, 1863-07-31

Lees Army OF the North II m
ce1iQa,'o - & g. &tiGEshu,g :~--...-.... 36.0l
BsaEgs in Middle Tennessee. ee....,,.. E0;,
Mo1lgan ~ y t1 Indiana and Ohio $50
neaurrgard at Charleston. ton.........,,.,..... i'90
bifle's, &c, in North Mississippi. ........: iW
Al jackson, Tenn, &C., at least. lin
Total rebel loss in three weeks. 90 t0
This is not a man less than one-fourth
ofthe entire rebel strength, while our 1osse:
during the same period have not amounted
to $4,000. Add to this the decentralization
discouragement, despair, Of the beaten reb
els, their losses Of cannon, small arms, am
munition, horses, &C., intensity this ava
lanehe Of disasters. Their routed, t1y
ine conscripts are deserving by hun
dreds md making for their homes
protesting that they have had enough
OF rebellion, and that henceforth JEFF
Dayism fight his own battles. Al1these
stubborn facts the blessed martyr strangely
neglected 10 take into consideration when
he speaks Of the ine1orable purpose Of
every man, woman and child, Of securing
their independence.
Second, Vallandigham proposes to with
draw our armies and neets' from the South.
after which, he says, the rebels told hun
they would "consider aud discuss the
question Of reunion" and he doubts not
the issue Of the argument. Failing to beat
them by arms, he thinks they could be van
quished By logici Was there ever such
absurd stuff If argument can reclaim,
why did not argument retain the rebels
Low much stronger argument can be ad-
duced now than thenl Since the war
began we have not seen paragraph in a
rebel newspaper advocating reunion on
any terms, nor an i1tterance from q public
man committed to the Coniederacy indi-
eating any possible conditions to the res
1oration Of the Union. On the contrary.
The universal CITY Of the leadership has
been 1or unconditional Independence. It
will be remembered that the press Of the
South denounced in unsparing terms, and
7idiculed as preposterous and silly, Vallan-
digham's assertion, made in the speeches
delivered shortly before his arrest, that
peace On the basis Of union was rendered
By the rebels before the battle Of Fred
ericksburg.
1t is quite likely that Val1andieham
. entered into q conspiracy with the ring
leaders 10 put forth tlis statement in order
to breed disseutions and distractions in the
North. The withdrawal OF our victorious
fleets and armies is above all things what
the rebels most desire, as that would be
equivalent to granting their independence
and the demonstrating martyr knows it
The effect Of the adoption Of Vallandie
hams programme is SO well stated by the
Cincinnati Co'nneresal that We adopt It:
language:
Ar. Vanandighan's proposition is that the
war shall cease and the invading armies be
withdrawn, that The question Of Teunion mar
1e considered.. This has apractical meaning.
What IL It !? The stoppage of the war and t6e
T1thdTaW21 Of our armies, means that ali ttn
territory claimed as in the Southern Conftde.
lacy, shall be eyacnatcd BY eur armed forces,
Confederate States They are represented In
the Confederate: Congress. So We must, if We
follow Mr. Vallandigbazn's programme, give
up to the enemy, who assure III that Cinc1n-
3'ati would *'br1n WELL" the very Kentucky
hllls TINT command this city, We must give
np Mssour1, now as much State Of the
United States as Ohio. We must eyacuate
thc whole Of West and Middle Tennessee. and
The Mississippi River below the mouth Of the
Ohio. and yield the rebels one shore of the
1tTer, az tar north as the southern BOUNDARY
o. a. 1ne State Of Iowa, The ToHugas and Key
Mest. Tlta The great forts which are the keys
q TIC Gull. We must turn orer. to the State Of
ftoflaa- We must abandon all positions
4eld on the Atlantic coast from Fcrnandina to
fortress Monroe, including, Of course. the
1at1ef. We must cyacuate every part Of the
saefeo sou" Of Virginia, including Arling-
ION ae1e41s' That command the city OF WASH
1ne1on- We must give the secesslontsts per.
1ec1 tsedom to mob the States OF Maryland
and Delaware ont Of the Union. Western
virginia, of course, we must give up, as a
pa11 Of old Virginia sowe are called upon
71 strike the stals aud Stripes to the rebels at
Columbus, Ky., St. Louis, Memphis, Nash,
xi'lc, Eicksbnrg, Port Hndson, New Orleans,
Forts jackson end St. Phillip. the Tortugas,
kcy West, Hilton Head, Ne1bern, Hettefas,
Norfolk, Fortress Monroe, and thousand
p pia9es &C.. Ct 1l4fefior note, 70 soy nothing
and areenals of Maryland and Delaware,
which latter, if we were 60 lost as to sarren-
southern confsde,ae3. Con- tS = wSea % We have done
thia, 70 would be prepared to do-whats
why, nego:iato! And then Vt: would hear
M1. vAllondigham's argument for the res
toratio0 of the Union. And the burden Of
ti,at, we know from his speeches Ia Congress,
would be that the people ut the North would
submit to the rule of the Southern aristocracy
over The Rhole country, establish the slave
code In all the Territories, ard supprrss. in
tic North, all that our masters would be
Flensed to call abclitionism. The mfnd Of
man neyer before conceived ANYTHING so utro-
<lous, 80 absurd and nakedly foolish. Mora
thau this, we have Mr.. Valandisham'e word.
tliat 4 the South is separated from the North
the West must, that sclfs1nc day, decree
eternal separation from the East. So If the |
will not win back the South. Mr. |
tnlaand1ghaM is pledged to the further dIsin- |
leeranon OF tie Union. Not content with |
he surrender Of the Mississippi River. he |
Would cut us OF from the East. also. Then, |
wc know tliat al along the southern border Of |
the Lakes ts Population as strongly anti |
slavery as New England; and we may calcu-
late that If We hecede from the East, our |
northern border will secede from US. So Mr.. |
fallandtgham's policy would 1eolate the |
southern portions Ut tie States Of Ohio, Indi- |
ana snd Illinois, from the rest Of the world, !
and place us, fraction of section, in . |
sta1veling and suppliant attitude, cooped up
between Southern, Northern and Eastern |
Coltedet4cies. THIS is the entertainment to
which the tndor.ers of Vallandigham invite
appctites for the feast:
WHAT CoPPERHEADGsm Is.
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