Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1863-09-24
THE CONSPIRACY IL oHIo-wAR OR
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Correspondence Of the Cibeihaatti Gazette.
Jackson, Sept. IA.

JACKSON, Seps. IL.
Being necessarily delayed here. ant
having nothing to do, allow me to say
a few fbines on the present aspect o
tts sending election. 1t is assuming I
character little suspected, I fear, By
most OF our popaialioH. From fact
which have come to my knowledge. ]
am satisfied that there is gigantic
conspiracy on the part of the Copper
head leaders TO obtain possession o.
political power in Ohio for the purpose
Of carrying her out Of the Onion. and
placing her in conflict with the Genera
Govefnnent and on the side Of the re-
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One Indication of this fact is the in'
tense interest felt BY rebels, in every
part Of the West and East, in the re-
suit Of the Ohio election. 2 I was in
Western New York some weeks since,
and fell among nest OF unmitigated
rebels; men who declared there could
be no draft in that State; who said
that Seymour had asserted in his Buf-
falo speech, made during his canvass,
that If be was elected, not another sol
dier should leave that State; men, who,
when Seymour besitated to support
the mob in New York City, denounced
him as false to the promises he had
made to secure his election, and who
reioieed while the mob seemed success
full, and wept only when law and order
were re.established by the power and
majesty of the Government. These
men seemed to lay great stress on the
election of the traitor, Vallandighsm.--
There is, there must be. sunited ef-
fort on the part Of all these traitors. to
carry Ohio as a center, around which
to rally, in order to break up the Union
and establish new one under the lead
of the slave oligarchy Of the South.
The assertion of Pugh at st. Mary's,
also looks to the same result. He says
that if he is elected, he will call out
. the militia and by force bring back the
traitor Vallandigbam, to Ohio. This
is, Of course, a declaration Of war in
advance against the General Govern
ment, and the Inauguration Of civil war
in Ohio. This same advice is reitera.
ted BY Thurman and every stumper
for treason in Ohio. They advise the
application of force to correct, what
they call, the oppression of the Union
men, and officers and Administration.
Nor is this all. The fact is now ap.
parent that the traitors have combined
to elect conspirators for officers of the
militia. In this region, no others have
been elected, where the traitors bad
the power to prevent it: and in order
10 secure this end, the elections have
been ordered, and rebel gatherings
have been held at the same place,
thereby to secure a fall attendance Of
those who could be relied on TO do as
bid. On a certain occasion a rebel M.
C. told the crowd after be had made
his speech, that an election for militia
officers was then to take place and that
they must see TO 1t, that none but re-
liable men were elected, because they
might want to use them to bring home
Vallandigham. At the Athens camp,
The officers from the counties where
they had the power are all traitors
This is true Of Ross, Vinton, Jackson
counties, and some others, and they
openly declared that they were then
drilling for the purpose of bringing
Vallandigham back by military force.
These facts show the wide extent Of
this gigantic conspiracy, and the des-
perate character of the men engaged in
it. This idea of raising civil war in
Ohio pervades the mind Of ali these
traitors from the highest to the lowest.
Whence comes it unless from the lead
ers Of this treasonS-leaders, who were
a part and parcel Of the original con-
spiracy with JEFF. Davis. and are only
now undertaking to carry out their
share Of the original plan. The out
burst of popular enthusiasm on the at
tack on Sumter, rendered ii unsafe for
them to utter their treason then; but
the partial success obtained by false
pretenses in the last years election has
emboldened the leaders to come out
with their plan; led them last winter to
disclose it; hence the cry against New
England and New York, save the city;
their plan being to get rid Of them
and attach the West and center to the
slave power Of the South. extend
Slavery over its whole surface, and
then by unholy wars to carry it over
Mexico and Central America. Is this
plan to succeed? This will depend on
the election about to come off in
Ohio.
Are our people prepared to vote for
men seeking to inaugurate civil war in
our midst? Are they willing to face
the horrors of such a war, and see the
iair fields Of Ohio made a desolation,
and its people engaged in the business
of butchering each other? These trail
tors cannot suppose that the Union men
of Ohio will tamely submit to the con-
summation Of their treason? Before
such a result can be brought about,
Ohio must be what poor Visginia is to-
day. Let our people well consider of
this matter. If Brough is elected, we
will have peace as we have had it; no
one doubts this. If Vallandigham is
elected, we have the assurance of Mr..
Pugh and his associate traitors, that
they will inaugurste warin Ohio and
array themselves in arms against the
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