve,
'ooUld as Representatives, IN tie Coaqrcs.
Of the United States, vote one dollar Of
money, oohereJy one drop Of American
blood shoWH be she'd in civH 7O0r,'-
That sentiment, thus uttered in the
presence of thousands Of the merchant,
and solid men of the free and patriotic
city of New York, was received with vo
hement and long continued applause
the entire vast assemhlago rising as one
man, and cheering for some minutes
And l now deliberately repeat and re
affirm it, resolved, though stand alone.
though all others yield and fall away
to make it good to the last moment Of
my lile."
MR.. VALLANDIGUAM VOTES AGAINST
THE RESOLUTION THANKING MAJOR
ANDERSON AND PRESIDENT
BUCHANAN.
On the 9TH of January, 1861, Mr.
Adrain, of New Jersey, offered the fol.
lowing resolution, approving the course
Of Major Anderson and Of the President
Resolccd, That we fully approve ol
the bold and patriotic act of Major An
derson in Withdrawing from Fort Moul
trio TO Fort Sumpter, and of the deter
mination of the President to maintain
that fearless officer in his present posi-
ton; and that we will support the Prcs
ident in all constitutional measures tc
enforce the laws and preserve the Union
The question was first taken on the
suspension Of the rules--a test vote
when Mr.. Vallandgham voted against
the motion, making the following re-
marks;
II voted for peace and adjustment a
moment ago; you refused it. l vote
now against force. No." wide Cong.
Globe, vol. l, page 28O, I'd Soss. 36th
Cong.
The poace measure to which Mr.. Val.
landigham alluded, was the amendment
to the Constitution proposed by Mr..
Etheridge, virtually making slavery
perpetual, under the protection of thu
Constitution, below 36 deg. 30 min.
The rules were suspended and the res
olutions adopted by vote of 124 yeas
to 56 nays, Mr.. Vallandigham's nam,
being recorded against the resolution
Vide Cong. Globe, p. 2Sl.
Subsequently, on the 18th inst, Mr.
! Vallandigham explained his vote. He
did not take exception to the action o
Major Anderson, if he acted on his owr
responsibility, and without KNOWING
that there was an understanding be-
tween the President and prominen
Southeruers. lie condemned in stron,
terms, however, the clause in the reso
luton relating to President Buchanan
which was in the following words: "anc
zoe 'oiH support the President in all con
stit"tionaI measures to enforce the laao,
and preServe the Uaion."
He PROPOSES TO DIVIDE THE UNION INTO
FOUR SECTIONS.
February 7th; sec p, 794 Cong