The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1863-08-19

| A sLAsHING SPEECH FROM AN EX-NORTHERN-
DEAoCRAT-THE NORTHWEST THREAT
ENED WITH THE MnITARY-VALLAN-
DlGHAM's OPINION NOT WORTH MUCH.
Gen. John A. Logan, well known IL
linois politician, recently returned home
from Grants army. On his arrival at
Cairo he took occasion to express himself
pretty freely to circle Of friends as to
the troubles Of the country. The speech
was extremely wild He advocated put
ting every man in the United States Op-
posed to the war into the ranks, either to
fight for or against the Union" We
copy some extracts from the address as
reported in the Chicago Tribane:
Every mothers son who is opposed to the
war should be compelled either to take up
arms against us or for us. Then there would
he no talk of peace herein the North, no talk
of resistance, no such men as Naliandigham
no such towards as those who support all
such men and say these things.
Vallandigham says he has travelled over
the Conlederacy-usingt the term "Confede-
racy"-not the phrase sO-callcd COniederacy,
(for do not acknowledge the existence OF
any authority or Government III America
aside from that of the United ates)-and
has not met q man, woman, or Guild, who
does not sustain the war, and who is not de-
termined 10 fight ii out 10 the death or the
bitter end Vallandgham here simply les
lie tells what is not true, and he knows il.
Valiauliuhaln aside from the leading meI--
jeff Davis, Toombs, and Stephens-did not,
| venture to say, speak with Il dozen persons
while taking his involuntary trip through
Dixie. Had he done SO, his report would
have been of different color. The people
who are lighting against the Government
the poor whites composing the rank and file
of the rebellion-ninetenths OF them do not
know what they are fighting ior, do not
know what they are iightin. against. A ma
jority OF them do not know anything--and
! hundreds of them never saw the American
fac in their lives until they saw il march
into Vicksbnrg in triumph. They do not
know the Fourth OF July, or anything else
that is good. But poor and ignorant as they
are, let them express their own free minds,
and they will, almost to Il man, demand Il
speedy termination Of this war-would sub
nit to almost anything rather than fight one
| day longer as they have been lighting. 1t is
only by the force of bayOnets that their army
| is kept together Even that cannot prevent
their deserters from docking into Jackson
| by hundreds To take the oath Of allegiance or
| TO Join the Union ranks And tell You
what know when say that it will not be
| hi and Tennessee viii be knocking loudly Tor
rc-admssion to Il Union which, not long
since, they thought their ptlny efforts could
quickly dissolve. They are talking Of it
even now.
Speaking Of bein. united, / tell you, by the
eternal God, there was never more truthful
sentence than that OF Douglas, ''Those who
are not with us are against us;" and l reite-
| rate il. aud add that those who are not with
us should be hung, or should be with their
| Southern brethren, fighting with them.
Let them either aid the Government Or go
| where they can bolster up the tottering for
| tunes Of rebeidom. Better have dozen foes
| i'm the field than one lighting Us behind oni
| backs
| To all copperheads, peace men, agitators
anti wa,. inen--be they Republicans or Dem
crl.s--lor we have them here pretendhia,
| Ia te both-I have word TO say on behai
of our brave soldiers. And yon have M
| doubtedly been told that the war has III
| obDosers in the ranks Oi the Union army
| 1t is an accursed and foul aspersion upoi
| the fair fame Of men who are willing TO spii
their blood, give their lives Tor the country
| They are for our Union. They fight for tht
people aud their country, for the Suppression
| of the rebellion Let me say to all opposers
| of this war: The time .riH come when met
composing this great army will come 10 thei
homes They have watched the progress O
events with interest. They have had thes
eyes upon these nnmitigated towards, fhes'
opponents of the country aud the Admins
traiion--and the Administration, contend
is the country-anh when they return, II vii
do the soul OF every truly loyal man good L
see the summary manner IN twnAch the
will canse these sneaks and peace agita
tors to seek their holes. Il