Columbia Democrat and Bloomsburg general advertiser. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1850-1866, 1863-06-13
Letter from the Editor.
AMERICAN HorEL, Philadelphia, !
June a, 1863.


death Of the Hon. Charles r. Buckalew,
We Informed our disconsolate friends that
we had heard nothing of the rumor in
Bloomsburg, the residence of Senator
Buckalew, and did not believe it, as we
had travelled in company to-day to Phila-
delphia, and just came together from the
tea table Of the American. We are happy
to inform the friends of our distinguished
United States Senator, that he is hale and
hearty, enjoying uninterrupted health and
is sound in the Democratic faith.
The Democratic Mass Meeting, held in
this city on last Monday evening, was not
only a great meeting, but is exerting a
great influence upon public sentiment and
opinion. Independence Square was crow
ded to overAowing, with the living masses
of Free Men, and every street around the
Square jammed to excess. It's object was
to express the just Indignation Of the peo-
pie against the Despotism of the Lincoln
Administration; TWAS uttered in thunder
tones, and has struck terror ino the cow
ardly camp of Republican Aboliionism.
"Va22andigham and Liberty" is the
watch-word of the Democracy. We have
no doubt, that on the l1th of this month
CLEMENT LAIRD VAILANDIGHAM, will be
nominated by acclamation, by the Demo-
cratic State Convention, for Governor Of
Ohio, His election is certain.
This is the turning point in the greatest
struggle of the age-between LIBERTY
and Despotism-and he who will not now
stand forward in support Of constitutional
law and white mems liberties, as against
the acts of the Jacobins of the Military
Tyranny of the Burnside Dynasty, is un-
worthy the name Of patriot Itrequires
no prophetic wisdom to predict the early
Gazing IN of this weak and wicked Admin
istration in relation to its silly oppression
of Mr.. Vallandigham. His course is up
ward and onward. That of his persecu-
tors downward and backward. Vallan.
digham's record will shine in history, when
the deeds of his cowardly -midasght-
prosecutors will be covered with inlamy.
The Evenang Bulletin, of Thursday,
which is among the meanest of the toadies
of the Lincoln Despotsm, and was fore,
most in laudation of the Vallandigham
arbitrary arrest,-fnding ths experiment
has proven failure-now enters its un-
qualified disapproval of all such proceed
ings. The Bulletin says:-
"The suppression of newspapers has
been practlced at various times since our
civil war began, and in no case, so far as
we remember, with good results. Treason
is not to be crushed by the suspension of
single newspaper, and we, therefore, view
with regret General Burnside's course with
regard to the Chicago Times. But he has,
along with much that is commendabe,
done 20 much that was eccentric and un.
wise, since his misfortune at Fredericks-
burg, that We cannot help thinking his
mind is disordered, and therefore feel no
great surprise at anything he may do.
The proceedings with regard to the
Chicago Times is doing direct and pos.
tive injury to the Government and the
cause of the Union. The city of Chicago,
which has furnished many thousands of
soldiers for the war, was stirred up almost
to revolt by it, and the House of Repre-.
sentatives of Illinois, in session at Spring.
field, has adopted resolutions 'denouncing
it by vote Of Al to l3. Throughout the
country the Copperhcads are availing
Of General Burnside's order to
renew their clamor against the Adminis-
tration, as the enemy Of free speech and a
free press, the President being made by
them responsible for the act of one of his
military officers, The offensive newspa
per is brought into notoriety that it never
could have attained if the proper course
had been pursued towards it. That course
should have been to arrest and try the
editors under the law to punish those that
discourage enlistments. By such pro-
ceeding the publication of reasonable ar
ticles would have been stopped, and
the offenders would have been brought to
punishment. But by General Burnside's |
order the flenders are not punished. and
the offensive sheet is so extensively adver-
tised that it will circulate more widely than
ever and have weightier influence, when
its publication is resumed, as resumed it
will be either under its old name or a new
one.
The suppression of newspapers has been
tried here, in New York and elsewhere,
and every case without good effect. The
papers have re-appeard, more violent and
offensive than ever, the quasi martyrdom
Of their owners having given them new
claim upon the support Of those who
oppose the Administration. So it will
be with the Chicago Times, and for the
sake of tue Government and the Union
cause, we trust that the President may
order the withdrawal of Gen. Burnside's 5
order at once, for the longer the delay