Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1863-06-10

Na1ettei writing from Murfreesboro
the sOh ult, gives some most inierestii
particulars in reference to Yallandighs
and his plaEs and purposes for the futur
His Information was derived from pe
tlenan who came from Shelbyville Il
Thursday previous, and whose statemen
are represented as altogether eredibl
What he reports as to the talk Of Yallar
digham, were common sayings of his b,
fore he crossed the lines:
" Vsllandigham is the guest OF Brace
aud to all appearances an bonored and n
Tored guest staying at his military head
quarters in the daytime, and at bis pri
Eate house at night. One evening. wber
he was called upon for a speech he an
peared and told the crowd that he woul,
wait for some cool evening, and voult
then make q speech which would show
them that he was still Vallandiehsm
Ihis satisfactory assurance appeared {,
content the crowd, and they quietly dis
I'm his private conversations, however
With Bragg and other prominent rebels
IeAandIghsm was less reserved. He de-
CARED himself a Union man, but left his
hearers IN very little doubt as to the kiad
oi Unlonism which he professed. He told
Inen that the people Of the West we're
growing very sick Of the war; that thew
would be entirely satisfied with the Union
as Il Wasi that a storm was brewing
amongst them against the hdminf5trs.tial, !.
that he himself would be elected next Gov
ernOr Of Ohio by one hundred thousand
majority; that the active operations Of the
war-Would soon close; that the hostile ar
mics would speedily cease to face each
other IN the field; that the armed force
from the North would have enough to do
at home; and that the Southern soldiers
would ere long enjoy 3 season of rest.
Ali this indicates that the great Cop
perhead has already commenced 10 carry
out the programme indicated by his de-
claration TO the rebel soldier, when be was
finally set down in the rebel lines.
Against the cunning designs of this dan
gerous man the loyal people Of the coun-
try should keep fully on their guard
Those who imagined that Fallaudigham,
when he found himself amongst his CO.
workers in the South, would be offered
and would accept some high position in
government, and would, thenceforth, like
Coriolanus, wage open, bitter, ard relent-
less warfare against the loyal people who
spewed him forth, were utterly mistaken.
They knew nothing Of the character Of the
man, and were wholly ignorant Of his OBJ
ieots. he was no disunionist per Sc. He
would regard it as the greatest misfortune
to himself personally (and his personal in
terest is the handspring Of his action) 10
have the slaTeholding portion Of the United
States permanently separated from the
rest. Such q cOnsummation would con-
sign him to the deepest grave Of political
and social obscurity ever dug; unless, in
deed, he supPoses that his pestiferous dem
agoguisrh, and such as his, might eTentu-
ally bring about another separation, be. |
tween the East and the West in which |
case he would hope to acquire a bad pre- |
eminence in the latter section.
But this is not the great end which he |
has in view. He is in favor of the Union |
as it Was''-under Buchanan, when the |
oligarchy Of the South had everything |
their own way; when they we're permitted |
to use the military force Of the nation for |
fastening o slave Constitution upon Q free |
people who abhOrred it; when every man |
who Would not crawl in the dust before the |
Moloch Of negro bondage was ostracised |
from all employment in the Government Of /
his country, as though he was a convicted I
felon; and when the mean, unprincipled |
Northern pimps and tools of this loath-
some despotism were rewarded for their /
serviiity by unlimited permission to steal /
and plunder from the public crib. Such is /
a. the Union as il was which Vallandigham 1
Favors-a Union IL which Freedom, Jus
lice and Humanity shall be alike ignored /
aUnion in which the Democratic party, /
combining in itself all that is vile, cor
rupt sud wrong in our political system, /
shall be restored to power; a Union in
Whish there shall be but three classes the /
slave-sWning aristocracy, the ignorant
masses blindly subject TO their Will, and |
the knavish villains who profit by the lat
ter's obedience; Union, in short, in |
which the principles Of the Constitution
shall be utterly set aside, and the people /
tutored to unquestioning submission, until /
the hour is fully ripe for throwing aside
the veil, when even the form of Govern
ment will be changed, and the Neros and |
CaracallRs Of Southern dynasty will lord |
it over the land where once ruled the freely /
chosen Presidents of the Republic.
Such being Vallandigham's ideal Union,
and it being the daring object Of his life
too see such q Union established it is folly |
20 call him either Disunionist or a Sc
cessionist. True, the adoption Of the /
scheme which he has proposed, namely, |
calling home the armies Of the Republic /
and proelaiming an srmistice, would lead |
to irrevoeable dissolution, anarchy and |
death; but even this would be no worse |
than the kind of Union which he hopes |
would succeed such an armistice. The |
plan Is simply to disarm the nation in !
presence Of the four hundred thousand |
armed rufians Of the Slave Power, and let |
the latter seize the reins Of Government /
without any further struggle. The result
would be the immediate re-establishment !
Of Vallandighsm's Union IS it was.
"If now that the great Copperhead is
amongst those at whose feet he wishes to !
PROSTATE the Republic, he believed that |
the physical strength at their command |
was sufficient to subjugste the loyal States |
by force Of arms, 1 have no doubt he
world openly proclaim himself their friend, |
accept Brigsdier or MsjOr Generalship
in their service, and march with them in
their career Of conquest. In this way he
would succeed at once in restoring his
mueh-loved Union as it was
But he is shrewd enough to know that
.h;s = impossible. He is we'll convinced
tbot tbe loyal States, united, could not on
II laTSb :. scOrn an attempt Of the sris-
to,-sc9 ~. h sn bdue them, but must eventu-
slIy crush the = t>bellion, and destroy for
ever the influence Of those who raised it.
he knows that with united North not
only must the rebellio2 fall, but with it
the whole system Of shaL3s and faisehoods
and abominations which once Kept IN