Daily national Republican., 1863-06-15
THE PRESIDENTS COMPLIMENTS
T0 BRASTUs CORNING 4 Co.,
DEMOCRATS,D

1ANAAEOS q Co.,
DEMOCRATS"
In to-day's REPUBLIcAN VIII be found the
Presidents reply TO ten resolutions adopted by
persons " as Democrats" ;" at Albany, In "pub
lie meeting" assembled, on the 10th day of
May last. The object of the meeting, as is
shown by the resolutions, was to embarrass the
administration of the Government, and inter.
fere with the course of Justice as applied to that
arbitrator Vallandigham.
The few saints who assembled on this occa-
sion dared to call themselves Democrats" !"
and managed to secure that respectable old
fogy, Mr.. ETastus Corning, and a few other
clever gentlemen, TO act as officers of the meet
ing. The treason in the resolutions is almost
smothered In necItals Of the 'Funiform
course Of action" or 81 the Democrats oE New
York; their patriotism and devotion to the
cause of our imperilled country" their " de-
termination to maintain this patriotic atti.
tude;" demand that tho Administration
shall be true TO The ConStitution'' % &c. Then
comes the treason, supported by a strong
Anglo-Saxon lie, to wit:
" Resolved, That, in view of these principles,
we denounce the recent assumption Of q MILF
tary commander TO seize and try citizen of
Ohio, Clement L. Vallandigham, for no other
reason than words addressed 10 public meeting,
IN crttician Of the course Of the AdmiRistTdtion
and IN condemnation Of he military orders Of
that general" .r.. :.
The President promptly dsposes Of this base
falsehood when he declares that "ths arrest
'OaS made for a very different reason" He
adds, Mr.. Vallandigham avows his hostility
to the war on the part of the Union; and his
arrest iudS made because he vdS laborinq, Nth
some eject, to prevent 1s raising Of troops; 10
encourage deSerttoRS from The army; aud TO leave
the rebellion tOithom an adequate military force to
suppress il! He was not arrested because he
was damaging the political prospects Of Las Ad-
'niniStratiOH, or the personal interests of the
Commanding General, but because he tOds dam
aging The army, upon The eristencs and vigOr Of
'0hich The life Of the nation depsndsl" o.
Remember, Mr.. Erastus Corning and Com
pany, that the President tells you Mr.. Val.
land9hdm iOdS drrsStsd because he mas lGboring 10
encourage dsSsrtiOH from he'urmy;" that "dC-
sertlon shall be punished by the severe penalty
of DEATH" that "the law and the Constitution
sanction this punishment" Then, Mr.. Corn
ing, he stands you up before an indignant
people, and an outraged soldlery, and In the
broad light of day, puts TO you the awful ques-
tlon-"MUsT SHOOT A SIMPLE-MINDED
SOLDIER BOY WHO DESERTS, WHILE l
MUST NOT TOUCH A HAIR OF A Willy
AGITAToR WHO INDUCES HIM TO DE-
sERTr'
The brave soldiers from the Empire State,
| tlA ra1I( ,fN
stand with their bronzed faces towards the
honest but desperate foe of this Government,
demand an answer to this question.
The honest, loyal people, of every class In
this nation, demand that Mr.. Corning, a ven.
cradle merchant and capitalist and representa-
tive of a respectable constituency In the coun-
ellis of the nation, should answer this question.
The relatives of the men who have been shot
dead for dsssrtion from the army, induced,
perbaps, by Mr.. Corning's favorIte I" willy agl-
tatOr," =" VAllandlghRm, demand an answer.
Nothing can prevent an attempt on the part
Of some one of the twenty men who present
these resolutions to the President, to answer
him, but the probability that be has completely
fGysd them Gllpe.
We commend the Presidents reply to the reg.
olutions without further comment. 1t speaks
In thunder tones for itself 1t Is a superiatiye,
ly grand document. Its cogent reasoning IL
Just what the loyal people desire nt this time
There are thousands of good but misguided
people who will profit byit. Traitors and Cop
perheads will be terrified by IT, Nothing hal
ever emanated from the pen of Abraham Lin
coin that was more timely, or that will receive
heartier welcome from thu people. 1t throw
shrapnell, shell, round shot, and grape in ever!
direction at that, continually. BesldeS R is
shot that will be heard roNnd the world.
, Arouse yourself Erastuso and come to tinC
Give us an answer. An answer,
MAJOR GENERAL sIAHL cape to waIhlpgto
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