The Cadiz Democratic sentinel. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 1854-1864, 1863-05-20

: particularly directed to il?
Ans Be'o the speaking begSn | was ol
the stand a few feei iron Mr.. Y Nillardighau
4 and was m ,SG Of the tim stand ing near him
p SO that could not fail to h, ar all Il at b.
t eaid. | do not link nv attention was dis
e uacted, unless for a very lew minutes, dur
: ing the whole speech. had not beaIT MIR
I VrilaBd CHAN. speak since the adj Jurnmen
; OF Congress, and, as came in nom differ
: ent dlrrc ion from the West, did not know
that he was To be there. took an especia
: interest in listening 10 his speerh throughout
} Having to follow him, | naturally no ed The
! topics which lac di cused. / believe that an.
} swerS the question.
Ques. Did you hear any allusion to Gen
Burnside, by name or description, and il so
, what were they?
Ques. The oaly allusion that he made tC
the General wa, | think. near the beginning
oi bis speech, in which he slid he was nOI
there by the favor OF David Tod, or Abraham
Lincoln or Ambrose +. burnside
Qnes. Wer' any epithets applied to him
during the speech?
Ans. No, sir. II there had bsen, should
have notired them, because General burnside
was an old friend o NINE. | shoald have
remembered any odious epithets applied to
him.
Cues D d you hear the references to Cen
eral Oder No 49, and # so, what was it?
Ans. The only re erence made it that
speech 10 that order was something to this
effect that be did MT recognise q do nos
know thai | can quote his ianguage) Order
No. 36, as superior . General Order M L,
nf the Constitute II, from Geo,ge Washing
ton, commanding. II was s0methi to TIA
effect. | thought it was a handsome point
al the time, | remembered that, because
! Mr.. NaltandIgham used the same expression
IN the debate in Congress on the Con cIipt1n
| Bill, or in some d bate somewhere elS., when
| heard him speak
Ques. Were any violent epithets, such as
splitting upon, tranphng under foot, or the
| like, used at any time in the SPEECH, in ref
eience to that Order No 49,; a i any crit
iclsm was made upon it, what was that crit
icism?
Ans. can not recall any denunciatorv
epithet. applied to that order. | did no
hear M, and If had | should have re-
membered them. The critic,sm upon the
order was made a. have stated before.
| Cues. In wha' connection did use the
S rong Language
| Ans. Mr.. ValIandigham discussed the
order very b!ittl IN order to get away on
the four o'clock train, aud occupied most Of
his time in discussing other propostlons.- -
1t was in connection with remai Ks about
closing the war by separation of the Union.
| He charged that the men in power had the
p wer to make peace by separation. lie
exhausted some time in reading proofs of
ths--one was from Montgomery Blair, and
another rom Forney's Press He also said
th re were private proofs which time would
di>co.e. lie said they pursued this thing
uniii they found thai the Democrats were
unwilling to make any peace, except on the
basis OF the restoration OF the whole Union.
QGes Do yJu remember 10 what, II at all.
IN connection with iuure uSurpations Of
power he applied his strongest language?
Ans. ! can not say As to the strongest Ian
guage, Tor he always spoke prettj slrongl
lie denounced IN strongest language any
u>urpatlOns Of power, to stop pubic discus
sion, and the suffrage. lie appealed to the
people to protect their rights, as the rem dy
or every grievance. Twice in bis speech he
counseed and warned against violence or
revolu ion. By the peaceful means oil the
nature might be remrded and that the
Courts would remed, ali greviances OF a phi
vate nature. | can not quote the langu lge,
but that is the substance.
During his speech he aerred to those in
power having righful authority, and that
they should he obeyed, lie councled no re
,Stance. except what could be had at the
ballot bix
Ques. Was any thing said by me at all
looking to lore bic resistance OF either law
or m'litar. orders?
Ans Not as understand it.
Ques What was the sole remedy that !
urg d upon the people?
Ans. Tne sole remedy was, as have sta
ted, D the Courts and in the ballot box -
| remember this distinlly, because had
been pulsuing the Same line OF remark at
Chicago and Fort Wayne, and other places
where had been speaking, and for The pur
pose OF relresSing any tendency toward vlos |
lence among our Democratic people.
Ques. Was any thing said by me on that
occasion in denunciation of the CunscriptIon !
Bill, or looking in any way to resls ence to
il?
Ans My best recollection il that Mr.. Val |
landigham did not say word about il. |
Mr. VaIlsndgham-n one word.
Cues. Did re err to the French Conscrip
ton Law, and il not, by whom was reference
made to ii?
Ans lie did not l did in this connec.
ton.
The Judge Advocate objected to what Mr.
Cox had sad as not being Competent evl |
dence
Mr. Cox de,ired to say to the Court, in
explanation ol wha, he said abou the Con-
sc'ip'ion Law, that he h d, just beoe tn
meeting, been talking with Judge Bartley |
about our C'nscrpion Law having been
copied nom lhe Fren h law, and l merely |
referred to that IN my speech.
Cues. Do Nou remember my quoting from
President Lincoln's Proclaln4ton OF July /, |
1862, the words unnecessary and injurious
WARP
Ans. do no he may have done SO, but
did no hear it.
Cues. Did you hear similar language used
BY mt?
Ans can not recollect it.
Cues DO you remember my comments on
the charge OF the policy OF the war some
year or 50 after its commencement, aud what !
reference was made by me 10 that connec
ton? 4
Ans. lie did refer to the change in the
policy OF the war, and thuk devo ed some
time to show that it was arrIed on ior the
abolition OF slavery, and not for the restora,
ton OF the Unlon.
CUES. What did be claim to have been lis
original purp ,se, and did he re er to any /.
message or proclamation Of the President in
thai connec ion? IA
Ans. He feerr d in that defense 10 the
Crttenden proposition, declaring the war was |
ior the restoration OF the Union, and not TO
break upahe States. ft8 K
Cues. Did counsel any other mode in I
that speech, ot resisting usurplti ms OF arbi-